Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2023

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Paper Names
Paper Names
by: Susie Luo
3.65 avg rating β€” 8,875 ratings
2.
Our Best Intentions
Our Best Intentions 3.64 avg rating β€” 3,005 ratings
3.
Maame
Maame 4.05 avg rating β€” 119,848 ratings
4.
Hungry Ghosts
Hungry Ghosts 3.82 avg rating β€” 2,497 ratings
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Yellowface
Yellowface 3.74 avg rating β€” 900,506 ratings
6.
Too Soon for AdiΓ³s
Too Soon for AdiΓ³s 4.26 avg rating β€” 5,654 ratings
7.
One Summer in Savannah
One Summer in Savannah 4.13 avg rating β€” 30,865 ratings
8.
The Wind Knows My Name
The Wind Knows My Name 4.02 avg rating β€” 56,325 ratings
9.
Lady Tan's Circle of Women
Lady Tan's Circle of Women
by: Lisa See
4.35 avg rating β€” 184,971 ratings
10.
The Late Americans
The Late Americans 3.35 avg rating β€” 8,439 ratings
11.
The House of Eve
The House of Eve 4.25 avg rating β€” 127,172 ratings
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Black Foam
Black Foam 3.68 avg rating β€” 1,865 ratings
13.
What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez
What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez 3.53 avg rating β€” 11,751 ratings
14.
Where There Was Fire
Where There Was Fire 3.47 avg rating β€” 1,548 ratings
15.
Gone Like Yesterday
Gone Like Yesterday 3.59 avg rating β€” 424 ratings
16.
The Davenports (The Davenports, #1)
The Davenports (The Davenports, #1) 3.66 avg rating β€” 14,385 ratings
17.
Now You See Us
Now You See Us 3.74 avg rating β€” 4,806 ratings
18.
The Covenant of Water
The Covenant of Water 4.42 avg rating β€” 280,477 ratings
19.
Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?
Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? 3.74 avg rating β€” 70,399 ratings
20.
House of Cotton
House of Cotton liked it 3.00 avg rating β€” 6,188 ratings
21.
The Color of Family
The Color of Family 3.63 avg rating β€” 724 ratings
22.
Chain-Gang All-Stars
Chain-Gang All-Stars 4.12 avg rating β€” 82,441 ratings
23.
River Sing Me Home
River Sing Me Home 3.98 avg rating β€” 30,309 ratings
23.
Lone Women
Lone Women 3.70 avg rating β€” 34,419 ratings
25.
Queen of Exiles
Queen of Exiles 3.77 avg rating β€” 460 ratings
26.
Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2)
Crook Manifesto (Ray Carney, #2) 3.86 avg rating β€” 19,439 ratings
27.
Bad Cree
Bad Cree 3.91 avg rating β€” 17,859 ratings
28.
The Piano Tuner
The Piano Tuner 3.15 avg rating β€” 980 ratings
29.
The First Ladies
The First Ladies 4.04 avg rating β€” 49,195 ratings
30.
River Spirit
River Spirit 3.94 avg rating β€” 1,297 ratings
31.
In the Upper Country
In the Upper Country 3.49 avg rating β€” 2,132 ratings
32.
The Dream Builders
The Dream Builders 3.65 avg rating β€” 631 ratings
33.
Nightbloom
Nightbloom 3.95 avg rating β€” 3,283 ratings
34.
When Trying to Return Home: Stories
When Trying to Return Home: Stories 3.55 avg rating β€” 486 ratings
35.
The Tamarind Tree
The Tamarind Tree 4.05 avg rating β€” 1,534 ratings
36.
Fire Rush
Fire Rush 3.77 avg rating β€” 2,975 ratings
37.
The Light on Halsey Street: A Novel
The Light on Halsey Street: A Novel 4.03 avg rating β€” 704 ratings
38.
Pomegranate
Pomegranate 4.01 avg rating β€” 3,688 ratings
38.
The Weight
The Weight
by: Jeff Boyd
3.61 avg rating β€” 290 ratings
40.
Chlorine
Chlorine
by: Jade Song
3.67 avg rating β€” 19,173 ratings
41.
The Survivalists
The Survivalists 2.92 avg rating β€” 4,263 ratings
41.
The Peach Seed: A Novel
The Peach Seed: A Novel 3.80 avg rating β€” 629 ratings
41.
The Bandit Queens
The Bandit Queens 3.93 avg rating β€” 43,804 ratings
44.
Notes on Her Color
Notes on Her Color 3.70 avg rating β€” 428 ratings
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Ghost Music
Ghost Music
by: An Yu
3.49 avg rating β€” 5,288 ratings
45.
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store 3.93 avg rating β€” 294,297 ratings
47.
A Thousand Miles to Graceland
A Thousand Miles to Graceland 3.70 avg rating β€” 1,853 ratings
48.
Time's Undoing
Time's Undoing 4.03 avg rating β€” 1,952 ratings
48.
Between Two Moons
Between Two Moons 3.89 avg rating β€” 2,215 ratings
50.
Family Lore
Family Lore 3.52 avg rating β€” 21,206 ratings
51.
Dust Child
Dust Child 4.23 avg rating β€” 17,835 ratings
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Brotherless Night
Brotherless Night 4.46 avg rating β€” 14,014 ratings
53.
The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts
The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts 3.85 avg rating β€” 1,191 ratings
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A Broken People's Playlist
A Broken People's Playlist 4.29 avg rating β€” 2,594 ratings
55.
A History of Burning
A History of Burning 4.13 avg rating β€” 5,341 ratings
56.
The Skin and Its Girl
The Skin and Its Girl 3.80 avg rating β€” 1,826 ratings
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Carmen and Grace
Carmen and Grace 3.88 avg rating β€” 1,115 ratings
58.
Wade in the Water
Wade in the Water 4.01 avg rating β€” 2,955 ratings
59.
A Country You Can Leave
A Country You Can Leave 3.72 avg rating β€” 991 ratings
60.
Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea
Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea 3.48 avg rating β€” 5,126 ratings
61.
A Sweet Lowcountry Proposal (Brides of Lowcountry, #2)
A Sweet Lowcountry Proposal (Brides of Lowcountry, #2) 3.41 avg rating β€” 365 ratings
62.
The Woman Who Climbed Trees
The Woman Who Climbed Trees 3.68 avg rating β€” 413 ratings
63.
Witness: Stories
Witness: Stories 3.74 avg rating β€” 1,472 ratings
64.
Wild, Beautiful, and Free
Wild, Beautiful, and Free 4.30 avg rating β€” 13,069 ratings
65.
Loot
Loot 3.79 avg rating β€” 7,609 ratings
66.
Call and Response
Call and Response 3.55 avg rating β€” 365 ratings
67.
Liar, Dreamer, Thief
Liar, Dreamer, Thief 3.59 avg rating β€” 2,904 ratings
68.
The Great Reclamation
The Great Reclamation 4.02 avg rating β€” 3,711 ratings
69.
Evil Eye
Evil Eye
by: Etaf Rum
3.93 avg rating β€” 23,233 ratings
70.
Small Joys
Small Joys 3.93 avg rating β€” 2,743 ratings
71.
A Spell of Good Things
A Spell of Good Things 3.78 avg rating β€” 6,562 ratings
72.
The Reformatory
The Reformatory 4.45 avg rating β€” 50,452 ratings
72.
Vampires of El Norte
Vampires of El Norte 3.88 avg rating β€” 35,462 ratings
74.
Vanishing Maps
Vanishing Maps 3.54 avg rating β€” 425 ratings
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Independence
Independence 4.11 avg rating β€” 11,374 ratings
76.
I Went To See My Father
I Went To See My Father 3.71 avg rating β€” 1,321 ratings
76.
Symphony of Secrets
Symphony of Secrets 4.26 avg rating β€” 17,263 ratings
78.
Promise
Promise really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 889 ratings
78.
The Cuban Heiress
The Cuban Heiress 3.87 avg rating β€” 15,300 ratings
80.
The Chinese Groove
The Chinese Groove 3.97 avg rating β€” 4,344 ratings
81.
Holding Pattern
Holding Pattern
by: Jenny Xie
3.16 avg rating β€” 3,275 ratings
81.
Ghost Girl, Banana
Ghost Girl, Banana 4.03 avg rating β€” 1,720 ratings
83.
Swim Home to the Vanished
Swim Home to the Vanished 3.29 avg rating β€” 798 ratings
84.
Natural Beauty
Natural Beauty 3.80 avg rating β€” 21,431 ratings
85.
This Other Eden
This Other Eden 3.77 avg rating β€” 20,240 ratings
85.
Anatomy of a Meet Cute
Anatomy of a Meet Cute 3.36 avg rating β€” 1,856 ratings
85.
The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho
The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho 3.67 avg rating β€” 2,289 ratings
88.
Ghost Season
Ghost Season 4.03 avg rating β€” 838 ratings
89.
Temple Folk
Temple Folk 3.71 avg rating β€” 1,543 ratings
89.
A Council of Dolls
A Council of Dolls 4.02 avg rating β€” 6,867 ratings
91.
You Were Always Mine
You Were Always Mine 3.91 avg rating β€” 5,523 ratings
91.
Life and Other Love Songs
Life and Other Love Songs 3.76 avg rating β€” 2,103 ratings
91.
The Double Life of Benson Yu
The Double Life of Benson Yu 3.51 avg rating β€” 1,559 ratings
94.
Wandering Souls
Wandering Souls 4.13 avg rating β€” 16,349 ratings
95.
The Sense of Wonder
The Sense of Wonder 3.63 avg rating β€” 1,171 ratings
96.
Black Candle Women
Black Candle Women 3.42 avg rating β€” 8,067 ratings
97.
Sisters of the Lost Nation
Sisters of the Lost Nation 3.87 avg rating β€” 9,278 ratings
98.
Trinity
Trinity 3.88 avg rating β€” 196 ratings
99.
Lonely Castle in the Mirror
Lonely Castle in the Mirror 4.24 avg rating β€” 36,127 ratings
100.
Next of Kin
Next of Kin 4.06 avg rating β€” 14,182 ratings
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