If The Yam Used In Sacrifice Does Not Die Prematurely, It Will Eventually Germinate: Forthcoming Books for 2016 by Authors of African Descent

1.
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad 4.06 avg rating — 433,367 ratings
2.
Homegoing
Homegoing
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.47 avg rating — 386,314 ratings
3.
The Book of Harlan
The Book of Harlan 4.09 avg rating — 2,951 ratings
4.
Lazaretto
Lazaretto 3.76 avg rating — 1,079 ratings
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What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours
What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours 3.64 avg rating — 14,301 ratings
6.
Swing Time
Swing Time 3.56 avg rating — 76,237 ratings
7.
The Birds of Opulence
The Birds of Opulence 4.10 avg rating — 1,483 ratings
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The Mothers
The Mothers 3.88 avg rating — 126,677 ratings
9.
Behold the Dreamers
Behold the Dreamers 3.95 avg rating — 84,461 ratings
10.
The Illegal
The Illegal 3.78 avg rating — 12,583 ratings
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Summer of the Cicadas
Summer of the Cicadas 3.86 avg rating — 42 ratings
12.
Second House from the Corner
Second House from the Corner 3.67 avg rating — 2,611 ratings
13.
Gold of Our Fathers (Darko Dawson #4)
Gold of Our Fathers (Darko Dawson #4) 3.86 avg rating — 596 ratings
14.
And After Many Days
And After Many Days 3.43 avg rating — 737 ratings
14.
Here Comes the Sun
Here Comes the Sun 3.85 avg rating — 11,629 ratings
16.
Will Do Magic for Small Change
Will Do Magic for Small Change 3.43 avg rating — 336 ratings
17.
In the Not Quite Dark: Stories
In the Not Quite Dark: Stories 4.12 avg rating — 192 ratings
17.
The Turner House
The Turner House 3.63 avg rating — 17,805 ratings
19.
Solemn
Solemn 3.12 avg rating — 91 ratings
20.
Listen to the Lambs
Listen to the Lambs 3.96 avg rating — 190 ratings
21.
Olio
Olio 4.55 avg rating — 1,080 ratings
22.
The Castle Cross the Magnet Carter
The Castle Cross the Magnet Carter 4.49 avg rating — 440 ratings
23.
Charcoal Joe (Easy Rawlins #14)
Charcoal Joe (Easy Rawlins #14) 4.10 avg rating — 3,453 ratings
24.
Know the Mother (Made in Michigan Writer Series)
Know the Mother (Made in Michigan Writer Series) 4.11 avg rating — 353 ratings
25.
The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2)
The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2) 4.29 avg rating — 187,551 ratings
26.
Grace
Grace really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,083 ratings
27.
We Love You, Charlie Freeman
We Love You, Charlie Freeman 3.45 avg rating — 4,033 ratings
28.
A Walk Through Carnival
A Walk Through Carnival 3.78 avg rating — 367 ratings
29.
Even in Paradise
Even in Paradise 3.64 avg rating — 269 ratings
30.
Ladivine
Ladivine 3.34 avg rating — 885 ratings
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Insurrections
Insurrections 4.02 avg rating — 317 ratings
32.
Bestiary: Poems
Bestiary: Poems 4.16 avg rating — 1,893 ratings
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A Study of Hands
A Study of Hands 4.38 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant 3.19 avg rating — 156 ratings
34.
Another Brooklyn
Another Brooklyn 3.87 avg rating — 41,164 ratings
36.
Black Deutschland
Black Deutschland 2.90 avg rating — 442 ratings
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Incorrect Merciful Impulses
Incorrect Merciful Impulses 4.07 avg rating — 361 ratings
38.
Version Control
Version Control 3.73 avg rating — 7,734 ratings
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Everfair (Everfair, #1)
Everfair (Everfair, #1) 3.19 avg rating — 2,915 ratings
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When the World Wounds
When the World Wounds 3.81 avg rating — 53 ratings
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The Mother
The Mother 3.92 avg rating — 904 ratings
42.
Triangle Ray
Triangle Ray 3.71 avg rating — 17 ratings
43.
Blood Memory (Pitt Poetry Series)
Blood Memory (Pitt Poetry Series) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
44.
Melting the Blues
Melting the Blues 4.09 avg rating — 54 ratings
45.
The Loss of All Lost Things
The Loss of All Lost Things 3.99 avg rating — 133 ratings
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The Risen
The Risen 3.69 avg rating — 316 ratings
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The Ballad of Black Tom
The Ballad of Black Tom 3.84 avg rating — 32,627 ratings
48.
The Shameful State
The Shameful State 2.59 avg rating — 32 ratings
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The Angels' Share
The Angels' Share 3.46 avg rating — 37 ratings
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Jazz Moon
Jazz Moon 3.92 avg rating — 254 ratings
51.
Born on a Tuesday
Born on a Tuesday 4.07 avg rating — 1,598 ratings
52.
Collected Poems: 1974–2004
Collected Poems: 1974–2004
by: Rita Dove
4.26 avg rating — 201 ratings
53.
The Strivers' Row Spy (Renaissance #1)
The Strivers' Row Spy (Renaissance #1) 3.62 avg rating — 303 ratings
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Blackass
Blackass 3.35 avg rating — 2,463 ratings
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The Animal After Whom Other Animals Are Named: Poems (Drinking Gourd Chapbook Poetry Prize)
The Animal After Whom Other Animals Are Named: Poems (Drinking Gourd Chapbook Poetry Prize) 4.45 avg rating — 77 ratings
56.
the black maria
the black maria 4.38 avg rating — 653 ratings
57.
play dead
play dead 4.06 avg rating — 180 ratings
58.
The Big Book of Exit Strategies
The Big Book of Exit Strategies 4.29 avg rating — 292 ratings
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Blue Laws: Selected and Uncollected Poems, 1995-2015
Blue Laws: Selected and Uncollected Poems, 1995-2015 4.21 avg rating — 90 ratings
60.
Therapy Sessions Vol. I
Therapy Sessions Vol. I 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
61.
Kaveena
Kaveena 3.85 avg rating — 33 ratings
62.
Baho!
Baho! 3.44 avg rating — 150 ratings
63.
The Reactive
The Reactive 3.38 avg rating — 396 ratings
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The Motorcyclist
The Motorcyclist 3.20 avg rating — 69 ratings
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Dream With A Glass Chamber
Dream With A Glass Chamber 4.59 avg rating — 29 ratings
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Leaving Cle: Poems of Nomadic Dispersal
Leaving Cle: Poems of Nomadic Dispersal 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings
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100 Days (Robert Kroetsch Series)
100 Days (Robert Kroetsch Series) 4.36 avg rating — 92 ratings
68.
To Greet Yourself Arriving
To Greet Yourself Arriving 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Dancing in the Baron's Shadow: A Novel
Dancing in the Baron's Shadow: A Novel 4.38 avg rating — 60 ratings
70.
Speak from Here to There
Speak from Here to There did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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The Dozen
The Dozen 4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings
72.
Buck Studies
Buck Studies 4.13 avg rating — 84 ratings
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The Book of Memory
The Book of Memory 3.74 avg rating — 3,919 ratings
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Counting Descent
Counting Descent 4.52 avg rating — 4,220 ratings
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Murder in G Major (Gethsemane Brown Mysteries #1)
Murder in G Major (Gethsemane Brown Mysteries #1) 3.79 avg rating — 3,060 ratings
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Wannabe Hoochie Mama Gallery of Realities' Red Dress Code: New and Selected Poems
Wannabe Hoochie Mama Gallery of Realities' Red Dress Code: New and Selected Poems 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Chicago Heat and Other Stories
Chicago Heat and Other Stories 3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings
78.
The Crown Ain't Worth Much
The Crown Ain't Worth Much 4.51 avg rating — 2,829 ratings
79.
Strivers and Other Stories
Strivers and Other Stories 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
80.
Edge of the Wind
Edge of the Wind 3.58 avg rating — 12 ratings
81.
Mass Effect: Initiation (Mass Effect: Andromeda, #2)
Mass Effect: Initiation (Mass Effect: Andromeda, #2) 3.76 avg rating — 1,782 ratings
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Language Lesson
Language Lesson it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Blues Triumphant
Blues Triumphant 4.40 avg rating — 47 ratings
84.
Smart People: A Play
Smart People: A Play 3.75 avg rating — 130 ratings
85.
Hot Prayers Flow Like Fire: poetry, story, spoken word soundtrack for survival
Hot Prayers Flow Like Fire: poetry, story, spoken word soundtrack for survival 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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The Sobbing School
The Sobbing School 4.28 avg rating — 442 ratings
87.
Cannibal (The Raz/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry)
Cannibal (The Raz/Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry) 4.19 avg rating — 881 ratings
88.
Other Side
Other Side really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings
89.
Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?
Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? 3.84 avg rating — 4,387 ratings
90.
Sleeping Under the Tree of Life
Sleeping Under the Tree of Life 3.68 avg rating — 19 ratings