Books Written by Black Authors

1.
Felix Ever After
Felix Ever After 4.22 avg rating — 65,713 ratings
2.
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1) 4.46 avg rating — 986,460 ratings
3.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,272 ratings
4.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 477,019 ratings
5.
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You 4.47 avg rating — 53,570 ratings
6.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,396 ratings
7.
Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus 4.18 avg rating — 137,147 ratings
8.
On the Come Up
On the Come Up 4.26 avg rating — 99,749 ratings
9.
Monday's Not Coming
Monday's Not Coming 4.25 avg rating — 72,614 ratings
10.
Binti (Binti, #1)
Binti (Binti, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 78,695 ratings
11.
Black Under
Black Under 4.40 avg rating — 43 ratings
12.
Within These Wicked Walls
Within These Wicked Walls 3.50 avg rating — 14,169 ratings
13.
We Should All Be Feminists
We Should All Be Feminists 4.40 avg rating — 320,774 ratings
14.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating — 176,483 ratings
15.
Clap When You Land
Clap When You Land 4.23 avg rating — 107,854 ratings
16.
The Thing Around Your Neck
The Thing Around Your Neck 4.23 avg rating — 48,407 ratings
17.
With the Fire on High
With the Fire on High 4.17 avg rating — 88,729 ratings
18.
American Street
American Street
by: Ibi Zoboi
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 21,861 ratings
19.
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
19.
The Girl from Jakarta
The Girl from Jakarta 3.59 avg rating — 39 ratings
21.
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
22.
Cry of Metal & Bone (Earthsinger Chronicles, #3)
Cry of Metal & Bone (Earthsinger Chronicles, #3) 4.21 avg rating — 491 ratings
23.
Long Way Down
Long Way Down 4.25 avg rating — 132,980 ratings
24.
A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1)
A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 11,845 ratings
25.
Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)
Dear Martin (Dear Martin, #1)
by: Nic Stone
4.33 avg rating — 84,061 ratings
26.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,116 ratings
27.
Concrete Rose (The Hate U Give, #0)
Concrete Rose (The Hate U Give, #0) 4.38 avg rating — 65,354 ratings
28.
A Phoenix First Must Burn
A Phoenix First Must Burn 3.95 avg rating — 3,179 ratings
29.
Dread Nation (Dread Nation, #1)
Dread Nation (Dread Nation, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 35,470 ratings
30.
The Belles (The Belles, #1)
The Belles (The Belles, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 25,072 ratings
31.
Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating — 401,562 ratings
32.
The Night Masquerade (Binti, #3)
The Night Masquerade (Binti, #3) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 22,907 ratings
33.
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 — 568,995 ratings
33.
The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)
The City We Became (Great Cities, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 76,618 ratings
35.
Riot Baby
Riot Baby 3.71 avg rating — 11,751 ratings
36.
The Vanishing Half
The Vanishing Half 4.13 avg rating — 831,887 ratings
37.
Jazz
Jazz 3.90 avg rating — 36,232 ratings
38.
Buses Are a Comin': Memoir of a Freedom Rider
Buses Are a Comin': Memoir of a Freedom Rider 4.50 avg rating — 918 ratings
39.
The Fifth Season
The Fifth Season 4.29 avg rating — 317,234 ratings
40.
The Black God's Drums
The Black God's Drums really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11,311 ratings
41.
The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)
The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 54,602 ratings
42.
Get a Life, Chloe Brown (The Brown Sisters, #1)
Get a Life, Chloe Brown (The Brown Sisters, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 202,999 ratings
42.
I Wanna Be Where You Are
I Wanna Be Where You Are 3.78 avg rating — 3,778 ratings
42.
Breaking His Rules
Breaking His Rules 3.66 avg rating — 124 ratings
45.
Every Last Breath (Final Hour #1)
Every Last Breath (Final Hour #1) 3.88 avg rating — 919 ratings
46.
The Long Song
The Long Song 3.79 avg rating — 11,130 ratings
46.
Small Island
Small Island 4.01 avg rating — 37,176 ratings
48.
A Princess in Theory (Reluctant Royals, #1)
A Princess in Theory (Reluctant Royals, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 16,092 ratings
49.
This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story
This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story 3.37 avg rating — 8,388 ratings
50.
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Go Tell It on the Mountain 4.05 avg rating — 78,217 ratings
51.
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (Tristan Strong, #1)
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (Tristan Strong, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 10,513 ratings
51.
Who Fears Death
Who Fears Death 3.93 avg rating — 27,811 ratings
53.
Monster
Monster 3.73 avg rating — 74,199 ratings
53.
Babel-17
Babel-17 3.72 avg rating — 19,542 ratings
55.
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 245,820 ratings
56.
Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts, #1)
Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 37,837 ratings
57.
Remote Control
Remote Control 3.85 avg rating — 18,520 ratings
58.
Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves 4.36 avg rating — 6,485 ratings
58.
Home (Binti, #2)
Home (Binti, #2) 4.03 avg rating — 29,660 ratings
60.
Flygirl
Flygirl 3.96 avg rating — 9,016 ratings
61.
Under the Udala Trees
Under the Udala Trees 4.03 avg rating — 14,271 ratings
62.
Red at the Bone
Red at the Bone 3.96 avg rating — 82,544 ratings
63.
The Water Dancer
The Water Dancer 4.06 avg rating — 116,583 ratings
64.
How Long 'til Black Future Month?
How Long 'til Black Future Month? 4.27 avg rating — 17,832 ratings
64.
Meridian
Meridian 3.75 avg rating — 6,509 ratings
66.
The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth, #3)
The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth, #3) 4.34 avg rating — 159,428 ratings
67.
Pride
Pride
by: Ibi Zoboi
3.74 avg rating — 29,334 ratings
68.
War Girls (War Girls, #1)
War Girls (War Girls, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 3,114 ratings
69.
The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2)
The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2) 4.29 avg rating — 187,560 ratings
70.
The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye 4.13 avg rating — 288,144 ratings
71.
Transcendent Kingdom
Transcendent Kingdom
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.10 avg rating — 158,660 ratings
72.
Homegoing
Homegoing
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.47 avg rating — 386,323 ratings
72.
My Sister, the Serial Killer
My Sister, the Serial Killer 3.65 avg rating — 332,487 ratings
74.
Such a Fun Age
Such a Fun Age 3.78 avg rating — 565,706 ratings
75.
Black Girl Unlimited
Black Girl Unlimited 4.31 avg rating — 4,579 ratings
75.
Becoming
Becoming 4.44 avg rating — 1,160,723 ratings
77.
Tu
Tu 3.96 avg rating — 540 ratings
78.
Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1)
Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 16,594 ratings
79.
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad 4.06 avg rating — 433,384 ratings
80.
Brown Girl Dreaming
Brown Girl Dreaming 4.15 avg rating — 91,866 ratings
81.
You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down
You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down 4.01 avg rating — 3,360 ratings
82.
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 239,056 ratings
83.
An American Marriage
An American Marriage 3.93 avg rating — 379,546 ratings
84.
An Unkindness of Ghosts
An Unkindness of Ghosts 3.96 avg rating — 21,203 ratings
85.
Black Panther: Long Live the King #5
Black Panther: Long Live the King #5 3.92 avg rating — 61 ratings
86.
The Poet X
The Poet X 4.37 avg rating — 138,774 ratings
87.
Men We Reaped: A Memoir
Men We Reaped: A Memoir 4.30 avg rating — 27,672 ratings
88.
Grown
Grown 4.24 avg rating — 38,812 ratings
89.
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Sing, Unburied, Sing really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 145,390 ratings
90.
Light It Up
Light It Up 4.15 avg rating — 850 ratings
91.
When the Stars Lead to You
When the Stars Lead to You 3.71 avg rating — 1,686 ratings
91.
Black Jokes About White Folks: The Black Lives Matter Joke Book
Black Jokes About White Folks: The Black Lives Matter Joke Book 3.40 avg rating — 15 ratings
91.
Your Corner Dark
Your Corner Dark 4.10 avg rating — 330 ratings
91.
GLORY: Magical Visions of Black Beauty
GLORY: Magical Visions of Black Beauty 4.68 avg rating — 390 ratings
91.
A Girl Called Omoye
A Girl Called Omoye
by: Jules Rae
4.14 avg rating — 21 ratings
91.
Book of the Weeping Prophet (Saga of the Sons, #2).
Book of the Weeping Prophet (Saga of the Sons, #2).
by: J. Moon
4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
91.
Benang: From the Heart
Benang: From the Heart
by: Kim Scott
3.88 avg rating — 365 ratings
91.
Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South
Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South 4.13 avg rating — 11,515 ratings
99.
Odd One Out
Odd One Out
by: Nic Stone
3.67 avg rating — 6,294 ratings
99.
The Black Mage
The Black Mage 3.49 avg rating — 1,420 ratings
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