The protagonist wasn't white

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Island of the Blue Dolphins
Island of the Blue Dolphins 3.88 avg rating — 345,775 ratings
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Life of Pi
Life of Pi 3.94 avg rating — 1,726,776 ratings
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 273,174 ratings
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The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,962,327 ratings
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The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,261 ratings
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Small Island
Small Island 4.01 avg rating — 37,174 ratings
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Snow Crash
Snow Crash 4.01 avg rating — 293,468 ratings
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A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 349,009 ratings
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Rivers of London (Rivers of London, #1)
Rivers of London (Rivers of London, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 143,980 ratings
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Killed at the Whim of a Hat (Jimm Juree, #1)
Killed at the Whim of a Hat (Jimm Juree, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 3,162 ratings
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The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
by: Amy Tan
3.97 avg rating — 703,429 ratings
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Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating — 2,082,673 ratings
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The Coroner's Lunch (Dr. Siri Paiboun, #1)
The Coroner's Lunch (Dr. Siri Paiboun, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 15,046 ratings
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The Kitchen God's Wife
The Kitchen God's Wife
by: Amy Tan
4.04 avg rating — 87,070 ratings
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Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence
Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence 3.69 avg rating — 8,681 ratings
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Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,107 ratings
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The Serpent's Fang (The Treasure Huntress #1)
The Serpent's Fang (The Treasure Huntress #1) 3.83 avg rating — 131 ratings
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The Tomb of Souls (The Treasure Huntress #2)
The Tomb of Souls (The Treasure Huntress #2) 4.06 avg rating — 80 ratings
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Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy
Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy 3.91 avg rating — 79,622 ratings
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Followers of the Storm (The Treasure Huntress #3)
Followers of the Storm (The Treasure Huntress #3) 4.19 avg rating — 52 ratings
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Binti (Binti, #1)
Binti (Binti, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 78,694 ratings
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Siddhartha
Siddhartha 4.08 avg rating — 846,970 ratings
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Nation
Nation 4.11 avg rating — 37,536 ratings
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Anansi Boys
Anansi Boys 4.04 avg rating — 228,353 ratings
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Someone Knows My Name
Someone Knows My Name 4.47 avg rating — 90,247 ratings
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The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things 3.96 avg rating — 317,175 ratings
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 224,940 ratings
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The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness 4.10 avg rating — 209,489 ratings
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The White Tiger
The White Tiger 3.77 avg rating — 200,100 ratings
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The Whale Rider
The Whale Rider 3.84 avg rating — 11,948 ratings
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Battle Royale
Battle Royale 4.26 avg rating — 83,110 ratings
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The Good Husband of Zebra Drive (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #8)
The Good Husband of Zebra Drive (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #8) 4.08 avg rating — 27,571 ratings
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De vliegeraar
De vliegeraar 4.35 avg rating — 3,402,425 ratings
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Q & A
Q & A 4.02 avg rating — 37,767 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 — 128,898 ratings
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Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai
Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai 4.23 avg rating — 789 ratings
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One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia
One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia 4.35 avg rating — 2,046 ratings
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Cousins
Cousins 4.22 avg rating — 811 ratings
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Wilde Zwanen: drie dochters van China
Wilde Zwanen: drie dochters van China 4.30 avg rating — 120,297 ratings
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The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye 4.13 avg rating — 288,139 ratings
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Shadow Tag
Shadow Tag 3.45 avg rating — 8,558 ratings
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Go Tell It on the Mountain
Go Tell It on the Mountain 4.05 avg rating — 78,216 ratings
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Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,742 ratings
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Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus 4.18 avg rating — 137,146 ratings
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Love Is the Drug
Love Is the Drug 3.36 avg rating — 1,287 ratings
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Warchild (Warchild, #1)
Warchild (Warchild, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 2,260 ratings
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Bangkok 8 (Sonchai Jitpleecheep #1)
Bangkok 8 (Sonchai Jitpleecheep #1) 3.75 avg rating — 11,003 ratings
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Dubbelspel
Dubbelspel 3.45 avg rating — 1,177 ratings
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Su-Ling's Treasure
Su-Ling's Treasure it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Saga (Epic #2)
Saga (Epic #2) 3.87 avg rating — 2,181 ratings
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Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,385 ratings
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The Pirate's Daughter
The Pirate's Daughter 3.50 avg rating — 2,777 ratings
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Dead Sea
Dead Sea 3.86 avg rating — 5,773 ratings
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The Color of Distance
The Color of Distance 4.27 avg rating — 912 ratings
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Skim
Skim 3.76 avg rating — 17,089 ratings
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Wanneer wij samen zijn
Wanneer wij samen zijn 3.75 avg rating — 51 ratings
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Three Parts Dead (Craft Sequence, #1)
Three Parts Dead (Craft Sequence, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 15,297 ratings
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A Free Man of Color (Benjamin January, #1)
A Free Man of Color (Benjamin January, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 3,540 ratings
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Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table (Food Heroes, 1)
Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table (Food Heroes, 1) 4.18 avg rating — 594 ratings
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Sing Down the Moon
Sing Down the Moon 3.76 avg rating — 8,739 ratings
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Wandering Son, Vol. 1
Wandering Son, Vol. 1 3.97 avg rating — 3,385 ratings
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Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
by: Alan Duff
3.99 avg rating — 3,742 ratings
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Who Fears Death
Who Fears Death 3.93 avg rating — 27,811 ratings
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Fever Season (Benjamin January, #2)
Fever Season (Benjamin January, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 1,747 ratings
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Chicken with Plums
Chicken with Plums 3.91 avg rating — 15,984 ratings
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Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1)
Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 60,966 ratings
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A Deadly Cambodian Crime Spree (Inspector Singh Investigates #4)
A Deadly Cambodian Crime Spree (Inspector Singh Investigates #4) 3.99 avg rating — 1,038 ratings
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What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? (Once were warriors trilogy, #2)
What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? (Once were warriors trilogy, #2)
by: Alan Duff
3.72 avg rating — 482 ratings
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Radio Silence (Off the Grid, #1)
Radio Silence (Off the Grid, #1) 3.58 avg rating — 1,647 ratings
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The Water Rat of Wanchai (Ava Lee, #1)
The Water Rat of Wanchai (Ava Lee, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 2,796 ratings
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Memory
Memory 3.90 avg rating — 518 ratings
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The Treasure Huntress #1-3
The Treasure Huntress #1-3 4.02 avg rating — 123 ratings
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Buffalo Chief
Buffalo Chief 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Night Way
Night Way really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 464 ratings
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Yellow Rose
Yellow Rose 3.59 avg rating — 323 ratings
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Children of the Jacaranda Tree
Children of the Jacaranda Tree 3.49 avg rating — 3,731 ratings
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Jake's Long Shadow
Jake's Long Shadow
by: Alan Duff
3.91 avg rating — 141 ratings
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Pyramids (Discworld, #7)
Pyramids (Discworld, #7) 3.93 avg rating — 92,365 ratings
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Technogenesis
Technogenesis 3.91 avg rating — 168 ratings
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Crazy Horse: Great Warrior of the Sioux
Crazy Horse: Great Warrior of the Sioux 4.53 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Gotham Central, Book One: In the Line of Duty
Gotham Central, Book One: In the Line of Duty 4.35 avg rating — 5,436 ratings
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In the Shadow of the Banyan
In the Shadow of the Banyan 4.07 avg rating — 21,739 ratings
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Peony in Love
Peony in Love
by: Lisa See
3.64 avg rating — 49,986 ratings
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Dreamboat Dad
Dreamboat Dad
by: Alan Duff
3.89 avg rating — 56 ratings
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Woman on the Edge of Time
Woman on the Edge of Time 3.92 avg rating — 18,313 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 — 795 ratings
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Mirage
Mirage 3.87 avg rating — 818 ratings
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The Naga's Journey: A Novel
The Naga's Journey: A Novel 3.84 avg rating — 32 ratings
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One Night Out Stealing
One Night Out Stealing
by: Alan Duff
3.60 avg rating — 121 ratings
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Burndive (Warchild #2)
Burndive (Warchild #2) 3.92 avg rating — 940 ratings
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How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe 3.44 avg rating — 19,836 ratings
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How the Marquis Got His Coat Back
How the Marquis Got His Coat Back 4.05 avg rating — 14,026 ratings
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Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees
Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees 4.27 avg rating — 700 ratings
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The Emperor's Pearl
The Emperor's Pearl 4.07 avg rating — 1,280 ratings
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Beneath the Lion's Gaze
Beneath the Lion's Gaze 3.96 avg rating — 3,749 ratings
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Mutuwhenua
Mutuwhenua 3.93 avg rating — 227 ratings
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Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind
Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind 3.77 avg rating — 7,285 ratings
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Seeds of Change: Wangari's Gift to the World
Seeds of Change: Wangari's Gift to the World 4.30 avg rating — 730 ratings
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The Jade Temptress (The Pingkang Li Mysteries, #2)
The Jade Temptress (The Pingkang Li Mysteries, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 1,123 ratings
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Black Mamba Boy
Black Mamba Boy 3.74 avg rating — 2,311 ratings
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