Best Fiction and Memoirs by Authors of Color

1.
Wolf Hustle: A Black Woman on Wall Street
Wolf Hustle: A Black Woman on Wall Street 4.19 avg rating β€” 381 ratings
2.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating β€” 737,195 ratings
3.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating β€” 476,949 ratings
4.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating β€” 377,787 ratings
5.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) 4.30 avg rating β€” 568,941 ratings
6.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating β€” 403,090 ratings
7.
The House on Mango Street
The House on Mango Street 3.69 avg rating β€” 222,950 ratings
8.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating β€” 992,042 ratings
9.
Love in the Time of Cholera
Love in the Time of Cholera 3.94 avg rating β€” 535,587 ratings
10.
The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
by: Amy Tan
3.97 avg rating β€” 703,407 ratings
11.
The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers 4.10 avg rating β€” 340,219 ratings
12.
Buck: A Memoir
Buck: A Memoir 4.05 avg rating β€” 3,060 ratings
13.
Pale
Pale 3.81 avg rating β€” 370 ratings
14.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating β€” 258,316 ratings
15.
A Butler Christmas
A Butler Christmas 4.73 avg rating β€” 55 ratings
16.
Life of Pi
Life of Pi 3.94 avg rating β€” 1,726,622 ratings
17.
Giovanni’s Room
Giovanni’s Room 4.34 avg rating β€” 226,065 ratings
18.
The Complete Persepolis
The Complete Persepolis 4.40 avg rating β€” 199,568 ratings
19.
Black Indian: A Memoir
Black Indian: A Memoir 4.06 avg rating β€” 120 ratings
20.
Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon 4.15 avg rating β€” 123,932 ratings
21.
The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye 4.13 avg rating β€” 288,102 ratings
22.
The Arrival
The Arrival
by: Shaun Tan
4.35 avg rating β€” 59,073 ratings
23.
Sula
Sula 4.05 avg rating β€” 117,010 ratings
23.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating β€” 3,402,051 ratings
25.
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate 3.95 avg rating β€” 387,464 ratings
26.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating β€” 198,732 ratings
27.
The Kaleidoscope: The Gift of Madness
The Kaleidoscope: The Gift of Madness 3.94 avg rating β€” 72 ratings
27.
Tales of the Astonishing Black Spark
Tales of the Astonishing Black Spark 4.02 avg rating β€” 100 ratings
29.
One Day You Will (An Attorney J.B. Graybourne Novel, #2)
One Day You Will (An Attorney J.B. Graybourne Novel, #2) 4.48 avg rating β€” 23 ratings
30.
Project Terror
Project Terror 4.22 avg rating β€” 36 ratings
31.
Daisy Jones
Daisy Jones
by: Mack Mama
3.72 avg rating β€” 64 ratings
32.
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven 4.09 avg rating β€” 26,666 ratings
32.
Interpreter of Maladies
Interpreter of Maladies 4.18 avg rating β€” 203,036 ratings
34.
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things 3.96 avg rating β€” 317,159 ratings
35.
We Cast a Shadow
We Cast a Shadow 3.62 avg rating β€” 5,089 ratings
36.
Becoming
Becoming 4.44 avg rating β€” 1,160,552 ratings
37.
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books 3.66 avg rating β€” 138,465 ratings
38.
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants 4.52 avg rating β€” 158,444 ratings
39.
Confessions of a Mask
Confessions of a Mask 3.95 avg rating β€” 37,113 ratings
40.
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) 4.20 avg rating β€” 238,932 ratings
41.
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) 4.29 avg rating β€” 317,164 ratings
42.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by: Malcolm X
4.37 avg rating β€” 285,182 ratings
43.
Binti (Binti, #1)
Binti (Binti, #1) 3.85 avg rating β€” 78,682 ratings
44.
Lessons from a CF Cornerman: 38 Lessons I Learned During My Wife's Illness And Lung Transplant
Lessons from a CF Cornerman: 38 Lessons I Learned During My Wife's Illness And Lung Transplant 4.68 avg rating β€” 44 ratings
44.
Searching for Sylvie Lee
Searching for Sylvie Lee
by: Jean Kwok
3.64 avg rating β€” 39,826 ratings
46.
We Are Bridges: A Memoir
We Are Bridges: A Memoir 4.03 avg rating β€” 391 ratings
47.
JUDGES: When The Light Lay Still
JUDGES: When The Light Lay Still 3.37 avg rating β€” 60 ratings
48.
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 4.16 avg rating β€” 192,415 ratings
48.
In and of Blood
In and of Blood
by: Kat Lewis
4.83 avg rating β€” 12 ratings
50.
The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood 4.08 avg rating β€” 10,969 ratings
51.
The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day 4.14 avg rating β€” 344,058 ratings
52.
The Thing Around Your Neck
The Thing Around Your Neck 4.23 avg rating β€” 48,399 ratings
52.
Before We Were Free
Before We Were Free 3.91 avg rating β€” 9,247 ratings
54.
So Long a Letter
So Long a Letter 3.99 avg rating β€” 11,638 ratings
55.
The Round House
The Round House 3.98 avg rating β€” 122,363 ratings
56.
Kafka on the Shore
Kafka on the Shore 4.12 avg rating β€” 528,228 ratings
57.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 4.06 avg rating β€” 281,434 ratings
58.
Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus 4.18 avg rating β€” 137,117 ratings
59.
Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment
Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment 3.71 avg rating β€” 19,530 ratings
60.
Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me 4.40 avg rating β€” 357,391 ratings
61.
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand 3.81 avg rating β€” 3,105 ratings
62.
Lakota Woman
Lakota Woman 3.97 avg rating β€” 8,729 ratings
63.
Veterans of the Psychic Wars
Veterans of the Psychic Wars 3.80 avg rating β€” 83 ratings
63.
Awakening Kali
Awakening Kali 4.51 avg rating β€” 39 ratings
63.
Rainbirds
Rainbirds 3.48 avg rating β€” 7,152 ratings
66.
Wandering Son, Vol. 1
Wandering Son, Vol. 1 3.97 avg rating β€” 3,385 ratings
67.
Death in Midsummer and Other Stories
Death in Midsummer and Other Stories really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 6,072 ratings
67.
Heads of the Colored People
Heads of the Colored People 4.11 avg rating β€” 7,907 ratings
69.
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China 4.30 avg rating β€” 120,283 ratings
69.
Enochi: 3 Of Light
Enochi: 3 Of Light 4.60 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
69.
Amarna Book I: Book of Ida
Amarna Book I: Book of Ida 3.94 avg rating β€” 72 ratings
72.
Unaccustomed Earth
Unaccustomed Earth 4.14 avg rating β€” 95,612 ratings
72.
This Is How You Lose Her
This Is How You Lose Her 3.74 avg rating β€” 99,565 ratings
72.
The Take
The Take
by: L. Brown
4.43 avg rating β€” 14 ratings
75.
The Pack: Addison (The Pack, #1)
The Pack: Addison (The Pack, #1) 4.30 avg rating β€” 37 ratings
76.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography 4.11 avg rating β€” 35,601 ratings
77.
Rebellion Book I: Book of Quay
Rebellion Book I: Book of Quay 4.29 avg rating β€” 35 ratings
78.
Cabello: Mineau (Cabello #1)
Cabello: Mineau (Cabello #1) 3.80 avg rating β€” 54 ratings
79.
Rain of Gold
Rain of Gold 4.50 avg rating β€” 8,211 ratings
79.
Miael: Family
Miael: Family 3.95 avg rating β€” 40 ratings
81.
The Namesake
The Namesake 4.02 avg rating β€” 280,152 ratings
82.
Fresh Off the Boat
Fresh Off the Boat 3.68 avg rating β€” 13,728 ratings
83.
Dessa Rose
Dessa Rose 3.80 avg rating β€” 990 ratings
84.
The Man in the Iron Mask (Le vicomte de Bragelonne, #4)
The Man in the Iron Mask (Le vicomte de Bragelonne, #4) 3.99 avg rating β€” 66,594 ratings
85.
The Housekeeper and the Professor
The Housekeeper and the Professor 4.05 avg rating β€” 91,304 ratings
86.
March: Book One (March, #1)
March: Book One (March, #1) 4.35 avg rating β€” 56,871 ratings
87.
Skim
Skim 3.76 avg rating β€” 17,088 ratings
88.
Girl in Translation
Girl in Translation
by: Jean Kwok
3.99 avg rating β€” 58,177 ratings
89.
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad 4.06 avg rating β€” 433,322 ratings
90.
The Book of Salt
The Book of Salt 3.53 avg rating β€” 6,488 ratings
90.
White Teeth
White Teeth 3.79 avg rating β€” 170,746 ratings
90.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet 4.05 avg rating β€” 311,640 ratings
93.
War Trash
War Trash
by: Ha Jin
3.81 avg rating β€” 4,149 ratings
93.
Conjure Women
Conjure Women 3.87 avg rating β€” 18,420 ratings
95.
The Girl Who Played Go
The Girl Who Played Go
by: Shan Sa
3.79 avg rating β€” 6,105 ratings
95.
Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America
Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America 3.84 avg rating β€” 27,112 ratings
95.
The Incendiaries
The Incendiaries
by: R.O. Kwon
3.21 avg rating β€” 25,024 ratings
98.
The Interesting Narrative and other writings
The Interesting Narrative and other writings 3.74 avg rating β€” 14,418 ratings
99.
All You Can Ever Know
All You Can Ever Know 3.85 avg rating β€” 26,098 ratings
100.
They Called Us Enemy
They Called Us Enemy 4.42 avg rating β€” 50,173 ratings
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