15 Great Reads from Authors of Color

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15 Great Reads from Authors of Color

An open-genre list of highly-rated and award-winning novels from authors of color.

The Memory Police

1 The Memory Police

Yoko Ogawa

The Fifth Season

2 The Fifth Season

N.K. Jemisin

Black Leopard, Red Wolf

3 Black Leopard, Red Wolf

Marlon James

Such a Fun Age

4 Such a Fun Age

Kiley Reid

David Mogo Godhunter

5 David Mogo Godhunter

Suyi Davies Okungbowa

The Proposal

Jasmine Guillory

Binti

Nnedi Okorafor

Binti

Nnedi Okorafor

Binti

Nnedi Okorafor

Binti

10 Binti

Nnedi Okorafor

A Brief History of Seven Killings

11 A Brief History of Seven Killings

Marlon James

Parable of the Sower

12 Parable of the Sower

Octavia E. Butler

Shatter Me

Tahereh Mafi

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

14 The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Junot Diaz

The Vanishing Half

15 The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett

Akata Witch

Nnedi Okorafor

My Sister, the Serial Killer

17 My Sister, the Serial Killer

Oyinkan Braithwaite

The Alchemist

18 The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho

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