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The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 288 times as own-voices)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,049,088 ratings — published 2017
The Poet X (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 172 times as own-voices)
avg rating 4.36 — 146,878 ratings — published 2018
The Kiss Quotient (The Kiss Quotient, #1)
by (shelved 171 times as own-voices)
avg rating 3.86 — 516,902 ratings — published 2018
Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1)
by (shelved 150 times as own-voices)
avg rating 4.23 — 113,627 ratings — published 2020
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1)
by (shelved 149 times as own-voices)
avg rating 4.28 — 697,733 ratings — published 2012
Firekeeper’s Daughter (Firekeeper's Daughter, #1)
by (shelved 146 times as own-voices)
avg rating 4.30 — 214,692 ratings — published 2021
With the Fire on High (ebook)
by (shelved 146 times as own-voices)
avg rating 4.16 — 91,074 ratings — published 2019
Clap When You Land (Hardcover)
by (shelved 134 times as own-voices)
avg rating 4.22 — 112,656 ratings — published 2020
Felix Ever After (Hardcover)
by (shelved 133 times as own-voices)
avg rating 4.20 — 68,022 ratings — published 2020
When Dimple Met Rishi (Dimple and Rishi, #1)
by (shelved 131 times as own-voices)
avg rating 3.68 — 55,376 ratings — published 2017
You Should See Me in a Crown (Hardcover)
by (shelved 129 times as own-voices)
avg rating 4.06 — 43,604 ratings — published 2020
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
by (shelved 120 times as own-voices)
avg rating 4.10 — 261,731 ratings — published 2018
On the Come Up (Hardcover)
by (shelved 114 times as own-voices)
avg rating 4.26 — 102,010 ratings — published 2019
If I Was Your Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 108 times as own-voices)
avg rating 3.97 — 42,398 ratings — published 2016
Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)
by (shelved 105 times as own-voices)
avg rating 4.32 — 87,407 ratings — published 2017
Get a Life, Chloe Brown (The Brown Sisters, #1)
by (shelved 100 times as own-voices)
avg rating 3.78 — 214,064 ratings — published 2019
The Sun Is Also a Star (Hardcover)
by (shelved 99 times as own-voices)
avg rating 3.95 — 366,087 ratings — published 2016
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 99 times as own-voices)
avg rating 4.05 — 289,807 ratings — published 2007
Mexican Gothic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 96 times as own-voices)
avg rating 3.66 — 476,931 ratings — published 2020
Elatsoe (Elatsoe, #1)
by (shelved 95 times as own-voices)
avg rating 3.97 — 24,331 ratings — published 2020
The Vanishing Half (Hardcover)
by (shelved 93 times as own-voices)
avg rating 4.11 — 889,236 ratings — published 2020
To All the Boys I've Loved Before (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #1)
by (shelved 93 times as own-voices)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,109,162 ratings — published 2014
All Boys Aren’t Blue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 91 times as own-voices)
avg rating 4.18 — 50,096 ratings — published 2020
Homegoing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 91 times as own-voices)
avg rating 4.46 — 433,478 ratings — published 2016
I Wish You All the Best (I Wish You All the Best, #1)
by (shelved 90 times as own-voices)
avg rating 4.14 — 56,302 ratings — published 2019
Long Way Down (Hardcover)
by (shelved 89 times as own-voices)
avg rating 4.24 — 144,908 ratings — published 2017
The Bride Test (The Kiss Quotient, #2)
by (shelved 87 times as own-voices)
avg rating 3.80 — 187,276 ratings — published 2019
The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 83 times as own-voices)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,125,479 ratings — published 2020
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 82 times as own-voices)
avg rating 4.15 — 562,694 ratings — published 2018
There There (Hardcover)
by (shelved 81 times as own-voices)
avg rating 3.97 — 237,792 ratings — published 2018
Binti (Binti, #1)
by (shelved 81 times as own-voices)
avg rating 3.83 — 83,207 ratings — published 2015
American Born Chinese (Paperback)
by (shelved 81 times as own-voices)
avg rating 3.88 — 103,630 ratings — published 2006
Melissa (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 81 times as own-voices)
avg rating 4.09 — 48,417 ratings — published 2015
Americanah (Hardcover)
by (shelved 80 times as own-voices)
avg rating 4.31 — 428,988 ratings — published 2013
Such a Fun Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 78 times as own-voices)
avg rating 3.77 — 591,337 ratings — published 2019
The Black Flamingo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 78 times as own-voices)
avg rating 4.32 — 34,358 ratings — published 2019
The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 75 times as own-voices)
avg rating 4.28 — 777,199 ratings — published 1982
They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1)
by (shelved 75 times as own-voices)
avg rating 3.75 — 915,453 ratings — published 2017
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 75 times as own-voices)
avg rating 4.48 — 857,350 ratings — published 2016
The Henna Wars (Hardcover)
by (shelved 75 times as own-voices)
avg rating 3.91 — 31,878 ratings — published 2020
Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 75 times as own-voices)
avg rating 4.40 — 378,063 ratings — published 2015
More Happy Than Not (Hardcover)
by (shelved 75 times as own-voices)
avg rating 3.95 — 69,584 ratings — published 2015
Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)
by (shelved 74 times as own-voices)
avg rating 4.28 — 205,338 ratings — published 2020
Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1)
by (shelved 73 times as own-voices)
avg rating 4.22 — 38,154 ratings — published 2018
Men and Monsters (Nightfall, #2)
by (shelved 70 times as own-voices)
avg rating 4.39 — 557 ratings — published 2018
These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights, #1)
by (shelved 69 times as own-voices)
avg rating 3.79 — 174,319 ratings — published 2020
History Is All You Left Me (ebook)
by (shelved 69 times as own-voices)
avg rating 3.90 — 80,993 ratings — published 2017
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as own-voices)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,632,857 ratings — published 2003
Gender Queer: A Memoir (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as own-voices)
avg rating 4.27 — 82,493 ratings — published 2019
Kindred (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as own-voices)
avg rating 4.31 — 299,368 ratings — published 1979
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“And the truth of your experience can onlycome through in your own voice. If it is wrapped in someone else's voice, we readers will feel suspicious, as if you are dressed up in someone else's clothes. You cannot write out of someone else's big dark place; you can only write out of your own.”
― Bird by Bird
― Bird by Bird
“Gramma Pearl fixed my earache with my pee!" GrandMary recoiled and, a heart-beat later, glared at my mother as if this was her fault. something split inside me when I saw my mother's embarrassment. I learned there were times when I was expected to be a Fontaine and other times when it was safe to be a Firekeeper.”
― Firekeeper’s Daughter
― Firekeeper’s Daughter
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