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1.
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
by:
Walter Mosley
3.87 avg rating — 29,362 ratings
2.
Blanche on the Lam (Blanche White #1)
by:
Barbara Neely
3.76 avg rating — 5,130 ratings
3.
A Little Yellow Dog (Easy Rawlins, #5)
by:
Walter Mosley
4.07 avg rating — 4,479 ratings
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Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9)
by:
Walter Mosley
4.07 avg rating — 4,805 ratings
5.
Fearless Jones (Fearless Jones, #1)
by:
Walter Mosley
3.92 avg rating — 3,291 ratings
6.
Black Betty (Easy Rawlins, #4)
by:
Walter Mosley
4.08 avg rating — 5,570 ratings
7.
Cinnamon Kiss (Easy Rawlins #10)
by:
Walter Mosley
3.98 avg rating — 3,388 ratings
8.
The Long Fall (Leonid McGill, #1)
by:
Walter Mosley
3.78 avg rating — 5,493 ratings
9.
Blonde Faith (Easy Rawlins #11)
by:
Walter Mosley
4.03 avg rating — 3,266 ratings
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Gone Fishin' (Easy Rawlins, #6)
by:
Walter Mosley
3.90 avg rating — 3,065 ratings
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Hollywood Homicide (Detective by Day, #1)
by:
Kellye Garrett
3.61 avg rating — 2,828 ratings
12.
Black Water Rising (Jay Porter #1)
by:
Attica Locke
3.57 avg rating — 8,428 ratings
13.
Bad Boy Brawly Brown (Easy Rawlins #7)
by:
Walter Mosley
3.99 avg rating — 3,296 ratings
14.
Fear Itself (Fearless Jones, #2)
by:
Walter Mosley
4.03 avg rating — 2,242 ratings
15.
A Rage in Harlem (Harlem Cycle, #1)
by:
Chester Himes
3.89 avg rating — 7,429 ratings
16.
The Man in My Basement
by:
Walter Mosley
3.69 avg rating — 5,645 ratings
17.
Casanegra (Tennyson Hardwick, #1)
by:
Blair Underwood
3.88 avg rating — 1,162 ratings
18.
A Red Death (Easy Rawlins #2)
by:
Walter Mosley
3.97 avg rating — 6,116 ratings
19.
Blanche Among the Talented Tenth (Blanche White #2)
by:
Barbara Neely
3.98 avg rating — 1,810 ratings
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Blanche Cleans Up (Blanche White #3)
by:
Barbara Neely
4.11 avg rating — 1,287 ratings
20.
The Cutting Season
by:
Attica Locke
3.64 avg rating — 16,907 ratings
22.
Blanche Passes Go (Blanche White #4)
by:
Barbara Neely
4.21 avg rating — 1,014 ratings
23.
Land of Shadows (Detective Elouise Norton, #1)
by:
Rachel Howzell Hall
3.85 avg rating — 2,713 ratings
24.
Freedom is Not Free (Rashard "Stone" Mysteries #1)
by:
King James
3.89 avg rating — 702 ratings
25.
Bayou City Blues (Rashard "Stone" Williams Mysteries #2)
by:
King James
4.70 avg rating — 20 ratings
26.
Black Orchid Blues (Lanie Price #2)
by:
Persia Walker
3.86 avg rating — 323 ratings
27.
Harlem Redux
by:
Persia Walker
4.01 avg rating — 236 ratings
28.
Devil's Gonna Get Him (Tamara Hayle, #2)
by:
Valerie Wilson Wesley
4.10 avg rating — 551 ratings
29.
When Death Comes Stealing (Tamara Hayle, #1)
by:
Valerie Wilson Wesley
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,072 ratings
30.
Darkness and the Devil Behind Me
by:
Persia Walker
4.06 avg rating — 127 ratings
30.
Pleasantville (Jay Porter Series, 2)
by:
Attica Locke
3.95 avg rating — 3,454 ratings
32.
The Intuitionist
by:
Colson Whitehead
3.62 avg rating — 16,071 ratings
33.
In the Night of the Heat (Tennyson Hardwick, #2)
by:
Blair Underwood
4.14 avg rating — 517 ratings
34.
Murder in G Major (Gethsemane Brown Mysteries #1)
by:
Alexia Gordon
3.79 avg rating — 3,059 ratings
35.
Vows, Vendettas and a Little Black Dress (Sophie Katz Murder Mystery, #5)
by:
Kyra Davis
3.92 avg rating — 2,058 ratings
36.
Lust, Loathing and a Little Lip Gloss (Sophie Katz Murder Mystery, #4)
by:
Kyra Davis
3.94 avg rating — 2,638 ratings
37.
Orange Crushed (Ivy League, #3)
by:
Pamela Thomas-Graham
3.52 avg rating — 88 ratings
38.
The Last Firefly
by:
Kimberly Ann LaGrone-DeMarco
4.64 avg rating — 39 ratings
38.
BLUE SUN: A C. J. Cavanaugh Mystery
by:
Michael R. Lane
4.35 avg rating — 17 ratings
40.
Shades Of Black: Crime And Mystery Stories By African-American Authors
by:
Eleanor Taylor Bland
3.92 avg rating — 106 ratings
41.
The Butcher
by:
Michael R. Lane
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
42.
A Good Excuse to Be Bad (Angel Crawford Series, #1)
by:
Miranda Parker
4.03 avg rating — 146 ratings
43.
The Lost Treasures of R&B
by:
Nelson George
3.53 avg rating — 85 ratings
44.
Inner City Blues (Charlotte Justice, #1)
by:
Paula L. Woods
3.60 avg rating — 197 ratings
44.
And Sometimes I Wonder About You (Leonid McGill #5)
by:
Walter Mosley
4.14 avg rating — 2,225 ratings
44.
Skies of Ash (Detective Elouise Norton, #2)
by:
Rachel Howzell Hall
3.94 avg rating — 1,308 ratings
47.
The Good House
by:
Tananarive Due
4.01 avg rating — 9,529 ratings
48.
A Toast Before Dying
by:
Grace F. Edwards
4.09 avg rating — 133 ratings
49.
Unstoppable Octobia May
by:
Sharon G. Flake
3.43 avg rating — 686 ratings
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Dying in the Dark (Tamara Hayle, #7)
by:
Valerie Wilson Wesley
4.05 avg rating — 323 ratings
51.
In Firm Pursuit
by:
Pamela Samuels-Young
4.10 avg rating — 523 ratings
52.
The Red Queen Dies (Detective Hannah McCabe, #1)
by:
Frankie Y. Bailey
3.10 avg rating — 388 ratings
53.
Windy City Dying (Marti MacAlister, #10)
by:
Eleanor Taylor Bland
3.89 avg rating — 83 ratings
54.
Chosen People (Alex Powell Novels)
by:
Karen Grigsby Bates
3.72 avg rating — 75 ratings
55.
Blue Blood (Ivy League, #2)
by:
Pamela Thomas-Graham
3.64 avg rating — 98 ratings
56.
Reckless Eyeballin'
by:
Judith Smith-Levin
4.23 avg rating — 57 ratings
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Murder in G Major (Gethsemane Brown Mysteries, #1)
by:
Alexia Gordon
3.79 avg rating — 3,059 ratings
58.
The Dying Ground
by:
Nichelle D. Tramble
3.92 avg rating — 110 ratings
59.
The Shimmering Blond Sister (Berger and Mitry, #7)
by:
David Handler
3.99 avg rating — 429 ratings
60.
The Sweet Golden Parachute (Berger and Mitry, #5)
by:
David Handler
4.02 avg rating — 450 ratings
61.
The Sour Cherry Surprise (Berger and Mitry, #6)
by:
David Handler
3.99 avg rating — 474 ratings
62.
The Bright Silver Star (Berger and Mitry, #3)
by:
David Handler
3.93 avg rating — 573 ratings
62.
Heaven, My Home (Highway 59 #2)
by:
Attica Locke
3.89 avg rating — 9,342 ratings
64.
Obsession, Deceit, and Really Dark Chocolate (Sophie Katz Murder Mystery, #3)
by:
Kyra Davis
3.90 avg rating — 3,164 ratings
64.
Passion, Betrayal And Killer Highlights (Sophie Katz Murder Mystery, #2)
by:
Kyra Davis
3.93 avg rating — 4,134 ratings
66.
The Hot Pink Farmhouse (Berger and Mitry, #2)
by:
David Handler
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 668 ratings
67.
The Burnt Orange Sunrise (Berger and Mitry, #4)
by:
David Handler
3.92 avg rating — 532 ratings
67.
Sex, Murder and a Double Latte (Sophie Katz Murder Mystery, #1)
by:
Kyra Davis
3.74 avg rating — 8,372 ratings
69.
They Can't Take Your Name (A Wrongful Conviction Novel 1)
by:
Robert Justice
3.84 avg rating — 550 ratings
70.
The Cold Blue Blood (Berger and Mitry, #1)
by:
David Handler
4.04 avg rating — 1,039 ratings
71.
Death's Favorite Child (A Lizzie Stuart Mystery #1)
by:
Frankie Y. Bailey
3.87 avg rating — 54 ratings
72.
Death in D Minor (Gethsemane Brown Mysteries, #2)
by:
Alexia Gordon
3.81 avg rating — 1,406 ratings
73.
A Dead Man's Honor (A Lizzie Stuart Mystery #2)
by:
Frankie Y. Bailey
4.14 avg rating — 28 ratings
74.
Blue Blood (Ivy League, #2)
by:
Pamela Thomas-Graham
3.64 avg rating — 98 ratings
75.
A Darker Shade of Crimson (Ivy League, #1)
by:
Pamela Thomas-Graham
3.67 avg rating — 157 ratings
76.
Jackson Park
by:
Charlotte Carter
3.12 avg rating — 43 ratings
77.
Trip Wire: A Cook County Mystery
by:
Charlotte Carter
3.14 avg rating — 64 ratings
78.
The Trouble With Change
by:
Alma Hudson
3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings
78.
Storm Warning
by:
Eugenia O'Neal
3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
78.
Death of an Idiot Boss: An Amateur Sleuth with Attitude (The Kadence MacBride Mystery Series Book 1)
by:
Janice Croom
3.93 avg rating — 59 ratings
78.
Dead Time (Marti MacAlister, #1)
by:
Eleanor Taylor Bland
3.80 avg rating — 188 ratings
78.
Pennywise (Maggie and Odessa Series)
by:
Jill Brock
3.76 avg rating — 50 ratings
78.
The Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit (Randi Rhodes, Ninja Detective, #1)
by:
Octavia Spencer
3.86 avg rating — 886 ratings
78.
Blue Sun
by:
Michael R. Lane
4.35 avg rating — 17 ratings
78.
Chaos, Desire & a Kick-Ass Cupcake (Sophie Katz Murder Mystery, #7)
by:
Kyra Davis
4.02 avg rating — 498 ratings
78.
Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes
by:
Sandra Jackson-Opoku
3.71 avg rating — 273 ratings
87.
Someone Bad and Something Blue (Angel Crawford Series, #2)
by:
Miranda Parker
3.92 avg rating — 77 ratings
87.
Back Channel
by:
Stephen L. Carter
3.87 avg rating — 1,006 ratings
87.
Death of an Island Tart: A Kadence MacBride Mystery (The Kadence MacBride Mystery Series Book 2)
by:
Janice Croom
3.77 avg rating — 22 ratings
87.
Blood on the Leaves
by:
Jeff Stetson
4.02 avg rating — 132 ratings
87.
Hagar's Daughter (Black Classics Series)
by:
Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins
3.70 avg rating — 121 ratings
87.
The Gem Connection
by:
Michael R. Lane
4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
87.
Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
by:
Valerie Wilson Wesley
4.11 avg rating — 1,321 ratings
94.
No One Knows You're Here
by:
Rachel Howzell
4.17 avg rating — 493 ratings
94.
Keeping Secrets: A Mimi Patterson/Gianna Maglione Mystery (Mimi & Gianna, #1)
by:
Penny Mickelbury
3.78 avg rating — 114 ratings
94.
Black Noir: Mystery, Crime, and Suspense Fiction by African-American Writers
by:
Otto Penzler
3.86 avg rating — 160 ratings
94.
No Hiding Place (Tamara Hayle, #4)
by:
Valerie Wilson Wesley
4.08 avg rating — 406 ratings
98.
One Must Wait (Carole Ann Gibson, #1)
by:
Penny Mickelbury
3.77 avg rating — 56 ratings
99.
The View from Here
by:
Rachel Howzell
3.73 avg rating — 533 ratings
99.
Two Graves Dug: A Phil Rodriquez Mystery
by:
Penny Mickelbury
3.94 avg rating — 16 ratings
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