[ATY 2021] - USA Today's Black Novelists You Should Read

1.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,414 ratings
2.
The Vanishing Half
The Vanishing Half 4.13 avg rating — 831,926 ratings
3.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating — 176,493 ratings
4.
Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating — 401,574 ratings
5.
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 317,274 ratings
6.
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad 4.06 avg rating — 433,415 ratings
7.
Transcendent Kingdom
Transcendent Kingdom
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.10 avg rating — 158,663 ratings
8.
Homegoing
Homegoing
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.47 avg rating — 386,362 ratings
9.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,293 ratings
10.
An American Marriage
An American Marriage 3.93 avg rating — 379,560 ratings
11.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,133 ratings
12.
The Death of Vivek Oji
The Death of Vivek Oji 4.12 avg rating — 66,351 ratings
13.
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Sing, Unburied, Sing really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 145,398 ratings
14.
The Wedding Date (The Wedding Date, #1)
The Wedding Date (The Wedding Date, #1) 3.57 avg rating — 160,367 ratings
15.
The Nickel Boys
The Nickel Boys 4.26 avg rating — 291,142 ratings
16.
Girl, Woman, Other
Girl, Woman, Other 4.27 avg rating — 256,337 ratings
17.
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 239,110 ratings
18.
Delicious Foods
Delicious Foods 3.81 avg rating — 6,294 ratings
19.
Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus 4.18 avg rating — 137,158 ratings
20.
White Teeth
White Teeth 3.79 avg rating — 170,772 ratings
20.
The Proposal (The Wedding Date, #2)
The Proposal (The Wedding Date, #2) 3.47 avg rating — 128,390 ratings
22.
The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye 4.13 avg rating — 288,167 ratings
23.
Salvage the Bones
Salvage the Bones 3.96 avg rating — 71,456 ratings
23.
Brown Girl Dreaming
Brown Girl Dreaming 4.15 avg rating — 91,867 ratings
25.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,837 ratings
26.
The Street
The Street
by: Ann Petry
4.27 avg rating — 12,962 ratings
27.
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 29,362 ratings
28.
Saving Ruby King
Saving Ruby King 3.89 avg rating — 5,798 ratings
29.
Red at the Bone
Red at the Bone 3.96 avg rating — 82,544 ratings
30.
Wild Seed (Patternist, #1)
Wild Seed (Patternist, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 38,339 ratings
31.
Bloodchild and Other Stories
Bloodchild and Other Stories 4.35 avg rating — 26,127 ratings
32.
Friday Black
Friday Black 4.04 avg rating — 18,515 ratings
33.
The Girl with the Louding Voice
The Girl with the Louding Voice
by: Abi Daré
4.42 avg rating — 167,361 ratings
34.
Royal Holiday (The Wedding Date, #4)
Royal Holiday (The Wedding Date, #4) 3.46 avg rating — 49,837 ratings
35.
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance, #1)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 80,332 ratings
36.
The Book of Night Women
The Book of Night Women 4.37 avg rating — 14,810 ratings
36.
A Princess in Theory (Reluctant Royals, #1)
A Princess in Theory (Reluctant Royals, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 16,093 ratings
38.
The Wedding Party (The Wedding Date, #3)
The Wedding Party (The Wedding Date, #3) 3.77 avg rating — 55,832 ratings
39.
Sag Harbor
Sag Harbor 3.56 avg rating — 11,317 ratings
40.
A Lesson Before Dying
A Lesson Before Dying 3.98 avg rating — 63,062 ratings
41.
The Color of Water
The Color of Water 4.15 avg rating — 131,563 ratings
42.
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots: The Saga of an American Family 4.45 avg rating — 163,558 ratings
43.
The Deep
The Deep 3.77 avg rating — 38,709 ratings
44.
Bluebird, Bluebird (Highway 59, #1)
Bluebird, Bluebird (Highway 59, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 29,015 ratings
45.
Boy, Snow, Bird
Boy, Snow, Bird 3.34 avg rating — 30,808 ratings
46.
The Water Dancer
The Water Dancer 4.06 avg rating — 116,585 ratings
47.
Quicksand
Quicksand 3.72 avg rating — 8,339 ratings
48.
Swing Time
Swing Time 3.56 avg rating — 76,236 ratings
49.
Sula
Sula 4.05 avg rating — 117,049 ratings
50.
Conjure Women
Conjure Women 3.87 avg rating — 18,420 ratings
51.
Get a Life, Chloe Brown (The Brown Sisters, #1)
Get a Life, Chloe Brown (The Brown Sisters, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 203,013 ratings
52.
These Ghosts Are Family
These Ghosts Are Family 3.66 avg rating — 7,588 ratings
52.
Party of Two (The Wedding Date, #5)
Party of Two (The Wedding Date, #5) 3.75 avg rating — 52,745 ratings
52.
Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture
Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture 4.43 avg rating — 22,353 ratings
55.
Queenie
Queenie 3.85 avg rating — 154,563 ratings
56.
Take a Hint, Dani Brown (The Brown Sisters, #2)
Take a Hint, Dani Brown (The Brown Sisters, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 108,413 ratings
56.
Such a Fun Age
Such a Fun Age 3.78 avg rating — 565,730 ratings
58.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,749 ratings
58.
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body 4.17 avg rating — 118,963 ratings
60.
Catherine House
Catherine House 3.12 avg rating — 28,038 ratings
61.
Silver Sparrow
Silver Sparrow 3.90 avg rating — 45,097 ratings
62.
Act Your Age, Eve Brown (The Brown Sisters, #3)
Act Your Age, Eve Brown (The Brown Sisters, #3) 4.08 avg rating — 98,941 ratings
63.
Pym
Pym 3.59 avg rating — 4,220 ratings
64.
Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon 4.15 avg rating — 123,956 ratings
65.
The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)
The City We Became (Great Cities, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 76,621 ratings
66.
Native Son
Native Son 4.04 avg rating — 103,288 ratings
67.
Riot Baby
Riot Baby 3.71 avg rating — 11,752 ratings
68.
Freshwater
Freshwater 4.01 avg rating — 35,608 ratings
69.
Black Boy
Black Boy 4.09 avg rating — 55,310 ratings
70.
War Girls (War Girls, #1)
War Girls (War Girls, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 3,114 ratings
71.
On Beauty
On Beauty 3.78 avg rating — 89,032 ratings
72.
Gingerbread
Gingerbread 3.05 avg rating — 15,465 ratings
72.
The Good Lord Bird
The Good Lord Bird 3.95 avg rating — 37,229 ratings
72.
Here Comes the Sun
Here Comes the Sun 3.85 avg rating — 11,630 ratings
75.
The Mothers
The Mothers 3.88 avg rating — 126,680 ratings
76.
The Intuitionist
The Intuitionist 3.62 avg rating — 16,072 ratings
76.
Sugar (Sugar Lacey, #1)
Sugar (Sugar Lacey, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 10,036 ratings
78.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by: Malcolm X
4.37 avg rating — 285,210 ratings
79.
The Prey of Gods
The Prey of Gods 3.76 avg rating — 3,812 ratings
80.
An Unkindness of Ghosts
An Unkindness of Ghosts 3.96 avg rating — 21,202 ratings
81.
Song Yet Sung
Song Yet Sung 4.05 avg rating — 5,999 ratings
82.
Ayiti
Ayiti 4.27 avg rating — 8,128 ratings
83.
The Coldest Winter Ever (The Coldest Winter Ever, #1)
The Coldest Winter Ever (The Coldest Winter Ever, #1) 4.46 avg rating — 42,220 ratings
83.
Passing
Passing 3.92 avg rating — 76,724 ratings
85.
Difficult Women
Difficult Women 3.95 avg rating — 30,040 ratings
86.
If Beale Street Could Talk
If Beale Street Could Talk 4.27 avg rating — 76,394 ratings
87.
Men We Reaped: A Memoir
Men We Reaped: A Memoir 4.30 avg rating — 27,673 ratings
88.
The Turner House
The Turner House 3.63 avg rating — 17,808 ratings
89.
Behold the Dreamers
Behold the Dreamers 3.95 avg rating — 84,460 ratings
90.
Home
Home 3.83 avg rating — 27,298 ratings
90.
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Go Tell It on the Mountain 4.05 avg rating — 78,223 ratings
92.
The Memory of Love
The Memory of Love 3.93 avg rating — 5,144 ratings
93.
NW
NW 3.48 avg rating — 44,471 ratings
94.
Cane
Cane 3.82 avg rating — 11,323 ratings
95.
Giovanni’s Room
Giovanni’s Room 4.34 avg rating — 226,250 ratings
96.
Unexpected Stories
Unexpected Stories 4.07 avg rating — 3,825 ratings
96.
Seed to Harvest (Patternist, #1-4)
Seed to Harvest (Patternist, #1-4) 4.39 avg rating — 6,602 ratings
98.
Graceful Burdens
Graceful Burdens 4.04 avg rating — 5,457 ratings
98.
Black Buck
Black Buck 3.70 avg rating — 28,629 ratings
98.
Ruthless Pamela Jean
Ruthless Pamela Jean 4.53 avg rating — 45 ratings
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