2021 Books by Black authors

1.
The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)
The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 54,605 ratings
2.
The Kindest Lie
The Kindest Lie 3.56 avg rating — 22,584 ratings
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Wings of Ebony (Wings of Ebony, #1)
Wings of Ebony (Wings of Ebony, #1)
by: J. Elle
3.84 avg rating — 5,449 ratings
4.
Concrete Rose (The Hate U Give, #0)
Concrete Rose (The Hate U Give, #0) 4.38 avg rating — 65,360 ratings
5.
Ace of Spades
Ace of Spades 4.14 avg rating — 97,703 ratings
6.
The Place Beyond Her Dreams
The Place Beyond Her Dreams 3.69 avg rating — 108 ratings
7.
The Perfect Ruin
The Perfect Ruin 3.67 avg rating — 12,458 ratings
8.
Blood Scion (Blood Scion #1)
Blood Scion (Blood Scion #1) 3.87 avg rating — 4,148 ratings
9.
Rise to the Sun
Rise to the Sun 3.61 avg rating — 3,331 ratings
10.
This Poison Heart (This Poison Heart, #1)
This Poison Heart (This Poison Heart, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 30,036 ratings
11.
When You Look Like Us
When You Look Like Us 4.03 avg rating — 1,696 ratings
11.
Honey Girl
Honey Girl 3.65 avg rating — 44,824 ratings
13.
Blood Like Magic (Blood Like Magic, #1)
Blood Like Magic (Blood Like Magic, #1) 3.96 avg rating — 8,058 ratings
14.
Seven Days in June
Seven Days in June really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 205,552 ratings
15.
The Other Black Girl
The Other Black Girl 3.35 avg rating — 82,124 ratings
16.
The Unbroken (Magic of the Lost, #1)
The Unbroken (Magic of the Lost, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 12,760 ratings
17.
Wild Women and the Blues
Wild Women and the Blues 3.77 avg rating — 7,344 ratings
18.
One of the Good Ones
One of the Good Ones 4.13 avg rating — 4,665 ratings
19.
Razorblade Tears
Razorblade Tears 4.11 avg rating — 130,654 ratings
20.
Love Is a Revolution
Love Is a Revolution 3.67 avg rating — 5,646 ratings
21.
The Taking of Jake Livingston
The Taking of Jake Livingston 3.42 avg rating — 14,589 ratings
22.
A Psalm of Storms and Silence (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, #2)
A Psalm of Storms and Silence (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, #2) 4.12 avg rating — 5,022 ratings
23.
The Cost of Knowing
The Cost of Knowing 3.96 avg rating — 3,796 ratings
24.
Chlorine Sky
Chlorine Sky 3.81 avg rating — 4,179 ratings
25.
The Vanished (Shuri: A Black Panther Novel #2)
The Vanished (Shuri: A Black Panther Novel #2)
by: Nic Stone
4.11 avg rating — 423 ratings
26.
Intention: Building Capabilities to Transform Your Story
Intention: Building Capabilities to Transform Your Story it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
27.
The Mixtape
The Mixtape 4.19 avg rating — 33,530 ratings
28.
Beasts of Prey (Beasts of Prey #1)
Beasts of Prey (Beasts of Prey #1) 3.94 avg rating — 9,958 ratings
29.
Within These Wicked Walls
Within These Wicked Walls 3.50 avg rating — 14,170 ratings
30.
Sorrowland
Sorrowland 3.82 avg rating — 14,498 ratings
30.
Son of the Storm (The Nameless Republic, #1)
Son of the Storm (The Nameless Republic, #1) 3.68 avg rating — 2,540 ratings
32.
Open Water
Open Water 4.01 avg rating — 81,886 ratings
33.
Angel of Greenwood
Angel of Greenwood 4.19 avg rating — 2,725 ratings
34.
Off the Record
Off the Record 3.99 avg rating — 2,359 ratings
35.
White Smoke
White Smoke 3.81 avg rating — 19,756 ratings
36.
How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House
How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House 3.68 avg rating — 16,159 ratings
37.
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois 4.51 avg rating — 39,965 ratings
38.
Nubia: Real One
Nubia: Real One 4.33 avg rating — 3,204 ratings
39.
No Gods, No Monsters (Convergence Saga, #1)
No Gods, No Monsters (Convergence Saga, #1) 3.44 avg rating — 7,549 ratings
40.
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev 3.82 avg rating — 32,782 ratings
41.
Black Boy Joy
Black Boy Joy 4.24 avg rating — 1,809 ratings
42.
Dead Dead Girls (Harlem Renaissance Mystery, #1)
Dead Dead Girls (Harlem Renaissance Mystery, #1) 3.21 avg rating — 5,980 ratings
43.
A Crown So Cursed (Nightmare-Verse, #3)
A Crown So Cursed (Nightmare-Verse, #3) 4.09 avg rating — 688 ratings
44.
When the Reckoning Comes
When the Reckoning Comes 3.69 avg rating — 10,272 ratings
44.
Etta Invincible
Etta Invincible 4.30 avg rating — 148 ratings
44.
Judd
Judd really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 26 ratings
44.
An Acquired Taste (The Everheart Brothers of Texas, #1)
An Acquired Taste (The Everheart Brothers of Texas, #1) 3.57 avg rating — 642 ratings
44.
Ruthless Pamela Jean
Ruthless Pamela Jean 4.53 avg rating — 45 ratings
44.
The Return (The Chroniclers, #1)
The Return (The Chroniclers, #1)
by: Nenny May
4.09 avg rating — 95 ratings
50.
Forging a Nightmare
Forging a Nightmare 3.67 avg rating — 211 ratings
50.
The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation
The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation 4.08 avg rating — 8,670 ratings
50.
Buses Are a Comin'
Buses Are a Comin' 4.50 avg rating — 918 ratings
53.
Requiem of Silence (Earthsinger Chronicles, #4)
Requiem of Silence (Earthsinger Chronicles, #4) 4.23 avg rating — 221 ratings
54.
The Leopard Behind the Moon
The Leopard Behind the Moon 3.96 avg rating — 159 ratings
55.
Black Buck
Black Buck 3.70 avg rating — 28,629 ratings
55.
Libertie
Libertie 3.49 avg rating — 15,593 ratings
55.
Have We Met?
Have We Met? 3.80 avg rating — 7,791 ratings
58.
Milk Blood Heat
Milk Blood Heat 4.02 avg rating — 9,851 ratings
58.
Your Corner Dark
Your Corner Dark 4.10 avg rating — 330 ratings
60.
Muted
Muted 4.04 avg rating — 1,951 ratings
60.
Island Queen
Island Queen 3.92 avg rating — 4,382 ratings
60.
Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations, #1)
Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 34,852 ratings
63.
You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism
You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism 4.42 avg rating — 21,788 ratings
64.
A Chorus Rises (A Song Below Water, #2)
A Chorus Rises (A Song Below Water, #2) 3.80 avg rating — 1,571 ratings
64.
Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre 4.25 avg rating — 3,775 ratings
66.
The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership, and Legacy
The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership, and Legacy 4.33 avg rating — 312 ratings
67.
Sure, I'll Be Your Black Friend: Notes from the Other Side of the Fist Bump
Sure, I'll Be Your Black Friend: Notes from the Other Side of the Fist Bump 3.79 avg rating — 1,645 ratings
68.
How Beautiful We Were
How Beautiful We Were 3.95 avg rating — 18,585 ratings
69.
Reaper of Souls (Kingdom of Souls, #2)
Reaper of Souls (Kingdom of Souls, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 1,147 ratings
70.
Maya and the Return of the Godlings (Maya and the Rising Dark, #2)
Maya and the Return of the Godlings (Maya and the Rising Dark, #2) 4.23 avg rating — 372 ratings
71.
Bad Witch Burning
Bad Witch Burning 4.02 avg rating — 1,573 ratings
71.
Peaces
Peaces 3.24 avg rating — 4,782 ratings
71.
Dear Miss Metropolitan
Dear Miss Metropolitan 3.15 avg rating — 1,480 ratings
71.
Fault Lines: The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism's Looming Catastrophe
Fault Lines: The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism's Looming Catastrophe 4.43 avg rating — 6,511 ratings
71.
The Color Within
The Color Within 4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings
71.
The Queens' English: The LGBTQIA+ Dictionary of Lingo and Colloquial Phrases
The Queens' English: The LGBTQIA+ Dictionary of Lingo and Colloquial Phrases 4.26 avg rating — 356 ratings
71.
Lighter
Lighter
by: A. Aduma
3.93 avg rating — 41 ratings
71.
Requiem Moon (Scarlet Odyssey, #2)
Requiem Moon (Scarlet Odyssey, #2) 4.51 avg rating — 947 ratings
71.
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 — 10,601 ratings
71.
Pressure
Pressure 4.14 avg rating — 29 ratings
71.
Doppelgangbanger
Doppelgangbanger 3.79 avg rating — 118 ratings
71.
Body Positive: A Guide to Loving Your Body
Body Positive: A Guide to Loving Your Body really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 56 ratings
71.
father forgive me
father forgive me 4.93 avg rating — 14 ratings
71.
Tools of a Thief (A Series of Decisions on Kairas, #1)
Tools of a Thief (A Series of Decisions on Kairas, #1) 3.34 avg rating — 116 ratings
71.
Looking for Hope
Looking for Hope
by: Mbinguni
4.86 avg rating — 44 ratings
71.
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
71.
Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be
Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be 3.86 avg rating — 2,827 ratings
71.
Sankofa
Sankofa 3.84 avg rating — 22,473 ratings
71.
Petrified Flowers
Petrified Flowers 4.72 avg rating — 18 ratings
71.
Under Color of Law (Trevor Finnegan, #1)
Under Color of Law (Trevor Finnegan, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 3,808 ratings
71.
No Heaven for Good Boys
No Heaven for Good Boys 4.27 avg rating — 1,214 ratings
71.
Magic Dark, Magic Divine (Warrior of the Divine Sword, #1)
Magic Dark, Magic Divine (Warrior of the Divine Sword, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 216 ratings
71.
Single Black Female
Single Black Female 4.10 avg rating — 2,838 ratings
71.
The Struggle: Striving to Survive
The Struggle: Striving to Survive it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
71.
Touched by Shadows
Touched by Shadows 4.47 avg rating — 15 ratings
71.
My Anti-Valentine
My Anti-Valentine 4.38 avg rating — 271 ratings
71.
The Prophets
The Prophets 3.91 avg rating — 21,640 ratings
71.
Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America
Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America 3.93 avg rating — 6,477 ratings
99.
One Carefree Day (Carefree, #1)
One Carefree Day (Carefree, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 148 ratings
99.
Turn Your Season Around: How God Transforms Your Life
Turn Your Season Around: How God Transforms Your Life 3.97 avg rating — 74 ratings
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