Contemporary Books by African-Americans Authors

1.
The Mothers
The Mothers 3.88 avg rating — 126,677 ratings
2.
The Turner House
The Turner House 3.63 avg rating — 17,805 ratings
3.
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Sing, Unburied, Sing really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 145,387 ratings
4.
Silver Sparrow
Silver Sparrow 3.90 avg rating — 45,097 ratings
5.
Black Water Rising (Jay Porter #1)
Black Water Rising (Jay Porter #1) 3.57 avg rating — 8,428 ratings
6.
Pleasantville (Jay Porter Series, 2)
Pleasantville (Jay Porter Series, 2) 3.95 avg rating — 3,454 ratings
7.
Bluebird, Bluebird (Highway 59, #1)
Bluebird, Bluebird (Highway 59, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 29,012 ratings
8.
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey 4.14 avg rating — 9,165 ratings
9.
How Are You Going to Save Yourself
How Are You Going to Save Yourself 3.27 avg rating — 631 ratings
10.
Welcome to Braggsville
Welcome to Braggsville 3.23 avg rating — 3,525 ratings
10.
Disgruntled
Disgruntled 3.66 avg rating — 1,425 ratings
10.
The Sellout
The Sellout 3.75 avg rating — 73,395 ratings
13.
Fifth Born
Fifth Born 4.25 avg rating — 1,637 ratings
14.
Salvage the Bones
Salvage the Bones 3.96 avg rating — 71,450 ratings
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The Untelling
The Untelling 3.73 avg rating — 4,641 ratings
16.
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
by: ZZ Packer
3.88 avg rating — 7,778 ratings
17.
Elsewhere, California
Elsewhere, California 3.90 avg rating — 597 ratings
18.
Red Now and Laters
Red Now and Laters 3.77 avg rating — 52 ratings
19.
Solemn
Solemn 3.12 avg rating — 91 ratings
20.
In the Not Quite Dark: Stories
In the Not Quite Dark: Stories 4.12 avg rating — 192 ratings
21.
No One Is Coming to Save Us
No One Is Coming to Save Us 3.02 avg rating — 6,405 ratings
22.
The Taste of Salt
The Taste of Salt 3.45 avg rating — 2,009 ratings
23.
So Much Blue
So Much Blue 4.01 avg rating — 3,614 ratings
24.
An American Marriage
An American Marriage 3.93 avg rating — 379,545 ratings
25.
Training School for Negro Girls
Training School for Negro Girls 3.74 avg rating — 1,458 ratings
25.
Rain City Lights
Rain City Lights 4.06 avg rating — 218 ratings
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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
28.
Team Seven
Team Seven 3.63 avg rating — 190 ratings
29.
As Lie Is to Grin
As Lie Is to Grin 3.33 avg rating — 189 ratings
30.
Man Gone Down
Man Gone Down 3.25 avg rating — 1,469 ratings
31.
A Certain October
A Certain October 3.51 avg rating — 540 ratings
31.
Passage
Passage 3.69 avg rating — 144 ratings
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The Wonder of All Things
The Wonder of All Things 3.44 avg rating — 3,960 ratings
34.
The Returned
The Returned 3.31 avg rating — 15,898 ratings
35.
Big Picture
Big Picture 3.89 avg rating — 94 ratings
36.
The Cutting Season
The Cutting Season 3.64 avg rating — 16,908 ratings
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The Good House
The Good House 4.01 avg rating — 9,530 ratings
38.
Sag Harbor
Sag Harbor 3.56 avg rating — 11,314 ratings
39.
The Birds of Opulence
The Birds of Opulence 4.10 avg rating — 1,483 ratings
40.
Summer of the Cicadas
Summer of the Cicadas 3.86 avg rating — 42 ratings
41.
Triangle Ray
Triangle Ray 3.71 avg rating — 17 ratings
42.
Dive: A Novel
Dive: A Novel 3.48 avg rating — 29 ratings
43.
Glow in the Dark: Stories
Glow in the Dark: Stories 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings
44.
The Talented Ribkins
The Talented Ribkins 3.74 avg rating — 1,723 ratings
45.
Whiskey & Ribbons
Whiskey & Ribbons 3.80 avg rating — 2,107 ratings
46.
A Lucky Man
A Lucky Man 3.90 avg rating — 2,151 ratings
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Heads of the Colored People
Heads of the Colored People 4.11 avg rating — 7,908 ratings
48.
The Wide Circumference of Love
The Wide Circumference of Love 4.05 avg rating — 1,857 ratings
49.
Bedrock Faith
Bedrock Faith 3.84 avg rating — 485 ratings
50.
God Help the Child
God Help the Child 3.78 avg rating — 31,723 ratings
51.
Such a Fun Age
Such a Fun Age 3.78 avg rating — 565,702 ratings
52.
The Kindest Lie
The Kindest Lie 3.56 avg rating — 22,582 ratings
53.
The Intangible
The Intangible 3.77 avg rating — 4,422 ratings
54.
The Confessions of Matthew Strong
The Confessions of Matthew Strong 3.48 avg rating — 273 ratings
55.
Everywhere You Don't Belong
Everywhere You Don't Belong 3.68 avg rating — 3,808 ratings
56.
The Coyotes of Carthage
The Coyotes of Carthage 3.49 avg rating — 1,035 ratings
57.
In the Heat of the Light
In the Heat of the Light 2.83 avg rating — 12 ratings
58.
All Her Little Secrets
All Her Little Secrets 3.70 avg rating — 22,666 ratings