#ReadPOC: List of Books by Authors of Color

1.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating β€” 737,134 ratings
2.
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1)
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1) 4.29 avg rating β€” 663,061 ratings
3.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 4.06 avg rating β€” 281,413 ratings
4.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating β€” 258,267 ratings
5.
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1) 4.46 avg rating β€” 986,285 ratings
6.
The Complete Persepolis
The Complete Persepolis 4.40 avg rating β€” 199,555 ratings
7.
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) 4.20 avg rating β€” 238,841 ratings
8.
To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)
To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)
by: Jenny Han
4.04 avg rating β€” 1,020,057 ratings
9.
Shadowshaper (Shadowshaper Cypher, #1)
Shadowshaper (Shadowshaper Cypher, #1) 3.74 avg rating β€” 10,801 ratings
10.
Brown Girl Dreaming
Brown Girl Dreaming 4.15 avg rating β€” 91,852 ratings
11.
Rainbirds
Rainbirds 3.48 avg rating β€” 7,152 ratings
12.
Sorcerer to the Crown (Sorcerer Royal, #1)
Sorcerer to the Crown (Sorcerer Royal, #1)
by: Zen Cho
3.73 avg rating β€” 15,779 ratings
13.
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) 4.29 avg rating β€” 317,105 ratings
14.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating β€” 476,905 ratings
15.
I Am Malala
I Am Malala 4.16 avg rating β€” 612,689 ratings
16.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4) 3.90 avg rating β€” 128,888 ratings
17.
Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun
Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun 3.83 avg rating β€” 1,891 ratings
18.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating β€” 1,681,540 ratings
19.
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate 3.95 avg rating β€” 387,440 ratings
20.
Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating β€” 401,457 ratings
21.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating β€” 377,755 ratings
22.
Descendant of the Crane
Descendant of the Crane
by: Joan He
3.63 avg rating β€” 12,091 ratings
23.
The Kitchen God’s Wife
The Kitchen God’s Wife
by: Amy Tan
4.04 avg rating β€” 87,067 ratings
24.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 4.12 avg rating β€” 131,986 ratings
25.
The Killing Moon (Dreamblood, #1)
The Killing Moon (Dreamblood, #1) 3.96 avg rating β€” 22,748 ratings
26.
Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)
Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1) 4.15 avg rating β€” 60,522 ratings
27.
The Kiss Quotient (The Kiss Quotient, #1)
The Kiss Quotient (The Kiss Quotient, #1) 3.88 avg rating β€” 485,397 ratings
28.
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? [And Other Concerns]
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? [And Other Concerns] 3.86 avg rating β€” 509,668 ratings
29.
Unwind (Unwind, #1)
Unwind (Unwind, #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 244,615 ratings
30.
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1) 4.27 avg rating β€” 224,915 ratings
31.
The Inheritance Trilogy (Inheritance, #1-3.5)
The Inheritance Trilogy (Inheritance, #1-3.5) 4.28 avg rating β€” 9,251 ratings
32.
Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians, #1)
Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians, #1) 3.91 avg rating β€” 536,334 ratings
33.
The Ghost Bride
The Ghost Bride 3.81 avg rating β€” 36,611 ratings
34.
Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus 4.18 avg rating β€” 137,100 ratings
35.
Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts, #1)
Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts, #1) 4.03 avg rating β€” 37,832 ratings
36.
The Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn, #1)
The Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn, #1) 4.04 avg rating β€” 184,548 ratings
37.
We Should All Be Feminists
We Should All Be Feminists 4.40 avg rating β€” 320,708 ratings
38.
An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)
An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1) 4.24 avg rating β€” 333,779 ratings
39.
The House on Mango Street
The House on Mango Street 3.69 avg rating β€” 222,912 ratings
40.
The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
by: Amy Tan
3.97 avg rating β€” 703,393 ratings
41.
Battle Royale
Battle Royale 4.26 avg rating β€” 83,102 ratings
42.
Who Fears Death
Who Fears Death 3.93 avg rating β€” 27,809 ratings
43.
The Secret of a Heart Note
The Secret of a Heart Note 3.84 avg rating β€” 2,976 ratings
44.
Binti (Binti, #1)
Binti (Binti, #1) 3.85 avg rating β€” 78,675 ratings
45.
Searching for Sylvie Lee
Searching for Sylvie Lee
by: Jean Kwok
3.64 avg rating β€” 39,823 ratings
46.
Who Hears Here?: On Black Music, Pasts and Present (Phono: Black Music and the Global Imagination) (Volume 1)
Who Hears Here?: On Black Music, Pasts and Present (Phono: Black Music and the Global Imagination) (Volume 1) 4.33 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
47.
Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World, #1)
Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World, #1) 3.95 avg rating β€” 27,077 ratings
47.
Labyrinth Lost (Brooklyn Brujas, #1)
Labyrinth Lost (Brooklyn Brujas, #1) 3.72 avg rating β€” 14,413 ratings
49.
A Spy in the House (The Agency #1)
A Spy in the House (The Agency #1)
by: Y.S. Lee
3.79 avg rating β€” 18,095 ratings
50.
Spirits Abroad
Spirits Abroad
by: Zen Cho
4.17 avg rating β€” 1,965 ratings
51.
The Art Of War
The Art Of War
by: Sun Tzu
3.95 avg rating β€” 550,534 ratings
52.
The Duchess War (Brothers Sinister, #1)
The Duchess War (Brothers Sinister, #1) 3.82 avg rating β€” 28,496 ratings
53.
Tiny Pretty Things (Tiny Pretty Things, #1)
Tiny Pretty Things (Tiny Pretty Things, #1) 3.67 avg rating β€” 15,681 ratings
54.
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things 3.96 avg rating β€” 317,132 ratings
55.
Talk Sweetly to Me (Brothers Sinister, #4.5)
Talk Sweetly to Me (Brothers Sinister, #4.5) 3.70 avg rating β€” 5,314 ratings
56.
Bad Feminist
Bad Feminist 3.92 avg rating β€” 117,711 ratings
57.
Giovanni’s Room
Giovanni’s Room 4.34 avg rating β€” 225,989 ratings
58.
The Victoria in My Head
The Victoria in My Head 3.95 avg rating β€” 504 ratings
58.
Secret Lives of Mothers & Daughters
Secret Lives of Mothers & Daughters 3.98 avg rating β€” 924 ratings
60.
Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me 4.40 avg rating β€” 357,356 ratings
61.
Wild Seed (Patternist, #1)
Wild Seed (Patternist, #1) 4.21 avg rating β€” 38,328 ratings
62.
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€” 568,903 ratings
63.
The Shadowed Sun (Dreamblood, #2)
The Shadowed Sun (Dreamblood, #2) 4.29 avg rating β€” 11,642 ratings
64.
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes 4.14 avg rating β€” 28,852 ratings
65.
Everything, Everything
Everything, Everything 3.96 avg rating β€” 667,866 ratings
66.
Parable of the Talents (Earthseed, #2)
Parable of the Talents (Earthseed, #2) 4.32 avg rating β€” 77,742 ratings
67.
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Chronicle of a Death Foretold 3.97 avg rating β€” 224,368 ratings
68.
Homegoing
Homegoing
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.47 avg rating β€” 386,209 ratings
69.
Monster
Monster 3.73 avg rating β€” 74,192 ratings
70.
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe 3.44 avg rating β€” 19,833 ratings
70.
My Sister, the Serial Killer
My Sister, the Serial Killer 3.65 avg rating β€” 332,344 ratings
72.
Huntress
Huntress 3.79 avg rating β€” 13,439 ratings
73.
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 4.16 avg rating β€” 192,410 ratings
74.
Natalie Tan's Book of Luck and Fortune
Natalie Tan's Book of Luck and Fortune 3.47 avg rating β€” 9,155 ratings
75.
The Best of All Possible Worlds
The Best of All Possible Worlds 3.61 avg rating β€” 5,456 ratings
75.
Noughts & Crosses (Noughts & Crosses, #1)
Noughts & Crosses (Noughts & Crosses, #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 80,686 ratings
77.
Brown Girl in the Ring
Brown Girl in the Ring 3.85 avg rating β€” 7,276 ratings
78.
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy 4.38 avg rating β€” 30,599 ratings
79.
Kira-Kira
Kira-Kira 3.97 avg rating β€” 27,856 ratings
80.
American Born Chinese
American Born Chinese 3.88 avg rating β€” 100,052 ratings
81.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating β€” 813,100 ratings
82.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating β€” 176,441 ratings
83.
Inked (Terra Sempre Saga, #2)
Inked (Terra Sempre Saga, #2) 4.62 avg rating β€” 8 ratings
83.
Tales of the Astonishing Black Spark
Tales of the Astonishing Black Spark 4.02 avg rating β€” 100 ratings
83.
Kissing Magic (Portals to Whyland #2)
Kissing Magic (Portals to Whyland #2) 4.19 avg rating β€” 160 ratings
83.
Lobizona (Wolves of No World, #1)
Lobizona (Wolves of No World, #1) 4.10 avg rating β€” 8,507 ratings
83.
We Are Bridges: A Memoir
We Are Bridges: A Memoir 4.03 avg rating β€” 391 ratings
88.
Secret Daughter
Secret Daughter really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 77,031 ratings
89.
Stories of Your Life and Others
Stories of Your Life and Others 4.25 avg rating β€” 120,086 ratings
90.
The Bride Test (The Kiss Quotient, #2)
The Bride Test (The Kiss Quotient, #2) 3.81 avg rating β€” 179,637 ratings
91.
The Ballad of Black Tom
The Ballad of Black Tom 3.84 avg rating β€” 32,622 ratings
92.
The Governess Affair (Brothers Sinister, #0.5)
The Governess Affair (Brothers Sinister, #0.5) 3.86 avg rating β€” 18,992 ratings
93.
Written in the Stars
Written in the Stars 3.95 avg rating β€” 8,016 ratings
93.
The Heiress Effect (Brothers Sinister, #2)
The Heiress Effect (Brothers Sinister, #2) 3.91 avg rating β€” 15,823 ratings
95.
Cardcaptor Sakura, Book 1
Cardcaptor Sakura, Book 1
by: Clamp
4.45 avg rating β€” 3,947 ratings
95.
The Countess Conspiracy (Brothers Sinister, #3)
The Countess Conspiracy (Brothers Sinister, #3) 3.92 avg rating β€” 12,985 ratings
97.
Skim
Skim 3.76 avg rating β€” 17,087 ratings
97.
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97.
A Kiss for Midwinter (Brothers Sinister, #1.5)
A Kiss for Midwinter (Brothers Sinister, #1.5) 3.89 avg rating β€” 10,680 ratings
100.
Lagoon
Lagoon 3.63 avg rating β€” 8,982 ratings
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