Contemporary Novels by Black Authors

1.
In Every Mirror She's Black (In Every Mirror She’s Black, #1)
In Every Mirror She's Black (In Every Mirror She’s Black, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 10,600 ratings
2.
Girl, Woman, Other
Girl, Woman, Other 4.27 avg rating — 256,327 ratings
3.
Queenie
Queenie 3.85 avg rating — 154,562 ratings
4.
The Turner House
The Turner House 3.63 avg rating — 17,807 ratings
5.
Such a Fun Age
Such a Fun Age 3.78 avg rating — 565,708 ratings
6.
His Only Wife
His Only Wife 3.74 avg rating — 32,256 ratings
7.
The Mothers
The Mothers 3.88 avg rating — 126,678 ratings
8.
An American Marriage
An American Marriage 3.93 avg rating — 379,548 ratings
9.
The Girl with the Louding Voice
The Girl with the Louding Voice
by: Abi Daré
4.42 avg rating — 167,352 ratings
9.
The Thing Around Your Neck
The Thing Around Your Neck 4.23 avg rating — 48,407 ratings
11.
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad 4.06 avg rating — 433,388 ratings
12.
Behold the Dreamers
Behold the Dreamers 3.95 avg rating — 84,460 ratings
12.
Homegoing
Homegoing
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.47 avg rating — 386,327 ratings
14.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating — 176,483 ratings
15.
Queen Sugar
Queen Sugar 3.79 avg rating — 9,581 ratings
16.
Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating — 401,563 ratings
16.
We Need New Names
We Need New Names 3.75 avg rating — 23,068 ratings
16.
Real Life
Real Life 3.79 avg rating — 36,474 ratings
16.
The Vanishing Half
The Vanishing Half 4.13 avg rating — 831,887 ratings
16.
Everything is Not Enough
Everything is Not Enough 3.87 avg rating — 1,575 ratings
21.
Say You're One of Them
Say You're One of Them 3.55 avg rating — 16,254 ratings
21.
Lote
Lote 4.05 avg rating — 1,768 ratings
23.
White Teeth
White Teeth 3.79 avg rating — 170,766 ratings
23.
Patsy
Patsy 3.91 avg rating — 11,852 ratings
23.
Since I Laid My Burden Down
Since I Laid My Burden Down 4.07 avg rating — 907 ratings
23.
Rainbow Milk
Rainbow Milk 3.86 avg rating — 7,005 ratings
27.
Transcendent Kingdom
Transcendent Kingdom
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.10 avg rating — 158,660 ratings
27.
Mr Loverman
Mr Loverman 4.19 avg rating — 17,211 ratings
29.
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Sing, Unburied, Sing really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 145,390 ratings
30.
Salvage the Bones
Salvage the Bones 3.96 avg rating — 71,454 ratings
31.
Luster
Luster 3.51 avg rating — 107,820 ratings
31.
Saving Ruby King
Saving Ruby King 3.89 avg rating — 5,798 ratings
33.
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf 4.29 avg rating — 34,461 ratings
34.
Loving Day
Loving Day 3.54 avg rating — 3,959 ratings
35.
(Im)perfectly Happy
(Im)perfectly Happy 3.77 avg rating — 404 ratings
36.
Black Girl in Paris
Black Girl in Paris 3.83 avg rating — 1,114 ratings
37.
Lakewood
Lakewood 3.48 avg rating — 13,440 ratings
38.
So We Can Glow: Stories
So We Can Glow: Stories 3.90 avg rating — 1,316 ratings
39.
An Untamed State
An Untamed State 4.07 avg rating — 19,599 ratings
40.
God Help the Child
God Help the Child 3.78 avg rating — 31,724 ratings
41.
The Perfect Nanny
The Perfect Nanny 3.40 avg rating — 119,831 ratings