Black Authors Coming To A Screen Near You

1.
Raybearer (Raybearer, #1)
Raybearer (Raybearer, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 30,971 ratings
2.
Dancing on the Edge of the Roof
Dancing on the Edge of the Roof 4.25 avg rating — 760 ratings
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When No One Is Watching
When No One Is Watching 3.48 avg rating — 110,068 ratings
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Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 245,836 ratings
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Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,415 ratings
6.
The Book of Negroes
The Book of Negroes 4.47 avg rating — 90,248 ratings
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Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 29,362 ratings
6.
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 70,147 ratings
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Noughts & Crosses (Noughts & Crosses #1)
Noughts & Crosses (Noughts & Crosses #1) 4.17 avg rating — 80,699 ratings
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The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1) 4.46 avg rating — 986,522 ratings
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The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,296 ratings
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,839 ratings
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The Long Song
The Long Song 3.79 avg rating — 11,131 ratings
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The Ballad of Black Tom
The Ballad of Black Tom 3.84 avg rating — 32,632 ratings
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Native Son
Native Son 4.04 avg rating — 103,289 ratings
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Her Name Is Knight (Nena Knight, #1)
Her Name Is Knight (Nena Knight, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 13,229 ratings
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Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots: The Saga of an American Family 4.45 avg rating — 163,558 ratings
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The Vanishing Half
The Vanishing Half 4.13 avg rating — 831,930 ratings
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Precious
Precious
by: Sapphire
3.87 avg rating — 58,134 ratings
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The Other Black Girl
The Other Black Girl 3.35 avg rating — 82,124 ratings
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Bitter Root, Vol. 1: Family Business
Bitter Root, Vol. 1: Family Business 3.98 avg rating — 2,566 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 — 20,488 ratings
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Hidden Figures
Hidden Figures 3.96 avg rating — 112,029 ratings
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How Stella Got Her Groove Back
How Stella Got Her Groove Back 3.79 avg rating — 10,146 ratings
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For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf 4.29 avg rating — 34,461 ratings
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Fledgling
Fledgling 3.80 avg rating — 37,698 ratings
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Wishing on a Star (The Cheetah Girls #1)
Wishing on a Star (The Cheetah Girls #1) 3.47 avg rating — 169 ratings
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Static (1993-1997) #1
Static (1993-1997) #1 3.78 avg rating — 18 ratings
29.
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 239,114 ratings
29.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 477,050 ratings
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Naomi: Season One
Naomi: Season One 3.83 avg rating — 1,080 ratings
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Wild Seed (Patternmaster, #1)
Wild Seed (Patternmaster, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 38,339 ratings
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Push
Push
by: Sapphire
3.87 avg rating — 58,134 ratings
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4) 3.90 avg rating — 128,899 ratings
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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,968 ratings
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The Kingmaker (All the King's Men, #1)
The Kingmaker (All the King's Men, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 24,773 ratings
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Fences (The Century Cycle, #6)
Fences (The Century Cycle, #6) 3.88 avg rating — 29,474 ratings
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Long Shot (Hoops, #1)
Long Shot (Hoops, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 71,138 ratings
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The Piano Lesson
The Piano Lesson 3.81 avg rating — 10,040 ratings
40.
Who Fears Death
Who Fears Death 3.93 avg rating — 27,812 ratings
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Waiting to Exhale (Waiting to Exhale, #1)
Waiting to Exhale (Waiting to Exhale, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 17,749 ratings
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The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 317,275 ratings
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The Women of Brewster Place
The Women of Brewster Place 4.20 avg rating — 21,533 ratings
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The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance, #1)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 80,332 ratings
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For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf 4.29 avg rating — 34,461 ratings
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A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun 3.85 avg rating — 107,588 ratings
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The Upper World
The Upper World 3.63 avg rating — 1,764 ratings
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Black Panther by Christopher Priest: The Complete Collection, Vol. 1
Black Panther by Christopher Priest: The Complete Collection, Vol. 1 3.80 avg rating — 2,174 ratings
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Kingdom of Souls (Kingdom of Souls, #1)
Kingdom of Souls (Kingdom of Souls, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 5,808 ratings
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Black
Black 3.49 avg rating — 761 ratings
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Rebirth of the Cool (Static Shock #1)
Rebirth of the Cool (Static Shock #1) 3.95 avg rating — 216 ratings
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Small Island
Small Island 4.01 avg rating — 37,176 ratings
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One Night in Miami
One Night in Miami 4.21 avg rating — 99 ratings
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The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad 4.06 avg rating — 433,418 ratings
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Black Samurai (Black Samurai, #1)
Black Samurai (Black Samurai, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 111 ratings
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A Rage in Harlem (Harlem Cycle, #1)
A Rage in Harlem (Harlem Cycle, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 7,429 ratings
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The Heat's On (Harlem Cycle, #6)
The Heat's On (Harlem Cycle, #6) 3.88 avg rating — 775 ratings
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Cotton Comes to Harlem (Harlem Cycle, #7)
Cotton Comes to Harlem (Harlem Cycle, #7) 3.81 avg rating — 2,454 ratings
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Crime Partners
Crime Partners 4.17 avg rating — 646 ratings
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Never Die Alone
Never Die Alone 4.22 avg rating — 1,037 ratings
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Monster
Monster 3.73 avg rating — 74,202 ratings
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If Beale Street Could Talk
If Beale Street Could Talk 4.27 avg rating — 76,395 ratings
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Moonlight
Moonlight 4.56 avg rating — 247 ratings
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Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)
Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 60,548 ratings
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Black Cake
Black Cake 4.09 avg rating — 217,025 ratings
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Everything, Everything
Everything, Everything 3.96 avg rating — 667,980 ratings
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The Sun Is Also a Star
The Sun Is Also a Star 3.95 avg rating — 353,197 ratings