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Cemetery Boys by Aiden ThomasClap When You Land by Elizabeth AcevedoLegendborn by Tracy DeonnCinderella Is Dead by Kalynn BayronThese Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
2020 YA/MG Books With POC Leads
296 books — 760 voters
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled HosseiniAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana MathisBuck by M.K. AsanteThe Storycatcher by Ann Hite
Anticipated Literary Reads for Readers of Color 2013
196 books — 549 voters

Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinThe Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
Speculative Fiction by Authors of Color
724 books — 466 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerBeloved by Toni MorrisonKindred by Octavia E. ButlerI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Books by Black Authors
897 books — 377 voters

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline WoodsonKindred by Octavia E. ButlerOne Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-GarciaRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. TaylorThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
#1000BlackGirlBooks: Suggestions for Marley Dias's Amazing Book Drive
1,309 books — 377 voters
The Hate U Give by Angie ThomasWhen Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya MenonAmerican Street by Ibi ZoboiWant by Cindy PonDear Martin by Nic Stone
2017 YA/MG Books With POC Leads
259 books — 373 voters

The Gilded Wolves by Roshani ChokshiDescendant of the Crane by Joan HeOn the Come Up by Angie ThomasWe Hunt the Flame by Hafsah FaizalWith the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
2019 Books by Authors of Color
342 books — 373 voters
The Skin I'm In by Sharon G. FlakeCopper Sun by Sharon M. DraperThe Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul CurtisNovember Blues by Sharon M. DraperTears of a Tiger by Sharon M. Draper
African American Books for Teens
318 books — 361 voters

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi AdeyemiLove, Hate & Other Filters by Samira AhmedAmerican Panda by Gloria ChaoThe Belles by Dhonielle ClaytonA Girl Like That by Tanaz Bhathena
2018 YA/MG Books With POC Leads
247 books — 301 voters
An American Marriage by Tayari JonesEverything Here Is Beautiful by Mira T. Leeساعة بغداد by Shahad Al RawiThere There by Tommy OrangeRainbirds by Clarissa Goenawan
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2018
258 books — 287 voters

Rio Grande Wedding by Ruth WindBrooklyn's Song by Sydney ArrisonSaga, Volume 1 by Brian K. VaughanOne Hot Italian Summer by Karina HalleDancing on Coals by Ellen O'Connell
Interracial Romance with Non-White Love Interest
377 books — 256 voters
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon JamesOn Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean VuongThe Night Tiger by Yangsze ChooQueenie by Candice Carty-WilliamsWe Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2019
314 books — 248 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerAristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieKindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
#ReadPOC: List of Books by Authors of Color
1,213 books — 239 voters
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-ChanThe Witch's Heart by Genevieve GornichecEmpire of the Vampire by Jay KristoffHall of Smoke by H.M. LongProject Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Adult Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2021
203 books — 238 voters

Wings of Ebony by J. ElleCounting Down with You by Tashie BhuiyanThe Gilded Ones by Namina FornaThe Forest of Stolen Girls by June HurThe Ones We're Meant to Find by Joan He
2021 YA/MG Books With POC Leads
300 books — 234 voters
Descendant of the Crane by Joan HeLove From A to Z by S.K. AliWe Hunt the Flame by Hafsah FaizalOn the Come Up by Angie ThomasThe Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan
2019 YA/MG Books With POC Leads
261 books — 229 voters

Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1 by G. Willow WilsonLove from Mecca to Medina by S.K. AliThe Dirty Version by Medina FarisDoes My Head Look Big In This? by Randa Abdel-FattahThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Muslims Represented in Literature
348 books — 220 voters
Polarity in Motion by Brenda VicarsNoughts & Crosses by Malorie BlackmanEleanor & Park by Rainbow RowellEverything, Everything by Nicola YoonLiving Violet by Jaime Reed
Interracial young adult novels
337 books — 219 voters

Under This Forgetful Sky by Lauren YeroFake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher LeePedro & Daniel by Federico ErebiaSomething More by Jackie KhaliliehThe Love Match by Priyanka Taslim
2023 YA/MG Books With POC Leads
218 books — 204 voters
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk KiddAn Untamed State by Roxane GayRemedy for a Broken Angel by Toni Ann JohnsonAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieForeign Gods, Inc. by Okey Ndibe
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers Of Color 2014
145 books — 201 voters

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack KeatsA Chair for My Mother by Vera B. WilliamsI Like Myself! by Karen BeaumontMufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John SteptoeAmazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
African American Picture Books
459 books — 198 voters
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick DouglassDreams from My Father by Barack ObamaBlack Boy by Richard Wright
African American Memoirs
457 books — 194 voters

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa GyasiThe Vanishing Half by Brit BennettThe Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke EmeziThe Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi DaréSuch a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2020
198 books — 190 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

When the Future Comes Too Soon by Selina Siak Chin YokeMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Woman Who Breathed Two Worlds by Selina Siak Chin YokeWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
International Women: Female Leads From All Over the World
725 books — 169 voters
Cinder by Marissa MeyerWhen Oceans Rise by Robin AlvarezAmerican Born Chinese by Gene Luen YangTo All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny HanWhere the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
Asian Young Adult and Middle Grade Fiction
574 books — 163 voters

The Gilded Ones by Namina FornaThe Kindest Lie by Nancy JohnsonWings of Ebony by J. ElleConcrete Rose by Angie ThomasAce of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
2021 Books by Black authors
188 books — 149 voters
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. JemisinKindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe Broken Kingdoms by N.K. JemisinAnansi Boys by Neil GaimanThe Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
Fantasy of color
364 books — 148 voters

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