Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2022

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People Person
People Person 3.69 avg rating — 16,724 ratings
102.
Which Side Are You On
Which Side Are You On 3.59 avg rating — 1,219 ratings
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Vagabonds!
Vagabonds! 3.81 avg rating — 3,085 ratings
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I Was the President's Mistress!!
I Was the President's Mistress!! 3.12 avg rating — 125 ratings
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Run and Hide
Run and Hide 3.38 avg rating — 654 ratings
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To Paradise
To Paradise 3.74 avg rating — 52,880 ratings
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Best of Friends
Best of Friends 3.44 avg rating — 9,273 ratings
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A Trail of Crab Tracks
A Trail of Crab Tracks 3.82 avg rating — 33 ratings
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The Furrows
The Furrows 3.21 avg rating — 5,318 ratings
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After the Hurricane
After the Hurricane 3.47 avg rating — 697 ratings
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The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho
The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho 3.67 avg rating — 2,288 ratings
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All That's Left Unsaid
All That's Left Unsaid 3.96 avg rating — 13,572 ratings
113.
A Map for the Missing
A Map for the Missing really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,567 ratings
114.
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau 3.57 avg rating — 37,720 ratings
115.
High Spirits
High Spirits 3.61 avg rating — 542 ratings
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Blue Like Me
Blue Like Me 4.11 avg rating — 631 ratings
115.
The Most Precious Substance on Earth
The Most Precious Substance on Earth 3.58 avg rating — 1,696 ratings
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Jackal
Jackal 3.65 avg rating — 17,418 ratings
115.
The Evening Hero
The Evening Hero 3.82 avg rating — 1,207 ratings
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Afrotistic
Afrotistic 4.34 avg rating — 112 ratings
115.
How We Disappear: Novella & Stories
How We Disappear: Novella & Stories 4.37 avg rating — 105 ratings
115.
Stay True
Stay True
by: Hua Hsu
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 43,567 ratings
123.
Things Past Telling
Things Past Telling 4.38 avg rating — 2,351 ratings
123.
When We Were Sisters
When We Were Sisters 3.92 avg rating — 6,331 ratings
123.
All My Rage
All My Rage 4.48 avg rating — 61,034 ratings
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God's Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories
God's Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories 4.07 avg rating — 914 ratings
123.
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma 4.50 avg rating — 67,878 ratings
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Soul Sisters
Soul Sisters 3.67 avg rating — 399 ratings
128.
Evil Eye
Evil Eye
by: Etaf Rum
3.93 avg rating — 23,231 ratings
128.
Sacrificio
Sacrificio 3.30 avg rating — 257 ratings
131.
All Day Is A Long Time
All Day Is A Long Time 3.77 avg rating — 1,199 ratings
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A Minor Chorus
A Minor Chorus 4.04 avg rating — 3,467 ratings
131.
Someday, Maybe
Someday, Maybe 3.89 avg rating — 14,557 ratings
131.
Beautiful Country
Beautiful Country 4.17 avg rating — 37,466 ratings
135.
Woman, Eat Me Whole: Poems
Woman, Eat Me Whole: Poems 3.80 avg rating — 379 ratings
135.
Fencing with the King
Fencing with the King 3.68 avg rating — 1,057 ratings
135.
Identitti
Identitti 3.80 avg rating — 5,628 ratings
138.
The Scent of Burnt Flowers
The Scent of Burnt Flowers 3.47 avg rating — 1,787 ratings
138.
The Many Daughters of Afong Moy
The Many Daughters of Afong Moy 3.87 avg rating — 26,951 ratings
138.
Seeking Fortune Elsewhere: Stories
Seeking Fortune Elsewhere: Stories 4.22 avg rating — 810 ratings
138.
Black Candle Women
Black Candle Women 3.42 avg rating — 8,067 ratings
142.
Wild Imperfections: An Anthology of Womanist Poems
Wild Imperfections: An Anthology of Womanist Poems 4.21 avg rating — 42 ratings
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Circa
Circa 3.62 avg rating — 286 ratings
142.
The Book of Everlasting Things
The Book of Everlasting Things 4.14 avg rating — 3,282 ratings
145.
We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies
We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies 4.07 avg rating — 3,534 ratings
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The Hacienda
The Hacienda 3.84 avg rating — 52,966 ratings
147.
They Call Me Ishmael
They Call Me Ishmael 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings
148.
The Sparrows of Montenegro
The Sparrows of Montenegro
by: B.J. Mayo
4.40 avg rating — 25 ratings
148.
How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water 3.88 avg rating — 30,148 ratings
150.
The Apartment on Calle Uruguay
The Apartment on Calle Uruguay 3.15 avg rating — 88 ratings
151.
The Intangible
The Intangible 3.77 avg rating — 4,422 ratings
152.
The Confessions of Matthew Strong
The Confessions of Matthew Strong 3.48 avg rating — 273 ratings
153.
Scattered Seed
Scattered Seed 3.54 avg rating — 157 ratings
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The Town of Babylon
The Town of Babylon 3.93 avg rating — 3,552 ratings
154.
These Impossible Things
These Impossible Things 4.22 avg rating — 14,026 ratings
156.
Greenland
Greenland 3.77 avg rating — 928 ratings
157.
The Body Family
The Body Family 4.58 avg rating — 26 ratings
157.
Bliss Montage
Bliss Montage
by: Ling Ma
3.89 avg rating — 24,240 ratings
159.
Stepmotherland
Stepmotherland really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 67 ratings
160.
All the Blood Involved in Love
All the Blood Involved in Love 4.35 avg rating — 112 ratings
161.
Fuccboi
Fuccboi 3.08 avg rating — 1,329 ratings
162.
I Am Ayah: The Way Home
I Am Ayah: The Way Home 4.24 avg rating — 373 ratings
162.
The Book of Queens
The Book of Queens 4.08 avg rating — 1,231 ratings
162.
If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English
If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English
by: Noor Naga
3.93 avg rating — 11,496 ratings
165.
Everything Abridged: Stories
Everything Abridged: Stories 4.26 avg rating — 115 ratings
165.
The Fortunes of Jaded Women
The Fortunes of Jaded Women 3.63 avg rating — 18,255 ratings
167.
Walking in Tall Weeds
Walking in Tall Weeds 3.76 avg rating — 187 ratings
167.
Marrow: Poems
Marrow: Poems 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
167.
Bad Fruit
Bad Fruit
by: Ella King
3.73 avg rating — 3,827 ratings
170.
Meet Us by the Roaring Sea
Meet Us by the Roaring Sea 3.60 avg rating — 753 ratings
171.
Take No Names
Take No Names 3.51 avg rating — 513 ratings
172.
Now Lila Knows
Now Lila Knows 3.48 avg rating — 77 ratings
172.
Mademoiselle Revolution
Mademoiselle Revolution
by: Zoe Sivak
3.52 avg rating — 854 ratings
174.
Cain Named the Animal: Poems
Cain Named the Animal: Poems 3.75 avg rating — 87 ratings
174.
After the Lights Go Out
After the Lights Go Out 4.06 avg rating — 771 ratings
176.
An Olive Grove in Ends
An Olive Grove in Ends 3.99 avg rating — 1,344 ratings
176.
Coffee, Shopping, Murder, Love
Coffee, Shopping, Murder, Love 3.38 avg rating — 242 ratings
178.
The Mouthless God and Jesus Number Two
The Mouthless God and Jesus Number Two it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
179.
The Missing
The Missing 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
180.
By Her Own Design: The Story of Ann Lowe, Society's Best-Kept Secret
By Her Own Design: The Story of Ann Lowe, Society's Best-Kept Secret 4.29 avg rating — 7,865 ratings
180.
Mirror Made of Rain
Mirror Made of Rain 3.64 avg rating — 357 ratings
182.
Someone Had to Do It
Someone Had to Do It 3.58 avg rating — 1,743 ratings
183.
Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?
Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? 3.74 avg rating — 70,399 ratings
183.
Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion
Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion 3.99 avg rating — 4,260 ratings
185.
Rootwork
Rootwork 3.92 avg rating — 487 ratings
186.
Carolina Built
Carolina Built 3.65 avg rating — 1,973 ratings
186.
Bellerophon
Bellerophon 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
188.
Happy for You
Happy for You 3.30 avg rating — 1,507 ratings
189.
Activities of Daily Living
Activities of Daily Living 3.83 avg rating — 916 ratings
190.
Woman Without Shame: Poems
Woman Without Shame: Poems 4.10 avg rating — 2,265 ratings
191.
Woman, Eating
Woman, Eating 3.44 avg rating — 20,536 ratings
191.
Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions: A Novel in Interlocking Stories
Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions: A Novel in Interlocking Stories 3.96 avg rating — 2,129 ratings
193.
Maria, Maria and Other Stories
Maria, Maria and Other Stories 3.81 avg rating — 769 ratings
194.
The Fervor
The Fervor 3.62 avg rating — 5,102 ratings
194.
Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm
Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm 3.53 avg rating — 1,774 ratings
194.
White Horse
White Horse 3.49 avg rating — 12,940 ratings
197.
The Two Lives of Sara
The Two Lives of Sara 3.80 avg rating — 3,220 ratings
198.
Patience Is a Subtle Thief
Patience Is a Subtle Thief 3.44 avg rating — 619 ratings
199.
Things They Lost
Things They Lost 3.70 avg rating — 725 ratings
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Empty Vows (Lexington, Alabama #2)
Empty Vows (Lexington, Alabama #2) 3.78 avg rating — 2,860 ratings
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