Fiction by Black Authors

1.
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1) 4.46 avg rating — 986,377 ratings
2.
The Short Stories
The Short Stories 4.36 avg rating — 697 ratings
3.
Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)
Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 175,776 ratings
4.
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Go Tell It on the Mountain 4.05 avg rating — 78,206 ratings
5.
Forging a Nightmare
Forging a Nightmare 3.67 avg rating — 211 ratings
6.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,323 ratings
7.
Breaking His Rules
Breaking His Rules 3.66 avg rating — 124 ratings
8.
The Nickel Boys
The Nickel Boys 4.26 avg rating — 291,008 ratings
9.
Meridian
Meridian 3.75 avg rating — 6,509 ratings
10.
Queenie
Queenie 3.85 avg rating — 154,551 ratings
10.
Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus 4.18 avg rating — 137,119 ratings
12.
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
12.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,198 ratings
14.
You Should See Me in a Crown
You Should See Me in a Crown 4.07 avg rating — 42,887 ratings
15.
Noughts & Crosses (Noughts & Crosses, #1)
Noughts & Crosses (Noughts & Crosses, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 80,690 ratings
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The Temple of My Familiar
The Temple of My Familiar 4.05 avg rating — 14,859 ratings
17.
The Vanishing Half
The Vanishing Half 4.13 avg rating — 831,802 ratings
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The Third Life of Grange Copeland
The Third Life of Grange Copeland 4.14 avg rating — 4,584 ratings
19.
If Beale Street Could Talk
If Beale Street Could Talk 4.27 avg rating — 76,361 ratings
20.
Early Novels & Stories: Go Tell It on the Mountain / Giovanni’s Room / Another Country / Going to Meet the Man
Early Novels & Stories: Go Tell It on the Mountain / Giovanni’s Room / Another Country / Going to Meet the Man 4.47 avg rating — 828 ratings
20.
Incognegro: A Graphic Mystery (Ingognegro, #1)
Incognegro: A Graphic Mystery (Ingognegro, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,427 ratings
22.
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad 4.06 avg rating — 433,323 ratings
23.
The Quiet Violence of Dreams
The Quiet Violence of Dreams 4.34 avg rating — 376 ratings
23.
Lagoon
Lagoon 3.63 avg rating — 8,983 ratings
23.
Black Southern Voices: An Anthology
Black Southern Voices: An Anthology 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings
23.
The Wild Hunt (Revenge of The Huntress #1)
The Wild Hunt (Revenge of The Huntress #1) 4.33 avg rating — 15 ratings
23.
A Different Drummer
A Different Drummer 4.22 avg rating — 2,948 ratings
28.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,090 ratings
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Quicksand
Quicksand 3.72 avg rating — 8,339 ratings
30.
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 317,167 ratings
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The First Woman
The First Woman 4.15 avg rating — 8,335 ratings
30.
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Sing, Unburied, Sing really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 145,371 ratings
30.
Passing
Passing 3.92 avg rating — 76,700 ratings
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The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance Trilogy, #1)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance Trilogy, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 80,315 ratings
34.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating — 176,459 ratings
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Cane
Cane 3.82 avg rating — 11,324 ratings
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A Drop of Patience
A Drop of Patience 3.97 avg rating — 193 ratings
38.
Baby of the Family
Baby of the Family 4.15 avg rating — 902 ratings
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Dem (Black Arts Movement Series)
Dem (Black Arts Movement Series) 3.92 avg rating — 161 ratings
40.
The Hand I Fan With
The Hand I Fan With 4.14 avg rating — 3,601 ratings
41.
The Long Song
The Long Song 3.79 avg rating — 11,127 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 — 20,487 ratings
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Small Island
Small Island 4.01 avg rating — 37,170 ratings
42.
Zora Neale Hurston: Novels & Stories
Zora Neale Hurston: Novels & Stories 4.37 avg rating — 625 ratings
45.
Richard Wright: The Library of America Unexpurgated Edition: Native Son / Uncle Tom's Children / Black Boy / and more
Richard Wright: The Library of America Unexpurgated Edition: Native Son / Uncle Tom's Children / Black Boy / and more 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
46.
The Wedding Date (The Wedding Date, #1)
The Wedding Date (The Wedding Date, #1) 3.57 avg rating — 160,340 ratings
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Pride
Pride
by: Ibi Zoboi
3.74 avg rating — 29,337 ratings
48.
Kingdom of Souls (Kingdom of Souls, #1)
Kingdom of Souls (Kingdom of Souls, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 5,807 ratings
49.
Rosiebelle Lee Wildcat Tennessee: A Novel (Brown Thrasher Books)
Rosiebelle Lee Wildcat Tennessee: A Novel (Brown Thrasher Books) 4.54 avg rating — 24 ratings
50.
Appalachee Red: A Novel (Brown Thrasher Books Ser.)
Appalachee Red: A Novel (Brown Thrasher Books Ser.) 4.14 avg rating — 58 ratings
51.
Baby Sweet's: A Novel (Brown Thrasher Books)
Baby Sweet's: A Novel (Brown Thrasher Books) 4.60 avg rating — 15 ratings
52.
Jessie and Jesus and Cousin Claire
Jessie and Jesus and Cousin Claire 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings
53.
Unexpected Stories
Unexpected Stories 4.07 avg rating — 3,825 ratings
54.
The Blacker the Berry...
The Blacker the Berry... 3.94 avg rating — 2,936 ratings
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A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope
A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope 3.95 avg rating — 3,179 ratings
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Incognegro: Renaissance
Incognegro: Renaissance 4.01 avg rating — 266 ratings
57.
Bombingham
Bombingham 3.77 avg rating — 370 ratings
58.
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day (Idlewild, #1)
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day (Idlewild, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 21,453 ratings
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Some Things I Never Thought I'd Do (West End, #1)
Some Things I Never Thought I'd Do (West End, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 2,019 ratings