Best African American Books

300.
Just Mercy
Just Mercy 4.63 avg rating — 254,500 ratings
302.
Bailey's Café
Bailey's Café 4.01 avg rating — 4,614 ratings
302.
Just as I Am
Just as I Am 4.51 avg rating — 11,198 ratings
304.
Blind Man with a Pistol (Harlem Cycle, #8)
Blind Man with a Pistol (Harlem Cycle, #8) 3.58 avg rating — 1,017 ratings
304.
Blanche on the Lam (Blanche White #1)
Blanche on the Lam (Blanche White #1) 3.76 avg rating — 5,130 ratings
306.
Some Love, Some Pain, Sometime: Stories
Some Love, Some Pain, Sometime: Stories 4.51 avg rating — 2,637 ratings
307.
Night Hawk
Night Hawk 4.35 avg rating — 2,082 ratings
308.
The Third Life of Grange Copeland
The Third Life of Grange Copeland 4.14 avg rating — 4,584 ratings
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The Blood of Titans
The Blood of Titans 4.04 avg rating — 49 ratings
310.
Blanche Among the Talented Tenth (Blanche White #2)
Blanche Among the Talented Tenth (Blanche White #2) 3.98 avg rating — 1,810 ratings
311.
Yesterday Will Make You Cry
Yesterday Will Make You Cry 3.85 avg rating — 319 ratings
311.
Killing Rage: Ending Racism
Killing Rage: Ending Racism 4.35 avg rating — 2,854 ratings
313.
My Life, My Love, My Legacy
My Life, My Love, My Legacy 4.22 avg rating — 1,726 ratings
314.
Nigger Heaven
Nigger Heaven 3.39 avg rating — 279 ratings
315.
And Still I Rise: A Book of Poems
And Still I Rise: A Book of Poems 4.39 avg rating — 10,582 ratings
316.
Sister, Sister
Sister, Sister 4.20 avg rating — 8,346 ratings
317.
Aura: The Art of Winston Blakely
Aura: The Art of Winston Blakely it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Murran
Murran 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings
317.
There and Now ( Volume #1)
There and Now ( Volume #1) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 9 ratings
317.
Action Words: Journey of a Journalist
Action Words: Journey of a Journalist 4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings
317.
Project Terror
Project Terror 4.22 avg rating — 36 ratings
317.
N*gga Theory: Race, Language, Unequal Justice, and the Law
N*gga Theory: Race, Language, Unequal Justice, and the Law 4.33 avg rating — 63 ratings
317.
Hidden Princess: The Rebirth of Making Mary
Hidden Princess: The Rebirth of Making Mary 4.53 avg rating — 19 ratings
324.
The Cartel 4: Diamonds Are Forever (The Cartel, #4)
The Cartel 4: Diamonds Are Forever (The Cartel, #4) 4.59 avg rating — 5,009 ratings
325.
Mumbo Jumbo
Mumbo Jumbo 3.85 avg rating — 4,795 ratings
326.
Brothers and Keepers: A Memoir
Brothers and Keepers: A Memoir 3.86 avg rating — 1,129 ratings
326.
Malcolm X: In His Own Words
Malcolm X: In His Own Words 4.46 avg rating — 98 ratings
328.
Breathe for Me
Breathe for Me 3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings
328.
Jewel (The Grayson Family, #2)
Jewel (The Grayson Family, #2) 4.43 avg rating — 1,562 ratings
328.
Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats
Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats 4.39 avg rating — 262 ratings
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Home
Home 3.83 avg rating — 27,295 ratings
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Flyy Girl (Flyy Girl, #1)
Flyy Girl (Flyy Girl, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 14,586 ratings
333.
Brown Girl in the Ring
Brown Girl in the Ring 3.85 avg rating — 7,278 ratings
333.
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story 4.61 avg rating — 23,216 ratings
333.
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents 4.53 avg rating — 156,138 ratings
336.
Wild Sweet Love
Wild Sweet Love 4.49 avg rating — 1,512 ratings
337.
I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World
I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World 4.50 avg rating — 1,690 ratings
337.
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America 4.53 avg rating — 37,884 ratings
337.
Blacktop Wasteland
Blacktop Wasteland 4.07 avg rating — 52,015 ratings
340.
We Were There: Voices of African American Veterans, from World War II to the War in Iraq
We Were There: Voices of African American Veterans, from World War II to the War in Iraq 4.47 avg rating — 32 ratings
340.
Don't Cry for Me
Don't Cry for Me 4.37 avg rating — 15,496 ratings
342.
Before I Forget
Before I Forget 4.26 avg rating — 743 ratings
343.
Single Mom
Single Mom 3.96 avg rating — 992 ratings
343.
Segu (Ségou, #1)
Segu (Ségou, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 1,994 ratings
343.
American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass
American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass 4.13 avg rating — 1,602 ratings
346.
Stella by Starlight
Stella by Starlight 4.10 avg rating — 15,252 ratings
346.
Land of Love and Drowning
Land of Love and Drowning 3.37 avg rating — 5,306 ratings
348.
Mojo: Conjure Stories
Mojo: Conjure Stories 4.12 avg rating — 206 ratings
349.
Home to Harlem
Home to Harlem 3.64 avg rating — 1,655 ratings
349.
Family Tree
Family Tree 3.62 avg rating — 10,640 ratings
349.
Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self 4.06 avg rating — 5,036 ratings
349.
A More Unbending Battle: The Harlem Hellfighter's Struggle for Freedom in WWI and Equality at Home
A More Unbending Battle: The Harlem Hellfighter's Struggle for Freedom in WWI and Equality at Home 4.12 avg rating — 81 ratings
353.
Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution
Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution 4.57 avg rating — 4,577 ratings
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The Prophets
The Prophets 3.91 avg rating — 21,640 ratings
355.
Banjo
Banjo 3.50 avg rating — 532 ratings
356.
Something Like Love
Something Like Love 4.52 avg rating — 1,585 ratings
356.
A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in America
A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in America really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 561 ratings
358.
47
47 3.74 avg rating — 2,176 ratings
358.
Daddy Was a Number Runner
Daddy Was a Number Runner 4.19 avg rating — 1,365 ratings
360.
This Side Of The Sky
This Side Of The Sky 3.93 avg rating — 174 ratings
361.
Run Man Run
Run Man Run 3.77 avg rating — 297 ratings
362.
The Tempest Tales
The Tempest Tales 3.87 avg rating — 1,013 ratings
362.
A Woman's Worth
A Woman's Worth 4.27 avg rating — 4,453 ratings
364.
The Heat's On (Harlem Cycle, #6)
The Heat's On (Harlem Cycle, #6) 3.88 avg rating — 775 ratings
365.
Fearless Jones (Fearless Jones, #1)
Fearless Jones (Fearless Jones, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 3,291 ratings
365.
Hard Revolution (Derek Strange & Terry Quinn #4)
Hard Revolution (Derek Strange & Terry Quinn #4) 3.98 avg rating — 2,736 ratings
365.
Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora
Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora 4.16 avg rating — 1,434 ratings
368.
Gather at the Table: The Healing Journey of a Daughter of Slavery and a Son of the Slave Trade
Gather at the Table: The Healing Journey of a Daughter of Slavery and a Son of the Slave Trade 4.08 avg rating — 225 ratings
369.
Catherine Carmier
Catherine Carmier 3.72 avg rating — 358 ratings
369.
For the Love of Money (Flyy Girl, #2)
For the Love of Money (Flyy Girl, #2) 3.78 avg rating — 2,888 ratings
369.
The Salt Roads
The Salt Roads 3.84 avg rating — 2,491 ratings
372.
Friends and Lovers
Friends and Lovers 4.26 avg rating — 11,462 ratings
372.
Tell No Tales (Marti MacAlister, #7)
Tell No Tales (Marti MacAlister, #7) 3.70 avg rating — 77 ratings
372.
The Moor's Account
The Moor's Account 4.04 avg rating — 12,548 ratings
375.
The Wind Done Gone
The Wind Done Gone 3.16 avg rating — 2,212 ratings
375.
Cheaters
Cheaters 4.25 avg rating — 9,499 ratings
377.
Annie John
Annie John 3.72 avg rating — 12,516 ratings
377.
You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down: Stories
You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down: Stories 4.01 avg rating — 3,360 ratings
379.
Deals With the Devil: And Other Reasons to Riot
Deals With the Devil: And Other Reasons to Riot 4.39 avg rating — 166 ratings
379.
Dark Sky Rising: Reconstruction and the Dawn of Jim Crow
Dark Sky Rising: Reconstruction and the Dawn of Jim Crow really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 722 ratings
381.
Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member
Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member 4.01 avg rating — 6,560 ratings
382.
Not a Day Goes By
Not a Day Goes By 4.30 avg rating — 4,521 ratings
383.
Imaro (Imaro #1)
Imaro (Imaro #1) 3.92 avg rating — 895 ratings
384.
Bone Black
Bone Black 4.26 avg rating — 4,137 ratings
385.
Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral
Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral 3.93 avg rating — 1,562 ratings
385.
Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America
Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America 4.30 avg rating — 10,528 ratings
387.
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
A Day Late and a Dollar Short 4.10 avg rating — 8,853 ratings
387.
Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do 4.11 avg rating — 1,321 ratings
387.
The Black Holocaust for Beginners
The Black Holocaust for Beginners 4.28 avg rating — 109 ratings
390.
Imaro: The Quest for Cush (Imaro #2)
Imaro: The Quest for Cush (Imaro #2) 4.27 avg rating — 212 ratings
390.
Imaro III: The Trail of Bohu (Imaro - 1980s, #3)
Imaro III: The Trail of Bohu (Imaro - 1980s, #3) 4.30 avg rating — 64 ratings
392.
The Ballad of Black Tom
The Ballad of Black Tom 3.84 avg rating — 32,627 ratings
392.
In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose
In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose 4.29 avg rating — 8,252 ratings
394.
Dossouye (Dossouye, #1)
Dossouye (Dossouye, #1) 4.33 avg rating — 55 ratings
395.
Little Green (Easy Rawlins, #12)
Little Green (Easy Rawlins, #12) 4.10 avg rating — 3,608 ratings
395.
I Been in Sorrow's Kitchen and Licked Out All the Pots
I Been in Sorrow's Kitchen and Licked Out All the Pots 4.10 avg rating — 699 ratings
397.
Mosquito
Mosquito 3.83 avg rating — 126 ratings
398.
Paul Robeson For Beginners
Paul Robeson For Beginners 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
399.
Black Looks: Race and Representation
Black Looks: Race and Representation 4.36 avg rating — 2,424 ratings
399.
The Onliest One Alive: Surviving Jonestown, Guyana
The Onliest One Alive: Surviving Jonestown, Guyana 4.32 avg rating — 50 ratings
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