Best Fiction and Memoirs by Authors of Color

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The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts 3.73 avg rating β€” 33,279 ratings
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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance 3.94 avg rating β€” 229,616 ratings
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Nova
Nova 3.80 avg rating β€” 8,860 ratings
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Heart Berries
Heart Berries 3.82 avg rating β€” 29,276 ratings
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The Lifecycle of Software Objects
The Lifecycle of Software Objects 3.92 avg rating β€” 7,203 ratings
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating β€” 1,070,192 ratings
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Bloodchild and Other Stories
Bloodchild and Other Stories 4.35 avg rating β€” 26,127 ratings
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Who Fears Death
Who Fears Death 3.93 avg rating β€” 27,812 ratings
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The Suffragette Scandal (Brothers Sinister, #4)
The Suffragette Scandal (Brothers Sinister, #4) 4.06 avg rating β€” 9,279 ratings
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Infidel
Infidel 4.20 avg rating β€” 91,951 ratings
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Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name 4.40 avg rating β€” 23,086 ratings
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The Last Black Unicorn
The Last Black Unicorn 3.84 avg rating β€” 68,460 ratings
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Boxers & Saints
Boxers & Saints 4.22 avg rating β€” 1,943 ratings
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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1)
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1) 4.29 avg rating β€” 663,224 ratings
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Pachinko
Pachinko 4.34 avg rating β€” 582,888 ratings
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Tar Baby
Tar Baby 3.99 avg rating β€” 23,196 ratings
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Anthills of the Savannah
Anthills of the Savannah 3.85 avg rating β€” 4,491 ratings
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl 4.17 avg rating β€” 56,861 ratings
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The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth, #3)
The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth, #3) 4.34 avg rating β€” 159,447 ratings
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The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 420,402 ratings
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4) 3.90 avg rating β€” 128,899 ratings
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Adaptation (Adaptation, #1)
Adaptation (Adaptation, #1) 3.63 avg rating β€” 7,966 ratings
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Marcelo in the Real World
Marcelo in the Real World 3.94 avg rating β€” 19,687 ratings
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The Icarus Girl
The Icarus Girl 3.64 avg rating β€” 5,432 ratings
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Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening
Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening 3.96 avg rating β€” 65,669 ratings
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I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban 4.16 avg rating β€” 612,740 ratings
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Hidden Figures
Hidden Figures 3.96 avg rating β€” 112,027 ratings
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The Fire Next Time
The Fire Next Time 4.55 avg rating β€” 115,174 ratings
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Kitchen
Kitchen 3.90 avg rating β€” 121,539 ratings
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One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter
One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter 3.73 avg rating β€” 13,464 ratings
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Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body 4.17 avg rating β€” 118,962 ratings
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Lagoon
Lagoon 3.63 avg rating β€” 8,985 ratings
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The Chronicles of a Crazy Chick
The Chronicles of a Crazy Chick 3.28 avg rating β€” 29 ratings
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The Mountaintop
The Mountaintop 4.17 avg rating β€” 785 ratings
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My Beloved World
My Beloved World 4.09 avg rating β€” 33,503 ratings
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Earl The Pearl: My Story
Earl The Pearl: My Story 3.56 avg rating β€” 98 ratings
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A Pale View of Hills
A Pale View of Hills 3.79 avg rating β€” 41,036 ratings
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Claiming One
Claiming One really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 10 ratings
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Diary of a Freedom Writer: The Experience
Diary of a Freedom Writer: The Experience 4.25 avg rating β€” 173 ratings
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The Earth Girl and Queen Eliza
The Earth Girl and Queen Eliza
by: C.C. Alma
3.77 avg rating β€” 57 ratings
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Swimming Through Clouds
Swimming Through Clouds 4.12 avg rating β€” 282 ratings
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Leaving Little Havana: A Memoir of Miami's Cuban Ghetto
Leaving Little Havana: A Memoir of Miami's Cuban Ghetto 4.03 avg rating β€” 29 ratings
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American Psychonaut: Prelude to the Great American Memoir
American Psychonaut: Prelude to the Great American Memoir it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 4 ratings
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θ΅°εΎ—θΆŠθΏœ,离θ‡ͺε·±θΆŠθΏ‘ The Farther I Walk, The Closer I Get To Me
θ΅°εΎ—θΆŠθΏœ,离θ‡ͺε·±θΆŠθΏ‘ The Farther I Walk, The Closer I Get To Me
by: Hong Mei
3.65 avg rating β€” 1,163 ratings
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His PhD is in Hypocrisy: And Other Poems about My Crappy Ex-Boyfriend
His PhD is in Hypocrisy: And Other Poems about My Crappy Ex-Boyfriend 4.14 avg rating β€” 28 ratings
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The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing
The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 13,982 ratings
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The Immortal Rules (Blood of Eden, #1)
The Immortal Rules (Blood of Eden, #1) 4.07 avg rating β€” 72,054 ratings
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Twerking Cruxes and a Cloaked Visage
Twerking Cruxes and a Cloaked Visage 4.73 avg rating β€” 15 ratings
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The Garden of Unfortunate Souls
The Garden of Unfortunate Souls 4.08 avg rating β€” 49 ratings
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Left Across the Border: A Story of Teen Depression (Teen & Depression #1)
Left Across the Border: A Story of Teen Depression (Teen & Depression #1) 4.43 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
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Playing with Light
Playing with Light 2.79 avg rating β€” 19 ratings
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Green Island
Green Island 4.09 avg rating β€” 3,315 ratings
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Baluta
Baluta 4.12 avg rating β€” 533 ratings
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A Quest For Healing: A Memoir That Weaves Together Science, Family and Faith
A Quest For Healing: A Memoir That Weaves Together Science, Family and Faith 4.56 avg rating β€” 9 ratings
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Live Love Aloha: AMBW Romance
Live Love Aloha: AMBW Romance 3.78 avg rating β€” 93 ratings
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The Through
The Through 4.32 avg rating β€” 38 ratings
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Love War Stories
Love War Stories 4.01 avg rating β€” 444 ratings
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Bloodbath by Ray Rao
Bloodbath by Ray Rao
by: Ray Rao
4.50 avg rating β€” 16 ratings
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Disturbed in Their Nests: A Journey from Sudan’s Dinkaland to San Diego’s City Heights
Disturbed in Their Nests: A Journey from Sudan’s Dinkaland to San Diego’s City Heights 4.44 avg rating β€” 404 ratings
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The Queen of the Night
The Queen of the Night 3.43 avg rating β€” 12,066 ratings
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Bill Duke: My 40-Year Career on Screen and behind the Camera
Bill Duke: My 40-Year Career on Screen and behind the Camera
by: Bill Duke
3.98 avg rating β€” 53 ratings
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Aquaponics for Beginners: How to Build your own Aquaponic Garden that will Grow Organic Vegetables
Aquaponics for Beginners: How to Build your own Aquaponic Garden that will Grow Organic Vegetables 4.28 avg rating β€” 86 ratings
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The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row 4.65 avg rating β€” 75,678 ratings
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Frida in America: The Creative Awakening of a Great Artist
Frida in America: The Creative Awakening of a Great Artist 4.02 avg rating β€” 467 ratings
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Officer Clemmons
Officer Clemmons 3.94 avg rating β€” 1,713 ratings
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Music to My Years: A Mixtape-Memoir of Growing Up and Standing Up
Music to My Years: A Mixtape-Memoir of Growing Up and Standing Up 4.31 avg rating β€” 532 ratings
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Mind Without Fear
Mind Without Fear 4.19 avg rating β€” 1,277 ratings
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My Brilliant Life
My Brilliant Life 3.99 avg rating β€” 2,713 ratings
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Fragments
Fragments 4.25 avg rating β€” 20 ratings
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Cooking for Her Eyes: Transcription of a Sonata
Cooking for Her Eyes: Transcription of a Sonata 4.33 avg rating β€” 15 ratings
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Mamaji
Mamaji 4.26 avg rating β€” 57 ratings
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Grief Healed: A Physician's Guide to Dealing with Grief and Thriving
Grief Healed: A Physician's Guide to Dealing with Grief and Thriving 4.53 avg rating β€” 17 ratings
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The Girl in Kyoto: Bittersweet Memories of One Traditional Family in Japan
The Girl in Kyoto: Bittersweet Memories of One Traditional Family in Japan 3.58 avg rating β€” 12 ratings
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Noiryorican: Short Fiction
Noiryorican: Short Fiction 4.33 avg rating β€” 24 ratings
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The Making of Tintin-In the World of the Inca
The Making of Tintin-In the World of the Inca
by: HergΓ©
4.80 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
133.
Petrified Flowers
Petrified Flowers 4.72 avg rating β€” 18 ratings
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While I Was Away
While I Was Away 4.22 avg rating β€” 1,041 ratings
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When They Tell You To Be Good: A Memoir
When They Tell You To Be Good: A Memoir 4.06 avg rating β€” 214 ratings
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An Unkindness of Ghosts
An Unkindness of Ghosts 3.96 avg rating β€” 21,202 ratings
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They Whisper in my Blood
They Whisper in my Blood 4.47 avg rating β€” 15 ratings
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Naked: The Honest Musings of Two Brown Women
Naked: The Honest Musings of Two Brown Women 4.33 avg rating β€” 9 ratings
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Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating β€” 176,489 ratings
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These Broken Roads
These Broken Roads 4.43 avg rating β€” 61 ratings
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Ruthless Pamela Jean
Ruthless Pamela Jean 4.53 avg rating β€” 45 ratings
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Relentless: My Story of the Latino Spirit That Is Transforming America
Relentless: My Story of the Latino Spirit That Is Transforming America 4.32 avg rating β€” 144 ratings
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Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes
Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes 3.72 avg rating β€” 283 ratings
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Good Dirt
Good Dirt 4.03 avg rating β€” 37,008 ratings
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American Wolf: A Journey of an Avoidant Heart
American Wolf: A Journey of an Avoidant Heart 4.77 avg rating β€” 13 ratings
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The Sound of the Mountain
The Sound of the Mountain 3.84 avg rating β€” 9,221 ratings
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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 β€” 18 ratings
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In the Shadow of the Banyan
In the Shadow of the Banyan 4.07 avg rating β€” 21,739 ratings
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In Too Deep (Liliana, #2)
In Too Deep (Liliana, #2) 4.28 avg rating β€” 29 ratings
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Kaya Abaniah and the Father of the Forest
Kaya Abaniah and the Father of the Forest 4.53 avg rating β€” 45 ratings
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Motherwit
Motherwit 4.28 avg rating β€” 116 ratings
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Addictive Behavior: AMBW Sexy Geek Series
Addictive Behavior: AMBW Sexy Geek Series 4.06 avg rating β€” 65 ratings
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How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel 4.38 avg rating β€” 12,207 ratings
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A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun 3.85 avg rating β€” 107,586 ratings
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In the Dream House
In the Dream House 4.40 avg rating β€” 153,083 ratings
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Flying Free: My Victory over Fear to Become the First Latina Pilot on the US Aerobatic Team
Flying Free: My Victory over Fear to Become the First Latina Pilot on the US Aerobatic Team 4.47 avg rating β€” 193 ratings
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Buses Are a Comin'
Buses Are a Comin' 4.50 avg rating β€” 918 ratings
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