Black History Month

1.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,290 ratings
2.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 569,016 ratings
3.
Beloved
Beloved 3.97 avg rating — 477,043 ratings
4.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,748 ratings
5.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by: Malcolm X
4.37 avg rating — 285,206 ratings
6.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,834 ratings
7.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,962,446 ratings
8.
Native Son
Native Son 4.04 avg rating — 103,289 ratings
9.
Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon 4.15 avg rating — 123,955 ratings
10.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,130 ratings
11.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle Tom’s Cabin 3.92 avg rating — 239,383 ratings
12.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,411 ratings
13.
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots: The Saga of an American Family 4.45 avg rating — 163,557 ratings
14.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 4.13 avg rating — 787,158 ratings
15.
The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye 4.13 avg rating — 288,166 ratings
16.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 4.12 avg rating — 132,012 ratings
17.
The Souls of Black Folk
The Souls of Black Folk 4.31 avg rating — 44,288 ratings
18.
Black Boy
Black Boy 4.09 avg rating — 55,310 ratings
19.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,690,004 ratings
20.
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration 4.48 avg rating — 113,305 ratings
21.
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. 4.34 avg rating — 23,720 ratings
22.
Black Like Me
Black Like Me 4.11 avg rating — 69,184 ratings
23.
A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun 3.85 avg rating — 107,586 ratings
24.
Selected Poems
Selected Poems 4.31 avg rating — 8,297 ratings
25.
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 29,362 ratings
25.
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf 4.29 avg rating — 34,461 ratings
27.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl 4.17 avg rating — 56,861 ratings
28.
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance 3.94 avg rating — 229,616 ratings
29.
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Go Tell It on the Mountain 4.05 avg rating — 78,223 ratings
30.
White Teeth
White Teeth 3.79 avg rating — 170,768 ratings
31.
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness 4.52 avg rating — 115,057 ratings
32.
Someone Knows My Name
Someone Knows My Name 4.47 avg rating — 90,248 ratings
33.
A Mercy
A Mercy 3.76 avg rating — 31,916 ratings
34.
Giovanni’s Room
Giovanni’s Room 4.34 avg rating — 226,243 ratings
35.
Twelve Years a Slave
Twelve Years a Slave 4.22 avg rating — 123,140 ratings
36.
Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman?
Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman? 4.17 avg rating — 876 ratings
37.
What Is the What
What Is the What 4.15 avg rating — 86,455 ratings
38.
I Have a Dream / Letter from Birmingham Jail
I Have a Dream / Letter from Birmingham Jail 4.60 avg rating — 2,336 ratings
39.
Paradise (Beloved Trilogy, #3)
Paradise (Beloved Trilogy, #3) 3.86 avg rating — 28,540 ratings
40.
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4) 3.90 avg rating — 128,899 ratings
41.
Breath, Eyes, Memory
Breath, Eyes, Memory 3.90 avg rating — 30,929 ratings
42.
The Women of Brewster Place
The Women of Brewster Place 4.20 avg rating — 21,533 ratings
43.
The Known World
The Known World 3.84 avg rating — 44,327 ratings
44.
Up from Slavery
Up from Slavery 4.11 avg rating — 35,601 ratings
45.
Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention 4.19 avg rating — 19,916 ratings
46.
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream 3.83 avg rating — 168,488 ratings
47.
The Darkest Child
The Darkest Child 4.38 avg rating — 16,729 ratings
48.
The Color of Water
The Color of Water 4.15 avg rating — 131,563 ratings
49.
My Soul to Keep (African Immortals, #1)
My Soul to Keep (African Immortals, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 7,410 ratings
50.
The Wretched of the Earth
The Wretched of the Earth 4.34 avg rating — 30,612 ratings
51.
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 239,104 ratings
52.
Wench
Wench 3.73 avg rating — 18,203 ratings
53.
Blackamoores: Africans in Tudor England, Their Presence, Status and Origins
Blackamoores: Africans in Tudor England, Their Presence, Status and Origins
by: Onyeka
4.36 avg rating — 107 ratings
54.
Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties
Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties 4.37 avg rating — 491 ratings
55.
The House Girl
The House Girl 3.77 avg rating — 62,911 ratings
56.
The Fire Next Time
The Fire Next Time 4.55 avg rating — 115,174 ratings
57.
32 Candles
32 Candles 4.19 avg rating — 5,878 ratings
58.
The Coldest Winter Ever (The Coldest Winter Ever, #1)
The Coldest Winter Ever (The Coldest Winter Ever, #1) 4.46 avg rating — 42,220 ratings
59.
Cane River
Cane River 4.08 avg rating — 50,070 ratings
60.
Manchild in the Promised Land
Manchild in the Promised Land 4.28 avg rating — 9,113 ratings
61.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating — 176,489 ratings
62.
Tar Baby
Tar Baby 3.99 avg rating — 23,196 ratings
63.
Women, Race & Class
Women, Race & Class 4.59 avg rating — 33,022 ratings
64.
Jazz (Beloved Trilogy, #2)
Jazz (Beloved Trilogy, #2) 3.90 avg rating — 36,236 ratings
65.
Silver Sparrow
Silver Sparrow 3.90 avg rating — 45,097 ratings
66.
The Street
The Street
by: Ann Petry
4.27 avg rating — 12,962 ratings
67.
Mama Day
Mama Day 4.19 avg rating — 11,153 ratings
68.
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie 3.51 avg rating — 40,911 ratings
69.
Why We Can't Wait
Why We Can't Wait 4.54 avg rating — 8,975 ratings
70.
Little Bee
Little Bee 3.72 avg rating — 247,090 ratings
71.
Buck: A Memoir
Buck: A Memoir 4.05 avg rating — 3,060 ratings
72.
The Third Life Of Grange Copeland
The Third Life Of Grange Copeland 4.14 avg rating — 4,584 ratings
73.
Jubilee
Jubilee 4.37 avg rating — 6,827 ratings
74.
The Long Song
The Long Song 3.79 avg rating — 11,131 ratings
75.
Dust Tracks on a Road
Dust Tracks on a Road 4.11 avg rating — 8,197 ratings
75.
The Kitchen House
The Kitchen House 4.23 avg rating — 295,517 ratings
77.
The Snowy Day (Peter, #1)
The Snowy Day (Peter, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 118,460 ratings
78.
The Emperor of Ocean Park (Elm Harbor, #1)
The Emperor of Ocean Park (Elm Harbor, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 7,183 ratings
79.
Parting the Waters: Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement 1954-63
Parting the Waters: Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement 1954-63 4.36 avg rating — 9,962 ratings
80.
On Beauty
On Beauty 3.78 avg rating — 89,032 ratings
81.
To Be a Slave
To Be a Slave 3.93 avg rating — 3,022 ratings
81.
Sugar (Sugar Lacey, #1)
Sugar (Sugar Lacey, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 10,036 ratings
83.
A Taste of Power: A Black Woman's Story
A Taste of Power: A Black Woman's Story 4.30 avg rating — 4,578 ratings
84.
If He Hollers Let Him Go
If He Hollers Let Him Go 3.97 avg rating — 2,560 ratings
85.
They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America
They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America 4.47 avg rating — 2,737 ratings
86.
The Book of Night Women
The Book of Night Women 4.37 avg rating — 14,810 ratings
87.
Fortunate Son
Fortunate Son 3.87 avg rating — 3,399 ratings
87.
The Intuitionist
The Intuitionist 3.62 avg rating — 16,072 ratings
89.
Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class
Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class 4.48 avg rating — 376 ratings
90.
Walter Mosley's Easy Rawlins Mysteries (Easy Rawlins Mysteries, #1-5)
Walter Mosley's Easy Rawlins Mysteries (Easy Rawlins Mysteries, #1-5) 4.46 avg rating — 126 ratings
91.
Their Eyes Were Watching God: Student Packet (Novel Units)
Their Eyes Were Watching God: Student Packet (Novel Units) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 62 ratings
92.
Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South
Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South 4.13 avg rating — 11,516 ratings
92.
The Strange Career of Jim Crow
The Strange Career of Jim Crow 4.14 avg rating — 3,184 ratings
94.
A Lesson Before Dying
A Lesson Before Dying 3.98 avg rating — 63,062 ratings
95.
The Amen Corner
The Amen Corner 3.95 avg rating — 1,056 ratings
96.
Cane
Cane 3.82 avg rating — 11,323 ratings
97.
The Content of Our Character: A New Vision of Race In America
The Content of Our Character: A New Vision of Race In America 4.10 avg rating — 653 ratings
98.
Love, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson
Love, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson 4.16 avg rating — 38 ratings
99.
Day of Tears (Coretta Scott King Author Honor Title)
Day of Tears (Coretta Scott King Author Honor Title) 4.15 avg rating — 4,243 ratings
100.
Chains (Seeds of America, #1)
Chains (Seeds of America, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 58,198 ratings
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