#ReadPOC: List of Speculative Fiction by Authors of Color

1.
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) 4.29 avg rating β€” 317,164 ratings
2.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating β€” 258,316 ratings
3.
Binti (Binti, #1)
Binti (Binti, #1) 3.85 avg rating β€” 78,682 ratings
4.
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) 4.20 avg rating β€” 238,932 ratings
5.
Parable of the Talents (Earthseed, #2)
Parable of the Talents (Earthseed, #2) 4.32 avg rating β€” 77,756 ratings
6.
Who Fears Death
Who Fears Death 3.93 avg rating β€” 27,810 ratings
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Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)
Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1) 4.15 avg rating β€” 60,534 ratings
8.
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance, #1)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance, #1) 3.89 avg rating β€” 80,315 ratings
9.
The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2)
The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2) 4.29 avg rating β€” 187,520 ratings
10.
Lagoon
Lagoon 3.63 avg rating β€” 8,983 ratings
11.
Sorcerer to the Crown (Sorcerer Royal, #1)
Sorcerer to the Crown (Sorcerer Royal, #1)
by: Zen Cho
3.73 avg rating β€” 15,781 ratings
12.
Shadowshaper (Shadowshaper Cypher, #1)
Shadowshaper (Shadowshaper Cypher, #1) 3.74 avg rating β€” 10,801 ratings
12.
The Ballad of Black Tom
The Ballad of Black Tom 3.84 avg rating β€” 32,628 ratings
14.
Labyrinth Lost (Brooklyn Brujas, #1)
Labyrinth Lost (Brooklyn Brujas, #1) 3.72 avg rating β€” 14,413 ratings
15.
Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World, #1)
Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World, #1) 3.95 avg rating β€” 27,078 ratings
16.
Not Your Sidekick (Sidekick Squad, #1)
Not Your Sidekick (Sidekick Squad, #1)
by: C.B. Lee
3.87 avg rating β€” 8,706 ratings
17.
The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth, #3)
The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth, #3) 4.34 avg rating β€” 159,400 ratings
18.
The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)
The City We Became (Great Cities, #1) 3.85 avg rating β€” 76,605 ratings
19.
Gods of Jade and Shadow
Gods of Jade and Shadow 3.88 avg rating β€” 74,723 ratings
20.
Wild Seed (Patternist, #1)
Wild Seed (Patternist, #1) 4.21 avg rating β€” 38,337 ratings
21.
The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
by: Liu Cixin
4.08 avg rating β€” 460,843 ratings
22.
Ash
Ash 3.63 avg rating β€” 37,573 ratings
23.
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
by: Ken Liu
4.36 avg rating β€” 36,818 ratings
24.
Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1)
Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1) 4.07 avg rating β€” 96,854 ratings
25.
Dread Nation (Dread Nation, #1)
Dread Nation (Dread Nation, #1) 4.13 avg rating β€” 35,468 ratings
26.
The Summer Prince
The Summer Prince 3.56 avg rating β€” 4,732 ratings
27.
The Book of Phoenix (Who Fears Death, #0)
The Book of Phoenix (Who Fears Death, #0) 3.94 avg rating β€” 5,872 ratings
28.
Ascension (Tangled Axon, #1)
Ascension (Tangled Axon, #1) 3.59 avg rating β€” 1,694 ratings
28.
The Ghost Bride
The Ghost Bride 3.81 avg rating β€” 36,619 ratings
30.
Everfair (Everfair, #1)
Everfair (Everfair, #1) 3.19 avg rating β€” 2,914 ratings
31.
Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora
Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora 4.16 avg rating β€” 1,434 ratings
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A Taste of Honey (The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, #2)
A Taste of Honey (The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, #2) 3.85 avg rating β€” 2,583 ratings
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Smoketown
Smoketown 3.61 avg rating β€” 165 ratings
34.
Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)
Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1) 3.80 avg rating β€” 21,100 ratings
35.
The Gilda Stories
The Gilda Stories 3.95 avg rating β€” 4,243 ratings
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Song of Blood & Stone (Earthsinger Chronicles, #1)
Song of Blood & Stone (Earthsinger Chronicles, #1) 3.71 avg rating β€” 3,443 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 β€” 19,834 ratings
38.
The Stories of Ibis
The Stories of Ibis 4.24 avg rating β€” 1,227 ratings
39.
Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1)
Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1) 3.84 avg rating β€” 1,149,722 ratings
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Nine Bar Blues
Nine Bar Blues 4.05 avg rating β€” 230 ratings
41.
Midnight Robber
Midnight Robber 3.93 avg rating β€” 3,779 ratings
41.
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€” 333,837 ratings
43.
Radio Silence (Off the Grid, #1)
Radio Silence (Off the Grid, #1) 3.58 avg rating β€” 1,647 ratings
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The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 419,995 ratings
45.
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of OrΓ―sha, #1)
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of OrΓ―sha, #1) 4.11 avg rating β€” 245,791 ratings
46.
Dragon Sword and Wind Child (Tales of the Magatama, #1)
Dragon Sword and Wind Child (Tales of the Magatama, #1) 4.03 avg rating β€” 1,179 ratings
47.
Fledgling
Fledgling 3.80 avg rating β€” 37,689 ratings
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Babel-17
Babel-17 3.72 avg rating β€” 19,538 ratings
49.
The Bees
The Bees 3.71 avg rating β€” 43,120 ratings
50.
Adulthood Rites (Xenogenesis, #2)
Adulthood Rites (Xenogenesis, #2) 4.19 avg rating β€” 27,347 ratings
51.
Imago (Xenogenesis, #3)
Imago (Xenogenesis, #3) 4.20 avg rating β€” 23,531 ratings
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Certain Dark Things
Certain Dark Things 3.72 avg rating β€” 18,983 ratings
53.
Bloodchild and other Stories
Bloodchild and other Stories 4.35 avg rating β€” 26,126 ratings
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An Unkindness of Ghosts
An Unkindness of Ghosts 3.96 avg rating β€” 21,201 ratings
55.
The Shadow Speaker (The Desert Magician's Duology, #1)
The Shadow Speaker (The Desert Magician's Duology, #1) 3.95 avg rating β€” 2,755 ratings
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The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of Shadow (The Twelve Kingdoms, #1)
The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of Shadow (The Twelve Kingdoms, #1) 4.23 avg rating β€” 2,971 ratings
56.
How Long 'til Black Future Month?
How Long 'til Black Future Month? 4.27 avg rating β€” 17,830 ratings
58.
Spirits Abroad
Spirits Abroad
by: Zen Cho
4.17 avg rating β€” 1,965 ratings
59.
Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)
Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1)
by: Fonda Lee
4.07 avg rating β€” 97,556 ratings
60.
Throne of the Crescent Moon (The Crescent Moon Kingdoms, #1)
Throne of the Crescent Moon (The Crescent Moon Kingdoms, #1) 3.65 avg rating β€” 11,907 ratings
61.
Brown Girl in the Ring
Brown Girl in the Ring 3.85 avg rating β€” 7,277 ratings
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The Best of All Possible Worlds
The Best of All Possible Worlds 3.61 avg rating β€” 5,456 ratings
63.
The Bone Witch (The Bone Witch, #1)
The Bone Witch (The Bone Witch, #1) 3.69 avg rating β€” 48,848 ratings
64.
Inheritance (Adaptation, #2)
Inheritance (Adaptation, #2) 3.77 avg rating β€” 2,572 ratings
65.
Redemption in Indigo
Redemption in Indigo 3.88 avg rating β€” 2,932 ratings
66.
Iron Cast
Iron Cast 3.70 avg rating β€” 2,349 ratings
67.
The Devouring (Last of the Magi #1)
The Devouring (Last of the Magi #1)
by: G.S. Eli
4.67 avg rating β€” 9 ratings
67.
Magic Dark, Magic Divine (Warrior of the Divine Sword, #1)
Magic Dark, Magic Divine (Warrior of the Divine Sword, #1) 4.05 avg rating β€” 216 ratings
69.
Graveyard Shift
Graveyard Shift 3.76 avg rating β€” 574 ratings
69.
Cabello: Mineau (Cabello #1)
Cabello: Mineau (Cabello #1) 3.80 avg rating β€” 54 ratings
69.
Storm of Locusts (The Sixth World, #2)
Storm of Locusts (The Sixth World, #2) 4.18 avg rating β€” 11,207 ratings
72.
Tiger Eye (Dirk & Steele, #1)
Tiger Eye (Dirk & Steele, #1) 3.82 avg rating β€” 5,516 ratings
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Stories of Your Life and Others
Stories of Your Life and Others 4.25 avg rating β€” 120,104 ratings
72.
Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava, #1)
Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava, #1) 4.09 avg rating β€” 28,049 ratings
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Miael: Family
Miael: Family 3.95 avg rating β€” 40 ratings
76.
The Mark of Noba (The Sterling Wayfairer, #1)
The Mark of Noba (The Sterling Wayfairer, #1) 3.84 avg rating β€” 173 ratings
76.
Shadow Touch (Dirk & Steele, #2)
Shadow Touch (Dirk & Steele, #2) 3.95 avg rating β€” 2,764 ratings
76.
The Pack: Addison (The Pack, #1)
The Pack: Addison (The Pack, #1) 4.30 avg rating β€” 37 ratings
76.
The Memory Police
The Memory Police 3.71 avg rating β€” 124,216 ratings
80.
Warchild (Warchild, #1)
Warchild (Warchild, #1) 4.09 avg rating β€” 2,260 ratings
81.
The Inheritance Trilogy (Inheritance, #1-3.5)
The Inheritance Trilogy (Inheritance, #1-3.5) 4.28 avg rating β€” 9,251 ratings
81.
The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)
The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1) 4.14 avg rating β€” 146,214 ratings
83.
Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1)
Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating β€” 16,589 ratings
84.
Conjure Women
Conjure Women 3.87 avg rating β€” 18,420 ratings
85.
Black Beauty (Everleaf #0.5)
Black Beauty (Everleaf #0.5) 3.78 avg rating β€” 259 ratings
85.
Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy, #1)
Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy, #1) 3.45 avg rating β€” 30,281 ratings
85.
The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)
The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)
by: Nghi Vo
3.92 avg rating β€” 42,140 ratings
88.
The Red Heart of Jade (Dirk & Steele, #3)
The Red Heart of Jade (Dirk & Steele, #3) 3.76 avg rating β€” 1,922 ratings
88.
Mind of My Mind (Patternist, #2)
Mind of My Mind (Patternist, #2) 4.18 avg rating β€” 15,070 ratings
90.
Midnight’s Children
Midnight’s Children 3.98 avg rating β€” 130,711 ratings
90.
The Icarus Girl
The Icarus Girl 3.64 avg rating β€” 5,433 ratings
90.
Zone One
Zone One 3.25 avg rating β€” 26,608 ratings
90.
These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights, #1)
These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights, #1) 3.80 avg rating β€” 165,254 ratings
94.
Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts, #1)
Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts, #1) 4.03 avg rating β€” 37,837 ratings
95.
Eye of Heaven (Dirk & Steele #5)
Eye of Heaven (Dirk & Steele #5) 3.90 avg rating β€” 1,705 ratings
96.
The Last Twilight (Dirk & Steele, #7)
The Last Twilight (Dirk & Steele, #7) really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1,671 ratings
97.
Filter House
Filter House 3.95 avg rating β€” 399 ratings
98.
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit (Moribito, #1)
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit (Moribito, #1) 4.04 avg rating β€” 2,975 ratings
99.
The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps (The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, #1)
The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps (The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, #1) 3.53 avg rating β€” 4,003 ratings
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The Changeling
The Changeling 3.77 avg rating β€” 26,919 ratings
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