Writing by women of colour: what to read

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Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating β€” 476,949 ratings
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The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating β€” 737,195 ratings
3.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating β€” 176,456 ratings
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Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating β€” 401,497 ratings
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Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus 4.18 avg rating β€” 137,118 ratings
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The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
by: Amy Tan
3.97 avg rating β€” 703,409 ratings
7.
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€” 568,942 ratings
8.
Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon 4.15 avg rating β€” 123,933 ratings
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The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things 3.96 avg rating β€” 317,159 ratings
10.
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban 4.16 avg rating β€” 612,699 ratings
10.
Small Island
Small Island 4.01 avg rating β€” 37,170 ratings
12.
We Should All Be Feminists
We Should All Be Feminists 4.40 avg rating β€” 320,733 ratings
13.
The Thing Around Your Neck
The Thing Around Your Neck 4.23 avg rating β€” 48,400 ratings
14.
Noughts & Crosses (Noughts & Crosses, #1)
Noughts & Crosses (Noughts & Crosses, #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 80,689 ratings
15.
The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye 4.13 avg rating β€” 288,104 ratings
16.
The Complete Persepolis
The Complete Persepolis 4.40 avg rating β€” 199,568 ratings
17.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating β€” 377,787 ratings
18.
Ruby
Ruby 3.65 avg rating β€” 15,144 ratings
18.
The Art of Faking It
The Art of Faking It 4.33 avg rating β€” 9 ratings
20.
The Turner House
The Turner House 3.63 avg rating β€” 17,802 ratings
21.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4) 3.90 avg rating β€” 128,894 ratings
22.
Silver Sparrow
Silver Sparrow 3.90 avg rating β€” 45,091 ratings
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Seed Sovereignty, Food Security: Women in the Vanguard of the Fight against GMOs and Corporate Agriculture
Seed Sovereignty, Food Security: Women in the Vanguard of the Fight against GMOs and Corporate Agriculture 3.95 avg rating β€” 22 ratings
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Desert Flower
Desert Flower 4.24 avg rating β€” 39,495 ratings
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The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1) 4.46 avg rating β€” 986,373 ratings
26.
My Place
My Place 3.99 avg rating β€” 6,669 ratings
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Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More
Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More 4.30 avg rating β€” 16,467 ratings
28.
Sleeping With the Dictionary
Sleeping With the Dictionary 3.99 avg rating β€” 1,577 ratings
29.
At the Bottom of the River
At the Bottom of the River 3.76 avg rating β€” 2,305 ratings
30.
Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination
Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination 4.32 avg rating β€” 7,356 ratings
31.
Waiting to Exhale
Waiting to Exhale 3.99 avg rating β€” 17,749 ratings
32.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl 4.17 avg rating β€” 56,856 ratings
33.
We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For: Light in a Time of Darkness
We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For: Light in a Time of Darkness 4.07 avg rating β€” 992 ratings
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Brick Lane
Brick Lane 3.46 avg rating β€” 35,231 ratings
35.
Sister of My Heart (Anju and Sudha #1)
Sister of My Heart (Anju and Sudha #1) 4.01 avg rating β€” 21,099 ratings
35.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating β€” 258,318 ratings
37.
So Long a Letter
So Long a Letter 3.99 avg rating β€” 11,638 ratings
38.
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches 4.53 avg rating β€” 39,726 ratings
39.
Inheritance of Loss, The: A Novel
Inheritance of Loss, The: A Novel 3.45 avg rating β€” 54,328 ratings
40.
On Beauty
On Beauty 3.78 avg rating β€” 89,025 ratings
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Mr. Fox
Mr. Fox 3.57 avg rating β€” 11,452 ratings
42.
White Teeth
White Teeth 3.79 avg rating β€” 170,746 ratings
43.
Brother, I'm Dying
Brother, I'm Dying 4.16 avg rating β€” 7,577 ratings
44.
Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics
Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics 4.16 avg rating β€” 27,175 ratings
44.
Skim
Skim 3.76 avg rating β€” 17,088 ratings
44.
Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth
Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth 4.24 avg rating β€” 21,147 ratings
44.
Tiddas
Tiddas 3.35 avg rating β€” 556 ratings
44.
Ugly
Ugly 4.03 avg rating β€” 5,629 ratings
44.
Twisted in a Positive Way
Twisted in a Positive Way 4.30 avg rating β€” 44 ratings
44.
Human Acts
Human Acts
by: Han Kang
4.27 avg rating β€” 61,889 ratings
44.
Mixed: An Anthology of Short Fiction on the Multiracial Experience
Mixed: An Anthology of Short Fiction on the Multiracial Experience 3.80 avg rating β€” 261 ratings
44.
Celestial Bodies
Celestial Bodies 3.41 avg rating β€” 16,866 ratings
44.
I Love My Love
I Love My Love 3.83 avg rating β€” 2,054 ratings
44.
Black Orchid Blues (Lanie Price #2)
Black Orchid Blues (Lanie Price #2) 3.86 avg rating β€” 323 ratings
44.
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
44.
Love Changes Everything (Mercinia, #1)
Love Changes Everything (Mercinia, #1) 3.56 avg rating β€” 18 ratings
44.
The Forbidden Stitch: An Asian American Women's Anthology
The Forbidden Stitch: An Asian American Women's Anthology 4.11 avg rating β€” 27 ratings
44.
The Little Queen
The Little Queen 3.59 avg rating β€” 66 ratings
44.
Every Last Breath (Final Hour #1)
Every Last Breath (Final Hour #1) 3.88 avg rating β€” 919 ratings
44.
The Risk It Takes to Bloom: On Life and Liberation
The Risk It Takes to Bloom: On Life and Liberation 4.28 avg rating β€” 359 ratings
61.
Adaptation (Adaptation, #1)
Adaptation (Adaptation, #1) 3.63 avg rating β€” 7,966 ratings
61.
A Beautiful Place To Die (Detective Emmanuel Cooper, #1)
A Beautiful Place To Die (Detective Emmanuel Cooper, #1) 3.89 avg rating β€” 3,971 ratings
61.
A Bali Conspiracy Most Foul (Inspector Singh Investigates #2)
A Bali Conspiracy Most Foul (Inspector Singh Investigates #2) 3.85 avg rating β€” 1,728 ratings
61.
River of Fire
River of Fire 4.04 avg rating β€” 1,020 ratings
61.
Damselfly
Damselfly 3.37 avg rating β€” 891 ratings
61.
A Psalm for Us
A Psalm for Us 4.09 avg rating β€” 724 ratings
61.
Brown Girl in the Ring
Brown Girl in the Ring 3.85 avg rating β€” 7,277 ratings
61.
Gathering Ground: New Writing and Art by Northwest Women of Color
Gathering Ground: New Writing and Art by Northwest Women of Color 4.20 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
61.
Love Letters to the World
Love Letters to the World 4.05 avg rating β€” 63 ratings
61.
Annie John
Annie John 3.72 avg rating β€” 12,516 ratings
71.
The Swan Book
The Swan Book 3.28 avg rating β€” 1,180 ratings
71.
A Cupboard Full of Coats
A Cupboard Full of Coats 3.65 avg rating β€” 2,566 ratings
71.
Wandering Son, Vol. 1
Wandering Son, Vol. 1 3.97 avg rating β€” 3,385 ratings
71.
A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder (Inspector Singh Investigates #1)
A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder (Inspector Singh Investigates #1) 3.63 avg rating β€” 3,677 ratings
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The Prostitute
The Prostitute really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 29 ratings
71.
WITCHDOCTORPOET
WITCHDOCTORPOET
by: Bola Juju
4.47 avg rating β€” 118 ratings
71.
Heroine Complex (Heroine Complex, #1)
Heroine Complex (Heroine Complex, #1) 3.62 avg rating β€” 3,977 ratings
71.
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) 4.29 avg rating β€” 317,165 ratings
79.
Questions of Travel
Questions of Travel 3.07 avg rating β€” 2,995 ratings
79.
Under the Udala Trees
Under the Udala Trees 4.03 avg rating β€” 14,270 ratings
79.
A Calamitous Chinese Killing (Inspector Singh Investigates, #6)
A Calamitous Chinese Killing (Inspector Singh Investigates, #6) 4.04 avg rating β€” 795 ratings
79.
Zong! (Wesleyan Poetry Series)
Zong! (Wesleyan Poetry Series) 4.15 avg rating β€” 1,687 ratings
79.
What We All Long For
What We All Long For 3.36 avg rating β€” 2,178 ratings
84.
Yellow Rose
Yellow Rose 3.59 avg rating β€” 323 ratings
84.
The Bite of the Mango
The Bite of the Mango 3.98 avg rating β€” 4,203 ratings
84.
A Dance with Danger (Lovers and Rebels, #2; Tang Dynasty, #5)
A Dance with Danger (Lovers and Rebels, #2; Tang Dynasty, #5) 3.81 avg rating β€” 217 ratings
84.
My Forbidden Face
My Forbidden Face 3.83 avg rating β€” 3,795 ratings
84.
Venous Hum
Venous Hum 3.48 avg rating β€” 67 ratings
84.
Little Fires Everywhere
Little Fires Everywhere 4.07 avg rating β€” 1,279,629 ratings
90.
The Summer We Got Free
The Summer We Got Free 4.35 avg rating β€” 1,493 ratings
90.
The Jade Temptress (The Pingkang Li Mysteries, #2)
The Jade Temptress (The Pingkang Li Mysteries, #2) 4.01 avg rating β€” 1,123 ratings
90.
The Killing Moon (Dreamblood, #1)
The Killing Moon (Dreamblood, #1) 3.96 avg rating β€” 22,751 ratings
90.
Boy, Snow, Bird
Boy, Snow, Bird 3.34 avg rating β€” 30,809 ratings
90.
In My Dreams I Dance
In My Dreams I Dance 4.19 avg rating β€” 108 ratings
90.
Empress
Empress
by: Shan Sa
3.69 avg rating β€” 6,393 ratings
90.
Ascension (Tangled Axon, #1)
Ascension (Tangled Axon, #1) 3.59 avg rating β€” 1,694 ratings
97.
No Sex in the City
No Sex in the City 3.49 avg rating β€” 558 ratings
97.
The Sword Dancer (Lovers and Rebels, #1; Tang Dynasty, #4)
The Sword Dancer (Lovers and Rebels, #1; Tang Dynasty, #4) 3.78 avg rating β€” 618 ratings
97.
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance, #1)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance, #1) 3.89 avg rating β€” 80,314 ratings
97.
Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening
Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening 3.96 avg rating β€” 65,660 ratings
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