2012's Best Literary Fiction By People of Color

1.
Perfect Peace
Perfect Peace 4.33 avg rating — 10,682 ratings
2.
Home
Home 3.83 avg rating — 27,289 ratings
3.
Forgotten Country
Forgotten Country 3.50 avg rating — 3,125 ratings
4.
Freeman
Freeman 4.34 avg rating — 3,972 ratings
5.
Gathering of Waters
Gathering of Waters 4.01 avg rating — 2,797 ratings
6.
Twelve Gates to the City
Twelve Gates to the City 4.16 avg rating — 478 ratings
7.
NW
NW 3.48 avg rating — 44,461 ratings
8.
Passing Love
Passing Love 3.36 avg rating — 268 ratings
9.
American Dervish
American Dervish 3.71 avg rating — 9,386 ratings
10.
This Is How You Lose Her
This Is How You Lose Her 3.74 avg rating — 99,562 ratings
11.
Three Strong Women
Three Strong Women 3.23 avg rating — 4,198 ratings
12.
The Devil in Silver
The Devil in Silver 3.54 avg rating — 7,166 ratings
13.
The Collective
The Collective
by: Don Lee
3.59 avg rating — 1,051 ratings
14.
The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
The Girl Who Fell from the Sky 3.61 avg rating — 33,070 ratings
15.
Drifting House
Drifting House
by: Krys Lee
3.64 avg rating — 1,141 ratings
16.
The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln
The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln 3.70 avg rating — 2,696 ratings
17.
The Cutting Season
The Cutting Season 3.64 avg rating — 16,903 ratings
17.
The Round House
The Round House 3.98 avg rating — 122,352 ratings
19.
Amarna Book I: Book of Ida
Amarna Book I: Book of Ida 3.94 avg rating — 72 ratings
20.
The Devil Stopped By
The Devil Stopped By 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
20.
Raised by Hand, Lifted by the Tides: A Southern Child's Memoir
Raised by Hand, Lifted by the Tides: A Southern Child's Memoir 3.83 avg rating — 42 ratings
22.
Happiness, Like Water
Happiness, Like Water 4.02 avg rating — 1,782 ratings
23.
Our Lady of Alice Bhatti
Our Lady of Alice Bhatti 3.42 avg rating — 2,772 ratings
24.
Elsewhere, California
Elsewhere, California 3.90 avg rating — 597 ratings
24.
By Love Possessed
By Love Possessed 3.76 avg rating — 144 ratings
26.
Hold It 'Til It Hurts
Hold It 'Til It Hurts 3.62 avg rating — 242 ratings
27.
From This Wicked Patch of Dust
From This Wicked Patch of Dust 4.16 avg rating — 81 ratings
27.
The Seduction of Dylan Acosta
The Seduction of Dylan Acosta 4.23 avg rating — 518 ratings
29.
Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories
Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories 4.17 avg rating — 4,556 ratings
30.
Being Lara
Being Lara
by: Lola Jaye
3.42 avg rating — 256 ratings
31.
Narcopolis
Narcopolis 3.44 avg rating — 7,871 ratings
32.
The Spider King's Daughter
The Spider King's Daughter 3.49 avg rating — 1,584 ratings
33.
Bittersweet: A Novel Based on a True Story
Bittersweet: A Novel Based on a True Story really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
34.
Claiming One
Claiming One really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings
34.
The Earth Girl and Queen Eliza
The Earth Girl and Queen Eliza
by: C.C. Alma
3.77 avg rating — 57 ratings
34.
Swimming Through Clouds
Swimming Through Clouds 4.12 avg rating — 282 ratings
34.
Thinner Than Skin
Thinner Than Skin 3.34 avg rating — 206 ratings
34.
Emancipating Alice
Emancipating Alice 3.57 avg rating — 61 ratings
39.
The Earth Boy and Mr. Brown / Robots in Love
The Earth Boy and Mr. Brown / Robots in Love
by: C.C. Alma
3.17 avg rating — 18 ratings