J9's votes on the list Books You Should Read Before You Read Another White Dude

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1	Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston 3.99 avg rating — 384,925 ratings J9 rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel 3.95 avg rating — 393,521 ratings J9 rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Kindred by Octavia E. Butler 4.31 avg rating — 269,193 ratings J9 rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan 4.05 avg rating — 113,676 ratings J9 rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Letter from the Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr. 4.72 avg rating — 8,683 ratings J9 added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin 4.05 avg rating — 81,129 ratings J9 rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin 4.36 avg rating — 24,119 ratings J9 added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 201,477 ratings J9 added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Red Tent by Anita Diamant (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 630,186 ratings J9 added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 708,515 ratings J9 added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Color Purple by Alice Walker 4.28 avg rating — 749,495 ratings J9 rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 316,962 ratings J9 rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 4.31 avg rating — 410,666 ratings J9 added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez 4.12 avg rating — 1,097,871 ratings J9 rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	There There by Tommy Orange (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 223,381 ratings J9 rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi 4.40 avg rating — 204,327 ratings J9 rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin 4.55 avg rating — 119,991 ratings J9 added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria E. Anzaldúa 4.33 avg rating — 13,462 ratings J9 rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe L. Moraga (Editor) 4.52 avg rating — 9,768 ratings J9 rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 40,564 ratings J9 added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1) by Angie Thomas (Goodreads Author) 4.45 avg rating — 1,005,881 ratings J9 rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1) by Helene Wecker (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 130,990 ratings J9 added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (Goodreads Author) 3.48 avg rating — 14,863 ratings J9 added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4) by Mildred D. Taylor 3.90 avg rating — 129,847 ratings J9 added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde 4.40 avg rating — 23,765 ratings J9 rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde 4.53 avg rating — 40,775 ratings J9 rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Aleph and Other Stories by Jorge Luis Borges 4.32 avg rating — 48,692 ratings J9 rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Origin of Others (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures) by Toni Morrison 4.19 avg rating — 5,066 ratings J9 added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 79,142 ratings J9 rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Report from Planet Midnight (PM's Outspoken Authors, #9) by Nalo Hopkinson 3.92 avg rating — 559 ratings J9 rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson 3.84 avg rating — 2,510 ratings J9 rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Skin Folk by Nalo Hopkinson 3.97 avg rating — 1,965 ratings J9 rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	The Chaos by Nalo Hopkinson 3.13 avg rating — 656 ratings J9 rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The New Moon's Arms by Nalo Hopkinson 3.93 avg rating — 1,169 ratings J9 rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson 3.85 avg rating — 7,502 ratings J9 rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson 3.94 avg rating — 3,833 ratings J9 rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Sister Mine by Nalo Hopkinson 3.74 avg rating — 1,735 ratings J9 added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction and Fantasy by Nalo Hopkinson (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 827 ratings J9 rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 28,227 ratings J9 rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	The Shadow Speaker (The Desert Magician's Duology, #1) by Nnedi Okorafor (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 2,876 ratings J9 rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Dread Nation (Dread Nation, #1) by Justina Ireland (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 35,917 ratings J9 added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Belles (The Belles, #1) by Dhonielle Clayton (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 25,251 ratings J9 added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance, #1) by N.K. Jemisin (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 81,625 ratings J9 rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	The Broken Kingdoms (Inheritance, #2) by N.K. Jemisin (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 39,170 ratings J9 added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Kingdom of Gods (Inheritance, #3) by N.K. Jemisin (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 29,309 ratings J9 rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1) by N.K. Jemisin (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 330,734 ratings J9 rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth, #3) by N.K. Jemisin (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 165,722 ratings J9 rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2) by N.K. Jemisin (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 194,838 ratings J9 rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Shades in Shadow (Inheritance, #0.5, 1.5, 2.5) by N.K. Jemisin (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 2,589 ratings J9 added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	The Awakened Kingdom (The Inheritance Trilogy, #3.5) by N.K. Jemisin (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6,909 ratings J9 rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) by Maya Angelou 4.30 avg rating — 578,694 ratings J9 added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	How the García Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez (Goodreads Author) 3.62 avg rating — 32,681 ratings J9 added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1) by Tomi Adeyemi (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 250,065 ratings J9 rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 442,945 ratings J9 added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	The Widows of Malabar Hill (Perveen Mistry, #1) by Sujata Massey (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 33,302 ratings J9 added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Sula by Toni Morrison 4.05 avg rating — 122,513 ratings J9 added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Passing by Nella Larsen 3.92 avg rating — 79,866 ratings J9 added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston 4.05 avg rating — 32,664 ratings J9 rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis 4.44 avg rating — 35,406 ratings J9 rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	Know My Name by Chanel Miller 4.68 avg rating — 255,435 ratings J9 added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	Letter to My Daughter by Maya Angelou 4.09 avg rating — 34,690 ratings J9 added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison 3.92 avg rating — 201,465 ratings J9 rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 62,010 ratings J9 rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars