WAM! recs for books by Women of Color

1.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,415 ratings
2.
Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating — 401,580 ratings
3.
Bad Feminist
Bad Feminist 3.92 avg rating — 117,731 ratings
4.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating — 176,495 ratings
5.
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 — 16,467 ratings
6.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,839 ratings
7.
An Untamed State
An Untamed State 4.07 avg rating — 19,599 ratings
7.
Men We Reaped: A Memoir
Men We Reaped: A Memoir 4.30 avg rating — 27,673 ratings
9.
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration 4.48 avg rating — 113,308 ratings
10.
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness 4.52 avg rating — 115,057 ratings
11.
Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon 4.15 avg rating — 123,956 ratings
12.
Discovering The Covering
Discovering The Covering 4.62 avg rating — 42 ratings
13.
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance, #1)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 80,332 ratings
14.
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie 3.51 avg rating — 40,911 ratings
15.
Brown Girl Dreaming
Brown Girl Dreaming 4.15 avg rating — 91,868 ratings
16.
Salvage the Bones
Salvage the Bones 3.96 avg rating — 71,458 ratings
17.
The Buddha in the Attic
The Buddha in the Attic 3.70 avg rating — 62,393 ratings
18.
We Need New Names
We Need New Names 3.75 avg rating — 23,068 ratings
19.
My Beloved World
My Beloved World 4.09 avg rating — 33,502 ratings
19.
The Namesake
The Namesake 4.02 avg rating — 280,168 ratings
21.
Unaccustomed Earth
Unaccustomed Earth 4.14 avg rating — 95,618 ratings
22.
On Beauty
On Beauty 3.78 avg rating — 89,033 ratings
23.
White Teeth
White Teeth 3.79 avg rating — 170,774 ratings
24.
Sula
Sula 4.05 avg rating — 117,054 ratings
24.
Queen Sugar
Queen Sugar 3.79 avg rating — 9,581 ratings
26.
The Farming of Bones
The Farming of Bones 4.07 avg rating — 9,774 ratings
26.
Brother, I'm Dying
Brother, I'm Dying 4.16 avg rating — 7,576 ratings
28.
Aya (Aya, #1)
Aya (Aya, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 7,049 ratings
28.
Aya: Love in Yop City (Aya #4-6)
Aya: Love in Yop City (Aya #4-6) 4.23 avg rating — 897 ratings
30.
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things 3.96 avg rating — 317,190 ratings
31.
Unbowed
Unbowed 4.07 avg rating — 6,929 ratings
32.
Almanac of the Dead
Almanac of the Dead 3.95 avg rating — 3,132 ratings
33.
The Round House
The Round House 3.98 avg rating — 122,374 ratings
34.
Everything I Never Told You
Everything I Never Told You 3.83 avg rating — 598,351 ratings
35.
The Bastard of Istanbul
The Bastard of Istanbul 3.88 avg rating — 61,746 ratings
36.
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books 3.66 avg rating — 138,483 ratings
37.
How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 3.62 avg rating — 32,116 ratings
38.
Untitled
Untitled 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings
38.
Push
Push
by: Sapphire
3.87 avg rating — 58,134 ratings
38.
Reel Inequality: Hollywood Actors and Racism
Reel Inequality: Hollywood Actors and Racism 4.15 avg rating — 105 ratings
38.
The Risk It Takes to Bloom: On Life and Liberation
The Risk It Takes to Bloom: On Life and Liberation 4.28 avg rating — 359 ratings
42.
The Broken Kingdoms (Inheritance, #2)
The Broken Kingdoms (Inheritance, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 38,523 ratings
42.
Noughts & Crosses (Noughts & Crosses, #1)
Noughts & Crosses (Noughts & Crosses, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 80,699 ratings
42.
The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices
The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices
by: Xinran
4.31 avg rating — 12,975 ratings
45.
The Kingdom of Gods (Inheritance, #3)
The Kingdom of Gods (Inheritance, #3) 3.99 avg rating — 28,787 ratings
45.
The Concubine's Children
The Concubine's Children 3.92 avg rating — 2,251 ratings
47.
The Killing Moon (Dreamblood, #1)
The Killing Moon (Dreamblood, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 22,758 ratings
47.
Spider Eaters
Spider Eaters
by: Ræ Yang
3.98 avg rating — 564 ratings
49.
The Shadowed Sun (Dreamblood, #2)
The Shadowed Sun (Dreamblood, #2) 4.29 avg rating — 11,645 ratings
50.
The Awakened Kingdom (The Inheritance Trilogy, #3.5)
The Awakened Kingdom (The Inheritance Trilogy, #3.5) 4.01 avg rating — 6,760 ratings
51.
Bulletproof Vest: The Ballad of an Outlaw and His Daughter
Bulletproof Vest: The Ballad of an Outlaw and His Daughter 4.08 avg rating — 262 ratings
52.
The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing
The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13,982 ratings
53.
Cold Sweat: My Father James Brown and Me
Cold Sweat: My Father James Brown and Me 3.77 avg rating — 103 ratings
54.
The Story Hour
The Story Hour 3.91 avg rating — 10,518 ratings
55.
When the Emperor Was Divine
When the Emperor Was Divine 3.81 avg rating — 29,663 ratings
56.
Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing up Iranian in America and American in Iran
Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing up Iranian in America and American in Iran 3.70 avg rating — 4,726 ratings
57.
Mr. Fox
Mr. Fox 3.57 avg rating — 11,451 ratings
58.
The Possessed: Adventures With Russian Books and the People Who Read Them
The Possessed: Adventures With Russian Books and the People Who Read Them 3.71 avg rating — 5,947 ratings
59.
A Cup of Water Under My Bed: A Memoir
A Cup of Water Under My Bed: A Memoir 4.12 avg rating — 2,253 ratings
60.
The Upstairs Wife: An Intimate History of Pakistan
The Upstairs Wife: An Intimate History of Pakistan 3.77 avg rating — 1,191 ratings
61.
Interpreter of Maladies
Interpreter of Maladies 4.18 avg rating — 203,057 ratings
62.
Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination
Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination 4.32 avg rating — 7,357 ratings
63.
NW
NW 3.48 avg rating — 44,473 ratings
64.
Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays
Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays 3.83 avg rating — 6,109 ratings
65.
Black Faces, White Faces
Black Faces, White Faces 3.68 avg rating — 56 ratings
66.
Breath, Eyes, Memory
Breath, Eyes, Memory 3.90 avg rating — 30,928 ratings
67.
The Dew Breaker
The Dew Breaker 3.81 avg rating — 8,257 ratings
68.
My Bird
My Bird 3.16 avg rating — 2,406 ratings
69.
Kitchen
Kitchen 3.90 avg rating — 121,549 ratings
70.
Mothers & Shadows
Mothers & Shadows 3.60 avg rating — 114 ratings
71.
The Lizard's Tail
The Lizard's Tail 3.51 avg rating — 117 ratings
72.
Symmetries: Stories
Symmetries: Stories 3.92 avg rating — 80 ratings
73.
Bedside Manners (High Risk Books)
Bedside Manners (High Risk Books) 3.61 avg rating — 84 ratings
74.
Black Novel with Argentines
Black Novel with Argentines 3.31 avg rating — 115 ratings
75.
Ceremony
Ceremony 3.84 avg rating — 25,797 ratings
76.
Aya of Yop City (Aya, #2)
Aya of Yop City (Aya, #2) 3.93 avg rating — 2,447 ratings
77.
The Secrets Come Out (Aya, #3)
The Secrets Come Out (Aya, #3) 4.08 avg rating — 1,349 ratings
78.
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
by: ZZ Packer
3.87 avg rating — 7,779 ratings
79.
Living by the Word: Selected Writings, 1973-1987
Living by the Word: Selected Writings, 1973-1987 4.18 avg rating — 548 ratings
80.
The Hired Man
The Hired Man 3.92 avg rating — 4,321 ratings
81.
Agewise: Fighting the New Ageism in America
Agewise: Fighting the New Ageism in America 3.62 avg rating — 21 ratings
82.
Swimming Studies
Swimming Studies 3.97 avg rating — 2,365 ratings
83.
Gabi, a Girl in Pieces
Gabi, a Girl in Pieces 3.95 avg rating — 11,451 ratings
84.
There Was and There Was Not: A Journey through Hate and Possibility in Turkey, Armenia, and Beyond
There Was and There Was Not: A Journey through Hate and Possibility in Turkey, Armenia, and Beyond 4.07 avg rating — 578 ratings
85.
Meaty
Meaty 3.88 avg rating — 16,855 ratings
86.
Zen Attitude (Rei Shimura, #2)
Zen Attitude (Rei Shimura, #2) 3.69 avg rating — 2,130 ratings
87.
The Sleeping Dictionary
The Sleeping Dictionary 4.17 avg rating — 2,447 ratings
88.
Girls of Riyadh
Girls of Riyadh 3.28 avg rating — 20,844 ratings