98 Essential New Works of Fiction by Black Authors

1.
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store 3.93 avg rating — 294,234 ratings
2.
The Vanishing Half
The Vanishing Half 4.13 avg rating — 831,752 ratings
3.
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad 4.06 avg rating — 433,281 ratings
4.
The House of Eve
The House of Eve 4.25 avg rating — 127,164 ratings
5.
Homegoing
Homegoing
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.47 avg rating — 386,233 ratings
6.
Black Cake
Black Cake 4.09 avg rating — 216,938 ratings
7.
Let Us Descend
Let Us Descend 3.69 avg rating — 35,992 ratings
8.
The Prophets
The Prophets 3.91 avg rating — 21,638 ratings
9.
The Nickel Boys
The Nickel Boys 4.26 avg rating — 290,961 ratings
10.
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois 4.51 avg rating — 39,947 ratings
11.
Take My Hand
Take My Hand 4.36 avg rating — 102,700 ratings
12.
Washington Black
Washington Black 3.95 avg rating — 70,645 ratings
13.
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Sing, Unburied, Sing really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 145,361 ratings
14.
Girl, Woman, Other
Girl, Woman, Other 4.27 avg rating — 256,265 ratings
15.
An American Marriage
An American Marriage 3.93 avg rating — 379,503 ratings
16.
Black Buck
Black Buck 3.70 avg rating — 28,622 ratings
17.
Such a Fun Age
Such a Fun Age 3.78 avg rating — 565,624 ratings
18.
Hell of a Book
Hell of a Book 4.03 avg rating — 25,817 ratings
19.
The Trees
The Trees 4.06 avg rating — 47,093 ratings
20.
Real Life
Real Life 3.79 avg rating — 36,468 ratings
21.
Open Water
Open Water 4.01 avg rating — 81,848 ratings
22.
Behold the Dreamers
Behold the Dreamers 3.95 avg rating — 84,450 ratings
23.
Red at the Bone
Red at the Bone 3.96 avg rating — 82,539 ratings
24.
Rebel (Women Who Dare, #1)
Rebel (Women Who Dare, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 4,852 ratings
25.
Before I Let Go (Skyland, #1)
Before I Let Go (Skyland, #1) 4.33 avg rating — 104,135 ratings
26.
An Extraordinary Union (The Loyal League, #1)
An Extraordinary Union (The Loyal League, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 9,856 ratings
27.
The Wedding Date (The Wedding Date, #1)
The Wedding Date (The Wedding Date, #1) 3.57 avg rating — 160,334 ratings
28.
Treasure
Treasure 3.60 avg rating — 1,438 ratings
29.
Get a Life, Chloe Brown (The Brown Sisters, #1)
Get a Life, Chloe Brown (The Brown Sisters, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 202,971 ratings
30.
Aphrodite and the Duke (The DuBells, #1)
Aphrodite and the Duke (The DuBells, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 2,232 ratings
31.
Stars in Your Eyes
Stars in Your Eyes 3.77 avg rating — 3,846 ratings
32.
The Art of Scandal
The Art of Scandal 3.77 avg rating — 5,248 ratings
33.
Honey Girl
Honey Girl 3.65 avg rating — 44,817 ratings
34.
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty 3.53 avg rating — 55,339 ratings
35.
Seven Days in June
Seven Days in June really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 205,391 ratings
36.
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 317,121 ratings
37.
Sorrowland
Sorrowland 3.82 avg rating — 14,480 ratings
38.
The Unbroken (Magic of the Lost, #1)
The Unbroken (Magic of the Lost, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 12,752 ratings
39.
Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy, #1)
Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy, #1) 3.45 avg rating — 30,279 ratings
40.
Binti (Binti, #1)
Binti (Binti, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 78,676 ratings
41.
The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, #1)
The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 43,361 ratings
42.
The Blood Trials (The Blood Gift Duology, #1)
The Blood Trials (The Blood Gift Duology, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 8,385 ratings
43.
Everfair (Everfair, #1)
Everfair (Everfair, #1) 3.19 avg rating — 2,914 ratings
44.
Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1)
Rosewater (The Wormwood Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 16,588 ratings
45.
The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps (The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, #1)
The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps (The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, #1) 3.53 avg rating — 4,003 ratings
46.
Chain-Gang All-Stars
Chain-Gang All-Stars 4.12 avg rating — 82,418 ratings
47.
Riot Baby
Riot Baby 3.71 avg rating — 11,748 ratings
48.
Razorblade Tears
Razorblade Tears 4.11 avg rating — 130,451 ratings
49.
The Violin Conspiracy
The Violin Conspiracy 4.11 avg rating — 64,577 ratings
50.
Harlem Shuffle (Ray Carney, #1)
Harlem Shuffle (Ray Carney, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 78,418 ratings
51.
My Sister, the Serial Killer
My Sister, the Serial Killer 3.65 avg rating — 332,361 ratings
52.
These Toxic Things
These Toxic Things 3.77 avg rating — 17,927 ratings
53.
When No One Is Watching
When No One Is Watching 3.48 avg rating — 110,041 ratings
54.
Down the River Unto the Sea (King Oliver, #1)
Down the River Unto the Sea (King Oliver, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 8,553 ratings
55.
Time's Undoing
Time's Undoing 4.03 avg rating — 1,952 ratings
56.
Bluebird, Bluebird (Highway 59, #1)
Bluebird, Bluebird (Highway 59, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 29,000 ratings
57.
All Her Little Secrets
All Her Little Secrets 3.70 avg rating — 22,661 ratings
58.
Decent People
Decent People 3.58 avg rating — 2,140 ratings
59.
Hide (Detective Harriet Foster, #1)
Hide (Detective Harriet Foster, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 20,309 ratings
60.
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1) 4.46 avg rating — 986,311 ratings
61.
Rust in the Root
Rust in the Root 4.07 avg rating — 2,180 ratings
62.
Felix Ever After
Felix Ever After 4.22 avg rating — 65,708 ratings
63.
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 245,778 ratings
64.
Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)
Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 175,730 ratings
65.
The Weight of Blood
The Weight of Blood 4.19 avg rating — 31,624 ratings
66.
Nothing Burns as Bright as You
Nothing Burns as Bright as You 4.14 avg rating — 3,147 ratings
67.
Ace of Spades
Ace of Spades 4.14 avg rating — 97,669 ratings
68.
The Davenports (The Davenports, #1)
The Davenports (The Davenports, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 14,383 ratings
69.
The Belles (The Belles, #1)
The Belles (The Belles, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 25,072 ratings
70.
We Deserve Monuments
We Deserve Monuments 4.28 avg rating — 10,485 ratings
71.
You Should See Me in a Crown
You Should See Me in a Crown 4.07 avg rating — 42,886 ratings
72.
Delicious Monsters
Delicious Monsters 4.04 avg rating — 7,366 ratings
73.
Promise Boys
Promise Boys 3.94 avg rating — 9,290 ratings
74.
Long Way Down
Long Way Down 4.25 avg rating — 132,966 ratings
75.
Everything, Everything
Everything, Everything 3.96 avg rating — 667,873 ratings
76.
Lone Women
Lone Women 3.70 avg rating — 34,411 ratings
77.
Ring Shout
Ring Shout 3.97 avg rating — 46,521 ratings
78.
The Year of the Witching (Bethel, #1)
The Year of the Witching (Bethel, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 43,560 ratings
79.
Out There Screaming
Out There Screaming 3.77 avg rating — 11,611 ratings
80.
When the Reckoning Comes
When the Reckoning Comes 3.69 avg rating — 10,262 ratings
81.
Lakewood
Lakewood 3.48 avg rating — 13,437 ratings
82.
Jackal
Jackal 3.65 avg rating — 17,416 ratings
83.
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies 4.15 avg rating — 40,543 ratings
84.
Friday Black
Friday Black 4.04 avg rating — 18,510 ratings
85.
My Monticello
My Monticello 3.90 avg rating — 9,795 ratings
86.
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance 3.97 avg rating — 4,903 ratings
87.
The Ones Who Don't Say They Love You: Stories
The Ones Who Don't Say They Love You: Stories really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,477 ratings
88.
Milk Blood Heat
Milk Blood Heat 4.02 avg rating — 9,851 ratings
89.
The Office of Historical Corrections
The Office of Historical Corrections 4.17 avg rating — 35,965 ratings
90.
How Long 'til Black Future Month?
How Long 'til Black Future Month? 4.27 avg rating — 17,830 ratings
91.
Lot
Lot 3.75 avg rating — 10,178 ratings
92.
Heads of the Colored People
Heads of the Colored People 4.11 avg rating — 7,906 ratings
93.
What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky
What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky 4.09 avg rating — 16,027 ratings
94.
The World Doesn't Require You
The World Doesn't Require You 3.64 avg rating — 1,533 ratings
95.
Company
Company 3.92 avg rating — 578 ratings
96.
Witness: Stories
Witness: Stories 3.74 avg rating — 1,472 ratings
97.
Temple Folk
Temple Folk 3.71 avg rating — 1,543 ratings
98.
Holler, Child: Stories
Holler, Child: Stories 4.13 avg rating — 897 ratings