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Female authors of colour

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deedsnotwords11 · 15/03/2021 09:41

I've decided to make an effort to buy and read books by women of colour (hope that is an ok term to use, I wasn't sure quite how to phrase it)

Has anyone got any recommendations for my list?
I'm not bothered whether fiction or non-fiction, I have very varied tastes! I have recently very much enjoyed Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Small Island by Andrea Levy.

Thank you for any recommendations!

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Winterfellismyhome · 15/03/2021 19:40

Another vote for Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi. Absolutely loved it

MsIreneWinters · 15/03/2021 19:31

I've just finished Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn which I'd recommend -I find myself missing the characters.

elkiedee · 15/03/2021 18:52

Also
Aminatta Forna
Leila Aboulela
Kamila Shamsie

Nuitsdesetoiles · 15/03/2021 18:52

I am currently reading Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo and really enjoying it.

elkiedee · 15/03/2021 18:50

In addition to books listed above, many of which are excellent

UK
Bernardine Evaristo, Mr Loverman & Girl, Woman, Other
Diana Evans, The Wonder

US
Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half
Octavia Butler, Kindred & Parable of the Sower
Pearl Cleage
Toni Cade Bambara, short stories
Ntozake Shange

elkiedee · 15/03/2021 18:45

I like Jean Rhys' work very much, and would recommend it, but she was a white woman from the Caribbean

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deedsnotwords11 · 15/03/2021 17:06

Thank you! I have read some Maya Angelou but not all, and all other suggestions sound fab I will add to list 😁

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mimbleandlittlemy · 15/03/2021 16:15

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Dominicana by Angie Cruz
My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
The Long Song by Andrea Levy
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Ordinary People by Diana Evans

soyabean · 15/03/2021 14:30

Yaa Gyaasi Homegoing is fantastic

SoCrimeaRiver · 15/03/2021 14:15

have you read Maya Angelou's autobiographies or works by Jean Rhys? wonderful place to start.

TheWindOnTheMoon · 15/03/2021 13:54

Bernardine Evaristo

GCAcademic · 15/03/2021 09:48

Arundhati Roy - The God of Small Things
Toni Morrison - Beloved
Zadie Smith - On Beauty
Kiran Desai - The Inheritance of Loss

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