Best African American Books

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The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey 4.14 avg rating — 9,165 ratings
202.
My Country 'Tis of Thee
My Country 'Tis of Thee 3.61 avg rating — 956 ratings
202.
A Dance for the Gods (The Last Warrior King Series, #2)
A Dance for the Gods (The Last Warrior King Series, #2) 4.12 avg rating — 59 ratings
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Tales of the Astonishing Black Spark
Tales of the Astonishing Black Spark 4.02 avg rating — 100 ratings
204.
BLACK CHESS: A Novel
BLACK CHESS: A Novel 4.48 avg rating — 23 ratings
206.
JUDGES: When The Light Lay Still
JUDGES: When The Light Lay Still 3.37 avg rating — 60 ratings
207.
A Cry to War (The Last Warrior King Series, #1)
A Cry to War (The Last Warrior King Series, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 45 ratings
208.
The Dew Breaker
The Dew Breaker 3.81 avg rating — 8,256 ratings
208.
Perfect Peace
Perfect Peace 4.33 avg rating — 10,683 ratings
210.
Imani All Mine
Imani All Mine 4.20 avg rating — 1,320 ratings
211.
The Real Cool Killers (Harlem Cycle, #2)
The Real Cool Killers (Harlem Cycle, #2) 3.86 avg rating — 2,546 ratings
212.
Message to the Blackman in America
Message to the Blackman in America 4.46 avg rating — 906 ratings
213.
The Panther and the Lash
The Panther and the Lash 4.44 avg rating — 583 ratings
213.
Gather Together in My Name
Gather Together in My Name 4.31 avg rating — 18,040 ratings
215.
The Healing
The Healing really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8,787 ratings
216.
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
The Spook Who Sat by the Door 4.35 avg rating — 3,485 ratings
217.
One Day When I Was Lost
One Day When I Was Lost 4.07 avg rating — 318 ratings
217.
Better Than I Know Myself
Better Than I Know Myself 4.21 avg rating — 2,008 ratings
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Six Easy Pieces (Easy Rawlins #8)
Six Easy Pieces (Easy Rawlins #8) 4.13 avg rating — 2,479 ratings
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The River Where Blood Is Born
The River Where Blood Is Born 4.27 avg rating — 162 ratings
221.
I, Dred Scott: A Fictional Slave Narrative Based on the Life and Legal Precedent of Dred Scott
I, Dred Scott: A Fictional Slave Narrative Based on the Life and Legal Precedent of Dred Scott 3.94 avg rating — 106 ratings
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The Keepers of the House
The Keepers of the House 4.01 avg rating — 13,375 ratings
223.
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family 4.02 avg rating — 6,800 ratings
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The Big Sea
The Big Sea 4.22 avg rating — 1,980 ratings
224.
My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr.
My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr. 4.17 avg rating — 291 ratings
226.
Topaz
Topaz 4.50 avg rating — 1,987 ratings
227.
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Sing, Unburied, Sing really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 145,369 ratings
228.
Dhalgren
Dhalgren 3.78 avg rating — 12,076 ratings
229.
Blonde Faith (Easy Rawlins #11)
Blonde Faith (Easy Rawlins #11) 4.03 avg rating — 3,266 ratings
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Queen
Queen 4.24 avg rating — 3,194 ratings
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Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America
Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America 4.44 avg rating — 1,229 ratings
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The Living Is Easy
The Living Is Easy 3.89 avg rating — 679 ratings
233.
Blues Dancing
Blues Dancing 4.25 avg rating — 862 ratings
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Cinnamon Kiss (Easy Rawlins #10)
Cinnamon Kiss (Easy Rawlins #10) 3.98 avg rating — 3,388 ratings
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The House Behind the Cedars
The House Behind the Cedars 3.79 avg rating — 1,412 ratings
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Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America
Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America 4.26 avg rating — 3,391 ratings
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Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood 4.49 avg rating — 778,752 ratings
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Nova
Nova 3.80 avg rating — 8,860 ratings
239.
Getting Mother's Body
Getting Mother's Body 3.71 avg rating — 1,600 ratings
240.
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 4.16 avg rating — 192,413 ratings
241.
My American Journey
My American Journey 4.08 avg rating — 6,907 ratings
242.
The New Negro
The New Negro 4.12 avg rating — 905 ratings
242.
White Teeth
White Teeth 3.79 avg rating — 170,744 ratings
244.
Dreamer
Dreamer 3.71 avg rating — 354 ratings
244.
Mom & Me & Mom
Mom & Me & Mom 4.22 avg rating — 26,620 ratings
246.
The Portable Harlem Renaissance Reader
The Portable Harlem Renaissance Reader 4.21 avg rating — 430 ratings
247.
The Long Fall (Leonid McGill, #1)
The Long Fall (Leonid McGill, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 5,492 ratings
248.
Light in August
Light in August 3.94 avg rating — 65,242 ratings
249.
The Itch
The Itch 3.90 avg rating — 464 ratings
249.
The Secret Life of Winnie Cox
The Secret Life of Winnie Cox 3.95 avg rating — 820 ratings
251.
Belle and the Beau
Belle and the Beau 4.26 avg rating — 1,662 ratings
252.
Liar's Game
Liar's Game 4.08 avg rating — 3,445 ratings
253.
The Wake of the Wind
The Wake of the Wind 4.47 avg rating — 1,614 ratings
254.
Before the Dawn
Before the Dawn 4.50 avg rating — 1,324 ratings
254.
The Intuitionist
The Intuitionist 3.62 avg rating — 16,070 ratings
256.
The Price of a Child
The Price of a Child 3.66 avg rating — 530 ratings
257.
The Nickel Boys
The Nickel Boys 4.26 avg rating — 291,000 ratings
258.
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row 4.65 avg rating — 75,645 ratings
259.
The Marrow of Tradition
The Marrow of Tradition 3.92 avg rating — 3,509 ratings
260.
1959
1959 3.32 avg rating — 97 ratings
260.
The Heart of a Woman
The Heart of a Woman 4.23 avg rating — 24,662 ratings
262.
Felix Ever After
Felix Ever After 4.22 avg rating — 65,710 ratings
263.
Japanese by Spring
Japanese by Spring 3.41 avg rating — 277 ratings
263.
Binti (Binti, #1)
Binti (Binti, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 78,680 ratings
265.
The Evidence of Things Not Seen
The Evidence of Things Not Seen 4.06 avg rating — 1,509 ratings
265.
All Aunt Hagar's Children: Stories
All Aunt Hagar's Children: Stories 3.82 avg rating — 2,386 ratings
265.
A Quiet Storm
A Quiet Storm 3.71 avg rating — 648 ratings
268.
The Seasons of Beento Blackbird
The Seasons of Beento Blackbird 4.09 avg rating — 288 ratings
269.
Black Profiles in Courage: A Legacy of African-American Achievement
Black Profiles in Courage: A Legacy of African-American Achievement 4.15 avg rating — 159 ratings
270.
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America 4.70 avg rating — 38,098 ratings
271.
Go Down, Moses
Go Down, Moses 3.93 avg rating — 10,440 ratings
271.
Hush
Hush 3.81 avg rating — 2,668 ratings
273.
The Conjure Woman and Other Conjure Tales
The Conjure Woman and Other Conjure Tales 3.86 avg rating — 847 ratings
274.
Baby of the Family
Baby of the Family 4.15 avg rating — 902 ratings
275.
Pleasure (Nia #1)
Pleasure (Nia #1) 4.17 avg rating — 4,199 ratings
276.
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy 4.38 avg rating — 30,602 ratings
277.
Infants of the Spring
Infants of the Spring 3.81 avg rating — 475 ratings
277.
Wench
Wench 3.73 avg rating — 18,203 ratings
279.
Cotton Comes to Harlem (Harlem Cycle, #7)
Cotton Comes to Harlem (Harlem Cycle, #7) 3.81 avg rating — 2,452 ratings
280.
Slaves in the Family
Slaves in the Family 4.04 avg rating — 3,020 ratings
280.
The Einstein Intersection
The Einstein Intersection 3.55 avg rating — 6,128 ratings
282.
The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village
The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village 4.33 avg rating — 1,180 ratings
282.
Them
Them 3.53 avg rating — 976 ratings
284.
The Choice
The Choice 4.01 avg rating — 194,211 ratings
284.
A Promised Land
A Promised Land 4.32 avg rating — 263,428 ratings
286.
Vegas Bites
Vegas Bites 4.17 avg rating — 221 ratings
287.
Far From the Tree
Far From the Tree 4.01 avg rating — 939 ratings
287.
At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance--A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power
At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance--A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power 4.47 avg rating — 3,602 ratings
287.
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale 4.35 avg rating — 20,921 ratings
290.
We Need New Names
We Need New Names 3.75 avg rating — 23,067 ratings
291.
Laughing to Keep from Crying
Laughing to Keep from Crying 4.15 avg rating — 47 ratings
291.
The Crazy Kill (Harlem Cycle, #3)
The Crazy Kill (Harlem Cycle, #3) 3.83 avg rating — 779 ratings
293.
The Hatwearer's Lesson
The Hatwearer's Lesson 3.90 avg rating — 80 ratings
294.
Roadwalkers
Roadwalkers 3.72 avg rating — 386 ratings
295.
Lost in the City
Lost in the City 4.07 avg rating — 3,483 ratings
296.
Always and Forever
Always and Forever 4.45 avg rating — 1,436 ratings
296.
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand 3.81 avg rating — 3,105 ratings
298.
All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes
All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes 4.29 avg rating — 7,945 ratings
298.
The Turner House
The Turner House 3.63 avg rating — 17,802 ratings
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Winds of the Storm (Le Veq Family #2)
Winds of the Storm (Le Veq Family #2) 4.48 avg rating — 1,648 ratings
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