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Books by POC Writers Absolutely Everyone Should Read at Some Point - BuzzFeed

Buzzfeed asked people which books written by people of colour they think everyone should read. Here are some of their recommendations.
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The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
1
Toni Morrison
The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
The Namesake
2
Jhumpa Lahiri
The Book of Unknown Americans
The Book of Unknown Americans
3
Just Mercy (Bryan Stevenson)
Just Mercy
4
Bryan Stevenson
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
5
Zora Neale Hurston
So Far From God (Ana Castillo)
So Far From God
6
Ana Castillo
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
7
Amy Tan
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
8
James Baldwin
The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
The Fifth Season
9
N. K. Jemisin
Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
Persepolis
10
Marjane Satrapi
The Vagrants (Yiyun Li)
The Vagrants
11
Yiyun Li
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
12
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Wild Seed
Wild Seed
13
Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus
14
Burnt Shadows (Kamila Shamsie)
Burnt Shadows
15
Kamila Shamsie
Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson
Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson
16
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
17
Zadie Smith
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
A Thousand Splendid Suns
18
Khaled Hosseini
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street
19
Sandra Cisneros
Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie (Salman Rushdie)
Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie
20
Salman Rushdie
Monkey Beach
Monkey Beach
21
Noughts and Crosses (Malorie Blackman)
Noughts and Crosses
22
Malorie Blackman
You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down (Alice Walker)
You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down
23
Alice Walker
Milk and Honey (Rupi Kaur)
Milk and Honey
24
Rupi Kaur
The Last Illusion
The Last Illusion
25
The Blacker the Berry (Wallace Thurman)
The Blacker the Berry
26
Wallace Thurman
Beneath the Lion's Gaze by Maaza Mengiste
Beneath the Lion's Gaze by Maaza Mengiste
27
The Inheritance of Loss (Kiran Desai)
The Inheritance of Loss
28
Kiran Desai
Eva Luna (Isabel Allende)
Eva Luna
29
Isabel Allende
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage (Haruki Murakami)
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
30
Haruki Murakami
Boy, Snow, Bird (Helen Oyeyemi)
Boy, Snow, Bird
31
Helen Oyeyemi
Ceremony (Leslie Marmon Silko)
Ceremony
32
Leslie Marmon Silko
The Story of My Teeth (Valeria Luiselli)
The Story of My Teeth
33
Valeria Luiselli
Woman at Point Zero (Nawal El Saadawi)
Woman at Point Zero
34
Nawal El Saadawi
A Small Place
A Small Place
35
The Woman in the Dunes Kobo Abe
The Woman in the Dunes Kobo Abe
36
The Woman Warrior (Maxine Hong Kingston)
The Woman Warrior
37
Maxine Hong Kingston
Breath, Eyes, Memory (Edwidge Danticat)
Breath, Eyes, Memory
38
Edwidge Danticat
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
39
Nella Larsen
The Buddha in the Attic (Julie Otsuka)
The Buddha in the Attic
40
Julie Otsuka
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