Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2024

1.
Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil
Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil 3.39 avg rating — 2,981 ratings
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James
James 4.47 avg rating — 372,833 ratings
3.
The Bullet Swallower
The Bullet Swallower 3.78 avg rating — 12,023 ratings
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Wandering Stars
Wandering Stars 3.83 avg rating — 32,884 ratings
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Swift River
Swift River 3.50 avg rating — 9,110 ratings
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The Backyard Bird Chronicles
The Backyard Bird Chronicles
by: Amy Tan
4.01 avg rating — 12,686 ratings
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América del Norte
América del Norte 3.77 avg rating — 285 ratings
8.
Habitations
Habitations 3.79 avg rating — 511 ratings
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Jaded
Jaded
by: Ela Lee
4.14 avg rating — 4,716 ratings
10.
Grown Women
Grown Women 4.33 avg rating — 2,912 ratings
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The Sons of El Rey
The Sons of El Rey 3.88 avg rating — 1,353 ratings
12.
Parasol Against the Axe
Parasol Against the Axe 3.06 avg rating — 1,269 ratings
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Oye
Oye 3.64 avg rating — 3,016 ratings
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The Devil Takes You Home
The Devil Takes You Home 3.67 avg rating — 12,383 ratings
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The American Daughters
The American Daughters 3.57 avg rating — 2,849 ratings
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First in the Family: A Story of Survival, Recovery, and the American Dream
First in the Family: A Story of Survival, Recovery, and the American Dream 3.82 avg rating — 470 ratings
17.
Like Water Like Sea
Like Water Like Sea 3.65 avg rating — 34 ratings
18.
Long After We Are Gone
Long After We Are Gone 3.84 avg rating — 5,534 ratings
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American Daughters
American Daughters 3.79 avg rating — 1,490 ratings
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House of Bone and Rain
House of Bone and Rain 3.84 avg rating — 3,641 ratings
21.
Anita de Monte Laughs Last
Anita de Monte Laughs Last 3.79 avg rating — 41,872 ratings
21.
Bird Milk & Mosquito Bones: A Memoir
Bird Milk & Mosquito Bones: A Memoir 3.89 avg rating — 726 ratings
23.
Tell It to Me Singing
Tell It to Me Singing 3.79 avg rating — 1,467 ratings
24.
A Great Country
A Great Country 3.89 avg rating — 7,884 ratings
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Burma Sahib
Burma Sahib 3.93 avg rating — 1,954 ratings
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Godwin
Godwin 3.58 avg rating — 1,907 ratings
27.
The Road to the Salt Sea
The Road to the Salt Sea 3.79 avg rating — 434 ratings
27.
The Storm We Made
The Storm We Made 3.83 avg rating — 22,836 ratings
27.
The Unicorn Woman
The Unicorn Woman 3.18 avg rating — 361 ratings
27.
The Cemetery of Untold Stories
The Cemetery of Untold Stories 3.66 avg rating — 11,833 ratings
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Minor Disturbances at Grand Life Apartments
Minor Disturbances at Grand Life Apartments 3.72 avg rating — 660 ratings
27.
Broughtupsy
Broughtupsy 3.39 avg rating — 521 ratings
27.
Masquerade
Masquerade 3.92 avg rating — 3,948 ratings
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It's a Privilege Just to Be Here
It's a Privilege Just to Be Here 3.57 avg rating — 437 ratings
27.
Coup de Grâce
Coup de Grâce 3.08 avg rating — 2,578 ratings
27.
Mouth: Stories
Mouth: Stories 3.90 avg rating — 566 ratings
37.
Come and Get It
Come and Get It 3.34 avg rating — 41,422 ratings
37.
The Seventh Veil of Salome
The Seventh Veil of Salome 3.75 avg rating — 10,774 ratings
37.
Island Witch
Island Witch 3.61 avg rating — 1,509 ratings
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Choice
Choice 3.36 avg rating — 593 ratings
41.
Shelterwood
Shelterwood 3.85 avg rating — 30,570 ratings
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Say Hello to My Little Friend
Say Hello to My Little Friend 3.71 avg rating — 890 ratings
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The House on Biscayne Bay
The House on Biscayne Bay 3.68 avg rating — 8,871 ratings
43.
Let Me Liberate You
Let Me Liberate You 3.33 avg rating — 160 ratings
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I'm a Fool to Want You: Stories
I'm a Fool to Want You: Stories 3.92 avg rating — 6,047 ratings
46.
Off the Books
Off the Books 3.63 avg rating — 599 ratings
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The Things We Didn’t Know
The Things We Didn’t Know 3.85 avg rating — 3,390 ratings
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Mockingbird Summer
Mockingbird Summer 4.22 avg rating — 9,778 ratings
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Inside the Mirror
Inside the Mirror 4.05 avg rating — 62 ratings
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Redwood Court
Redwood Court 3.39 avg rating — 5,830 ratings
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We Carry the Sea in Our Hands
We Carry the Sea in Our Hands
by: Janie Kim
3.63 avg rating — 421 ratings
52.
These Letters End in Tears
These Letters End in Tears 3.93 avg rating — 1,905 ratings
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Ours
Ours 3.82 avg rating — 1,244 ratings
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Their Divine Fires
Their Divine Fires 3.65 avg rating — 297 ratings
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Great Expectations
Great Expectations 3.26 avg rating — 3,042 ratings
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My Beloved Life
My Beloved Life 3.80 avg rating — 272 ratings
57.
Acts of Forgiveness
Acts of Forgiveness 3.71 avg rating — 1,674 ratings
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The Rich People Have Gone Away
The Rich People Have Gone Away 3.33 avg rating — 2,373 ratings
59.
Mr. Jimmy From Around the Way
Mr. Jimmy From Around the Way 4.25 avg rating — 443 ratings
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The Blueprint
The Blueprint 3.82 avg rating — 2,054 ratings
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Nothing Is Wrong
Nothing Is Wrong 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings
62.
Neighbors and Other Stories
Neighbors and Other Stories 4.02 avg rating — 2,246 ratings
63.
Freedom Is a Feast
Freedom Is a Feast 4.26 avg rating — 351 ratings
63.
The Great Divide
The Great Divide 3.67 avg rating — 23,806 ratings
65.
Tiny Threads
Tiny Threads 3.15 avg rating — 938 ratings
66.
Catalina
Catalina 3.58 avg rating — 6,942 ratings
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The Fetishist
The Fetishist 3.67 avg rating — 2,823 ratings
68.
All the Glimmering Stars
All the Glimmering Stars 4.62 avg rating — 12,549 ratings
69.
Dixon, Descending
Dixon, Descending 3.92 avg rating — 1,217 ratings
70.
The Library Thief
The Library Thief 3.33 avg rating — 2,448 ratings
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The House of Plain Truth
The House of Plain Truth 3.46 avg rating — 289 ratings
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All We Were Promised
All We Were Promised 3.81 avg rating — 8,580 ratings
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Cinema Love
Cinema Love 3.72 avg rating — 1,368 ratings
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Memory Piece
Memory Piece
by: Lisa Ko
3.20 avg rating — 4,406 ratings
75.
The Stone Home
The Stone Home 3.60 avg rating — 910 ratings
76.
888 Love and the Divine Burden of Numbers
888 Love and the Divine Burden of Numbers 3.31 avg rating — 1,420 ratings
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Linh Ly is Doing Just Fine
Linh Ly is Doing Just Fine 3.41 avg rating — 341 ratings
78.
Twilight Territory
Twilight Territory 3.64 avg rating — 4,652 ratings
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Like Happiness
Like Happiness 3.76 avg rating — 1,693 ratings
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River East, River West
River East, River West really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,984 ratings
81.
Lies and Weddings
Lies and Weddings 3.74 avg rating — 46,175 ratings
82.
Shanghailanders
Shanghailanders
by: Juli Min
3.47 avg rating — 2,528 ratings
83.
Rakesfall
Rakesfall 3.32 avg rating — 1,068 ratings
84.
The Funeral Cryer
The Funeral Cryer
by: Wenyan Lu
3.43 avg rating — 761 ratings
85.
The Melancholy of Untold History
The Melancholy of Untold History 3.65 avg rating — 786 ratings
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Blessings
Blessings 4.16 avg rating — 3,345 ratings
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The House of Broken Bricks
The House of Broken Bricks 3.75 avg rating — 1,328 ratings
88.
The Road to the Country
The Road to the Country 3.81 avg rating — 1,037 ratings
89.
Troubled Waters: A Novel
Troubled Waters: A Novel 3.82 avg rating — 334 ratings
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Losing the Plot
Losing the Plot 3.34 avg rating — 540 ratings
91.
Crooked Seeds
Crooked Seeds 3.57 avg rating — 1,140 ratings
92.
Fire Exit
Fire Exit 3.71 avg rating — 6,312 ratings
93.
Prairie Edge
Prairie Edge 4.02 avg rating — 1,453 ratings
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The Coin
The Coin 3.47 avg rating — 7,318 ratings
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Behind You Is the Sea
Behind You Is the Sea 4.08 avg rating — 7,031 ratings
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Five-Star Stranger
Five-Star Stranger
by: Kat Tang
3.20 avg rating — 8,148 ratings
97.
Code Noir
Code Noir 3.54 avg rating — 131 ratings
98.
Batshit Seven
Batshit Seven 3.34 avg rating — 171 ratings
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I Love You So Much It's Killing Us Both
I Love You So Much It's Killing Us Both 3.18 avg rating — 1,083 ratings
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While We Were Burning
While We Were Burning 3.22 avg rating — 1,627 ratings
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