100 Black Novelists You Should Read

1.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating β€” 737,278 ratings
2.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating β€” 377,825 ratings
3.
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) 4.29 avg rating β€” 317,245 ratings
4.
Homegoing
Homegoing
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.47 avg rating β€” 386,333 ratings
5.
Such a Fun Age
Such a Fun Age 3.78 avg rating β€” 565,714 ratings
6.
Things Fall Apart
Things Fall Apart 3.74 avg rating β€” 403,123 ratings
7.
The Wedding Date (The Wedding Date, #1)
The Wedding Date (The Wedding Date, #1) 3.57 avg rating β€” 160,359 ratings
8.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating β€” 198,747 ratings
9.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating β€” 258,402 ratings
10.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating β€” 477,030 ratings
11.
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots: The Saga of an American Family 4.45 avg rating β€” 163,557 ratings
12.
Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating β€” 401,564 ratings
13.
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad 4.06 avg rating β€” 433,392 ratings
14.
The Fire Next Time
The Fire Next Time 4.55 avg rating β€” 115,174 ratings
15.
Bad Feminist
Bad Feminist 3.92 avg rating β€” 117,724 ratings
16.
An American Marriage
An American Marriage 3.93 avg rating β€” 379,554 ratings
17.
Queenie
Queenie 3.85 avg rating β€” 154,562 ratings
18.
The Water Dancer
The Water Dancer 4.06 avg rating β€” 116,583 ratings
19.
Real Life
Real Life 3.79 avg rating β€” 36,474 ratings
20.
The Girl with the Louding Voice
The Girl with the Louding Voice 4.42 avg rating β€” 167,353 ratings
21.
A Lesson Before Dying
A Lesson Before Dying 3.98 avg rating β€” 63,061 ratings
22.
The Women of Brewster Place
The Women of Brewster Place 4.20 avg rating β€” 21,533 ratings
23.
The Collected Poems
The Collected Poems 4.36 avg rating β€” 18,158 ratings
23.
Native Son
Native Son 4.04 avg rating β€” 103,289 ratings
25.
The Mothers
The Mothers 3.88 avg rating β€” 126,679 ratings
26.
Conjure Women
Conjure Women 3.87 avg rating β€” 18,420 ratings
27.
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Sing, Unburied, Sing really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 145,392 ratings
28.
Sharks in the Time of Saviors
Sharks in the Time of Saviors 3.83 avg rating β€” 20,869 ratings
29.
Get a Life, Chloe Brown (The Brown Sisters, #1)
Get a Life, Chloe Brown (The Brown Sisters, #1) 3.79 avg rating β€” 203,003 ratings
30.
Everywhere You Don't Belong
Everywhere You Don't Belong 3.68 avg rating β€” 3,809 ratings
31.
Freshwater
Freshwater 4.01 avg rating β€” 35,610 ratings
32.
Queen Sugar
Queen Sugar 3.79 avg rating β€” 9,581 ratings
33.
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1) 3.87 avg rating β€” 29,362 ratings
34.
Breath, Eyes, Memory
Breath, Eyes, Memory 3.90 avg rating β€” 30,928 ratings
35.
White Teeth
White Teeth 3.79 avg rating β€” 170,767 ratings
36.
The Sellout
The Sellout 3.75 avg rating β€” 73,395 ratings
37.
In Search of Satisfaction
In Search of Satisfaction 4.46 avg rating β€” 3,372 ratings
37.
Passing
Passing 3.92 avg rating β€” 76,721 ratings
39.
The Conjure Woman and Other Conjure Tales
The Conjure Woman and Other Conjure Tales 3.86 avg rating β€” 847 ratings
40.
Friday Black
Friday Black 4.04 avg rating β€” 18,514 ratings
40.
Mem
Mem 3.62 avg rating β€” 3,543 ratings
42.
Behold the Dreamers
Behold the Dreamers 3.95 avg rating β€” 84,460 ratings
43.
Stay with Me
Stay with Me 4.06 avg rating β€” 63,589 ratings
44.
Waiting to Exhale
Waiting to Exhale 3.99 avg rating β€” 17,749 ratings
45.
Delicious Foods
Delicious Foods 3.81 avg rating β€” 6,294 ratings
46.
Speak No Evil
Speak No Evil 3.86 avg rating β€” 9,435 ratings
47.
A Princess in Theory (Reluctant Royals, #1)
A Princess in Theory (Reluctant Royals, #1) 3.78 avg rating β€” 16,092 ratings
47.
The Prey of Gods
The Prey of Gods 3.76 avg rating β€” 3,811 ratings
49.
Red at the Bone
Red at the Bone 3.96 avg rating β€” 82,544 ratings
50.
Black Sunday
Black Sunday 3.64 avg rating β€” 2,911 ratings
50.
Big Girls Don't Cry
Big Girls Don't Cry 4.15 avg rating β€” 4,725 ratings
52.
A Brief History of Seven Killings
A Brief History of Seven Killings 3.89 avg rating β€” 37,308 ratings
53.
Say You're One of Them
Say You're One of Them 3.55 avg rating β€” 16,254 ratings
53.
The Turner House
The Turner House 3.63 avg rating β€” 17,807 ratings
55.
The Memory of Love
The Memory of Love 3.93 avg rating β€” 5,143 ratings
56.
Girl, Woman, Other
Girl, Woman, Other 4.27 avg rating β€” 256,328 ratings
57.
The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls
The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls 3.63 avg rating β€” 21,133 ratings
57.
Remembrance
Remembrance 3.72 avg rating β€” 1,984 ratings
59.
Saving Ruby King
Saving Ruby King 3.89 avg rating β€” 5,798 ratings
60.
Upstate
Upstate 4.08 avg rating β€” 2,296 ratings
61.
Your Blues Ain't Like Mine
Your Blues Ain't Like Mine 4.23 avg rating β€” 7,503 ratings
62.
These Ghosts Are Family
These Ghosts Are Family 3.66 avg rating β€” 7,588 ratings
63.
An Unkindness of Ghosts
An Unkindness of Ghosts 3.96 avg rating β€” 21,203 ratings
64.
The Color of Water
The Color of Water 4.15 avg rating β€” 131,560 ratings
65.
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day (Idlewild, #1)
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day (Idlewild, #1) 3.75 avg rating β€” 21,453 ratings
65.
Push
Push
by: Sapphire
3.87 avg rating β€” 58,133 ratings
67.
Lucy
Lucy 3.83 avg rating β€” 13,954 ratings
68.
Here Comes the Sun
Here Comes the Sun 3.85 avg rating β€” 11,629 ratings
68.
Erasure
Erasure 4.17 avg rating β€” 28,492 ratings
70.
The Fishermen
The Fishermen 3.88 avg rating β€” 21,352 ratings
71.
Soucouyant
Soucouyant 3.79 avg rating β€” 1,424 ratings
72.
Just As I Am
Just As I Am 4.28 avg rating β€” 7,470 ratings
73.
We Love You, Charlie Freeman
We Love You, Charlie Freeman 3.45 avg rating β€” 4,033 ratings
74.
The Coldest Winter Ever (The Coldest Winter Ever, #1)
The Coldest Winter Ever (The Coldest Winter Ever, #1) 4.46 avg rating β€” 42,220 ratings
75.
Friends and Lovers
Friends and Lovers 4.26 avg rating β€” 11,462 ratings
76.
The House of Deep Water
The House of Deep Water 3.33 avg rating β€” 912 ratings
77.
Loving Day
Loving Day 3.54 avg rating β€” 3,959 ratings
78.
Acting on Impulse (Love on Cue, #1)
Acting on Impulse (Love on Cue, #1)
by: Mia Sosa
3.58 avg rating β€” 1,557 ratings
79.
The Travelers
The Travelers 3.60 avg rating β€” 3,621 ratings
80.
The Street
The Street
by: Ann Petry
4.27 avg rating β€” 12,962 ratings
81.
Bring on the Blessings (Blessings, #1)
Bring on the Blessings (Blessings, #1) 4.12 avg rating β€” 4,572 ratings
81.
Sugar (Sugar Lacey, #1)
Sugar (Sugar Lacey, #1) 4.28 avg rating β€” 10,036 ratings
83.
Luster
Luster 3.51 avg rating β€” 107,821 ratings
84.
Love On My Mind (Shades of Love, #1)
Love On My Mind (Shades of Love, #1) 3.83 avg rating β€” 717 ratings
84.
Boy, Snow, Bird
Boy, Snow, Bird 3.34 avg rating β€” 30,808 ratings
86.
Black Water Rising (Jay Porter #1)
Black Water Rising (Jay Porter #1) 3.57 avg rating β€” 8,428 ratings
87.
Irresistible Forces (Forged of Steele, #5)
Irresistible Forces (Forged of Steele, #5) 3.77 avg rating β€” 9,402 ratings
88.
My Mother's House
My Mother's House 3.37 avg rating β€” 474 ratings
89.
The Good Negress
The Good Negress 3.67 avg rating β€” 438 ratings
90.
Cane
Cane 3.82 avg rating β€” 11,323 ratings
91.
Beasts Made of Night (Beasts Made of Night, #1)
Beasts Made of Night (Beasts Made of Night, #1) 3.26 avg rating β€” 5,279 ratings
91.
Casting the First Stone (Reverend Curtis Black, #1)
Casting the First Stone (Reverend Curtis Black, #1) 4.38 avg rating β€” 6,753 ratings
93.
Deliver Me (Holmes Brothers, #1)
Deliver Me (Holmes Brothers, #1) 3.70 avg rating β€” 4,385 ratings
94.
We Cast a Shadow
We Cast a Shadow 3.62 avg rating β€” 5,089 ratings
95.
Lot
Lot 3.75 avg rating β€” 10,180 ratings
96.
The World Doesn't Require You
The World Doesn't Require You 3.64 avg rating β€” 1,533 ratings
97.
Pimp: The Story of My Life
Pimp: The Story of My Life really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 14,391 ratings
98.
Catherine House
Catherine House 3.12 avg rating β€” 28,037 ratings
98.
The Coyotes of Carthage
The Coyotes of Carthage 3.49 avg rating β€” 1,035 ratings
100.
Addicted
Addicted
by: Zane
4.24 avg rating β€” 20,838 ratings