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Saga, Volume 1 by Brian K. VaughanMs. Marvel, Vol. 1 by G. Willow WilsonRat Queens, Vol. 1 by Kurtis J. WiebeWonder Woman, Volume 1 by Brian AzzarelloBatwoman by Greg Rucka
Kickass Women in Superhero Comics
673 books — 502 voters
The Hate U Give by Angie ThomasBecoming by Michelle ObamaMy Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan BraithwaiteThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Popsugar 2020 - A Book by a Woman of Color
590 books — 293 voters

Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. SutantoArsenic and Adobo by Mia P. ManansalaDead Dead Girls by Nekesa AfiaThe Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila HarrisMy Sweet Girl by Amanda Jayatissa
2021 Books by Women of Color
164 books — 173 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerZami by Audre LordeThe Children of Gavrilek by Julie Kirton ChandlerHuntress by Malinda LoIf You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan
Fiction about lesbian, bisexual, and queer women of color
277 books — 171 voters

The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValleThe Girl from the Well by Rin ChupecoLovecraft Country by Matt RuffBleeding Violet by Dia ReevesAnother by Yukito Ayatsuji
Diverse Horror
277 books — 167 voters
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. JemisinKindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe Broken Kingdoms by N.K. JemisinThe City of Brass by S.A. ChakrabortyAnansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
Fantasy of color
377 books — 155 voters

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette WintersonFun Home by Alison BechdelTwo or Three Things I Know for Sure by Dorothy AllisonZami by Audre LordeLeaving Isn't the Hardest Thing by Lauren Hough
Lesbian Memoirs
280 books — 138 voters
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerFor Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rain... by Ntozake ShangeBeloved by Toni MorrisonSula by Toni Morrison
Lemonade Syllabus - A Collection of Works Celebrating Black Womanhood. Inspired by Beyonce
225 books — 73 voters

The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken LiuWhat It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka ArimahStories of Your Life and Others by Ted ChiangA Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia BerlinNight at the Fiestas by Kirstin Valdez Quade
Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Contemporary Short Story Collections
121 books — 73 voters
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThe Immigrant by Nery McMahonI Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiBlack Indian by Shonda BuchananThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Non Fiction/Memoirs by Women of Color
358 books — 71 voters

Sister Outsider by Audre LordeIf You Could Be Mine by Sara FarizanMy Lesbian Experience with Loneliness by Kabi NagataUnder the Udala Trees by Chinelo OkparantaZami by Audre Lorde
Books by Lesbians of Colour
300 books — 61 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeInvisible Man by Ralph EllisonThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasGo Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Classics by People of Color
104 books — 60 voters

Dirty Tactics by Emma SalahTake a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia HibbertThe Heart Principle by Helen HoangThe Worst Best Man by Mia SosaIsland Affair by Priscilla Oliveras
AoC or WoC New Romance 2020
62 books — 56 voters
The Color of Law by Richard RothsteinThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootMedical Apartheid by Harriet A. WashingtonWhen Affirmative Action Was White by Ira Katznelson
Breaking Brown Book Reads
98 books — 55 voters

Corrections in Ink by Keri BlakingerOrange Is the New Black by Piper KermanLeaving Isn't the Hardest Thing by Lauren Hough30 Years Behind Bars by Karen GedneyPrisoner of Tehran by Marina Nemat
Women's prison memoirs
68 books — 50 voters
The Hate U Give by Angie ThomasThe Stone Sky by N.K. JemisinThe Poet X by Elizabeth AcevedoMilkman by Anna BurnsTrail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
Task 3 #ReadHarder 2019
104 books — 43 voters

Buses Are a Comin' by Charles PersonA Place at the Nayarit by Natalia MolinaAnd a Voice to Sing With by Joan BaezOutlaw Woman by Roxanne Dunbar-OrtizHouse of Diggs by Marion Orr
Sixties Memoirs & Biographies (nonfiction)
174 books — 37 voters
His to Claim by Taylor VaughnHis to Steal by Taylor VaughnHis to Keep by Taylor VaughnVenomous by Penelope FletcherBinti by Nnedi Okorafor
Black Women in Space
155 books — 33 voters

You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah JohnsonTreasure by Rebekah WeatherspoonThe Jasmine Throne by Tasha SuriUnder the Udala Trees by Chinelo OkparantaThe Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
WLW Fiction by Authors of Color
153 books — 30 voters
All the Little Moments by G. BensonFalling into Place by Sheryn MunirUp on the Roof by A.L. BrooksShattered by Lee WinterHani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar
Best Poc Lesbian Books
67 books — 24 voters

The Secret Man by Bob WoodwardThe Road to Jonestown by Jeff GuinnStayin’ Alive by Jefferson R. CowieGame, Set, Match by Susan WareThe Heebie-Jeebies at CBGB's by Steven Lee Beeber
The 1970s in the United States (nonfiction)
228 books — 21 voters
TWAS The Year 2020 by Karl WigginsAccounting for Slavery by Caitlin RosenthalSlavery by Another Name by Douglas A. BlackmonRacial Innocence by Robin BernsteinCaptives and Cousins by James F. Brooks
Slavery in the US: Systems and Ideology (nonfiction)
159 books — 19 voters

Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'oMalala's Magic Pencil by Malala YousafzaiHair Love by Matthew A. CherryWe Are Water Protectors by Carole LindstromParker Looks Up by Parker Curry
Reading Women Challenge 2020 #4 Picture Book Written/Illustrated by a BIPOC Author
59 books — 15 voters
The Art of Faking It by Sumaiya AhmedA Blessed Olive Tree by Zain HashmiWith All My Heart by Aasia KhanSpeak by Laurie Halse AndersonWith All My Heart by Aasia Khan
Romances by Muslim Authors 2020
5 books — 8 voters

All That Sizzles by Sakshama Puri DhariwalThe Wedding Photographer by Sakshama Puri DhariwalSleepless in Dubai by Sajni PatelThe Trouble with Hating You by Sajni PatelFirst Love, Take Two by Sajni Patel
South Asian Reads
58 books — 8 voters
Fleeing Fate by Sabrina DayDark City Omega by Elizabeth StephensWide Awake by Anna FuryShadowlands Omega by Elizabeth StephensThe Assassin's Omega by Ana B. Starr
Diverse Omegaverse — M/F romance
5 books — 4 voters

Stony the Road by Henry Louis Gates Jr.The Half Has Never Been Told by Edward E. BaptistCaste by Isabel WilkersonThe Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du BoisBlack Bourgeoisie by E. Franklin Frazier
Frontline Stereo Podcast
18 books — 3 voters
From Here to Equality by William A. Darity Jr.The Great Influenza by John M. BarryReparations by Duke L. KwonThe Debt by Randall RobinsonShould America Pay? by Raymond A. Winbush
Books on Reparations by African-Americans
6 books — 3 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerBeloved by Toni MorrisonAnnie John by Jamaica Kincaid
80's Fiction by Women of Colour
3 books — 1 voter
"Kill the Black One First" by Michael FullerClosing Ranks by Leroy LoganBlack and Blue by Parm Sandhu
Memoirs by Black (and other minority) police officers
3 books — 1 voter

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