Sherman Alexie
4.00 · 449 ratings
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Colson Whitehead
3.82 · 324 ratings
poc-mc · fiction · book · poc-author · literary-fiction · audiobook · historical-fiction · adult · 21st-century · realistic · action-adventure · male-author · satire · humor · family · historical · urban · classics · literary · racism
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Jhumpa Lahiri
3.94 · 305 ratings
fiction · poc-author · literary-fiction · adult · poc-mc · journey · female-author · realistic · contemporary · audiobook · 21st-century · action-adventure · classics · anthologies · literary · drama · historical-fiction · marriage · family · urban
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Elizabeth Acevedo
4.28 · 193 ratings
fiction · poc-mc · poc-author · young-adult · contemporary · latinx-mc · feminism · family · lgbtq · literary-fiction · audiobook · female-author · book · female-mc · friendship · magical-realism · mental-illness · coming-of-age · drama · realistic
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Yaa Gyasi
4.31 · 127 ratings
21st-century · audiobook · racism · coming-of-age · feminism · poc-author · literary-fiction · book · adult · realistic · journey · historical-fiction · female-author · fiction · poc-mc · drama · family · social-commentary · multi-pov · contemporary
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Xiran Jay Zhao
4.06 · 73 ratings
historical · book · poc-author · young-adult · lgbtq · poc-mc · fantasy · fiction · asian-mc · retellings · historical-fiction · romance · feminism · paranormal · myths · dystopia · disability · wlw · female-mc · action-adventure
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Richard Heufkens
4.40 · 68 ratings
space · philosophical · dystopia · contemporary · audiobook · 21st-century · politics · philosophy · book · poc-author · psychological · invasion · new-york-state · male-author · adult · journey · violent-conflict · technology · horror · first-contact
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Ayad Akhtar
3.94 · 62 ratings
audiobook · drama · religion · book · literary-fiction · islam · realistic · poc-mc · spirituality · fiction · family · contemporary · 21st-century · politics · racism · poc-author · historical-fiction · male-author · adult · crime
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Linda Lay Shuler
4.12 · 59 ratings
historical-fiction · book · drama · romance · action-adventure · fiction · poc-mc · prehistoric · supernatural · fantasy · indigenous-mc · adult · historical · female-author · industrial-era · literary-fiction · western · mystery · magical-realism · epic
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Velma Wallis
4.02 · 45 ratings
historical-fiction · poc-author · myths · action-adventure · fiction · fantasy · poc-mc · retellings · indigenous-mc · historical · journey · literary-fiction · book · anthologies · young-adult · western · classics · literary · feminism · philosophy
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토미 오렌지
3.98 · 41 ratings
crime · drama · audiobook · family · multi-pov · sad · social-commentary · university · fiction · friendship · poc-mc · indigenous-mc · adult · realistic · poverty · historical-fiction · death · male-author · poc-author · literary-fiction
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Kali Fajardo-Anstine
3.92 · 40 ratings
indigenous-mc · western · poc-author · literary-fiction · audiobook · hispanic · feminism · fiction · poc-mc · lgbtq · family · latinx-mc · historical-fiction · usa · young-adult · abuse · book · north-america · anthologies · colorado
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Afia Atakora
3.91 · 35 ratings
racism · poc-mc · friendship · witches-wizards · mystery · fiction · spirituality · fantasy · social-commentary · family · industrial-era · war · female-author · historical-fiction · horror · violent-conflict · adult · historical · magic · slavery
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Kawai Strong Washburn
3.85 · 35 ratings
myths · drama · lgbtq · family · contemporary · multi-pov · siblings · low-fantasy · fiction · action-adventure · fantasy · poc-mc · retellings · epic · magical-realism · indigenous-mc · journey · adult · outdoors · death
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Raven Leilani
3.58 · 35 ratings
female-mc · poc-mc · urban · humor · fiction · womens-fiction · family · lgbtq · drama · black-mc · female-author · realistic · adult · new-adult · dark · season-summer · mental-illness · romance · bildungsroman · book
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Fatima Farheen Mirza
4.19 · 33 ratings
social-commentary · siblings · drama · book · family · literary-fiction · poc-author · poc-mc · season-summer · fiction · religion · spirituality · marriage · young-adult · coming-of-age · 21st-century · historical-fiction · audiobook · islam · female-author
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Michael Punke
3.95 · 31 ratings
suspense · fiction · literary · audiobook · 21st-century · survival · book · literary-fiction · classics · western · revenge · dark · indigenous-mc · thriller · historical-fiction · violent-conflict · death · historical · adult · outdoors
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Tanya Tagaq
3.96 · 30 ratings
21st-century · audiobook · myths · feminism · coming-of-age · abuse · mental-illness · poc-author · bildungsroman · book · literary-fiction · historical-fiction · horror · female-author · historical · adult · outdoors · magic · realistic · magical-realism
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Alba Cunill Fulquet
4.21 · 28 ratings
east-asia · asian-mc · 20th-century · asia · magical-realism · dark · epic · adult · historical · journey · death · historical-fiction · horror · female-author · realistic · drama · violent-conflict · war · family · south-korea
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Enylton de Sá Rego
4.19 · 27 ratings
fiction · action-adventure · humor · classics · poc-mc · drama · book · latinx-mc · literary-fiction · poc-author · romance · historical · adult · death · journey · male-author · historical-fiction · audiobook · satire · comedy
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Сьюзи Ян
3.54 · 26 ratings
asian-mc · dark · new-adult · usa · dark-academia · realistic · female-author · historical-fiction · thriller · massachusetts · crime · family · drama · womens-fiction · fiction · mystery · female-mc · poc-mc · urban · coming-of-age
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Heidi W. Durrow
3.58 · 26 ratings
mental-illness · historical · realistic · death · female-author · historical-fiction · fiction · action-adventure · mystery · domestic-drama · poc-mc · female-mc · drama · family · social-commentary · survival · suicide · audiobook · middle-grade · racism
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Adiba Jaigirdar
4.28 · 25 ratings
book · family · female-author · lgbtq · poc-author · bisexuality · slow-burn · wlw · humor · religion · spirituality · fiction · young-adult · poc-mc · friendship · romance · high-school · asian-mc · coming-of-age · enemies-to-lovers
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Mira T. Lee
3.92 · 24 ratings
action-adventure · young-adult · fiction · female-mc · poc-mc · urban · book · literary-fiction · family · drama · mental-illness · poc-author · psychological · siblings · journey · realistic · audiobook · contemporary · female-author · historical-fiction
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Catherine Knutsson
3.59 · 23 ratings
young-adult · supernatural · urban-fantasy · arthurian · book · poc-author · romance · post-apocalyptic · on-the-run · dystopia · survival · myths · paranormal · fantasy · action-adventure · exploration · fiction · poc-mc · apocalyptic · family
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John Milne
3.85 · 20 ratings
book · black-mc · family · audiobook · adult · historical · historical-fiction · journey · male-author · realistic · indigenous-mc · corruption · literary · high-school · 20th-century · politics · classics · colonization · fiction · poc-mc
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Joya Goffney
4.10 · 20 ratings
family · audiobook · contemporary · realistic · friends-to-lovers · racism · coming-of-age · enemies-to-lovers · friendship · high-school · female-mc · poc-mc · season-summer · fiction · mystery · young-adult · social-commentary · womens-fiction · romance · poc-author
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Ingrid Persaud
4.05 · 20 ratings
grief · adult · journey · realistic · female-author · 21st-century · contemporary · audiobook · drama · lgbtq · literary-fiction · book · family · poc-author · romance · fiction · action-adventure · friendship · poc-mc
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Jocelyn Nicole Johnson
3.90 · 20 ratings
audiobook · poc-author · north-america · literary-fiction · anthologies · fiction · poc-mc · virginia · racism · usa · dystopia · historical · slavery · adult · historical-fiction · female-author · black-mc
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