Best Books by Non White Authors

1.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating β€” 813,422 ratings
2.
The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day 4.14 avg rating β€” 344,135 ratings
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating β€” 1,681,950 ratings
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Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating β€” 176,483 ratings
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The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating β€” 737,273 ratings
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Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating β€” 477,022 ratings
7.
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China 4.30 avg rating β€” 120,300 ratings
8.
Fire Shut Up in My Bones
Fire Shut Up in My Bones 4.01 avg rating β€” 4,779 ratings
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating β€” 377,824 ratings
10.
Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me 4.40 avg rating β€” 357,432 ratings
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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€” 568,996 ratings
12.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating β€” 403,118 ratings
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Native Son
Native Son 4.04 avg rating β€” 103,289 ratings
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating β€” 1,070,167 ratings
15.
Citizen: An American Lyric
Citizen: An American Lyric 4.26 avg rating β€” 50,755 ratings
16.
A Suitable Boy
A Suitable Boy 4.11 avg rating β€” 49,457 ratings
17.
A Fine Balance
A Fine Balance 4.38 avg rating β€” 156,866 ratings
18.
Island of a Thousand Mirrors
Island of a Thousand Mirrors 4.03 avg rating β€” 5,015 ratings
19.
And the Mountains Echoed
And the Mountains Echoed 4.08 avg rating β€” 395,502 ratings
20.
The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates
The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates
by: Wes Moore
3.87 avg rating β€” 56,997 ratings
21.
Passing
Passing 3.92 avg rating β€” 76,719 ratings
22.
Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus 4.18 avg rating β€” 137,147 ratings
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Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating β€” 401,563 ratings
24.
War Child: A Child Soldier's Story
War Child: A Child Soldier's Story 4.09 avg rating β€” 2,148 ratings
25.
Dear White People
Dear White People 4.14 avg rating β€” 1,292 ratings
26.
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 4.16 avg rating β€” 192,428 ratings
27.
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
28.
Annie John
Annie John 3.72 avg rating β€” 12,520 ratings
29.
Bad Feminist
Bad Feminist 3.92 avg rating β€” 117,722 ratings
30.
Noughts & Crosses (Noughts & Crosses, #1)
Noughts & Crosses (Noughts & Crosses, #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 80,694 ratings
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Till Tomorrow
Till Tomorrow 4.32 avg rating β€” 40 ratings
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The House with a Thousand Stories
The House with a Thousand Stories 3.67 avg rating β€” 166 ratings
33.
Beneath the Lion's Gaze
Beneath the Lion's Gaze 3.96 avg rating β€” 3,749 ratings
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Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter
Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter 4.11 avg rating β€” 1,434 ratings
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Divine Days
Divine Days 4.35 avg rating β€” 75 ratings
33.
How to Tell the Story of an Insurgency: Fifteen tales from Assam
How to Tell the Story of an Insurgency: Fifteen tales from Assam 4.07 avg rating β€” 58 ratings
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Quicksand
Quicksand 3.72 avg rating β€” 8,339 ratings
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Lyrics Alley
Lyrics Alley 3.79 avg rating β€” 1,534 ratings
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His Father's Disease: Stories
His Father's Disease: Stories 4.11 avg rating β€” 81 ratings
40.
In the Shadow of the Banyan
In the Shadow of the Banyan 4.07 avg rating β€” 21,739 ratings
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Anu: The Yo-Yo Years
Anu: The Yo-Yo Years it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 4 ratings
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Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor's Reflections on Race and Medicine
Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor's Reflections on Race and Medicine 4.18 avg rating β€” 5,390 ratings
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There Is No Good Time for Bad News
There Is No Good Time for Bad News 4.73 avg rating β€” 15 ratings
44.
Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth 3.86 avg rating β€” 72,051 ratings
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The Guest Cat
The Guest Cat 3.55 avg rating β€” 34,201 ratings
44.
Anu: The Nomad Years
Anu: The Nomad Years 4.43 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
44.
Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria
Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria 3.78 avg rating β€” 1,069 ratings
44.
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ΰ¦¨ΰ§ˆΰ¦–ΰ¦¨ এঀিয়া ΰ¦¦ΰ§‚ΰ§°ΰ§ˆΰ¦€ it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 3 ratings
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This Is How You Lose Her
This Is How You Lose Her 3.74 avg rating β€” 99,570 ratings
49.
Children of the Jacaranda Tree
Children of the Jacaranda Tree 3.49 avg rating β€” 3,731 ratings
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Anu: The Raj Years
Anu: The Raj Years 4.36 avg rating β€” 11 ratings
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Patchwork
Patchwork 3.77 avg rating β€” 391 ratings
53.
The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man
The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man 3.93 avg rating β€” 11,075 ratings
53.
Cutting for Stone
Cutting for Stone 4.33 avg rating β€” 417,423 ratings
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A Calamitous Chinese Killing (Inspector Singh Investigates, #6)
A Calamitous Chinese Killing (Inspector Singh Investigates, #6) 4.04 avg rating β€” 795 ratings
53.
Nervous Conditions (Nervous Conditions, #1)
Nervous Conditions (Nervous Conditions, #1) 4.04 avg rating β€” 22,085 ratings
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Aura
Aura 3.82 avg rating β€” 41,029 ratings
58.
The Color of Water
The Color of Water 4.15 avg rating β€” 131,559 ratings
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12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave 4.22 avg rating β€” 123,138 ratings
58.
A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder (Inspector Singh Investigates #1)
A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder (Inspector Singh Investigates #1) 3.63 avg rating β€” 3,677 ratings
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The Known World
The Known World 3.84 avg rating β€” 44,325 ratings
62.
Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America
Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America 4.44 avg rating β€” 1,229 ratings
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The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography 4.30 avg rating β€” 28,489 ratings
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The Marrow of Tradition
The Marrow of Tradition 3.92 avg rating β€” 3,509 ratings
64.
Censoring an Iranian Love Story
Censoring an Iranian Love Story 3.68 avg rating β€” 2,006 ratings
64.
Blanche Among the Talented Tenth (Blanche White #2)
Blanche Among the Talented Tenth (Blanche White #2) 3.98 avg rating β€” 1,810 ratings
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Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South
Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South 4.13 avg rating β€” 11,515 ratings
68.
Even After All This Time: A Story of Love, Revolution, and Leaving Iran
Even After All This Time: A Story of Love, Revolution, and Leaving Iran 4.06 avg rating β€” 551 ratings
68.
A Touch of Honey (Crime and Passion Book 3)
A Touch of Honey (Crime and Passion Book 3) 4.40 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
68.
Miss Chopsticks
Miss Chopsticks
by: Xinran
3.74 avg rating β€” 1,746 ratings
71.
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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Iran: My Grandfather
Iran: My Grandfather 3.84 avg rating β€” 25 ratings
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A Taste of Honey
A Taste of Honey 4.36 avg rating β€” 14 ratings
74.
Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths
Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths 4.03 avg rating β€” 2,562 ratings
74.
The Cypress Tree: A Love Letter to Iran
The Cypress Tree: A Love Letter to Iran 3.80 avg rating β€” 333 ratings
74.
The Hundred Secret Senses
The Hundred Secret Senses
by: Amy Tan
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 46,177 ratings
77.
Love Medicine (Love Medicine, #1)
Love Medicine (Love Medicine, #1) 4.01 avg rating β€” 28,028 ratings
77.
Honeymoon in Tehran: Two Years of Love and Danger in Iran
Honeymoon in Tehran: Two Years of Love and Danger in Iran 3.79 avg rating β€” 1,927 ratings
77.
A Golden Age
A Golden Age 3.80 avg rating β€” 5,748 ratings
80.
Embroideries
Embroideries 3.94 avg rating β€” 29,942 ratings
80.
Stay Alive, My Son
Stay Alive, My Son 4.37 avg rating β€” 1,186 ratings
82.
Little Daughter: A Memoir of Survival in Burma and the West
Little Daughter: A Memoir of Survival in Burma and the West
by: Zoya Phan
4.03 avg rating β€” 662 ratings
83.
True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart
True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart 4.27 avg rating β€” 7,970 ratings
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When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge
When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge 4.18 avg rating β€” 4,944 ratings
85.
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name 4.40 avg rating β€” 23,085 ratings
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First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
by: Loung Ung
4.35 avg rating β€” 52,430 ratings
85.
Aya (Aya, #1)
Aya (Aya, #1) 3.78 avg rating β€” 7,049 ratings
88.
Lucky Child: A Daughter of Cambodia Reunites with the Sister She Left Behind
Lucky Child: A Daughter of Cambodia Reunites with the Sister She Left Behind
by: Loung Ung
4.20 avg rating β€” 3,496 ratings
89.
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3) 3.95 avg rating β€” 333,083 ratings
89.
Happiness, Like Water
Happiness, Like Water 4.02 avg rating β€” 1,783 ratings
89.
Heart of Fire: One Girl's Extraordinary Journey from Child Soldier to Soul Singer
Heart of Fire: One Girl's Extraordinary Journey from Child Soldier to Soul Singer 3.72 avg rating β€” 333 ratings
92.
The Power of One (The Power of One, #1)
The Power of One (The Power of One, #1) 4.36 avg rating β€” 93,093 ratings
92.
Out
Out 3.94 avg rating β€” 45,887 ratings
92.
Prisoner of Tehran: The End of Childhood in Iran
Prisoner of Tehran: The End of Childhood in Iran 4.21 avg rating β€” 14,319 ratings
95.
A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in America
A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in America really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 561 ratings
95.
Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam
Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam 3.99 avg rating β€” 6,620 ratings
97.
I Do Not Come to You by Chance
I Do Not Come to You by Chance 3.94 avg rating β€” 3,703 ratings
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Dear Leader: Poet, Spy, Escapee - A Look Inside North Korea
Dear Leader: Poet, Spy, Escapee - A Look Inside North Korea 4.33 avg rating β€” 9,248 ratings
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The Noble Hustle: Poker, Beef Jerky, and Death
The Noble Hustle: Poker, Beef Jerky, and Death 3.39 avg rating β€” 3,323 ratings
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Small Island
Small Island 4.01 avg rating β€” 37,176 ratings
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