Best African American Books

101.
Child of God
Child of God 4.31 avg rating — 1,650 ratings
102.
Mama
Mama 4.22 avg rating — 10,251 ratings
103.
Quicksand
Quicksand 3.72 avg rating — 8,338 ratings
104.
Chains (Seeds of America, #1)
Chains (Seeds of America, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 58,193 ratings
105.
The Good Lord Bird
The Good Lord Bird 3.95 avg rating — 37,221 ratings
106.
Becoming
Becoming 4.44 avg rating — 1,160,462 ratings
107.
The Living Blood (African Immortals, #2)
The Living Blood (African Immortals, #2) 4.35 avg rating — 2,966 ratings
108.
March: Book One (March, #1)
March: Book One (March, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 56,869 ratings
109.
Coffee Will Make You Black
Coffee Will Make You Black 4.08 avg rating — 5,553 ratings
110.
If Beale Street Could Talk
If Beale Street Could Talk 4.27 avg rating — 76,347 ratings
111.
Buck: A Memoir
Buck: A Memoir 4.05 avg rating — 3,060 ratings
112.
On Beauty
On Beauty 3.78 avg rating — 89,016 ratings
113.
If He Hollers Let Him Go
If He Hollers Let Him Go 3.97 avg rating — 2,559 ratings
114.
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day (Idlewild, #1)
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day (Idlewild, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 21,453 ratings
115.
Ugly Ways
Ugly Ways 4.08 avg rating — 1,754 ratings
116.
The Snowy Day (Peter, #1)
The Snowy Day (Peter, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 118,456 ratings
116.
Sounder
Sounder 3.97 avg rating — 31,162 ratings
118.
Black Power: The Politics of Liberation
Black Power: The Politics of Liberation 4.37 avg rating — 2,102 ratings
119.
Bloodchild and Other Stories
Bloodchild and Other Stories 4.35 avg rating — 26,122 ratings
120.
The Salt Eaters
The Salt Eaters 3.84 avg rating — 1,573 ratings
121.
Salvage the Bones
Salvage the Bones 3.96 avg rating — 71,432 ratings
122.
Silver Sparrow
Silver Sparrow 3.90 avg rating — 45,087 ratings
123.
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears 4.04 avg rating — 26,313 ratings
124.
Brothers and Sisters
Brothers and Sisters 4.15 avg rating — 4,412 ratings
124.
Tryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made
Tryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made 4.23 avg rating — 5,139 ratings
126.
Song Yet Sung
Song Yet Sung 4.05 avg rating — 5,999 ratings
127.
The Short Stories
The Short Stories 4.36 avg rating — 697 ratings
128.
Jimi Hendrix: Black Legacy
Jimi Hendrix: Black Legacy 4.58 avg rating — 26 ratings
129.
W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868-1919
W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868-1919 4.38 avg rating — 2,420 ratings
130.
Adulthood Rites (Xenogenesis, #2)
Adulthood Rites (Xenogenesis, #2) 4.19 avg rating — 27,343 ratings
131.
Who Fears Death
Who Fears Death 3.93 avg rating — 27,809 ratings
132.
Dutchman & The Slave: Two Plays by LeRoi Jones
Dutchman & The Slave: Two Plays by LeRoi Jones 3.80 avg rating — 3,173 ratings
133.
Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1)
Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 60,522 ratings
134.
Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9)
Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9) 4.07 avg rating — 4,804 ratings
135.
Mules and Men
Mules and Men 4.10 avg rating — 6,332 ratings
136.
Some Soul to Keep
Some Soul to Keep 4.52 avg rating — 1,758 ratings
137.
Middle Passage
Middle Passage 3.85 avg rating — 5,410 ratings
138.
The Sellout
The Sellout 3.75 avg rating — 73,384 ratings
139.
The Man in My Basement
The Man in My Basement 3.69 avg rating — 5,643 ratings
140.
Black No More
Black No More really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,579 ratings
140.
The Matter Is Life
The Matter Is Life 4.53 avg rating — 1,178 ratings
142.
The Blacker the Berry...
The Blacker the Berry... 3.94 avg rating — 2,936 ratings
143.
Why We Can't Wait
Why We Can't Wait 4.54 avg rating — 8,974 ratings
144.
Not Without Laughter
Not Without Laughter 4.23 avg rating — 3,669 ratings
145.
Gorilla, My Love
Gorilla, My Love 4.11 avg rating — 2,311 ratings
145.
A Piece of Mine: Stories
A Piece of Mine: Stories 4.53 avg rating — 1,216 ratings
147.
The Rose That Grew from Concrete
The Rose That Grew from Concrete 4.41 avg rating — 12,995 ratings
148.
LOG: The Legends of Genesis: Not Your Ordinary Heroes
LOG: The Legends of Genesis: Not Your Ordinary Heroes 4.14 avg rating — 21 ratings
148.
They Come in All Colors
They Come in All Colors 3.45 avg rating — 334 ratings
150.
Breath, Eyes, Memory
Breath, Eyes, Memory 3.90 avg rating — 30,929 ratings
150.
Nigger: An Autobiography
Nigger: An Autobiography 4.40 avg rating — 9,280 ratings
152.
Homemade Love
Homemade Love 4.48 avg rating — 1,858 ratings
153.
A Red Death (Easy Rawlins #2)
A Red Death (Easy Rawlins #2) 3.97 avg rating — 6,115 ratings
154.
The Wedding
The Wedding 3.96 avg rating — 6,443 ratings
154.
Meridian
Meridian 3.75 avg rating — 6,509 ratings
156.
W.E.B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century, 1919-1963
W.E.B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century, 1919-1963 4.13 avg rating — 559 ratings
157.
Tar Baby
Tar Baby 3.99 avg rating — 23,193 ratings
158.
The Ditchdigger's Daughters: A Black Family's Astonishing Success Story
The Ditchdigger's Daughters: A Black Family's Astonishing Success Story 4.19 avg rating — 1,098 ratings
159.
Third Girl from the Left
Third Girl from the Left 3.95 avg rating — 751 ratings
160.
The White Boy Shuffle
The White Boy Shuffle 4.09 avg rating — 6,129 ratings
161.
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie 3.51 avg rating — 40,907 ratings
162.
Uncle Tom's Children
Uncle Tom's Children 4.13 avg rating — 3,357 ratings
163.
White Butterfly (Easy Rawlins, #3)
White Butterfly (Easy Rawlins, #3) 4.05 avg rating — 5,055 ratings
164.
Buses Are a Comin': Memoir of a Freedom Rider
Buses Are a Comin': Memoir of a Freedom Rider 4.50 avg rating — 918 ratings
165.
Some People, Some Other Place
Some People, Some Other Place 4.39 avg rating — 1,228 ratings
166.
My Soul to Keep (African Immortals, #1)
My Soul to Keep (African Immortals, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 7,405 ratings
167.
Days of Grace: A Memoir
Days of Grace: A Memoir 4.07 avg rating — 1,248 ratings
168.
Tales of Nevèrÿon (Return to Nevèrÿon, #1)
Tales of Nevèrÿon (Return to Nevèrÿon, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 1,673 ratings
169.
Big Girls Don't Cry
Big Girls Don't Cry 4.15 avg rating — 4,725 ratings
170.
A Rage in Harlem (Harlem Cycle, #1)
A Rage in Harlem (Harlem Cycle, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 7,428 ratings
170.
What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng
What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng 4.15 avg rating — 86,449 ratings
172.
Bad Boy Brawly Brown (Easy Rawlins #7)
Bad Boy Brawly Brown (Easy Rawlins #7) 3.99 avg rating — 3,296 ratings
173.
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse 4.26 avg rating — 639 ratings
174.
Behold the Dreamers
Behold the Dreamers 3.95 avg rating — 84,449 ratings
175.
Conquest (Dragon Bones, #1)
Conquest (Dragon Bones, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 73 ratings
176.
I Wonder as I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey
I Wonder as I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey 4.34 avg rating — 976 ratings
177.
The Emperor of Ocean Park (Elm Harbor, #1)
The Emperor of Ocean Park (Elm Harbor, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 7,183 ratings
177.
Homegoing
Homegoing
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.47 avg rating — 386,212 ratings
179.
Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned
Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned 4.18 avg rating — 4,426 ratings
180.
The Untelling
The Untelling 3.73 avg rating — 4,641 ratings
181.
Corregidora
Corregidora 3.91 avg rating — 5,073 ratings
182.
The Hand I Fan With
The Hand I Fan With 4.14 avg rating — 3,601 ratings
183.
I Wish I Had a Red Dress (Idlewild #2)
I Wish I Had a Red Dress (Idlewild #2) 4.10 avg rating — 3,357 ratings
184.
Elbow Room
Elbow Room 3.71 avg rating — 1,818 ratings
185.
Milk in My Coffee
Milk in My Coffee 4.12 avg rating — 8,669 ratings
186.
The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth
The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth 4.56 avg rating — 434 ratings
187.
Clotel: or, The President's Daughter
Clotel: or, The President's Daughter 3.63 avg rating — 2,351 ratings
188.
Addy: An American Girl (Boxed Set)
Addy: An American Girl (Boxed Set) 4.12 avg rating — 4,279 ratings
189.
We Should All Be Feminists
We Should All Be Feminists 4.40 avg rating — 320,709 ratings
190.
Babel-17
Babel-17 3.72 avg rating — 19,536 ratings
191.
What You Owe Me
What You Owe Me 4.15 avg rating — 2,122 ratings
192.
Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems, 1988-2000
Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems, 1988-2000 4.26 avg rating — 2,162 ratings
192.
Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? 4.34 avg rating — 26,840 ratings
192.
Women, Race & Class
Women, Race & Class 4.59 avg rating — 33,014 ratings
195.
Dessa Rose
Dessa Rose 3.80 avg rating — 990 ratings
196.
Revolutionary Suicide
Revolutionary Suicide 4.48 avg rating — 6,760 ratings
196.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating — 176,442 ratings
198.
The Invention of Wings
The Invention of Wings 4.26 avg rating — 328,042 ratings
199.
Tambourines to Glory
Tambourines to Glory 4.12 avg rating — 399 ratings
200.
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
by: ZZ Packer
3.88 avg rating — 7,777 ratings
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