Hello, I’m looking for long epic big books by women authors of color. I like Louise Erdrich, Isabel Allende, Toni Morrison, Jacqueline Woodson, Eve Ewing. I’m also generally drawn to writers of color, young adult, cozy mysteries, multigenerational stories, stories with a strong sense of place (when the location is a character of its own), courtroom / political / journalism mysteries. In case it’s helpful, this year, I most enjoyed Chain Gang All Stars, Harlem Shuffle, Crooked Manifesto and Butter. So open to a range of things.
Oh and I’m interested in good biographies of Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sandra Day O’Connor and Elena Kagan too.
Thanks in advance for helping me populate some 2026 reading goals. Happy reading to all of you!
by an2662na
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This Here is Love by Princess Joy L. Perry
Epic, female driven (both the author and the main charachters), multigenerational, sense of place -> The mountains sing by Que Mai
*The Broken Earth* series, by NK Jemisin — *The Fifth Season* is the first book
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fifth_Season_(novel)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fifth_Season_(novel))
*Homegoing* by Yaa Gyasi
*Pachinko* by Min Jin Lee
A Taste of Power: A Black Woman’s Story by Elaine Brown
Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler
The Broken Earth Trilogy by NK Jemisin
Finding Me by Viola Davis