2024 Books by Black Authors

1.
A Run at Love (Love in the Spotlight, #2)
A Run at Love (Love in the Spotlight, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 512 ratings
2.
I Am the Dark That Answers When You Call (I Feed Her to the Beast, #2)
I Am the Dark That Answers When You Call (I Feed Her to the Beast, #2) 3.82 avg rating — 526 ratings
3.
Streetlight People
Streetlight People 3.89 avg rating — 207 ratings
4.
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde 3.99 avg rating — 43,969 ratings
5.
Convergence Problems
Convergence Problems 4.09 avg rating — 262 ratings
6.
This Could Be Us (Skyland, #2)
This Could Be Us (Skyland, #2) 4.38 avg rating — 49,822 ratings
7.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,312 ratings
8.
Monday's Not Coming
Monday's Not Coming 4.25 avg rating — 72,589 ratings
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Brooklyn
Brooklyn 4.08 avg rating — 2,252 ratings
10.
Swift River
Swift River 3.50 avg rating — 9,109 ratings
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The Poisons We Drink
The Poisons We Drink 3.70 avg rating — 2,910 ratings
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Immortal Dark (Immortal Dark Trilogy, #1)
Immortal Dark (Immortal Dark Trilogy, #1) 3.68 avg rating — 19,154 ratings
13.
The Partner Plot (The Greene Sisters, #2)
The Partner Plot (The Greene Sisters, #2) 3.80 avg rating — 11,572 ratings
14.
One of Us Knows
One of Us Knows 3.13 avg rating — 16,155 ratings
15.
Masquerade
Masquerade 3.92 avg rating — 3,948 ratings
16.
The Kiss Countdown
The Kiss Countdown 3.78 avg rating — 8,714 ratings
17.
A Legend in the Baking (Sugar Blitz, #2)
A Legend in the Baking (Sugar Blitz, #2) 3.66 avg rating — 2,247 ratings
17.
It's Elementary
It's Elementary 3.75 avg rating — 5,779 ratings
19.
Broughtupsy
Broughtupsy 3.39 avg rating — 521 ratings
20.
Tender Beasts
Tender Beasts 3.86 avg rating — 1,745 ratings
21.
Blood at the Root (Blood at the Root, #1)
Blood at the Root (Blood at the Root, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 3,847 ratings
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Saint-Seducing Gold (The Forge & Fracture Saga #2)
Saint-Seducing Gold (The Forge & Fracture Saga #2) 4.06 avg rating — 217 ratings
23.
The Eternal Ones (Deathless, #3)
The Eternal Ones (Deathless, #3) 3.90 avg rating — 4,162 ratings
24.
Where Sleeping Girls Lie
Where Sleeping Girls Lie really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 17,220 ratings
25.
Beasts of War
Beasts of War 3.97 avg rating — 966 ratings
26.
Black Girl You Are Atlas
Black Girl You Are Atlas 4.57 avg rating — 1,884 ratings
27.
The Creepening of Dogwood House
The Creepening of Dogwood House 3.92 avg rating — 214 ratings
27.
The Christmas Catch
The Christmas Catch 3.49 avg rating — 1,550 ratings
29.
Out of Body
Out of Body 3.98 avg rating — 822 ratings
30.
Smoke Kings
Smoke Kings 3.81 avg rating — 921 ratings
30.
American Ghoul
American Ghoul 3.77 avg rating — 238 ratings
32.
The 7-10 Split (Peach Blossom, #1)
The 7-10 Split (Peach Blossom, #1) 3.43 avg rating — 1,167 ratings
32.
The Good Ones Are Taken
The Good Ones Are Taken
by: Taj McCoy
3.53 avg rating — 1,874 ratings
32.
God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer
God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer 3.64 avg rating — 665 ratings
35.
A Little Kissing Between Friends
A Little Kissing Between Friends 3.71 avg rating — 1,328 ratings
36.
Pardon My Frenchie (Doggone Delightful, #1)
Pardon My Frenchie (Doggone Delightful, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 2,889 ratings
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The Mayor of Maxwell Street
The Mayor of Maxwell Street 3.54 avg rating — 7,699 ratings
37.
Dysfunction Junction
Dysfunction Junction 3.66 avg rating — 172 ratings
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54 Miles
54 Miles 4.52 avg rating — 347 ratings
40.
Redwood Court
Redwood Court 3.39 avg rating — 5,830 ratings
41.
Out of Office
Out of Office 3.52 avg rating — 741 ratings
42.
The Queen of Sugar Hill: A Novel of Hattie McDaniel
The Queen of Sugar Hill: A Novel of Hattie McDaniel 3.88 avg rating — 10,180 ratings
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No Better Time: A Novel of the Spirited Women of the Six Triple Eight Central Postal Directory Battalion
No Better Time: A Novel of the Spirited Women of the Six Triple Eight Central Postal Directory Battalion 3.54 avg rating — 787 ratings
44.
Curvy Girl Summer
Curvy Girl Summer 4.25 avg rating — 16,108 ratings
44.
More Than This (The Davenports, #2)
More Than This (The Davenports, #2) 3.81 avg rating — 1,796 ratings
46.
Missing White Woman
Missing White Woman 3.51 avg rating — 8,170 ratings
47.
One of Our Kind
One of Our Kind 3.29 avg rating — 7,487 ratings
48.
Lore of the Wilds (Lore of the Wilds, #1)
Lore of the Wilds (Lore of the Wilds, #1) 3.37 avg rating — 10,981 ratings
49.
Now You Owe Me
Now You Owe Me 3.75 avg rating — 158 ratings
49.
Midnight Rooms
Midnight Rooms 3.39 avg rating — 1,281 ratings
51.
Kinning (Everfair, #2)
Kinning (Everfair, #2) 3.27 avg rating — 64 ratings
51.
This Cursed House
This Cursed House 3.63 avg rating — 4,316 ratings
53.
What You Leave Behind
What You Leave Behind 3.84 avg rating — 5,363 ratings
54.
Womb City
Womb City 3.20 avg rating — 2,814 ratings
54.
Black Joy: Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Restoration
Black Joy: Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Restoration 4.37 avg rating — 412 ratings
54.
Thirsty
Thirsty 4.05 avg rating — 1,791 ratings
57.
The Bookshop Sisterhood
The Bookshop Sisterhood 3.30 avg rating — 4,324 ratings
58.
Ella
Ella 4.05 avg rating — 1,120 ratings
58.
Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks
Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks 4.37 avg rating — 1,032 ratings
60.
The Bride of Death
The Bride of Death
by: F.M. Aden
3.52 avg rating — 577 ratings
61.
The Lady of Rapture (The Bones of Ruin, #3)
The Lady of Rapture (The Bones of Ruin, #3) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 69 ratings
61.
Sisters with a Side of Greens
Sisters with a Side of Greens 4.07 avg rating — 1,365 ratings
63.
Our Shouts Echo
Our Shouts Echo
by: Jade Adia
4.10 avg rating — 279 ratings
64.
Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World—And How You Can, Too
Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World—And How You Can, Too 4.37 avg rating — 1,071 ratings
65.
They Dream in Gold
They Dream in Gold 3.71 avg rating — 812 ratings
66.
My Black Country: A Journey Through Country Music's Black Past, Present, and Future
My Black Country: A Journey Through Country Music's Black Past, Present, and Future really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 375 ratings
67.
Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You
Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You 4.54 avg rating — 2,343 ratings
67.
Barracoon: Adapted for Young Readers: The Story of the Last Black Cargo
Barracoon: Adapted for Young Readers: The Story of the Last Black Cargo 4.23 avg rating — 285 ratings
69.
The Best That You Can Do: Stories
The Best That You Can Do: Stories 3.79 avg rating — 110 ratings
70.
In a League of Her Own
In a League of Her Own 3.59 avg rating — 546 ratings
71.
Into the Sunken City
Into the Sunken City 3.64 avg rating — 992 ratings
71.
The Road to the Salt Sea
The Road to the Salt Sea 3.79 avg rating — 434 ratings
73.
Devils Kill Devils
Devils Kill Devils 3.12 avg rating — 1,343 ratings
74.
So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)
So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 6,770 ratings
75.
Blood Justice (Blood Debts, #2)
Blood Justice (Blood Debts, #2) 4.29 avg rating — 1,061 ratings
76.
Sleep Like Death
Sleep Like Death 3.45 avg rating — 3,676 ratings
77.
The Dangerous Ones
The Dangerous Ones 3.41 avg rating — 1,025 ratings
78.
Punk Rock Karaoke
Punk Rock Karaoke 3.97 avg rating — 511 ratings
79.
Shark Teeth
Shark Teeth 4.37 avg rating — 638 ratings
79.
A Love Like the Sun
A Love Like the Sun 3.85 avg rating — 5,385 ratings
79.
Allegedly
Allegedly 4.04 avg rating — 70,776 ratings
79.
Facing the Unseen: The Struggle to Center Mental Health in Medicine
Facing the Unseen: The Struggle to Center Mental Health in Medicine 4.26 avg rating — 160 ratings
79.
Softie: Stories
Softie: Stories 3.70 avg rating — 23 ratings
79.
Keep A'Livin'
Keep A'Livin' 4.58 avg rating — 12 ratings
85.
The Prey of Gods
The Prey of Gods 3.76 avg rating — 3,811 ratings
85.
Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine
Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine 4.44 avg rating — 4,505 ratings
87.
Wander in the Dark
Wander in the Dark 4.06 avg rating — 1,093 ratings
87.
Jaden Powers and the Inheritance Magic
Jaden Powers and the Inheritance Magic 3.67 avg rating — 48 ratings
87.
Truth Be Told (An Annalee Spain Mystery Book 3)
Truth Be Told (An Annalee Spain Mystery Book 3) 4.30 avg rating — 203 ratings
87.
James
James 4.47 avg rating — 372,784 ratings
91.
The Lonely Below
The Lonely Below 3.84 avg rating — 121 ratings
91.
A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay 4.32 avg rating — 1,315 ratings
93.
Running in Flip-Flops From the End of the World
Running in Flip-Flops From the End of the World 3.56 avg rating — 130 ratings
93.
Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde
Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde 4.54 avg rating — 351 ratings
93.
Colored Television
Colored Television 3.55 avg rating — 20,898 ratings
96.
The Secret Library: (A Magical Time-Travel Adventure About Family, Courage, and Identity for Middle-Grade Readers Ages 8-12 in Grades 3-7)
The Secret Library: (A Magical Time-Travel Adventure About Family, Courage, and Identity for Middle-Grade Readers Ages 8-12 in Grades 3-7) 3.77 avg rating — 1,173 ratings
96.
Meegan (Loose Ends, #3)
Meegan (Loose Ends, #3) 3.80 avg rating — 529 ratings
96.
Hood Wellness: Tales of Communal Care from People Who Drowned on Dry Land
Hood Wellness: Tales of Communal Care from People Who Drowned on Dry Land 4.32 avg rating — 129 ratings
99.
Kiki Finds Her Voice: Be True to You and Embrace Your God-Given Gifts
Kiki Finds Her Voice: Be True to You and Embrace Your God-Given Gifts 4.38 avg rating — 48 ratings
99.
Rooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement for Black Land Ownership
Rooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement for Black Land Ownership 4.50 avg rating — 287 ratings
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