Female authors of colour

[deedsnotwords11]

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!

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

Bernardine Evaristo

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

Yaa Gyaasi Homegoing is fantastic

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

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

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

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

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

Also
Aminatta Forna
Leila Aboulela
Kamila Shamsie

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

Another vote for Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi. Absolutely loved it

Yaa Gyasi
Brit Bennett
Tayari Jones
Jacqueline Woodson
Toni Morrison

Amy Tan
Aminatta Forms
Alice Walker
Maya Angelou
Audre Lourde
Grace Nichols
Toni Morrison
Monica Ali
Zadie Smith
Andrea Levy

Not quite sure how strictly you are classifying 'women of colour'.

UK
Zadie Smith
Monica Ali Brick Lane
Bernadine Evaristo Girl, Woman, Other
Malorie Blackman
Jackie Kay Red Dust Road
Buchi Emecheta
(Later two might also be considered Nigerian writers)

Americas
Alice Walker The Color Purple
Toni Morrison Beloved
Maya Angelou's autobiographies
Laura Esquivel Like Water for Chocolate
Isabel Allende The House of the Spirits

Africa
Ahdaf Soueif The Map of Love
Clément Oubrerie and Marguerite Abouet Aya: Life in Yop City

Asia
Duanwad Pimwana Bright
Yōko Ogawa
Banana Yoshimoto Kitchen
Arundhati Roy The God of Small Things
Han Kàng The Vegetarian

Some websites that might be helpful:
A year of reading the world
Translating Women
Books and Bao

Michelle Obama

I keep recommending Alexia Gordon’s Gethsemane Brown mysteries. They are so well-written and so enjoyable.

From Australia

June Winch
Melissa Lucashenko

@deedsnotwords11

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!

Do you just mean "non-White"? I'm confused as to whether you would be happy to read, for example, a Black British author or are you looking for translated texts?

The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy
Beloved - Toni Morrison
I know Why The Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou
The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas
An American Marriage - Tarayi Jones
A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara

Sorry for the confusion - yes, I mean non-white women. I had realised that a majority of the literature I was reading was by white authors and often white male authors, so I wanted to diversify my intake as I don't think it's good

Excellent suggestions thank you!

There are some fabulous recommendations above. I’ll add Celeste Ng.

If you like science fiction or fantasy, N.K. Jemisin.

Some great suggestions above.
Couple of additions from me
The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
(I loved Queenie)