Favorite Books by Black Authors

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Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,291 ratings
2.
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 317,122 ratings
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The Boyfriend Project (The Boyfriend Project, #1)
The Boyfriend Project (The Boyfriend Project, #1) 3.58 avg rating — 18,709 ratings
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A Song of Wraiths and Ruin (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, #1)
A Song of Wraiths and Ruin (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 20,485 ratings
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Binti (Binti, #1)
Binti (Binti, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 78,676 ratings
6.
So You Want to Talk About Race
So You Want to Talk About Race 4.49 avg rating — 107,271 ratings
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Wow, No Thank You.: Essays
Wow, No Thank You.: Essays 3.81 avg rating — 46,928 ratings
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The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating — 991,989 ratings
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Cop Under Fire: Moving Beyond Hashtags of Race, Crime Politics for a Better America
Cop Under Fire: Moving Beyond Hashtags of Race, Crime Politics for a Better America 4.40 avg rating — 642 ratings
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The Ballad of Black Tom
The Ballad of Black Tom 3.84 avg rating — 32,625 ratings
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A Dance for the Gods (The Last Warrior King Series, #2)
A Dance for the Gods (The Last Warrior King Series, #2) 4.12 avg rating — 59 ratings
12.
When No One Is Watching
When No One Is Watching 3.48 avg rating — 110,041 ratings
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Con Job: How Democrats Gave Us Crime, Sanctuary Cities, Abortion Profiteering, and Racial Division
Con Job: How Democrats Gave Us Crime, Sanctuary Cities, Abortion Profiteering, and Racial Division 3.78 avg rating — 76 ratings
12.
Bitter Root, Vol. 1: Family Business
Bitter Root, Vol. 1: Family Business 3.98 avg rating — 2,565 ratings
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A Cry to War (The Last Warrior King Series, #1)
A Cry to War (The Last Warrior King Series, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 45 ratings
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Becoming
Becoming 4.44 avg rating — 1,160,492 ratings
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Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating — 176,445 ratings
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Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain: Being Black and Conservative in America
Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain: Being Black and Conservative in America 3.94 avg rating — 52 ratings
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Power Man and Iron Fist, Vol. 1: The Boys are Back in Town
Power Man and Iron Fist, Vol. 1: The Boys are Back in Town 3.80 avg rating — 860 ratings
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Slay
Slay 4.19 avg rating — 15,723 ratings
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 568,915 ratings
20.
Not Equal: Civil Rights Gone Wrong
Not Equal: Civil Rights Gone Wrong 4.07 avg rating — 44 ratings
20.
Black Panther, Vol. 1: A Nation Under Our Feet, Book One
Black Panther, Vol. 1: A Nation Under Our Feet, Book One 3.74 avg rating — 13,540 ratings
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And Now She's Gone
And Now She's Gone 3.47 avg rating — 5,673 ratings
24.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,063 ratings
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Sacred Sex
Sacred Sex 4.20 avg rating — 110 ratings
24.
Captain America, Vol. 1: Winter in America
Captain America, Vol. 1: Winter in America 3.71 avg rating — 2,047 ratings
28.
They All Fall Down
They All Fall Down 2.90 avg rating — 5,943 ratings
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Noughts & Crosses (Noughts & Crosses, #1)
Noughts & Crosses (Noughts & Crosses, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 80,687 ratings
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Prodigal in the City
Prodigal in the City 4.11 avg rating — 19 ratings
31.
A Deadly Inside Scoop (An Ice Cream Parlor Mystery, #1)
A Deadly Inside Scoop (An Ice Cream Parlor Mystery, #1) 3.21 avg rating — 6,084 ratings
31.
The Long Song
The Long Song 3.79 avg rating — 11,126 ratings
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Music As Medicine: Deforia Lane's Life of Music, Healing, and Faith
Music As Medicine: Deforia Lane's Life of Music, Healing, and Faith 4.04 avg rating — 46 ratings
34.
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Go Tell It on the Mountain 4.05 avg rating — 78,196 ratings
34.
If Not for Grace
If Not for Grace really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
36.
How Long 'til Black Future Month?
How Long 'til Black Future Month? 4.27 avg rating — 17,830 ratings
36.
One Prayer Away
One Prayer Away 4.30 avg rating — 102 ratings
38.
The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)
The City We Became (Great Cities, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 76,602 ratings
38.
He Restores My Soul (The Langston Family Saga, #1)
He Restores My Soul (The Langston Family Saga, #1) 4.61 avg rating — 516 ratings
40.
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. 3.89 avg rating — 47,222 ratings
40.
Then Sings My Soul (The Langston Family Saga, #2)
Then Sings My Soul (The Langston Family Saga, #2) 4.71 avg rating — 412 ratings
42.
Blacktop Wasteland
Blacktop Wasteland 4.07 avg rating — 51,993 ratings
42.
My Soul is Satisfied (The Langston Family Saga, #3)
My Soul is Satisfied (The Langston Family Saga, #3) 4.72 avg rating — 400 ratings
44.
Hollywood Homicide (Detective by Day, #1)
Hollywood Homicide (Detective by Day, #1) 3.61 avg rating — 2,828 ratings
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Stepping Down
Stepping Down 4.21 avg rating — 433 ratings
46.
Hollywood Ending (Detective by Day, #2)
Hollywood Ending (Detective by Day, #2) 3.92 avg rating — 974 ratings
46.
Liberalism or How to Turn Good Men into Whiners, Weenies and Wimps
Liberalism or How to Turn Good Men into Whiners, Weenies and Wimps 4.19 avg rating — 226 ratings
48.
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1) 4.46 avg rating — 986,315 ratings
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Guardian of the Republic: An American Ronin's Journey to Faith, Family and Freedom
Guardian of the Republic: An American Ronin's Journey to Faith, Family and Freedom 4.35 avg rating — 278 ratings
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On the Come Up
On the Come Up 4.26 avg rating — 99,745 ratings
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Pimps, Whores and Welfare Brats: From Welfare Cheat to Conservative Messenger
Pimps, Whores and Welfare Brats: From Welfare Cheat to Conservative Messenger 3.48 avg rating — 75 ratings
52.
Concrete Rose (The Hate U Give, #0)
Concrete Rose (The Hate U Give, #0) 4.38 avg rating — 65,342 ratings
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How Sweet the Sound (How Sweet the Sound, #1)
How Sweet the Sound (How Sweet the Sound, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 57 ratings
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The Mothers
The Mothers 3.88 avg rating — 126,668 ratings
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Revenge: Sweet As Cain
Revenge: Sweet As Cain 4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings
56.
The Vanishing Half
The Vanishing Half 4.13 avg rating — 831,757 ratings
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Shaped Notes: How Ordinary People with Extraordinary Gifts Influenced My Life and Career
Shaped Notes: How Ordinary People with Extraordinary Gifts Influenced My Life and Career 4.43 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Bad Feminist
Bad Feminist 3.92 avg rating — 117,713 ratings
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We Will Survive: True Stories of Encouragement, Inspiration, and the Power of Song
We Will Survive: True Stories of Encouragement, Inspiration, and the Power of Song 3.44 avg rating — 529 ratings
60.
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body 4.17 avg rating — 118,946 ratings
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Philanthropic Ways
Philanthropic Ways 4.25 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Difficult Women
Difficult Women 3.95 avg rating — 30,034 ratings
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Why I Couldn't Stay Silent
Why I Couldn't Stay Silent 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Queenie
Queenie 3.85 avg rating — 154,545 ratings
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Lakewood
Lakewood 3.48 avg rating — 13,437 ratings
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The Plot is Murder (Mystery Bookshop #1)
The Plot is Murder (Mystery Bookshop #1) 3.71 avg rating — 3,906 ratings
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Bookmarked for Murder (Mystery Bookshop #5)
Bookmarked for Murder (Mystery Bookshop #5) 4.14 avg rating — 1,053 ratings
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Travellin' Shoes (RJ Franklin Mystery #1)
Travellin' Shoes (RJ Franklin Mystery #1) 4.15 avg rating — 135 ratings
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A Tourist's Guide to Murder (Mystery Bookshop #6)
A Tourist's Guide to Murder (Mystery Bookshop #6) 4.01 avg rating — 1,104 ratings
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Motherless Child (RJ Franklin Mystery #2)
Motherless Child (RJ Franklin Mystery #2) 4.46 avg rating — 41 ratings
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A Quiet Storm
A Quiet Storm 3.71 avg rating — 648 ratings
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Land of Shadows (Detective Elouise Norton, #1)
Land of Shadows (Detective Elouise Norton, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 2,712 ratings
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Skies of Ash (Detective Elouise Norton, #2)
Skies of Ash (Detective Elouise Norton, #2) 3.94 avg rating — 1,308 ratings
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Trail of Echoes (Detective Elouise Norton, #3)
Trail of Echoes (Detective Elouise Norton, #3) 3.99 avg rating — 1,073 ratings
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City of Saviors (Detective Elouise Norton, #4)
City of Saviors (Detective Elouise Norton, #4) 4.05 avg rating — 922 ratings
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The View from Here
The View from Here 3.73 avg rating — 533 ratings
77.
The Nickel Boys
The Nickel Boys 4.26 avg rating — 290,967 ratings
78.
Zone One
Zone One 3.25 avg rating — 26,608 ratings
79.
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad 4.06 avg rating — 433,283 ratings
80.
Sag Harbor
Sag Harbor 3.56 avg rating — 11,310 ratings
81.
Such a Fun Age
Such a Fun Age 3.78 avg rating — 565,624 ratings
82.
A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1)
A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 11,846 ratings
83.
You Should See Me in a Crown
You Should See Me in a Crown 4.07 avg rating — 42,886 ratings
84.
Secrets, Lies, & Crawfish Pies (Romaine Wilder #1)
Secrets, Lies, & Crawfish Pies (Romaine Wilder #1) 3.58 avg rating — 186 ratings
85.
Daykeeper
Daykeeper 2.95 avg rating — 77 ratings
86.
B-Sides and Remixes: A Novel
B-Sides and Remixes: A Novel 3.74 avg rating — 80 ratings
87.
30 Love: A Novel (B-Sides Book 2)
30 Love: A Novel (B-Sides Book 2) 3.49 avg rating — 72 ratings
88.
Portable Black Magic: Tales of the Afro Strange
Portable Black Magic: Tales of the Afro Strange 4.24 avg rating — 21 ratings
89.
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower 4.38 avg rating — 13,758 ratings
90.
How to Be an Antiracist
How to Be an Antiracist 4.37 avg rating — 118,328 ratings
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Catherine House
Catherine House 3.12 avg rating — 28,033 ratings