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Richard Wagamese
136 ratings 4.28 ·
poc-mc · indigenous-mc · fiction · literary-fiction · book · audiobook · historical-fiction · adult · poc-author · drama · realistic · contemporary · historical · abuse · grief · coming-of-age · male-author · magical-realism · family · horror
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Elizabeth Acevedo
170 ratings 4.28 ·
poc-mc · fiction · young-adult · contemporary · poc-author · latinx-mc · audiobook · family · literary-fiction · lgbtq · feminism · female-author · book · realistic · female-mc · magical-realism · friendship · drama · 21st-century · high-school
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Laila Ibrahim
128 ratings 4.17 ·
book · family · audiobook · historical · historical-fiction · fiction · poc-mc · violent-conflict · literary-fiction · drama · adult · action-adventure · civil-war · slavery · womens-fiction · war · coming-of-age · 20th-century · racism · poc-author
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Nadia Hashimi
116 ratings 4.13 ·
family · audiobook · historical-fiction · journey · female-mc · fiction · realistic · book · poc-author · action-adventure · historical · poc-mc · violent-conflict · female-author · adult · drama · literary-fiction · war · coming-of-age · spirituality
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Jesmyn Ward
191 ratings 4.11 ·
fiction · literary-fiction · female-author · poc-mc · family · book · coming-of-age · historical-fiction · audiobook · 21st-century · young-adult · poc-author · poverty · contemporary · realistic · black-mc · grief · drama · adult · social-commentary
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Bernice L. McFadden
112 ratings 4.10 ·
adult · fiction · audiobook · literary-fiction · poc-mc · historical-fiction · family · drama · black-mc · book · female-author · female-mc · historical · racism · realistic · social-commentary · mystery · 21st-century · 20th-century · urban
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Thrity Umrigar
184 ratings 4.06 ·
book · literary-fiction · family · adult · fiction · female-mc · realistic · poc-author · poc-mc · audiobook · historical-fiction · drama · friendship · journey · contemporary · female-author · psychological · marriage · historical · womens-fiction
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James McBride
191 ratings 4.03 ·
audiobook · poc-mc · historical · black-mc · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · fiction · adult · racism · book · violent-conflict · social-commentary · mystery · poc-author · family · 21st-century · male-author · slavery · military · war
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Sherman Alexie
385 ratings 4.01 ·- You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie
- Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie
- Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories by Sherman Alexie
- Walking the Clouds: An Anthology of Indigenous Science Fiction by Sherman Alexie
- The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales by Sherman Alexie
fiction · indigenous-mc · poc-mc · poc-author · literary-fiction · humor · anthologies · young-adult · family · realistic · male-author · contemporary · magical-realism · historical-fiction · classics · literary · coming-of-age · social-commentary · 21st-century · book
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Eden Robinson
104 ratings 3.97 ·
poc-mc · female-author · fiction · magical-realism · indigenous-mc · supernatural · contemporary · myths · young-adult · coming-of-age · book · poc-author · horror · literary-fiction · fantasy · audiobook · paranormal · family · retellings · adult
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Carolina De Robertis
102 ratings 3.96 ·
fiction · adult · literary-fiction · poc-mc · audiobook · latinx-mc · journey · book · action-adventure · historical-fiction · 21st-century · historical · hispanic · female-author · politics · poc-author · lgbtq · drama · feminism · magical-realism
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Marlon James
124 ratings 3.96 ·
fiction · literary-fiction · book · adult · dark · poc-mc · audiobook · lgbtq · fantasy · 21st-century · historical · magical-realism · historical-fiction · action-adventure · mystery · horror · black-mc · poc-author · dark-fantasy · male-author
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Percival Everett
121 ratings 3.94 ·
fiction · adult · literary-fiction · book · poc-mc · 21st-century · humor · poc-author · satire · contemporary · audiobook · mystery · fantasy · historical-fiction · historical · literary · classics · retellings · social-commentary · action-adventure
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
130 ratings 3.94 ·
classics · literary · book · fiction · literary-fiction · adult · historical-fiction · action-adventure · poc-author · colonization · politics · journey · poc-mc · 20th-century · historical · magical-realism · university · black-mc · violent-conflict · coming-of-age
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Toni Morrison
435 ratings 3.93 ·
classics · fiction · drama · literary-fiction · literary · poc-author · book · feminism · female-author · historical-fiction · poc-mc · university · 20th-century · realistic · adult · audiobook · racism · historical · magical-realism · coming-of-age
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Ruth Ozeki
135 ratings 3.93 ·
fiction · family · literary-fiction · poc-author · poc-mc · 21st-century · book · realistic · audiobook · female-author · contemporary · young-adult · humor · epic · mystery · drama · politics · coming-of-age · philosophy · anthologies
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Lisa See
341 ratings 3.93 ·
book · historical · literary-fiction · poc-mc · historical-fiction · fiction · audiobook · female-author · poc-author · womens-fiction · female-mc · coming-of-age · realistic · drama · family · 20th-century · action-adventure · friendship · adult · journey
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Alejandro Zambra
109 ratings 3.92 ·
fiction · adult · literary-fiction · poc-mc · contemporary · latinx-mc · 21st-century · book · journey · hispanic · action-adventure · family · poc-author · audiobook · male-author · anthologies · humor · romance · literary · epistolary
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Tayari Jones
136 ratings 3.91 ·
realistic · poc-author · poc-mc · audiobook · literary-fiction · fiction · book · family · drama · female-author · historical-fiction · black-mc · womens-fiction · urban · feminism · marriage · contemporary · young-adult · historical · 21st-century
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Louise Erdrich
475 ratings 3.91 ·
fiction · female-author · indigenous-mc · poc-mc · book · literary-fiction · adult · historical-fiction · poc-author · family · historical · magical-realism · audiobook · industrial-era · realistic · western · classics · literary · drama · 21st-century
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Isabel Allende
700 ratings 3.89 ·
fiction · magical-realism · book · literary-fiction · audiobook · poc-mc · female-author · adult · historical-fiction · latinx-mc · poc-author · romance · drama · action-adventure · historical · classics · literary · family · journey · 20th-century
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Amitav Ghosh
198 ratings 3.88 ·
book · fiction · literary-fiction · adult · historical-fiction · audiobook · historical · action-adventure · politics · drama · poc-mc · classics · literary · university · journey · 21st-century · poc-author · colonization · epic · war
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Rabih Alameddine
112 ratings 3.88 ·
fiction · literary-fiction · adult · historical-fiction · poc-author · book · lgbtq · violent-conflict · contemporary · war · poc-mc · journey · magical-realism · 21st-century · islam · action-adventure · family · female-author · male-author · spirituality
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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
301 ratings 3.83 ·
fiction · book · poc-mc · historical-fiction · poc-author · literary-fiction · family · audiobook · female-author · adult · action-adventure · female-mc · historical · fantasy · friendship · womens-fiction · drama · contemporary · magic · young-adult
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Han Kang
100 ratings 3.82 ·
book · female-author · adult · literary-fiction · fiction · psychological · 21st-century · audiobook · poc-author · family · east-asia · contemporary · asia · journey · drama · south-korea · poc-mc · mental-illness · classics · literary
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Colson Whitehead
271 ratings 3.82 ·
fiction · poc-mc · poc-author · book · literary-fiction · audiobook · 21st-century · adult · historical-fiction · realistic · action-adventure · family · satire · male-author · humor · historical · contemporary · urban · literary · classics
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Amulya Malladi
100 ratings 3.77 ·
book · fiction · adult · contemporary · womens-fiction · literary-fiction · female-mc · poc-author · poc-mc · female-author · historical-fiction · realistic · family · action-adventure · audiobook · journey · romance · marriage · 20th-century · mental-illness
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Attica Locke
101 ratings 3.73 ·
poc-author · book · suspense · mystery · fiction · thriller · female-author · literary-fiction · adult · crime · black-mc · law-enforcement · poc-mc · audiobook · racism · murder · killer · historical-fiction · historical · family
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