Best Black Historical Fiction

101.
Deacon King Kong
Deacon King Kong 4.17 avg rating — 78,002 ratings
102.
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter 3.83 avg rating — 45,893 ratings
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The Confessions of Nat Turner
The Confessions of Nat Turner 3.96 avg rating — 15,966 ratings
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Tree of Life: A Novel of the Caribbean
Tree of Life: A Novel of the Caribbean 3.76 avg rating — 185 ratings
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Fever Season (Benjamin January, #2)
Fever Season (Benjamin January, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 1,747 ratings
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The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Triumph of Antislavery Politics
The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Triumph of Antislavery Politics 3.95 avg rating — 406 ratings
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The Autobiography of My Mother
The Autobiography of My Mother 3.78 avg rating — 6,046 ratings
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When Harlem Was in Vogue
When Harlem Was in Vogue 3.96 avg rating — 352 ratings
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The Secrets of Mary Bowser
The Secrets of Mary Bowser 3.97 avg rating — 7,658 ratings
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Action Words: Journey of a Journalist
Action Words: Journey of a Journalist 4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings
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A Memory of Fictions (or) Just Tiddy-Boom
A Memory of Fictions (or) Just Tiddy-Boom really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings
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The Personal Librarian
The Personal Librarian 4.05 avg rating — 212,708 ratings
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Mycroft Holmes (Mycroft Holmes and Sherlock, #1)
Mycroft Holmes (Mycroft Holmes and Sherlock, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 9,669 ratings
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Island Queen
Island Queen 3.92 avg rating — 4,380 ratings
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Lost in the City
Lost in the City 4.07 avg rating — 3,483 ratings
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Escape from Texas: A Novel of Slavery and the Texas War of Independence
Escape from Texas: A Novel of Slavery and the Texas War of Independence 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Family
Family 4.43 avg rating — 2,717 ratings
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Some Sing, Some Cry
Some Sing, Some Cry 3.84 avg rating — 1,121 ratings
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The Blood of Titans
The Blood of Titans 4.04 avg rating — 49 ratings
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Meet Addy: An American Girl (American Girls: Addy, #1)
Meet Addy: An American Girl (American Girls: Addy, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 10,483 ratings
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Burning Uncle Tom's Cabin
Burning Uncle Tom's Cabin 4.08 avg rating — 353 ratings
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These Ghosts Are Family
These Ghosts Are Family 3.66 avg rating — 7,587 ratings
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Black Water Rising (Jay Porter #1)
Black Water Rising (Jay Porter #1) 3.57 avg rating — 8,427 ratings
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The Pox Party (The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, #1)
The Pox Party (The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, #1) 3.55 avg rating — 15,981 ratings
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Keeper of the House: A Novel
Keeper of the House: A Novel 4.03 avg rating — 452 ratings
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The Salt Roads
The Salt Roads 3.84 avg rating — 2,491 ratings
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Washington Black
Washington Black 3.95 avg rating — 70,652 ratings
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Segu (Ségou, #1)
Segu (Ségou, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 1,994 ratings
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Addy Learns a Lesson: A School Story (American Girls: Addy, #2)
Addy Learns a Lesson: A School Story (American Girls: Addy, #2) 4.10 avg rating — 4,761 ratings
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The River Where Blood Is Born
The River Where Blood Is Born 4.27 avg rating — 162 ratings
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Addy's Surprise: A Christmas Story (American Girls: Addy, #3)
Addy's Surprise: A Christmas Story (American Girls: Addy, #3) 4.12 avg rating — 4,573 ratings
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An Extraordinary Union (The Loyal League, #1)
An Extraordinary Union (The Loyal League, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 9,855 ratings
133.
Happy Birthday, Addy! a Springtime Story
Happy Birthday, Addy! a Springtime Story 4.07 avg rating — 3,814 ratings
133.
CHANGES FOR ADDY
CHANGES FOR ADDY 4.09 avg rating — 3,707 ratings
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Beyond Southern Africa, A Story of the Fight for Freedom
Beyond Southern Africa, A Story of the Fight for Freedom really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
136.
Everfair (Everfair, #1)
Everfair (Everfair, #1) 3.19 avg rating — 2,914 ratings
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Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen
Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen 4.09 avg rating — 4,989 ratings
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A Hope Divided (The Loyal League, #2)
A Hope Divided (The Loyal League, #2) 4.06 avg rating — 3,204 ratings
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Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons
Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons 3.88 avg rating — 2,958 ratings
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Amistad
Amistad 3.82 avg rating — 598 ratings
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Osiris Rising: a novel of Africa past, present and future
Osiris Rising: a novel of Africa past, present and future 4.15 avg rating — 34 ratings
142.
The Good Lord Bird
The Good Lord Bird 3.95 avg rating — 37,225 ratings
143.
A Taste of Honey: Stories
A Taste of Honey: Stories 4.04 avg rating — 448 ratings
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A Long Way from Home
A Long Way from Home really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 562 ratings
145.
Letters from a Slave Girl: The Story of Harriet Jacobs
Letters from a Slave Girl: The Story of Harriet Jacobs 3.93 avg rating — 618 ratings
146.
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Follow the Drinking Gourd 4.32 avg rating — 2,132 ratings
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Sounder
Sounder 3.97 avg rating — 31,162 ratings
148.
Captain America: Truth - Red, White & Black
Captain America: Truth - Red, White & Black 4.02 avg rating — 1,159 ratings
148.
They Come in All Colors
They Come in All Colors 3.45 avg rating — 334 ratings
150.
The Undertaker's Assistant
The Undertaker's Assistant 4.04 avg rating — 12,054 ratings
151.
Dread Nation (Dread Nation, #1)
Dread Nation (Dread Nation, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 35,468 ratings
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Black Bottom Saints
Black Bottom Saints 3.94 avg rating — 1,142 ratings
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Brown Girl, Brownstones
Brown Girl, Brownstones 4.06 avg rating — 3,563 ratings
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The Time of Our Singing
The Time of Our Singing 4.26 avg rating — 4,147 ratings
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The Farming of Bones
The Farming of Bones 4.07 avg rating — 9,774 ratings
156.
An Unlikely Friendship: A Novel of Mary Todd Lincoln and Elizabeth Keckley
An Unlikely Friendship: A Novel of Mary Todd Lincoln and Elizabeth Keckley 3.76 avg rating — 787 ratings
156.
She Would Be King
She Would Be King really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7,233 ratings
156.
Sugar Money
Sugar Money 3.72 avg rating — 1,126 ratings
159.
The Tubman Command
The Tubman Command 3.95 avg rating — 1,029 ratings
160.
The Gilda Stories
The Gilda Stories 3.95 avg rating — 4,243 ratings
160.
Sacred Hunger (Sacred Hunger #1)
Sacred Hunger (Sacred Hunger #1) 4.12 avg rating — 7,406 ratings
160.
Oroonoko
Oroonoko 3.01 avg rating — 16,384 ratings
160.
Murder Along Burley Creek
Murder Along Burley Creek 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
160.
Paris in April
Paris in April 3.35 avg rating — 17 ratings
160.
An Elderberry Fall
An Elderberry Fall 4.10 avg rating — 52 ratings
160.
Citizens Creek
Citizens Creek 3.91 avg rating — 1,349 ratings
160.
A Decent Woman
A Decent Woman 4.37 avg rating — 100 ratings
160.
The Pirate's Daughter
The Pirate's Daughter 3.50 avg rating — 2,777 ratings
160.
The Hidden Hills Saga: Book I: Ice Whispers
The Hidden Hills Saga: Book I: Ice Whispers
by: K. Willow
4.44 avg rating — 16 ratings
160.
The Garden of Unfortunate Souls
The Garden of Unfortunate Souls 4.08 avg rating — 49 ratings
160.
Unmasked Heart (Challenge of the Soul #1)
Unmasked Heart (Challenge of the Soul #1) 3.76 avg rating — 396 ratings
160.
A Punctual Paymaster
A Punctual Paymaster
by: Dan Groat
4.23 avg rating — 79 ratings
160.
Private Sins (Three Rivers #1)
Private Sins (Three Rivers #1) 4.19 avg rating — 1,104 ratings
160.
Gal: A True Life
Gal: A True Life 4.07 avg rating — 1,142 ratings
160.
The Ballad of Black Tom
The Ballad of Black Tom 3.84 avg rating — 32,628 ratings
160.
Juyungo
Juyungo 3.62 avg rating — 50 ratings
160.
Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba, Angola, Africa, 1595
Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba, Angola, Africa, 1595 3.72 avg rating — 3,667 ratings
160.
Seeds of Deception
Seeds of Deception 4.33 avg rating — 58 ratings
160.
That One Almighty Thing
That One Almighty Thing 4.71 avg rating — 14 ratings
160.
A Blind Eye
A Blind Eye 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
160.
What a Godly Privilege to Be Born a Man
What a Godly Privilege to Be Born a Man 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
160.
The Salt Fields
The Salt Fields 4.10 avg rating — 245 ratings
160.
The Mighty Miss Malone
The Mighty Miss Malone 4.13 avg rating — 16,125 ratings
160.
A Different Drummer
A Different Drummer 4.22 avg rating — 2,948 ratings
160.
The American Queen: A Novel Based on the True Story of Appalachia’s Kingdom of the Happy Land
The American Queen: A Novel Based on the True Story of Appalachia’s Kingdom of the Happy Land 4.09 avg rating — 2,788 ratings
160.
Leaving: A Novel
Leaving: A Novel 4.19 avg rating — 88 ratings
160.
Harlem Rhapsody
Harlem Rhapsody 4.11 avg rating — 5,400 ratings
160.
The Prophets
The Prophets 3.91 avg rating — 21,638 ratings
160.
The Fury of Angels (Book One of The Damned Reflections Trilogy)
The Fury of Angels (Book One of The Damned Reflections Trilogy) 4.83 avg rating — 24 ratings
160.
The River Remembers
The River Remembers 4.40 avg rating — 92 ratings
191.
The Kingdom on the Waves (The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, #2)
The Kingdom on the Waves (The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, #2) 3.73 avg rating — 3,978 ratings
191.
The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl
The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl 3.69 avg rating — 64 ratings
191.
Hitler Burns Detroit
Hitler Burns Detroit 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings
191.
The Bargain 3 (A Port Elizabeth Regency Tale #3)
The Bargain 3 (A Port Elizabeth Regency Tale #3) 4.30 avg rating — 60 ratings
191.
Black Orchid Blues (Lanie Price #2)
Black Orchid Blues (Lanie Price #2) 3.86 avg rating — 323 ratings
191.
Cuando los guayacanes florecían
Cuando los guayacanes florecían 4.20 avg rating — 30 ratings
191.
Oreo
Oreo
by: Fran Ross
3.62 avg rating — 3,916 ratings
191.
Remembrance
Remembrance 3.72 avg rating — 1,983 ratings
191.
These Bones
These Bones 3.75 avg rating — 115 ratings
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Sugar
Sugar 4.07 avg rating — 2,814 ratings
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