Best African American Fiction

1.
A River Moves Forward
A River Moves Forward 4.43 avg rating — 58 ratings
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Master's Plan, The (Miracle Circle #1)
Master's Plan, The (Miracle Circle #1) 4.12 avg rating — 308 ratings
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Riding the Waves
Riding the Waves 4.56 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,818 ratings
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At the End of the Line
At the End of the Line 4.61 avg rating — 46 ratings
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Liberté: The Days of Rage 1990-2020
Liberté: The Days of Rage 1990-2020 4.89 avg rating — 18 ratings
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HUSH MONEY: How One Woman Proved Systemic Racism in her Workplace and Kept her Job
HUSH MONEY: How One Woman Proved Systemic Racism in her Workplace and Kept her Job 4.45 avg rating — 255 ratings
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Loving Nate
Loving Nate 4.17 avg rating — 66 ratings
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Irrefutable Proof (Mars Origin "I" Mystery, #2)
Irrefutable Proof (Mars Origin "I" Mystery, #2) 4.34 avg rating — 53 ratings
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In the Beginning (Mars Origin "I" Mystery, #1)
In the Beginning (Mars Origin "I" Mystery, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 142 ratings
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Indigo
Indigo 4.30 avg rating — 5,815 ratings
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Love's Fool
Love's Fool 4.52 avg rating — 44 ratings
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Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,385 ratings
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Sunrise From an Icy Heart
Sunrise From an Icy Heart 3.80 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Cry of Metal & Bone (Earthsinger Chronicles, #3)
Cry of Metal & Bone (Earthsinger Chronicles, #3) 4.21 avg rating — 491 ratings
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Life is Outstanding
Life is Outstanding it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Your Love Is King
Your Love Is King 4.19 avg rating — 267 ratings
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Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 239,042 ratings
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Whispers of Shadow & Flame (Earthsinger Chronicles, #2)
Whispers of Shadow & Flame (Earthsinger Chronicles, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 728 ratings
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Song of Blood & Stone (Earthsinger Chronicles, #1)
Song of Blood & Stone (Earthsinger Chronicles, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 3,443 ratings
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An Extraordinary Union (The Loyal League, #1)
An Extraordinary Union (The Loyal League, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 9,857 ratings
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Binti (Binti, #1)
Binti (Binti, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 78,694 ratings
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Imagined Love
Imagined Love 4.40 avg rating — 75 ratings
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The Seedbearing Prince: Part I (World Breach #1)
The Seedbearing Prince: Part I (World Breach #1) 3.96 avg rating — 106 ratings
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My Brotha's Keeper Part 1: Allow me to Introduce Myself
My Brotha's Keeper Part 1: Allow me to Introduce Myself really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Hoochie Games
Hoochie Games
by: Lamia
4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
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A Meeting at the Grocery Store
A Meeting at the Grocery Store 3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings
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The Whore and The Virgin
The Whore and The Virgin
by: Ceet
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 28 ratings
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The Hidden Hills Saga: Book I: Ice Whispers
The Hidden Hills Saga: Book I: Ice Whispers
by: K. Willow
4.44 avg rating — 16 ratings
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A Lover's Mentality: All or Nothing
A Lover's Mentality: All or Nothing 4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Kremlin Tide (Atlanta Homicide Squad #1)
Kremlin Tide (Atlanta Homicide Squad #1) 3.60 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Altered
Altered 3.73 avg rating — 86 ratings
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Childhood Sweethearts: Passion, Love & Loyalty
Childhood Sweethearts: Passion, Love & Loyalty 4.40 avg rating — 164 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
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The Through
The Through 4.32 avg rating — 38 ratings
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Photographer's Dream
Photographer's Dream 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Who Fears Death
Who Fears Death 3.93 avg rating — 27,811 ratings
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Mr. Confidence
Mr. Confidence 3.43 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Prodigal in the City
Prodigal in the City 4.11 avg rating — 19 ratings
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She Got Me: Deja
She Got Me: Deja
by: Just Bae
3.91 avg rating — 68 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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Heated
Heated 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Butterfly
Butterfly 4.50 avg rating — 5,263 ratings
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Without A Trace
Without A Trace it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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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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Runner Mack
Runner Mack 3.40 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Jeska (Stories from the Plantation Book WA 1)
Jeska (Stories from the Plantation Book WA 1)
by: Lady Dre
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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He Killed Me First
He Killed Me First 4.05 avg rating — 38 ratings
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Kandi's Crush
Kandi's Crush 4.28 avg rating — 163 ratings
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The Finesser: A con man gets conned by the woman he’s ripped off… and that’s just the beginning.
The Finesser: A con man gets conned by the woman he’s ripped off… and that’s just the beginning. 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Island Survival: A Family Drama Novel
Island Survival: A Family Drama Novel 3.29 avg rating — 7 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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Fairy 'Fro: Floats with Flows
Fairy 'Fro: Floats with Flows 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
23.
Jazmin and Darryon's Story
Jazmin and Darryon's Story it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
23.
They Can't Take Your Name (A Wrongful Conviction Novel 1)
They Can't Take Your Name (A Wrongful Conviction Novel 1) 3.84 avg rating — 550 ratings
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Maxine
Maxine 4.17 avg rating — 47 ratings
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Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes
Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes 3.71 avg rating — 276 ratings
58.
For The Love Of Jade
For The Love Of Jade 4.50 avg rating — 38 ratings
58.
The Seedbearing Prince: Part II (World Breach #2)
The Seedbearing Prince: Part II (World Breach #2) 4.24 avg rating — 33 ratings
58.
Wild Seed (Patternmaster, #1)
Wild Seed (Patternmaster, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 38,338 ratings
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Joy
Joy 4.48 avg rating — 1,086 ratings
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Waiting for Mistletoe
Waiting for Mistletoe 3.48 avg rating — 29 ratings
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Mentality
Mentality
by: Ceet
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 55 ratings
58.
Cold Lick (Atlanta Homicide Squad #2)
Cold Lick (Atlanta Homicide Squad #2) 3.18 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Hagar's Daughter (Black Classics Series)
Hagar's Daughter (Black Classics Series) 3.70 avg rating — 121 ratings
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Ethic
Ethic 4.62 avg rating — 7,610 ratings
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The Wrong Decision
The Wrong Decision 4.77 avg rating — 48 ratings
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Nothing Simple or Easy
Nothing Simple or Easy 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Used People - An Unconventional Widow's Story; Embracing Life After Loss of Spouse
Used People - An Unconventional Widow's Story; Embracing Life After Loss of Spouse it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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MAXINE
MAXINE 4.17 avg rating — 47 ratings
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Orleans
Orleans 3.72 avg rating — 4,333 ratings
71.
A Dog's Day
A Dog's Day
by: Ceet
4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings
71.
S.Y.P.H.E.N.
S.Y.P.H.E.N. 3.23 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Casanegra (Tennyson Hardwick, #1)
Casanegra (Tennyson Hardwick, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 1,162 ratings
71.
The Cartel (The Cartel, #1)
The Cartel (The Cartel, #1) 4.54 avg rating — 10,952 ratings
71.
The Return
The Return it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Last Chance
Last Chance
by: Ceet
4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
77.
Black Orchid Blues (Lanie Price #2)
Black Orchid Blues (Lanie Price #2) 3.86 avg rating — 323 ratings
77.
Butterfly 2
Butterfly 2 4.56 avg rating — 4,077 ratings
80.
The Black Rose
The Black Rose 4.26 avg rating — 984 ratings
80.
The Whore and The Virgin Part II
The Whore and The Virgin Part II
by: Ceet
4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
80.
Bud, Not Buddy
Bud, Not Buddy 3.97 avg rating — 114,072 ratings
83.
The Good House
The Good House 4.01 avg rating — 9,530 ratings
83.
Meet Addy: An American Girl (American Girls: Addy, #1)
Meet Addy: An American Girl (American Girls: Addy, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 10,483 ratings
85.
Jumping Ship
Jumping Ship 4.29 avg rating — 56 ratings
85.
Daughters of a Nation: A Black Suffragette Historical Romance Anthology
Daughters of a Nation: A Black Suffragette Historical Romance Anthology 3.87 avg rating — 137 ratings
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Butterfly 3
Butterfly 3 4.48 avg rating — 3,781 ratings
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Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1)
Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 29,363 ratings
88.
Single Black Female
Single Black Female 4.10 avg rating — 2,838 ratings
90.
The Root (Wrath & Athenaeum #1)
The Root (Wrath & Athenaeum #1) 3.87 avg rating — 171 ratings
90.
Fake It Till You Bake It (Sugar Blitz, #1)
Fake It Till You Bake It (Sugar Blitz, #1) 3.60 avg rating — 11,719 ratings
92.
The Butler: A Witness to History
The Butler: A Witness to History 3.26 avg rating — 3,708 ratings
92.
Bet on It
Bet on It 3.53 avg rating — 8,147 ratings
94.
The Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit (Randi Rhodes, Ninja Detective, #1)
The Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit (Randi Rhodes, Ninja Detective, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 886 ratings
94.
Brooklyn
Brooklyn 4.09 avg rating — 2,254 ratings
96.
My Soul to Keep (African Immortals, #1)
My Soul to Keep (African Immortals, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 7,409 ratings
97.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 477,010 ratings
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Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts, #1)
Akata Witch (The Nsibidi Scripts, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 37,837 ratings
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Everfair (Everfair, #1)
Everfair (Everfair, #1) 3.19 avg rating — 2,915 ratings
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Wishing on a Star (The Cheetah Girls #1)
Wishing on a Star (The Cheetah Girls #1) 3.47 avg rating — 169 ratings
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