Award-winning Black Fiction

1.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,216 ratings
2.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,732 ratings
3.
Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon 4.15 avg rating — 123,939 ratings
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A Lesson Before Dying
A Lesson Before Dying 3.98 avg rating — 63,055 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 — 29,362 ratings
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The Known World
The Known World 3.84 avg rating — 44,324 ratings
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Sula
Sula 4.05 avg rating — 117,012 ratings
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The Women of Brewster Place
The Women of Brewster Place 4.20 avg rating — 21,533 ratings
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The Book of Negroes: The award-winning classic bestseller
The Book of Negroes: The award-winning classic bestseller 4.47 avg rating — 90,245 ratings
10.
Parable of the Talents (Earthseed, #2)
Parable of the Talents (Earthseed, #2) 4.32 avg rating — 77,759 ratings
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Beloved
Beloved 3.97 avg rating — 476,962 ratings
12.
Brown Girl in the Ring
Brown Girl in the Ring 3.85 avg rating — 7,278 ratings
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Small Island
Small Island 4.01 avg rating — 37,170 ratings
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Bloodchild and Other Stories
Bloodchild and Other Stories 4.35 avg rating — 26,126 ratings
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The Intuitionist
The Intuitionist 3.62 avg rating — 16,071 ratings
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Salvage the Bones
Salvage the Bones 3.96 avg rating — 71,441 ratings
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Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me 4.40 avg rating — 357,395 ratings
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The Dew Breaker
The Dew Breaker 3.81 avg rating — 8,256 ratings
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At the Bottom of the River
At the Bottom of the River 3.76 avg rating — 2,305 ratings
20.
Skin Folk
Skin Folk 3.97 avg rating — 1,924 ratings
21.
The Chaneysville Incident
The Chaneysville Incident really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,235 ratings
22.
Love
Love 3.82 avg rating — 13,485 ratings
23.
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots: The Saga of an American Family 4.45 avg rating — 163,547 ratings
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John Henry Days
John Henry Days 3.63 avg rating — 3,370 ratings
25.
The Einstein Intersection
The Einstein Intersection 3.55 avg rating — 6,128 ratings
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GraceLand
GraceLand 3.79 avg rating — 2,660 ratings
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Sent for You Yesterday
Sent for You Yesterday 4.01 avg rating — 347 ratings
28.
When Death Comes Stealing (Tamara Hayle, #1)
When Death Comes Stealing (Tamara Hayle, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,072 ratings
29.
Philadelphia Fire
Philadelphia Fire 3.44 avg rating — 850 ratings
30.
Brother, I'm Dying
Brother, I'm Dying 4.16 avg rating — 7,577 ratings
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Brown Girl Dreaming
Brown Girl Dreaming 4.15 avg rating — 91,858 ratings
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The Spook Who Sat by the Door
The Spook Who Sat by the Door 4.35 avg rating — 3,485 ratings
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Middle Passage
Middle Passage 3.85 avg rating — 5,410 ratings
33.
Babel-17
Babel-17 3.72 avg rating — 19,540 ratings
35.
Man Gone Down
Man Gone Down 3.25 avg rating — 1,469 ratings
36.
Elbow Room
Elbow Room 3.71 avg rating — 1,818 ratings
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The Long Fall (Leonid McGill, #1)
The Long Fall (Leonid McGill, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 5,493 ratings
38.
Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me 4.40 avg rating — 357,395 ratings
39.
Blanche on the Lam (Blanche White #1)
Blanche on the Lam (Blanche White #1) 3.76 avg rating — 5,130 ratings
40.
Inner City Blues (Charlotte Justice, #1)
Inner City Blues (Charlotte Justice, #1) 3.60 avg rating — 197 ratings
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Matter of Intent
Matter of Intent really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
42.
Lost in the City
Lost in the City 4.07 avg rating — 3,483 ratings
42.
The Girl with the Hazel Eyes
The Girl with the Hazel Eyes 3.96 avg rating — 583 ratings
42.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,962 ratings
42.
The Water Dancer
The Water Dancer 4.06 avg rating — 116,576 ratings
42.
Tales of the Astonishing Black Spark
Tales of the Astonishing Black Spark 4.02 avg rating — 100 ratings
42.
The Fury of Angels (Book One of The Damned Reflections Trilogy)
The Fury of Angels (Book One of The Damned Reflections Trilogy) 4.83 avg rating — 24 ratings
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The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye 4.13 avg rating — 288,110 ratings
48.
These Bones
These Bones 3.75 avg rating — 115 ratings
48.
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad 4.06 avg rating — 433,331 ratings
51.
Fear of the Dark (Aaron Gunner, #1)
Fear of the Dark (Aaron Gunner, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 106 ratings
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Passing by Samaria
Passing by Samaria 4.03 avg rating — 298 ratings