2016 Adult SFF by Authors of Color

1.
The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2)
The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2) 4.29 avg rating — 187,482 ratings
2.
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
by: Ken Liu
4.36 avg rating — 36,808 ratings
3.
Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)
Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 21,097 ratings
4.
Certain Dark Things
Certain Dark Things 3.72 avg rating — 18,978 ratings
5.
Infomocracy (The Centenal Cycle, #1)
Infomocracy (The Centenal Cycle, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 7,013 ratings
6.
The Wall of Storms (The Dandelion Dynasty, #2)
The Wall of Storms (The Dandelion Dynasty, #2)
by: Ken Liu
4.34 avg rating — 8,977 ratings
7.
The Devourers
The Devourers
by: Indra Das
3.75 avg rating — 4,672 ratings
8.
A Taste of Honey (The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps #2)
A Taste of Honey (The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps #2) 3.85 avg rating — 2,583 ratings
9.
Heroine Complex (Heroine Complex, #1)
Heroine Complex (Heroine Complex, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 3,977 ratings
10.
The Ballad of Black Tom
The Ballad of Black Tom 3.84 avg rating — 32,621 ratings
11.
Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1)
Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 16,588 ratings
12.
Everfair (Everfair, #1)
Everfair (Everfair, #1) 3.19 avg rating — 2,914 ratings
13.
Midnight Taxi Tango (Bone Street Rumba, #2)
Midnight Taxi Tango (Bone Street Rumba, #2) 4.12 avg rating — 921 ratings
14.
The Reader (Sea of Ink and Gold, #1)
The Reader (Sea of Ink and Gold, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 12,857 ratings
15.
The Winged Histories
The Winged Histories 3.99 avg rating — 890 ratings
16.
Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #3)
by: Liu Cixin
4.41 avg rating — 159,236 ratings
17.
United States of Japan
United States of Japan 3.52 avg rating — 4,086 ratings
18.
Runtime
Runtime 3.75 avg rating — 865 ratings
19.
Labyrinth Lost (Brooklyn Brujas, #1)
Labyrinth Lost (Brooklyn Brujas, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 14,413 ratings
20.
Not Your Sidekick (Sidekick Squad, #1)
Not Your Sidekick (Sidekick Squad, #1)
by: C.B. Lee
3.87 avg rating — 8,706 ratings
21.
Age of Blight: Stories
Age of Blight: Stories 3.97 avg rating — 147 ratings
22.
The Root (Wrath & Athenaeum #1)
The Root (Wrath & Athenaeum #1) 3.87 avg rating — 171 ratings
23.
Version Control
Version Control 3.72 avg rating — 7,733 ratings
24.
Hammers on Bone (Persons Non Grata, #1)
Hammers on Bone (Persons Non Grata, #1) 3.61 avg rating — 4,793 ratings
25.
Miael: Family
Miael: Family 3.95 avg rating — 40 ratings
26.
The Oddfits
The Oddfits 3.61 avg rating — 3,022 ratings
27.
When the Moon Was Ours
When the Moon Was Ours 3.88 avg rating — 11,103 ratings
28.
The Assimilated Cuban's Guide to Quantum Santeria
The Assimilated Cuban's Guide to Quantum Santeria 4.09 avg rating — 688 ratings
28.
The Drowning Eyes
The Drowning Eyes 3.40 avg rating — 785 ratings
30.
The Terracotta Bride
The Terracotta Bride
by: Zen Cho
3.65 avg rating — 3,764 ratings
31.
Invisible Planets: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation
Invisible Planets: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation
by: Ken Liu
4.04 avg rating — 5,214 ratings
32.
Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World and Other Stories
Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World and Other Stories 4.21 avg rating — 107 ratings
33.
Time Siege (Time Salvager, #2)
Time Siege (Time Salvager, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 1,778 ratings
34.
The Wildings
The Wildings 3.95 avg rating — 1,213 ratings
34.
The Queue
The Queue 3.55 avg rating — 2,779 ratings
36.
Waypoint Kangaroo (Kangaroo #1)
Waypoint Kangaroo (Kangaroo #1) 3.92 avg rating — 1,324 ratings
36.
Episode 1: Domestic (Benediction, Season 1)
Episode 1: Domestic (Benediction, Season 1) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
36.
Who Wants to be The Prince of Darkness?
Who Wants to be The Prince of Darkness? 2.80 avg rating — 49 ratings
36.
Planet Adyn (Theonite, #1)
Planet Adyn (Theonite, #1)
by: M.L. Wang
3.71 avg rating — 808 ratings
40.
The Days of Tao (Tao, #3.5)
The Days of Tao (Tao, #3.5) 3.81 avg rating — 561 ratings
40.
The Crown's Game (The Crown's Game, #1)
The Crown's Game (The Crown's Game, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 26,069 ratings
40.
Death's Dancer (Grace Bloods, #1)
Death's Dancer (Grace Bloods, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 489 ratings
43.
Memories of Ash (The Sunbolt Chronicles, #2)
Memories of Ash (The Sunbolt Chronicles, #2) 4.52 avg rating — 1,913 ratings
43.
Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy, #1)
Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy, #1) 3.45 avg rating — 30,278 ratings
45.
Plastic Smile (Russell's Attic, #4)
Plastic Smile (Russell's Attic, #4) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 176 ratings
46.
Dawn (Legend of the Galactic Heroes, #1)
Dawn (Legend of the Galactic Heroes, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 1,950 ratings
47.
Will Do Magic for Small Change
Will Do Magic for Small Change 3.43 avg rating — 336 ratings
48.
When the World Wounds
When the World Wounds 3.81 avg rating — 53 ratings
49.
Saiensu Fikushon 2016
Saiensu Fikushon 2016 3.20 avg rating — 56 ratings
50.
Love Beyond Body, Space & Time
Love Beyond Body, Space & Time 3.91 avg rating — 1,486 ratings
51.
New Worlds, Old Ways: Speculative Tales from the Caribbean
New Worlds, Old Ways: Speculative Tales from the Caribbean 3.89 avg rating — 142 ratings
52.
Ambition (Legend of the Galactic Heroes, #2)
Ambition (Legend of the Galactic Heroes, #2) 4.27 avg rating — 957 ratings
53.
The Gate of Sorrows
The Gate of Sorrows 3.82 avg rating — 132 ratings
54.
Mongrels
Mongrels 3.90 avg rating — 10,402 ratings
55.
Iraq +100: stories from a century after the invasion
Iraq +100: stories from a century after the invasion 3.47 avg rating — 661 ratings
56.
The Year 200
The Year 200 3.64 avg rating — 125 ratings