Best Black Historical Fiction

1.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,207 ratings
2.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,331 ratings
3.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,790 ratings
4.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,960 ratings
5.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,092 ratings
6.
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots: The Saga of an American Family 4.45 avg rating — 163,547 ratings
7.
The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye 4.13 avg rating — 288,109 ratings
8.
Sugar (Sugar Lacey, #1)
Sugar (Sugar Lacey, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 10,035 ratings
9.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,732 ratings
10.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4) 3.90 avg rating — 128,894 ratings
11.
Wench
Wench 3.73 avg rating — 18,203 ratings
12.
Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon 4.15 avg rating — 123,937 ratings
13.
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 29,362 ratings
14.
The Book of Negroes
The Book of Negroes 4.47 avg rating — 90,245 ratings
15.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle Tom’s Cabin 3.92 avg rating — 239,364 ratings
16.
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Go Tell It on the Mountain 4.05 avg rating — 78,209 ratings
17.
Jubilee
Jubilee 4.37 avg rating — 6,827 ratings
18.
Native Son
Native Son 4.04 avg rating — 103,287 ratings
19.
A Lesson Before Dying
A Lesson Before Dying 3.98 avg rating — 63,055 ratings
20.
A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun 3.85 avg rating — 107,567 ratings
21.
Cry, the Beloved Country
Cry, the Beloved Country 3.92 avg rating — 78,544 ratings
22.
Sula
Sula 4.05 avg rating — 117,013 ratings
23.
This Bitter Earth (Sugar Lacey, #2)
This Bitter Earth (Sugar Lacey, #2) 4.33 avg rating — 3,404 ratings
24.
Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus 4.18 avg rating — 137,123 ratings
25.
The New Frontier
The New Frontier 4.79 avg rating — 38 ratings
26.
The Known World
The Known World 3.84 avg rating — 44,322 ratings
27.
Queen
Queen 4.24 avg rating — 3,195 ratings
28.
The Book of Night Women
The Book of Night Women 4.37 avg rating — 14,808 ratings
29.
White Teeth
White Teeth 3.79 avg rating — 170,751 ratings
30.
Giovanni’s Room
Giovanni’s Room 4.34 avg rating — 226,088 ratings
31.
The Darkest Child
The Darkest Child 4.38 avg rating — 16,723 ratings
32.
The Ways of White Folks
The Ways of White Folks 4.46 avg rating — 5,398 ratings
33.
Jazz (Beloved Trilogy, #2)
Jazz (Beloved Trilogy, #2) 3.90 avg rating — 36,226 ratings
33.
Not Without Laughter
Not Without Laughter 4.23 avg rating — 3,669 ratings
35.
A Mercy
A Mercy 3.76 avg rating — 31,912 ratings
36.
The Women of Brewster Place
The Women of Brewster Place 4.20 avg rating — 21,533 ratings
37.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,962,143 ratings
38.
Wild Seed (Patternmaster, #1)
Wild Seed (Patternmaster, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 38,337 ratings
39.
Cane River
Cane River 4.08 avg rating — 50,067 ratings
39.
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad 4.06 avg rating — 433,330 ratings
41.
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman 4.18 avg rating — 14,106 ratings
42.
Glorious
Glorious 4.02 avg rating — 1,555 ratings
43.
Fifth Born
Fifth Born 4.25 avg rating — 1,636 ratings
44.
The Street
The Street
by: Ann Petry
4.27 avg rating — 12,961 ratings
45.
The Invention of Wings
The Invention of Wings 4.26 avg rating — 328,064 ratings
46.
The Wedding
The Wedding 3.96 avg rating — 6,443 ratings
47.
Mudbound
Mudbound 4.05 avg rating — 69,751 ratings
48.
Small Island
Small Island 4.01 avg rating — 37,170 ratings
49.
Mama Day
Mama Day 4.19 avg rating — 11,153 ratings
50.
Zora Neale Hurston: Novels & Stories
Zora Neale Hurston: Novels & Stories 4.37 avg rating — 625 ratings
51.
The Short Stories
The Short Stories 4.36 avg rating — 697 ratings
52.
Gathering of Waters
Gathering of Waters 4.01 avg rating — 2,797 ratings
53.
Let the Circle Be Unbroken (Logans, #5)
Let the Circle Be Unbroken (Logans, #5) 4.22 avg rating — 6,254 ratings
54.
Homegoing
Homegoing
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.47 avg rating — 386,280 ratings
55.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating — 176,462 ratings
56.
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie 3.51 avg rating — 40,909 ratings
57.
The Black Dragons
The Black Dragons 4.08 avg rating — 38 ratings
58.
The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales
The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales 4.30 avg rating — 1,674 ratings
59.
Pale
Pale 3.81 avg rating — 370 ratings
60.
Gone Fishin' (Easy Rawlins, #6)
Gone Fishin' (Easy Rawlins, #6) 3.90 avg rating — 3,065 ratings
61.
Copper Sun
Copper Sun 4.35 avg rating — 16,907 ratings
62.
Tumbling
Tumbling 4.25 avg rating — 3,601 ratings
63.
Linden Hills
Linden Hills 4.04 avg rating — 3,201 ratings
64.
The Long Song
The Long Song 3.79 avg rating — 11,127 ratings
65.
The Road to Memphis (Logans, #6)
The Road to Memphis (Logans, #6) 4.24 avg rating — 3,814 ratings
66.
A Red Death (Easy Rawlins #2)
A Red Death (Easy Rawlins #2) 3.97 avg rating — 6,116 ratings
67.
Amistad
Amistad 3.85 avg rating — 357 ratings
68.
Rush Home Road
Rush Home Road 4.16 avg rating — 11,094 ratings
69.
Two Thousand Seasons
Two Thousand Seasons 4.43 avg rating — 381 ratings
70.
The Feast of All Saints
The Feast of All Saints
by: Anne Rice
3.88 avg rating — 18,586 ratings
71.
Another Country
Another Country 4.30 avg rating — 32,342 ratings
72.
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 70,145 ratings
73.
A Gathering of Old Men
A Gathering of Old Men 4.09 avg rating — 6,826 ratings
74.
The Hanging of Angelique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montreal
The Hanging of Angelique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montreal 3.80 avg rating — 650 ratings
75.
Island Beneath the Sea
Island Beneath the Sea 4.11 avg rating — 45,450 ratings
76.
The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe
The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe 3.97 avg rating — 77 ratings
77.
Sister Mother Warrior
Sister Mother Warrior 3.93 avg rating — 813 ratings
78.
The Secret Life of Winnie Cox
The Secret Life of Winnie Cox 3.95 avg rating — 820 ratings
79.
The Wake of the Wind
The Wake of the Wind 4.47 avg rating — 1,614 ratings
80.
Buffalo Soldiers
Buffalo Soldiers 3.84 avg rating — 335 ratings
81.
Gorilla, My Love
Gorilla, My Love 4.11 avg rating — 2,311 ratings
82.
Little Bee
Little Bee 3.72 avg rating — 247,081 ratings
83.
In the Heat of the Night (Virgil Tibbs, #1)
In the Heat of the Night (Virgil Tibbs, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 3,106 ratings
84.
White Butterfly (Easy Rawlins, #3)
White Butterfly (Easy Rawlins, #3) 4.05 avg rating — 5,055 ratings
85.
Red River
Red River 3.89 avg rating — 3,438 ratings
86.
Middle Passage
Middle Passage 3.85 avg rating — 5,410 ratings
87.
His Dark Lady
His Dark Lady 3.60 avg rating — 91 ratings
87.
BLACK CHESS: A Novel
BLACK CHESS: A Novel 4.48 avg rating — 23 ratings
89.
My Government Means to Kill Me
My Government Means to Kill Me 4.23 avg rating — 6,254 ratings
90.
Passing
Passing 3.92 avg rating — 76,701 ratings
91.
The Land (Logans, #1)
The Land (Logans, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 7,534 ratings
92.
Half Blood Blues
Half Blood Blues 3.70 avg rating — 17,537 ratings
93.
Conjure Women
Conjure Women 3.87 avg rating — 18,420 ratings
94.
The Given Day (Coughlin #1)
The Given Day (Coughlin #1) 4.07 avg rating — 28,126 ratings
95.
Wolf by the Ears
Wolf by the Ears 3.83 avg rating — 2,850 ratings
96.
The Personal History of Rachel DuPree
The Personal History of Rachel DuPree 3.96 avg rating — 4,369 ratings
97.
Meet Addy
Meet Addy 4.12 avg rating — 10,483 ratings
98.
Fearless Jones (Fearless Jones, #1)
Fearless Jones (Fearless Jones, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 3,291 ratings
99.
A Free Man of Color (Benjamin January, #1)
A Free Man of Color (Benjamin January, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 3,540 ratings
99.
The Shadow King
The Shadow King 3.66 avg rating — 14,622 ratings
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