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1001 Must-Read Books Not Written by Dead White Dudes - Page 2

...or live ones, for that matter. No offense intended to white guys. White men are just over-represented in "must-read" book lists, literary prizes, and in literature in general. These are all books written by either women or authors of color. They have all been identified as "must read books" according to various literature lists.
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The Analects (Confucius)
The Analects (Confucius)
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And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
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Angel (Elizabeth Taylor)
Angel (Elizabeth Taylor)
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Animal's People (Indra Sinha)
Animal's People (Indra Sinha)
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Annapurna: A Woman's Place (Arlene Blum)
Annapurna: A Woman's Place (Arlene Blum)
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Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
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Annie John (Jamaica Kincaid)
Annie John (Jamaica Kincaid)
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Another Country (James Baldwin)
Another Country (James Baldwin)
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Another World (Pat Barker)
Another World (Pat Barker)
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Anthills of the Savannah (Chinua Achebe)
Anthills of the Savannah (Chinua Achebe)
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The Arabian Nights: One Thousand and One Nights (Anonymous)
The Arabian Nights: One Thousand and One Nights (Anonymous)
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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (Judy Blume)
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (Judy Blume)
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Arrow of God (Chinua Achebe)
Arrow of God (Chinua Achebe)
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The Art of War (Sun-Tzu)
The Art of War (Sun-Tzu)
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As If I Am Not There (Slavenka Drakulić)
As If I Am Not There (Slavenka Drakulić)
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Asleep in the Sun (Adolfo Bioy Casares)
Asleep in the Sun (Adolfo Bioy Casares)
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Asphodel (Hilda Doolittle)
Asphodel (Hilda Doolittle)
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Astradeni (Eugenia Fakinou)
Astradeni (Eugenia Fakinou)
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At Night All Blood Is Black (David Diop)
At Night All Blood Is Black (David Diop)
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Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
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August Is a Wicked Month (Edna O'Brien)
August Is a Wicked Month (Edna O'Brien)
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The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Gertrude Stein)
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (Gertrude Stein)
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The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian (Nirad C. Chaudhuri)
The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian (Nirad C. Chaudhuri)
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Autobiography of a Face (Lucy Grealy)
Autobiography of a Face (Lucy Grealy)
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley and Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley and Malcolm X
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Autumn of the Patriarch (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Autumn of the Patriarch (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
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The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
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Aya (Marguerite Abouet)
Aya (Marguerite Abouet)
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The Back Room (Carmen Martin Gaite)
The Back Room (Carmen Martin Gaite)
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Backlands: The Canudos Campaign (Euclides Da Cunha)
Backlands: The Canudos Campaign (Euclides Da Cunha)
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The Ballad of the Sad Cafe and Other Stories (Carson McCullers)
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe and Other Stories (Carson McCullers)
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (Dai Sijie)
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (Dai Sijie)
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Basic Black With Pearls (Helen Weinzweig)
Basic Black With Pearls (Helen Weinzweig)
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Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
Bastard Out of Carolina (Dorothy Allison)
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Basti (Intizar Husain, Trans. Frances W. Pritchett)
Basti (Intizar Husain, Trans. Frances W. Pritchett)
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Batouala (Rene Maran)
Batouala (Rene Maran)
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The Bean Trees (Barbara Kingsolver)
The Bean Trees (Barbara Kingsolver)
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A Beautiful Mind (Sylvia Nasar)
A Beautiful Mind (Sylvia Nasar)
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Beauty and Sadness - Yasunari Kawabata
Beauty and Sadness - Yasunari Kawabata
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Before Lunch (Angela Thirkell)
Before Lunch (Angela Thirkell)
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