Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2016

1.
Homegoing
Homegoing
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.47 avg rating — 386,274 ratings
2.
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad 4.06 avg rating — 433,326 ratings
3.
The Vegetarian
The Vegetarian
by: Han Kang
3.64 avg rating — 320,415 ratings
4.
What Lies Between Us
What Lies Between Us 3.90 avg rating — 2,413 ratings
5.
I Almost Forgot About You
I Almost Forgot About You 3.74 avg rating — 10,335 ratings
6.
Another Brooklyn
Another Brooklyn 3.87 avg rating — 41,162 ratings
7.
The Gilded Years
The Gilded Years 3.86 avg rating — 8,695 ratings
8.
Here Comes the Sun
Here Comes the Sun 3.85 avg rating — 11,629 ratings
9.
The Book of Harlan
The Book of Harlan 4.09 avg rating — 2,951 ratings
10.
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body 4.17 avg rating — 118,956 ratings
11.
Behold the Dreamers
Behold the Dreamers 3.95 avg rating — 84,454 ratings
12.
What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours
What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours 3.64 avg rating — 14,301 ratings
13.
And After Many Days
And After Many Days 3.43 avg rating — 737 ratings
14.
The Birds of Opulence
The Birds of Opulence 4.10 avg rating — 1,483 ratings
15.
The Moon in the Palace (Empress of Bright Moon, #1)
The Moon in the Palace (Empress of Bright Moon, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 7,970 ratings
16.
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race 4.35 avg rating — 9,412 ratings
17.
The Illegal
The Illegal 3.78 avg rating — 12,583 ratings
18.
The Mothers
The Mothers 3.88 avg rating — 126,678 ratings
19.
The Ballad of Black Tom
The Ballad of Black Tom 3.84 avg rating — 32,628 ratings
20.
We Love You, Charlie Freeman
We Love You, Charlie Freeman 3.45 avg rating — 4,032 ratings
21.
An Unrestored Woman
An Unrestored Woman 3.92 avg rating — 1,152 ratings
22.
Green Island
Green Island 4.09 avg rating — 3,315 ratings
23.
The Golden Son
The Golden Son 4.12 avg rating — 14,943 ratings
24.
Midnight Taxi Tango (Bone Street Rumba, #2)
Midnight Taxi Tango (Bone Street Rumba, #2) 4.12 avg rating — 921 ratings
25.
The Kindness of Enemies
The Kindness of Enemies 3.79 avg rating — 1,154 ratings
26.
Second House from the Corner
Second House from the Corner 3.67 avg rating — 2,611 ratings
27.
Black Deutschland
Black Deutschland 2.90 avg rating — 442 ratings
28.
Shelter
Shelter
by: Jung Yun
3.73 avg rating — 8,898 ratings
29.
Glory Over Everything: Beyond The Kitchen House
Glory Over Everything: Beyond The Kitchen House 4.31 avg rating — 44,103 ratings
30.
Charcoal Joe (Easy Rawlins #14)
Charcoal Joe (Easy Rawlins #14) 4.10 avg rating — 3,453 ratings
31.
The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2)
The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2) 4.29 avg rating — 187,522 ratings
32.
Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man's Education
Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man's Education 4.35 avg rating — 2,399 ratings
33.
LaRose
LaRose 3.91 avg rating — 24,331 ratings
34.
Know the Mother (Made in Michigan Writer Series)
Know the Mother (Made in Michigan Writer Series) 4.11 avg rating — 353 ratings
35.
The Bones of Grace (Bangla Desh, #3)
The Bones of Grace (Bangla Desh, #3) 3.81 avg rating — 790 ratings
36.
The Sun Is Also a Star
The Sun Is Also a Star 3.95 avg rating — 353,161 ratings
37.
Small Great Things
Small Great Things 4.36 avg rating — 423,967 ratings
38.
The Language of Secrets (Rachel Getty & Esa Khattak, #2)
The Language of Secrets (Rachel Getty & Esa Khattak, #2) 3.82 avg rating — 1,676 ratings
39.
Underground Airlines
Underground Airlines 3.82 avg rating — 25,804 ratings
40.
The Black Calhouns: From Civil War to Civil Rights with One African American Family
The Black Calhouns: From Civil War to Civil Rights with One African American Family 3.67 avg rating — 240 ratings
41.
Blackass
Blackass 3.35 avg rating — 2,464 ratings
42.
Do Not Say We Have Nothing
Do Not Say We Have Nothing 3.92 avg rating — 23,795 ratings
43.
Lazaretto
Lazaretto 3.76 avg rating — 1,079 ratings
44.
Jazz Moon
Jazz Moon 3.92 avg rating — 254 ratings
45.
The Book of Memory
The Book of Memory 3.74 avg rating — 3,919 ratings
46.
The Veins of the Ocean
The Veins of the Ocean 3.79 avg rating — 2,064 ratings
47.
The Year of the Runaways
The Year of the Runaways 3.87 avg rating — 10,237 ratings
48.
Gold of Our Fathers (Darko Dawson #4)
Gold of Our Fathers (Darko Dawson #4) 3.86 avg rating — 596 ratings
49.
Who Will Catch Us As We Fall
Who Will Catch Us As We Fall 3.81 avg rating — 375 ratings
50.
Enter Title Here
Enter Title Here 3.43 avg rating — 1,638 ratings
51.
This Is Where It Ends
This Is Where It Ends 3.68 avg rating — 147,214 ratings
52.
The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice
The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice 4.26 avg rating — 1,002 ratings
53.
Broken Mirrors: Sinalcol
Broken Mirrors: Sinalcol 3.72 avg rating — 341 ratings
54.
Everfair (Everfair, #1)
Everfair (Everfair, #1) 3.19 avg rating — 2,914 ratings
55.
Solemn
Solemn 3.12 avg rating — 91 ratings
56.
Grace
Grace really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,083 ratings
57.
The Wangs vs. the World
The Wangs vs. the World 3.26 avg rating — 17,274 ratings
58.
The Maestro, the Magistrate and the Mathematician
The Maestro, the Magistrate and the Mathematician 3.49 avg rating — 222 ratings
59.
The Castle Cross the Magnet Carter
The Castle Cross the Magnet Carter 4.49 avg rating — 440 ratings
60.
The Happy Marriage
The Happy Marriage 3.26 avg rating — 784 ratings
60.
The Mother
The Mother 3.92 avg rating — 903 ratings
62.
Black Dove: Mamá, Mi'jo, and Me
Black Dove: Mamá, Mi'jo, and Me 3.90 avg rating — 214 ratings
63.
The Blue Line
The Blue Line 3.60 avg rating — 653 ratings
63.
The One-in-a-Million Boy
The One-in-a-Million Boy 4.09 avg rating — 38,804 ratings
65.
The Gun
The Gun 3.60 avg rating — 1,994 ratings
65.
The Fortunes
The Fortunes 3.64 avg rating — 2,141 ratings
67.
A House Without Windows
A House Without Windows really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14,980 ratings
68.
Kay's Lucky Coin Variety
Kay's Lucky Coin Variety 3.85 avg rating — 722 ratings
69.
The Expatriates
The Expatriates 3.67 avg rating — 16,109 ratings
69.
Native Believer
Native Believer 3.34 avg rating — 158 ratings
69.
The Woman Next Door
The Woman Next Door 3.61 avg rating — 4,704 ratings
72.
The Risen
The Risen 3.69 avg rating — 316 ratings
73.
The Story of a Brief Marriage
The Story of a Brief Marriage 3.81 avg rating — 3,107 ratings
74.
Cannibal (The Raz/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry)
Cannibal (The Raz/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry) 4.19 avg rating — 881 ratings
75.
A Midsummer's Equation (Detective Galileo #3)
A Midsummer's Equation (Detective Galileo #3) 3.95 avg rating — 10,988 ratings
76.
The Rope
The Rope 3.73 avg rating — 338 ratings
77.
The Association of Small Bombs
The Association of Small Bombs 3.57 avg rating — 14,514 ratings
78.
Honky Tonk Samurai (Hap and Leonard #9)
Honky Tonk Samurai (Hap and Leonard #9) 3.96 avg rating — 2,449 ratings
79.
Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?
Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? 3.84 avg rating — 4,387 ratings
80.
Darktown (Darktown, #1)
Darktown (Darktown, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 8,872 ratings
81.
The Winged Histories
The Winged Histories 3.99 avg rating — 891 ratings
82.
Born on a Tuesday
Born on a Tuesday 4.07 avg rating — 1,598 ratings
82.
Eyes Full of Empty
Eyes Full of Empty 3.80 avg rating — 85 ratings
84.
Free Men
Free Men 3.58 avg rating — 538 ratings
85.
Perfect Days
Perfect Days 3.61 avg rating — 12,279 ratings
86.
Sarong Party Girls
Sarong Party Girls 3.13 avg rating — 2,032 ratings
87.
Soul Serenade: Rhythm, Blues & Coming of Age Through Vinyl
Soul Serenade: Rhythm, Blues & Coming of Age Through Vinyl 4.22 avg rating — 93 ratings
88.
Swing Time
Swing Time 3.56 avg rating — 76,238 ratings
89.
The Lights of Pointe-Noire
The Lights of Pointe-Noire 3.69 avg rating — 286 ratings
90.
The Shameful State
The Shameful State 2.59 avg rating — 32 ratings
90.
The Girl and the Rat (The Girl and the Bomb Book 2)
The Girl and the Rat (The Girl and the Bomb Book 2) 3.54 avg rating — 154 ratings
90.
Under the Udala Trees
Under the Udala Trees 4.03 avg rating — 14,270 ratings
90.
Underworld: Sex, Drugs, and a Loaded Gun
Underworld: Sex, Drugs, and a Loaded Gun 4.12 avg rating — 16 ratings
94.
Olio
Olio 4.55 avg rating — 1,080 ratings
94.
The Tigress and the Yogi (The Sadhana Trilogy #1)
The Tigress and the Yogi (The Sadhana Trilogy #1) 4.17 avg rating — 36 ratings
94.
The Dystopia Spell (Multiverse Mashup #1)
The Dystopia Spell (Multiverse Mashup #1) 4.03 avg rating — 74 ratings
97.
Summer of the Cicadas
Summer of the Cicadas 3.86 avg rating — 42 ratings
97.
After Disasters
After Disasters
by: Viet Dinh
3.33 avg rating — 1,333 ratings
97.
Guapa
Guapa 4.12 avg rating — 4,121 ratings
97.
Mongrels
Mongrels 3.90 avg rating — 10,403 ratings
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