VBL YA

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Young Adult books by Black authors/Black main characters
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Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
by Azar Nafisi
14,034 members
290 reviews
½ 3.6
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The Hate U Give
by Angie Thomas
12,129 members
524 reviews
½ 4.5
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The Complete Persepolis
by Marjane Satrapi
8,308 members
283 reviews
½ 4.3
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Children of Blood and Bone
by Tomi Adeyemi
7,971 members
258 reviews
3.9
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Legendborn
by Tracy Deonn
5,263 members
100 reviews
½ 4.3
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Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
by Ibram X. Kendi
4,030 members
80 reviews
½ 4.5
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Firekeeper's Daughter
by Angeline Boulley
4,028 members
145 reviews
½ 4.3
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Binti
by Nnedi Okorafor
3,576 members
297 reviews
3.9
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The Poet X
by Elizabeth Acevedo
3,378 members
201 reviews
½ 4.4
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Long Way Down
by Jason Reynolds
3,188 members
170 reviews
½ 4.3
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Gods of Jade and Shadow
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
3,025 members
97 reviews
3.8
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Last Night at the Telegraph Club
by Malinda Lo
2,746 members
76 reviews
4.2
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Akata Witch
by Nnedi Okorafor
2,725 members
136 reviews
4
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Dear Martin
by Nic Stone
2,652 members
88 reviews
½ 4.3
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On the Come Up
by Angie Thomas
2,613 members
94 reviews
4.2
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The Gilded Ones
by Namina Forna
2,297 members
52 reviews
3.8
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Dread Nation
by Justina Ireland
2,113 members
115 reviews
4.2
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Ace of Spades
by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
2,086 members
58 reviews
4
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With the Fire on High
by Elizabeth Acevedo
2,019 members
94 reviews
4.2
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Clap When You Land
by Elizabeth Acevedo
1,971 members
82 reviews
½ 4.3
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Felix Ever After
by Kacen Callender
1,535 members
41 reviews
4.1
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This Poison Heart
by Kalynn Bayron
1,518 members
33 reviews
4
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Concrete Rose
by Angie Thomas
1,500 members
54 reviews
½ 4.3
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All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto
by George M. Johnson
1,480 members
53 reviews
4.1
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You Should See Me in a Crown
by Leah Johnson
1,195 members
57 reviews
4.1
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A Song of Wraiths and Ruin
by Roseanne A. Brown
1,177 members
24 reviews
4
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Instructions for Dancing
by Nicola Yoon
1,150 members
46 reviews
3.9
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Miles Morales: Spider-Man (A Marvel YA Novel)
by Jason Reynolds
1,050 members
31 reviews
3.9
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Witches Steeped in Gold
by Ciannon Smart
1,025 members
13 reviews
3.2
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The Black Flamingo
by Dean Atta
865 members
35 reviews
4.2
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Blackout: A Novel
by Dhonielle Clayton
828 members
34 reviews
4
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Grown
by Tiffany D. Jackson
804 members
32 reviews
4.2
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Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel
by Jason Reynolds
603 members
18 reviews
½ 4.4
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When I Was the Greatest
by Jason Reynolds
597 members
18 reviews
3.9
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Wings of Ebony
by J. Elle
595 members
11 reviews
4
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The Taking of Jake Livingston
by Ryan Douglass
595 members
20 reviews
½ 3.4
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Ain't Burned All the Bright
by Jason Reynolds
556 members
37 reviews
½ 4.4
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The Black Kids
by Christina Hammonds Reed
543 members
21 reviews
3.8
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A Scatter of Light
by Malinda Lo
502 members
18 reviews
3.8
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Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry
by Joya Goffney
422 members
13 reviews
4
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A Phoenix First Must Burn: Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope
by Patrice Caldwell
382 members
11 reviews
½ 3.6
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One of the Good Ones
by Maika Moulite
271 members
4 reviews
3.9
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Chlorine Sky
by Mahogany L. Browne
221 members
14 reviews
½ 3.7
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Rise to the Sun
by Leah Johnson
202 members
8 reviews
3.8
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Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl
by Joya Goffney
162 members
4 reviews
4.2
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And We Rise: The Civil Rights Movement in Poems
by Erica Martin
96 members
4 reviews
4
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Required Reading for the Disenfranchised Freshman
by Kristen R. Lee
82 members
4 reviews
½ 4.4
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Free at Last: A Juneteenth Poem
by Sojourner Kincaid Rolle
68 members
1 review
3.9
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A Bounded Land: Reflections on Settler Colonialism in Canada
by Cole Harris
4 members
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