Black Authors

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To diversify our reading and support Black Lives Matter, please share your fiction and nonfiction books by Black authors.
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Parable of the Sower
by Octavia E. Butler
7,447 members
217 reviews
4.1
10 Members
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3
Kindred
by Octavia E. Butler
7,802 members
332 reviews
4.2
12 Members
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4
The Underground Railroad
by Colson Whitehead
8,459 members
427 reviews
4
8 Members
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5
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by Maya Angelou
14,172 members
217 reviews
4
8 Members
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6
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
19,941 members
423 reviews
3.8
9 Members
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7
Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Zora Neale Hurston
18,430 members
337 reviews
4
7 Members
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8
Beloved
by Toni Morrison
22,051 members
399 reviews
3.9
8 Members
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9
Purple Hibiscus
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
4,319 members
181 reviews
4
7 Members
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10
Half of a Yellow Sun
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
6,653 members
293 reviews
4.2
7 Members
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11
Parable of the Talents
by Octavia E. Butler
3,327 members
90 reviews
4.1
7 Members
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12
An American Marriage
by Tayari Jones
3,699 members
248 reviews
3.9
6 Members
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13
Americanah
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
7,316 members
287 reviews
4.2
6 Members
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14
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
by Trevor Noah
5,635 members
344 reviews
½ 4.4
5 Members
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15
The Fifth Season
by N. K. Jemisin
7,324 members
340 reviews
4.2
7 Members
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16
Homegoing
by Yaa Gyasi
5,339 members
265 reviews
½ 4.3
6 Members
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17
The Bluest Eye
by Toni Morrison
12,922 members
227 reviews
3.9
6 Members
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18
The Obelisk Gate
by N. K. Jemisin
3,872 members
176 reviews
4.2
6 Members
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19
The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas
24,405 members
411 reviews
½ 4.3
5 Members
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20
Becoming
by Michelle Obama
7,703 members
332 reviews
½ 4.4
5 Members
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21
Breath, Eyes, Memory
by Edwidge Danticat
2,813 members
66 reviews
3.8
5 Members
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22
Dhalgren
by Samuel R. Delany
3,603 members
74 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
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23
A Raisin in the Sun
by Lorraine Hansberry
5,218 members
78 reviews
3.8
4 Members
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24
The Stone Sky
by N. K. Jemisin
3,405 members
153 reviews
½ 4.3
5 Members
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25
Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand
by Samuel R. Delany
1,334 members
22 reviews
4
4 Members
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26
We Should All Be Feminists
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
3,739 members
166 reviews
4.2
4 Members
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27
White Teeth
by Zadie Smith
13,406 members
239 reviews
½ 3.7
4 Members
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28
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
by Barack Obama
9,261 members
210 reviews
3.9
4 Members
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29
Nervous Conditions
by Tsitsi Dangarembga
1,964 members
44 reviews
3.9
4 Members
jain, elkiedee, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707
30
The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
by James McBride
5,901 members
107 reviews
4
3 Members
krazy4katz, perennialreader, ManWithAnAgenda
31
My Sister, the Serial Killer
by Oyinkan Braithwaite
3,227 members
236 reviews
3.8
4 Members
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32
Binti
by Nnedi Okorafor
2,672 members
227 reviews
3.9
4 Members
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34
Between the World and Me
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
7,320 members
351 reviews
½ 4.4
4 Members
sturlington, Dilara86, gypsysmom, steller0707
35
So Long a Letter
by Mariama Bâ
1,278 members
41 reviews
3.8
3 Members
jain, Dilara86, ahef1963
36
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
15,734 members
203 reviews
4
3 Members
krazy4katz, perennialreader, aspirit
37
Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom
by bell hooks
1,482 members
16 reviews
4.2
3 Members
Quaisior, hipdeep, chwiggy
38
Bloodchild and Other Stories
by Octavia E. Butler
498 members
16 reviews
4.1
3 Members
Quaisior, jain, sturlington
39
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by Malcolm X
9,442 members
118 reviews
½ 4.3
3 Members
hipdeep, krazy4katz, ahef1963
40
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
by Mildred D. Taylor
11,246 members
380 reviews
3.9
4 Members
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41
Giovanni's Room
by James Baldwin
5,189 members
118 reviews
4.2
3 Members
jain, krazy4katz, gypsysmom
42
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
by Bryan Stevenson
4,329 members
236 reviews
½ 4.6
4 Members
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43
Nova
by Samuel R. Delany
2,137 members
41 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
anglemark, jain
44
Queenie
by Candice Carty-Williams
1,415 members
56 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
45
The Memory of Love
by Aminatta Forna
687 members
45 reviews
4
3 Members
krazy4katz, elkiedee, steller0707
46
Black Water Rising
by Attica Locke
840 members
52 reviews
½ 3.5
3 Members
Bookmarque, elkiedee, steller0707
47
Chaka
by Thomas Mofolo
213 members
5 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
thorold, Dilara86
48
Redemption in Indigo
by Karen Lord
617 members
46 reviews
3.9
3 Members
Quaisior, anglemark, sturlington
49
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
by Roxane Gay
2,065 members
114 reviews
4.2
3 Members
Quaisior, sturlington, steller0707
50
The Known World
by Edward P. Jones
6,721 members
159 reviews
3.8
2 Members
Crypto-Willobie, gypsysmom
51
Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
by Nelson Mandela
4,707 members
62 reviews
½ 4.3
3 Members
krazy4katz, PaperbackPirate, ahef1963
52
Narrative of Sojourner Truth
by Sojourner Truth
1,183 members
14 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
Quaisior, krazy4katz, ManWithAnAgenda
53
Who Fears Death
by Nnedi Okorafor
2,106 members
103 reviews
3.8
3 Members
Quaisior, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
54
Erasure
by Percival Everett
703 members
27 reviews
4.1
2 Members
Bookmarque, steller0707
55
The Vanishing Half
by Brit Bennett
5,065 members
224 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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56
Boy, Snow, Bird
by Helen Oyeyemi
1,744 members
109 reviews
½ 3.5
3 Members
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57
Go Tell It on the Mountain
by James Baldwin
5,509 members
109 reviews
3.9
3 Members
Dilara86, ahef1963, steller0707
58
Such a Fun Age
by Kiley Reid
2,869 members
160 reviews
3.8
3 Members
PaperbackPirate, sturlington, ahef1963
59
The Haunting of Tram Car 015
by P. Djèlí Clark
753 members
61 reviews
4
2 Members
jain, sturlington
60
The Thing Around Your Neck
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
1,791 members
74 reviews
4.1
2 Members
jain, steller0707
61
The Water Dancer
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
2,460 members
107 reviews
4.1
3 Members
sturlington, gypsysmom, steller0707
62
River, Cross My Heart
by Breena Clarke
1,234 members
13 reviews
½ 3.3
2 Members
dara85, PaperbackPirate
63
Amari and the Night Brothers
by B. B. Alston
776 members
32 reviews
4.1
2 Members
aspirit, ManWithAnAgenda
64
Assumption
by Percival Everett
154 members
18 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
Bookmarque, sturlington
65
The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country
by Amanda Gorman
965 members
23 reviews
½ 4.5
2 Members
PaperbackPirate, ManWithAnAgenda
66
Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands
by Mary Seacole
299 members
3 reviews
½ 3.3
2 Members
Dilara86, ManWithAnAgenda
67
A Brief History of Seven Killings
by Marlon James
2,699 members
107 reviews
3.9
2 Members
anglemark, gypsysmom
68
Another Country
by James Baldwin
2,772 members
40 reviews
4.1
2 Members
elkiedee, ManWithAnAgenda
69
Push
by Sapphire
3,569 members
154 reviews
3.8
2 Members
dara85, ahef1963
70
No Future Without Forgiveness
by Desmond Tutu
713 members
4 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
krazy4katz, ahef1963
71
The City We Became
by N. K. Jemisin
2,772 members
99 reviews
4
2 Members
aspirit, ManWithAnAgenda
72
Roots
by Alex Haley
6,502 members
90 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
perennialreader, gypsysmom
73
Pet
by Akwaeke Emezi
948 members
38 reviews
4.1
2 Members
aspirit, ManWithAnAgenda
74
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
by Harriet A. Jacobs
4,147 members
78 reviews
4
2 Members
hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda
75
Babel-17 / Empire Star
by Samuel R. Delany
641 members
15 reviews
3.8
2 Members
jain, ManWithAnAgenda
76
Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas
by Maya Angelou
1,079 members
5 reviews
3.8
2 Members
PaperbackPirate, steller0707
77
The Wedding Date
by Jasmine Guillory
1,513 members
89 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
PaperbackPirate, ahef1963
78
Waiting to Exhale
by Terry McMillan
1,647 members
20 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
Bookmarque, gypsysmom
79
Black Like Me
by John Howard Griffin
4,166 members
78 reviews
4
2 Members
krazy4katz, ahef1963
80
This Mournable Body
by Tsitsi Dangarembga
325 members
12 reviews
3.2
2 Members
thorold, gypsysmom
81
March Forward, Girl: From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine
by Melba Pattillo Beals
119 members
4 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
dara85, sturlington
82
The Ballad of Black Tom
by Victor LaValle
1,408 members
76 reviews
3.9
2 Members
jain, sturlington
83
Lot: Stories
by Bryan Washington
403 members
14 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
84
Civility: Manners, Morals, and the Etiquette of Democracy
by Stephen L. Carter
252 members
3 reviews
4.1
Member
cpg
85
Population Zero
by Wrath James White
56 members
1 review
½ 3.4
Member
yoyogod
86
Citizen: An American Lyric
by Claudia Rankine
1,881 members
65 reviews
4.2
2 Members
hipdeep, steller0707
87
Gather Together in My Name
by Maya Angelou
1,446 members
16 reviews
3.9
2 Members
PaperbackPirate, steller0707
88
The Hate U Give
by Angie Thomas
8,184 members
450 reviews
½ 4.5
2 Members
PaperbackPirate, ahef1963
89
Everfair
by Nisi Shawl
632 members
28 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
anglemark, sturlington
90
On Beauty
by Zadie Smith
9,179 members
220 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
Dilara86, steller0707
91
The Nickel Boys
by Colson Whitehead
3,707 members
203 reviews
4.2
2 Members
sturlington, elkiedee
92
Small Island
by Andrea Levy
3,942 members
139 reviews
3.9
2 Members
elkiedee, ahef1963
93
The Killing Moon
by N. K. Jemisin
1,653 members
92 reviews
3.9
2 Members
jain, sturlington
94
No Longer at Ease
by Chinua Achebe
1,452 members
24 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
jain, Dilara86
95
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
by Terry McMillan
1,333 members
14 reviews
3.2
2 Members
PaperbackPirate, gypsysmom
96
A Gathering of Old Men
by Ernest J. Gaines
1,011 members
27 reviews
4
2 Members
hipdeep, steller0707
97
The Book of Negroes
by Lawrence Hill
3,556 members
176 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
gypsysmom, ahef1963
98
The Proposal
by Jasmine Guillory
1,048 members
55 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
PaperbackPirate, ahef1963
99
Wild Seed
by Octavia E. Butler
2,710 members
81 reviews
4.1
2 Members
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