Black Authors in English Translation

1.
Ladivine
Ladivine 3.34 avg rating — 885 ratings
2.
La Bastarda
La Bastarda 3.53 avg rating — 1,231 ratings
2.
The Bridge of Beyond
The Bridge of Beyond 4.05 avg rating — 1,087 ratings
4.
Moonbath
Moonbath 3.40 avg rating — 289 ratings
5.
Dance on the Volcano
Dance on the Volcano 3.92 avg rating — 225 ratings
6.
The First Wife: A Tale of Polygamy
The First Wife: A Tale of Polygamy 4.01 avg rating — 2,336 ratings
7.
Beyond Babylon
Beyond Babylon 3.95 avg rating — 148 ratings
8.
Doomi Golo―The Hidden Notebooks
Doomi Golo―The Hidden Notebooks 3.81 avg rating — 83 ratings
9.
That Hair
That Hair 3.08 avg rating — 660 ratings
10.
Cockroaches
Cockroaches 4.41 avg rating — 1,678 ratings
11.
The Sun on My Head
The Sun on My Head 3.85 avg rating — 2,587 ratings
12.
Baho!
Baho! 3.44 avg rating — 150 ratings
13.
Tram 83
Tram 83 3.32 avg rating — 1,596 ratings
14.
Love Letter in Cuneiform
Love Letter in Cuneiform 3.80 avg rating — 325 ratings
15.
They Will Drown in Their Mothers' Tears
They Will Drown in Their Mothers' Tears 3.95 avg rating — 7,249 ratings
16.
Black Moses
Black Moses 3.43 avg rating — 2,186 ratings
17.
Black Bazaar
Black Bazaar 3.54 avg rating — 462 ratings
18.
Letter to Jimmy
Letter to Jimmy 3.96 avg rating — 98 ratings
19.
By Night the Mountain Burns
By Night the Mountain Burns 3.50 avg rating — 451 ratings
20.
Return to the Enchanted Island: A Novel
Return to the Enchanted Island: A Novel 2.71 avg rating — 843 ratings
21.
A Girl Called Eel
A Girl Called Eel
by: Ali Zamir
3.32 avg rating — 219 ratings
22.
The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas
The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas 4.26 avg rating — 36,381 ratings
23.
An African in Greenland
An African in Greenland 4.10 avg rating — 1,991 ratings
24.
Segu (Ségou, #1)
Segu (Ségou, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 1,994 ratings
25.
Congo Inc.: Bismarck's Testament
Congo Inc.: Bismarck's Testament 3.71 avg rating — 422 ratings
26.
The Lieutenant of Kouta
The Lieutenant of Kouta 3.40 avg rating — 25 ratings
27.
My country, tonight
My country, tonight 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
28.
General Sun, My Brother
General Sun, My Brother 4.21 avg rating — 135 ratings
29.
The Complete Poetry of Aimé Césaire
The Complete Poetry of Aimé Césaire 4.11 avg rating — 19 ratings
30.
Resolutely Black: Conversations with Francoise Verges
Resolutely Black: Conversations with Francoise Verges 3.86 avg rating — 21 ratings
31.
Ready to Burst
Ready to Burst 4.25 avg rating — 79 ratings
32.
Dézafi
Dézafi 4.09 avg rating — 53 ratings
33.
Mamzelle Dragonfly
Mamzelle Dragonfly 3.49 avg rating — 49 ratings
34.
Beyond the Rice Fields
Beyond the Rice Fields
by: Naivo
3.75 avg rating — 392 ratings
35.
I Am a Japanese Writer: A Novel
I Am a Japanese Writer: A Novel 3.27 avg rating — 640 ratings
36.
The World is Moving Around Me: A Memoir of the Haiti Earthquake
The World is Moving Around Me: A Memoir of the Haiti Earthquake 3.82 avg rating — 424 ratings
37.
Exile: According to Julia (Caribbean and African Literature) (CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French)
Exile: According to Julia (Caribbean and African Literature) (CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French) 3.65 avg rating — 228 ratings
38.
The Belly of the Atlantic
The Belly of the Atlantic 3.79 avg rating — 1,576 ratings
39.
Nowhere People
Nowhere People 3.68 avg rating — 229 ratings
40.
The Infamous Rosalie
The Infamous Rosalie 4.14 avg rating — 344 ratings
41.
The Wedding of Zein
The Wedding of Zein 3.68 avg rating — 3,953 ratings
42.
The Collected Poetry (CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French)
The Collected Poetry (CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French) 3.88 avg rating — 175 ratings
43.
The Abandoned Baobab: The Autobiography of a Senegalese Woman (CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French)
The Abandoned Baobab: The Autobiography of a Senegalese Woman (CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French)
by: Ken Bugul
3.65 avg rating — 457 ratings
44.
Street of Lost Footsteps
Street of Lost Footsteps 3.74 avg rating — 61 ratings
45.
The Fortunes of Wangrin
The Fortunes of Wangrin 4.01 avg rating — 366 ratings
46.
Xala
Xala 3.64 avg rating — 1,016 ratings
47.
This Country of Mine
This Country of Mine liked it 3.00 avg rating — 34 ratings
48.
Cruel City
Cruel City 3.76 avg rating — 102 ratings
49.
Savage Seasons
Savage Seasons 3.70 avg rating — 69 ratings
50.
Mr. Fix-It
Mr. Fix-It 3.29 avg rating — 52 ratings
51.
Wizard of the Crow
Wizard of the Crow 4.22 avg rating — 3,646 ratings
52.
Texaco
Texaco 3.96 avg rating — 1,084 ratings
53.
The Blind Kingdom
The Blind Kingdom 3.39 avg rating — 28 ratings
54.
Hadriana in All My Dreams
Hadriana in All My Dreams 3.53 avg rating — 767 ratings
55.
The Other Side of the Sea (CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French)
The Other Side of the Sea (CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French) 3.68 avg rating — 34 ratings
56.
Malambo
Malambo 3.82 avg rating — 65 ratings
57.
It Shall Be of Jasper and Coral and Love-across-a-Hundred-Lives (CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French)
It Shall Be of Jasper and Coral and Love-across-a-Hundred-Lives (CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French) 3.46 avg rating — 35 ratings
58.
Love, Anger, Madness: A Haitian Trilogy
Love, Anger, Madness: A Haitian Trilogy 3.95 avg rating — 679 ratings
59.
Little Mother: A Novel
Little Mother: A Novel 3.74 avg rating — 72 ratings
60.
Taximan: Stories and Anecdotes from the Back Seat
Taximan: Stories and Anecdotes from the Back Seat 3.19 avg rating — 31 ratings
61.
Looking Within/Mirar Adentro: Selected Poems/Poemas Escogidos, 1954-2000
Looking Within/Mirar Adentro: Selected Poems/Poemas Escogidos, 1954-2000 4.06 avg rating — 33 ratings
62.
Humus (CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French)
Humus (CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French) 4.22 avg rating — 37 ratings
63.
The Great Camouflage: Writings of Dissent (1941–1945)
The Great Camouflage: Writings of Dissent (1941–1945) 4.28 avg rating — 89 ratings
64.
Shadows of Your Black Memory
Shadows of Your Black Memory 3.57 avg rating — 194 ratings
65.
The Radiance of the King
The Radiance of the King 3.86 avg rating — 784 ratings
66.
Neighbours: The Story of a Murder
Neighbours: The Story of a Murder 3.90 avg rating — 288 ratings
67.
Ualalapi (Uma Terra sem amos)
Ualalapi (Uma Terra sem amos) 3.91 avg rating — 92 ratings
68.
Selected Poems of Corsino Fortes
Selected Poems of Corsino Fortes 3.62 avg rating — 13 ratings