- Inspired by a recent study by Lee & Low Books which revealed that of 124 authors who made the New York Times Top 10 bestseller list in 2012, only 3 were not white and none were African American, we asked you to share your favorite authors of color. Some readers objected to the question, stating that they don’t choose books based on the authors’ race or nationality and that the story and writing are all that should matter. And they are right. The story and writing are all thatshould matter, but because of biases in publishing and book media that lead to readers having more access to and being more aware of books by white authors, and therefore buying and reading more books by white authors, they are not all that does matter.
1. Toni Morrison (88 votes) — Beloved
2. Octavia E. Butler (59) — Kindred
3. Junot Diaz (55) — The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
4. Zadie Smith (39) — White Teeth
5. Sherman Alexie (37) — The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
6. Jhumpa Lahiri (29) — The Namesake
7. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (27) — Half of a Yellow Sun
8. N.K. Jemisin (27) – The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
9. Malinda Lo (26) — Ash
10. Haruki Murakami (24) — Norwegian Wood
11. Zora Neale Hurston (21) — Their Eyes Were Watching God
12. Tayari Jones (20) — Silver Sparrow
13. Alice Walker (17) — The Color Purple
14. Amy Tan (16) — The Joy Luck Club
15. Maya Angelou (16) — I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
16. Isabel Allende (15) — The House of the Spirits
17. Sandra Cisneros (15) — The House on Mango Street
18. Gabriel Garcia Marquez (14) — One Hundred Years of Solitude
19. Kazuo Ishiguro (14) — Never Let Me Go
20. Colson Whitehead (13) — Zone One
21. Jesmyn Ward (12) — Salvage the Bones
22. Khaled Hosseini (11) — The Kite Runner
23. Langston Hughes (11) — The Collected Poems
24. Sheri Booker (11) — Nine Years Under
25. James Baldwin (10) — Go Tell It on the Mountain
Source: http://bookriot.com/2014/01/16/25-favorite-authors-color/
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