17 Fictional Biographies books by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) Authors

Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.

• Carolina Built by Kianna Alexander
• Clotel: or, The President’s Daughter by William Wells Brown
• Pocahontas by Joseph Bruchac
• American Woman by Susan Choi
• The Black Rose by Tananarive Due
• The Reason for Crows: A Story of Kateri Tekakwitha by Diane Glancy
• Stone Heart: A Novel of Sacajawea by Diane Glancy
• Driving the King by Ravi Howard
• Delayed Rays of a Star by Amanda Lee Koe
• Leo Africanus by Amin Maalouf, translated by Peter Sluglett
• Empress Orchid by Anchee Min
• Dancing in the Dark by Caryl Phillips
• Douglass’ Women by Jewell Parker Rhodes
• I the Supreme by Augusto Roa Bastos, translated by Helen Lane
• Empress by Shan Sa
• The Book of Salt by Monique Truong
• Black Cloud Rising by David Wright Faladé