Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers Of Color 2014

1.
The Invention of Wings
The Invention of Wings 4.26 avg rating β€” 328,065 ratings
2.
Remedy for a Broken Angel
Remedy for a Broken Angel 4.52 avg rating β€” 60 ratings
3.
Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating β€” 401,511 ratings
4.
An Untamed State
An Untamed State 4.07 avg rating β€” 19,599 ratings
5.
Foreign Gods, Inc.
Foreign Gods, Inc. 3.45 avg rating β€” 1,445 ratings
6.
Boy, Snow, Bird
Boy, Snow, Bird 3.34 avg rating β€” 30,809 ratings
7.
'Til the Well Runs Dry
'Til the Well Runs Dry 3.88 avg rating β€” 2,570 ratings
8.
Ruby
Ruby 3.65 avg rating β€” 15,144 ratings
9.
We Need New Names
We Need New Names 3.75 avg rating β€” 23,067 ratings
10.
Radiance of Tomorrow
Radiance of Tomorrow 3.86 avg rating β€” 4,673 ratings
11.
An Unnecessary Woman
An Unnecessary Woman 3.82 avg rating β€” 13,759 ratings
12.
Queen Sugar
Queen Sugar 3.79 avg rating β€” 9,580 ratings
13.
The Book of Unknown Americans
The Book of Unknown Americans 3.89 avg rating β€” 45,527 ratings
14.
The Secret of Magic
The Secret of Magic 3.79 avg rating β€” 2,483 ratings
15.
Every Day Is for the Thief
Every Day Is for the Thief
by: Teju Cole
3.69 avg rating β€” 7,750 ratings
16.
On Such a Full Sea
On Such a Full Sea 3.49 avg rating β€” 11,747 ratings
17.
The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing
The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 13,982 ratings
18.
The Pearl That Broke Its Shell
The Pearl That Broke Its Shell 4.19 avg rating β€” 51,216 ratings
19.
Bad Feminist: Essays
Bad Feminist: Essays 3.92 avg rating β€” 117,719 ratings
20.
The Orenda (Bird Family Trilogy, #3)
The Orenda (Bird Family Trilogy, #3) 4.22 avg rating β€” 18,892 ratings
21.
Thirty Girls
Thirty Girls 3.36 avg rating β€” 2,535 ratings
22.
Lagoon
Lagoon 3.63 avg rating β€” 8,983 ratings
23.
Land of Love and Drowning
Land of Love and Drowning 3.37 avg rating β€” 5,306 ratings
24.
The Frangipani Hotel
The Frangipani Hotel 3.72 avg rating β€” 1,060 ratings
25.
Debbie Doesn't Do It Anymore
Debbie Doesn't Do It Anymore 3.53 avg rating β€” 2,365 ratings
26.
Forty Acres
Forty Acres 3.93 avg rating β€” 4,194 ratings
27.
A Brief History of Seven Killings
A Brief History of Seven Killings 3.89 avg rating β€” 37,303 ratings
28.
Bald New World
Bald New World 3.68 avg rating β€” 250 ratings
29.
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love So Much More
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love So Much More 4.30 avg rating β€” 16,467 ratings
30.
Slavery's Exiles
Slavery's Exiles 4.08 avg rating β€” 246 ratings
31.
The Secret History of Las Vegas
The Secret History of Las Vegas 3.49 avg rating β€” 1,147 ratings
32.
All Our Names
All Our Names 3.61 avg rating β€” 4,890 ratings
33.
Family Life
Family Life 3.53 avg rating β€” 9,860 ratings
34.
Night in Shanghai
Night in Shanghai 3.72 avg rating β€” 1,245 ratings
35.
No Surrender Soldier
No Surrender Soldier really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 117 ratings
36.
Kinder Than Solitude
Kinder Than Solitude
by: Yiyun Li
3.40 avg rating β€” 2,964 ratings
37.
The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden
The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden 3.78 avg rating β€” 60,730 ratings
38.
Three Souls
Three Souls 4.07 avg rating β€” 3,616 ratings
39.
The Orchard of Lost Souls
The Orchard of Lost Souls 3.85 avg rating β€” 1,815 ratings
40.
Red Now and Laters
Red Now and Laters 3.77 avg rating β€” 52 ratings
41.
Citizens Creek
Citizens Creek 3.91 avg rating β€” 1,349 ratings
42.
Unexpected Stories
Unexpected Stories 4.07 avg rating β€” 3,825 ratings
43.
Now We Will Be Happy
Now We Will Be Happy 3.97 avg rating β€” 110 ratings
44.
Dust
Dust 3.75 avg rating β€” 1,667 ratings
45.
The Space Between Us
The Space Between Us 4.03 avg rating β€” 52,231 ratings
46.
LoterΓ­a
LoterΓ­a 3.46 avg rating β€” 2,724 ratings
46.
Into the Go-Slow
Into the Go-Slow 3.74 avg rating β€” 225 ratings
48.
Murder at Cape Three Points (Darko Dawson #3)
Murder at Cape Three Points (Darko Dawson #3) 3.78 avg rating β€” 1,072 ratings
49.
Children of Paradise
Children of Paradise 3.44 avg rating β€” 327 ratings
50.
Saint Monkey
Saint Monkey 3.65 avg rating β€” 494 ratings
51.
Song of the Shank
Song of the Shank 3.07 avg rating β€” 269 ratings
52.
Pepperpot: Best New Stories from the Caribbean
Pepperpot: Best New Stories from the Caribbean 3.45 avg rating β€” 131 ratings
53.
Zebra Crossing
Zebra Crossing 3.54 avg rating β€” 147 ratings
54.
Island of a Thousand Mirrors
Island of a Thousand Mirrors 4.03 avg rating β€” 5,014 ratings
55.
Ishmael's Oranges
Ishmael's Oranges 3.91 avg rating β€” 1,466 ratings
56.
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
57.
Prayers for the Stolen
Prayers for the Stolen 3.97 avg rating β€” 10,383 ratings
58.
Worthy Brown's Daughter
Worthy Brown's Daughter 3.74 avg rating β€” 2,380 ratings
59.
The Ghost Apple
The Ghost Apple 3.54 avg rating β€” 171 ratings
59.
A Life Apart
A Life Apart 3.75 avg rating β€” 278 ratings
61.
Bedrock Faith
Bedrock Faith 3.84 avg rating β€” 485 ratings
62.
Boy in the Twilight: Stories of the Hidden China
Boy in the Twilight: Stories of the Hidden China
by: Yu Hua
3.60 avg rating β€” 481 ratings
62.
Things I Should Have Told My Daughter: Lies, Lessons & Love Affairs
Things I Should Have Told My Daughter: Lies, Lessons & Love Affairs 3.77 avg rating β€” 738 ratings
64.
In the Light of What We Know
In the Light of What We Know 3.65 avg rating β€” 4,652 ratings
65.
Time of the Locust
Time of the Locust 3.83 avg rating β€” 179 ratings
66.
Rose Gold (Easy Rawlins #13)
Rose Gold (Easy Rawlins #13) 4.03 avg rating β€” 2,814 ratings
67.
The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Emancipation
The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Emancipation 4.12 avg rating β€” 126 ratings
68.
The Other Blacklist: The African American Literary and Cultural Left of the 1950s
The Other Blacklist: The African American Literary and Cultural Left of the 1950s 4.40 avg rating β€” 40 ratings
69.
Land of Shadows (Detective Elouise Norton, #1)
Land of Shadows (Detective Elouise Norton, #1) 3.85 avg rating β€” 2,713 ratings
70.
Monster's Chef
Monster's Chef 2.75 avg rating β€” 182 ratings
71.
Tehran at Twilight
Tehran at Twilight 3.38 avg rating β€” 256 ratings
72.
The Galaxy Game
The Galaxy Game 3.09 avg rating β€” 931 ratings
73.
Three Bargains
Three Bargains 3.84 avg rating β€” 279 ratings
74.
In Praise of Hatred
In Praise of Hatred 3.57 avg rating β€” 1,767 ratings
75.
Other Lives
Other Lives 3.49 avg rating β€” 39 ratings
76.
Belle City
Belle City 4.19 avg rating β€” 26 ratings
77.
Making Callaloo in Detroit (Made in Michigan Writer Series)
Making Callaloo in Detroit (Made in Michigan Writer Series) 4.04 avg rating β€” 23 ratings
78.
The Accidental Apprentice
The Accidental Apprentice 3.44 avg rating β€” 3,867 ratings
78.
The Story Hour
The Story Hour 3.91 avg rating β€” 10,518 ratings
80.
Between Clay and Dust
Between Clay and Dust 3.68 avg rating β€” 427 ratings
81.
Ticket to Childhood: A Novel
Ticket to Childhood: A Novel 4.20 avg rating β€” 7,916 ratings
82.
The Harlem Hellfighters
The Harlem Hellfighters really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 3,282 ratings
82.
The Year She Left Us
The Year She Left Us 3.33 avg rating β€” 1,407 ratings
82.
Dining Out with the Ice Giants (Dining Out Around The Solar System, #2)
Dining Out with the Ice Giants (Dining Out Around The Solar System, #2) 4.45 avg rating β€” 42 ratings
82.
The Maestro, The Magistrate and The Mathematician
The Maestro, The Magistrate and The Mathematician 3.49 avg rating β€” 222 ratings
86.
The Noble Hustle: Poker, Beef Jerky, and Death
The Noble Hustle: Poker, Beef Jerky, and Death 3.39 avg rating β€” 3,323 ratings
86.
Turning on a Dime
Turning on a Dime 4.49 avg rating β€” 82 ratings
86.
The Lost Tribes (The Lost Tribes, #1)
The Lost Tribes (The Lost Tribes, #1) 3.87 avg rating β€” 91 ratings
89.
Present Darkness (Detective Emmanuel Cooper, #4)
Present Darkness (Detective Emmanuel Cooper, #4) 4.10 avg rating β€” 670 ratings
89.
The Last Gift
The Last Gift 3.78 avg rating β€” 2,566 ratings
89.
Natural Elements
Natural Elements 3.80 avg rating β€” 69 ratings
89.
My Name is Resolute
My Name is Resolute 4.22 avg rating β€” 7,647 ratings
93.
The Last Taxi Ride (Ranjit Singh, #2)
The Last Taxi Ride (Ranjit Singh, #2) 3.74 avg rating β€” 576 ratings
94.
For Today I Am a Boy
For Today I Am a Boy
by: Kim Fu
3.77 avg rating β€” 3,563 ratings
95.
Delilah's Daughters
Delilah's Daughters 4.04 avg rating β€” 157 ratings
96.
Down to the Crossroads: Civil Rights, Black Power, and the Meredith March Against Fear
Down to the Crossroads: Civil Rights, Black Power, and the Meredith March Against Fear 4.28 avg rating β€” 64 ratings
97.
The Fall of Saints
The Fall of Saints 2.72 avg rating β€” 100 ratings
98.
House of Purple Cedar
House of Purple Cedar 3.98 avg rating β€” 499 ratings
99.
Silence Once Begun
Silence Once Begun 3.68 avg rating β€” 2,582 ratings
100.
Decoded
Decoded
by: Mai Jia
3.28 avg rating β€” 2,506 ratings
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