Best African American Authors

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A Wanted Woman
A Wanted Woman 4.02 avg rating — 1,549 ratings
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The Good Negress
The Good Negress 3.67 avg rating — 438 ratings
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Waking with Enemies (Gideon #2)
Waking with Enemies (Gideon #2) 4.42 avg rating — 4,935 ratings
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Friends and Lovers
Friends and Lovers 4.26 avg rating — 11,462 ratings
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Cheaters
Cheaters 4.25 avg rating — 9,499 ratings
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Clotel: or, The President's Daughter
Clotel: or, The President's Daughter 3.62 avg rating — 2,352 ratings
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Between Lovers
Between Lovers 4.21 avg rating — 7,100 ratings
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Banjo
Banjo 3.50 avg rating — 532 ratings
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The Walls of Jericho
The Walls of Jericho 3.94 avg rating — 155 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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Elbow Room
Elbow Room 3.71 avg rating — 1,818 ratings
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Intimate Illusions
Intimate Illusions 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings
112.
The Long Dream
The Long Dream 4.17 avg rating — 238 ratings
112.
Been So Long
Been So Long 4.30 avg rating — 317 ratings
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Burning Uncle Tom's Cabin
Burning Uncle Tom's Cabin 4.08 avg rating — 353 ratings
112.
A Little Bit of Sin: Book One
A Little Bit of Sin: Book One 4.13 avg rating — 45 ratings
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His PhD is in Hypocrisy: And Other Poems about My Crappy Ex-Boyfriend
His PhD is in Hypocrisy: And Other Poems about My Crappy Ex-Boyfriend 4.14 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Abraham's Well
Abraham's Well 3.97 avg rating — 331 ratings
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A Thin Line Between Love and Lust: A Poly Love Story
A Thin Line Between Love and Lust: A Poly Love Story
by: C.E. Long
3.70 avg rating — 91 ratings
112.
The Through
The Through 4.32 avg rating — 38 ratings
112.
Her Right To Flight
Her Right To Flight 4.43 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Book of the Anointed (Saga of the Sons, #1)
Book of the Anointed (Saga of the Sons, #1)
by: J. Moon
3.71 avg rating — 24 ratings
112.
She Got Me: Deja
She Got Me: Deja
by: Just Bae
3.91 avg rating — 68 ratings
112.
God Send Me My Husband!
God Send Me My Husband! 4.36 avg rating — 169 ratings
112.
The Lesson
The Lesson 3.57 avg rating — 3,812 ratings
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Bill Duke: My 40-Year Career on Screen and behind the Camera
Bill Duke: My 40-Year Career on Screen and behind the Camera
by: Bill Duke
3.98 avg rating — 53 ratings
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Justified: The Story Of Caterrious Mitchell
Justified: The Story Of Caterrious Mitchell
by: Thomas J.
4.83 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Institutional Racism and the search for African American masculinity and identity in selected works of Richard Wright
Institutional Racism and the search for African American masculinity and identity in selected works of Richard Wright 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Shoebox Kid
The Shoebox Kid 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
112.
Shadows of Exile: Return of the African King
Shadows of Exile: Return of the African King 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Seeds of Deception
Seeds of Deception 4.33 avg rating — 58 ratings
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Divorcing Atlanta: When it comes to marriage, it's the words between "I do," and "until death do us part," that destroys us.
Divorcing Atlanta: When it comes to marriage, it's the words between "I do," and "until death do us part," that destroys us. really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
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BLACK CHESS: A Novel
BLACK CHESS: A Novel 4.48 avg rating — 23 ratings
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BLACK CHESS: A Novel
BLACK CHESS: A Novel 4.48 avg rating — 23 ratings
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The Return
The Return it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Blueschild Baby
Blueschild Baby 4.27 avg rating — 166 ratings
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Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes
Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes 3.72 avg rating — 283 ratings
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In Between Lies
In Between Lies 3.69 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Wild Embers
Wild Embers 4.36 avg rating — 39 ratings
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I Should've Told Her
I Should've Told Her 4.28 avg rating — 88 ratings
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When You've Been Blessed
When You've Been Blessed 4.51 avg rating — 128 ratings
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Saving Grace: Fate Has it in For Grace-Can She Survive What Awaits Her?
Saving Grace: Fate Has it in For Grace-Can She Survive What Awaits Her? 4.39 avg rating — 271 ratings
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Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 245,832 ratings
138.
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 317,260 ratings
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My Silent Loud: The Voice Inside Every Little Black Boy
My Silent Loud: The Voice Inside Every Little Black Boy 3.33 avg rating — 12 ratings
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See Me
See Me 4.39 avg rating — 140 ratings
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Clairvoyant (Voodoo Vixens, #2).
Clairvoyant (Voodoo Vixens, #2).
by: J. Moon
4.65 avg rating — 26 ratings
146.
A Drop of Patience
A Drop of Patience 3.97 avg rating — 193 ratings
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Book of the Weeping Prophet (Saga of the Sons, #2).
Book of the Weeping Prophet (Saga of the Sons, #2).
by: J. Moon
4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
149.
Dem (Black Arts Movement Series)
Dem (Black Arts Movement Series) 3.92 avg rating — 161 ratings
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Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of Growing Up Poor and Black in the Rural South
Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of Growing Up Poor and Black in the Rural South 4.13 avg rating — 11,516 ratings
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Trouble the Water
Trouble the Water 3.63 avg rating — 35 ratings
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Conjure (Voodoo Vixens Book 1)
Conjure (Voodoo Vixens Book 1)
by: J. Moon
4.67 avg rating — 54 ratings
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Good Fences
Good Fences 3.43 avg rating — 42 ratings
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Dread Nation (Dread Nation, #1)
Dread Nation (Dread Nation, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 35,471 ratings
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Finding Makeba
Finding Makeba 3.84 avg rating — 37 ratings
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Rocking the Babies
Rocking the Babies 3.53 avg rating — 175 ratings
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The Seasons of Beento Blackbird
The Seasons of Beento Blackbird 4.09 avg rating — 288 ratings
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Through the Ivory Gate
Through the Ivory Gate
by: Rita Dove
3.43 avg rating — 89 ratings
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Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name 4.40 avg rating — 23,086 ratings
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Kinfolks
Kinfolks 3.15 avg rating — 39 ratings
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The Serpent's Gift
The Serpent's Gift 3.77 avg rating — 74 ratings
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Chosen Poems, Old and New
Chosen Poems, Old and New 4.30 avg rating — 557 ratings
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Stroke of Midnight
Stroke of Midnight 4.16 avg rating — 10,528 ratings
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Love at First Bite (Dark-Hunter #6.5; Wild Wulfs of London #2.5; Companion #3.5)
Love at First Bite (Dark-Hunter #6.5; Wild Wulfs of London #2.5; Companion #3.5) 4.06 avg rating — 8,394 ratings
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High Cotton
High Cotton 3.26 avg rating — 104 ratings
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All-Bright Court
All-Bright Court 3.81 avg rating — 100 ratings
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Her Own Place
Her Own Place 3.63 avg rating — 346 ratings
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Banana Bottom
Banana Bottom 3.79 avg rating — 247 ratings
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The Good House
The Good House 4.01 avg rating — 9,530 ratings
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Family of Lies
Family of Lies 4.05 avg rating — 1,225 ratings
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The Hand I Fan With
The Hand I Fan With 4.14 avg rating — 3,601 ratings
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The Kingdom of Gods (Inheritance, #3)
The Kingdom of Gods (Inheritance, #3) 3.99 avg rating — 28,785 ratings
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Naughty or Nice
Naughty or Nice 4.09 avg rating — 4,646 ratings
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Sent for You Yesterday
Sent for You Yesterday 4.01 avg rating — 347 ratings
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The Black Rose
The Black Rose 4.26 avg rating — 984 ratings
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The Goophered Grapevine and Other Stories
The Goophered Grapevine and Other Stories 3.70 avg rating — 96 ratings
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My Soul to Keep (African Immortals, #1)
My Soul to Keep (African Immortals, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 7,410 ratings
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Liar's Game
Liar's Game 4.08 avg rating — 3,445 ratings
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What You Owe Me
What You Owe Me 4.15 avg rating — 2,122 ratings
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The Emperor of Ocean Park (Elm Harbor, #1)
The Emperor of Ocean Park (Elm Harbor, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 7,183 ratings
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The Autobiography of God
The Autobiography of God 3.74 avg rating — 253 ratings
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New England White
New England White 3.53 avg rating — 2,871 ratings
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Milk in My Coffee
Milk in My Coffee 4.12 avg rating — 8,669 ratings
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Linden Hills
Linden Hills 4.04 avg rating — 3,202 ratings
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The Conjure-Man Dies
The Conjure-Man Dies 3.83 avg rating — 1,209 ratings
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My Soul's High Song: The Collected Writings
My Soul's High Song: The Collected Writings 4.28 avg rating — 69 ratings
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The Street
The Street
by: Ann Petry
4.27 avg rating — 12,962 ratings
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The Narrows
The Narrows
by: Ann Petry
4.14 avg rating — 677 ratings
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