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
13,994 members
289 reviews
½ 3.6
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The Hate U Give
by Angie Thomas
12,099 members
525 reviews
½ 4.5
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The Complete Persepolis
by Marjane Satrapi
8,254 members
281 reviews
½ 4.3
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Children of Blood and Bone
by Tomi Adeyemi
7,889 members
258 reviews
3.9
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Legendborn
by Tracy Deonn
5,193 members
98 reviews
½ 4.3
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Firekeeper's Daughter
by Angeline Boulley
3,984 members
146 reviews
½ 4.3
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Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
by Ibram X. Kendi
3,980 members
80 reviews
½ 4.5
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Binti
by Nnedi Okorafor
3,560 members
295 reviews
3.8
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The Poet X
by Elizabeth Acevedo
3,357 members
200 reviews
½ 4.4
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Long Way Down
by Jason Reynolds
3,160 members
169 reviews
½ 4.3
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Gods of Jade and Shadow
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
2,990 members
97 reviews
3.8
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Last Night at the Telegraph Club
by Malinda Lo
2,719 members
74 reviews
4.2
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Akata Witch
by Nnedi Okorafor
2,712 members
135 reviews
4
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Dear Martin
by Nic Stone
2,625 members
88 reviews
½ 4.3
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On the Come Up
by Angie Thomas
2,614 members
94 reviews
4.2
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The Gilded Ones
by Namina Forna
2,277 members
52 reviews
3.8
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Dread Nation
by Justina Ireland
2,094 members
114 reviews
4.2
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Ace of Spades
by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
2,059 members
57 reviews
4
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With the Fire on High
by Elizabeth Acevedo
2,004 members
94 reviews
4.2
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Clap When You Land
by Elizabeth Acevedo
1,961 members
82 reviews
½ 4.3
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Felix Ever After
by Kacen Callender
1,519 members
40 reviews
4.1
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This Poison Heart
by Kalynn Bayron
1,497 members
32 reviews
4
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Concrete Rose
by Angie Thomas
1,491 members
54 reviews
½ 4.3
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All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto
by George M. Johnson
1,462 members
53 reviews
4.1
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You Should See Me in a Crown
by Leah Johnson
1,182 members
56 reviews
4.1
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A Song of Wraiths and Ruin
by Roseanne A. Brown
1,169 members
23 reviews
4
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Instructions for Dancing
by Nicola Yoon
1,139 members
46 reviews
3.9
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Miles Morales: Spider-Man (A Marvel YA Novel)
by Jason Reynolds
1,042 members
31 reviews
3.9
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Witches Steeped in Gold
by Ciannon Smart
1,011 members
13 reviews
3.2
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The Black Flamingo
by Dean Atta
860 members
35 reviews
4.2
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Blackout: A Novel
by Dhonielle Clayton
819 members
34 reviews
4
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Grown
by Tiffany D. Jackson
799 members
32 reviews
4.2
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Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel
by Jason Reynolds
597 members
18 reviews
½ 4.4
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When I Was the Greatest
by Jason Reynolds
596 members
18 reviews
3.9
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The Taking of Jake Livingston
by Ryan Douglass
590 members
19 reviews
½ 3.4
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Wings of Ebony
by J. Elle
587 members
11 reviews
4
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Ain't Burned All the Bright
by Jason Reynolds
552 members
37 reviews
½ 4.4
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The Black Kids
by Christina Hammonds Reed
537 members
21 reviews
3.8
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A Scatter of Light
by Malinda Lo
494 members
18 reviews
3.8
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Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry
by Joya Goffney
416 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
381 members
11 reviews
½ 3.6
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One of the Good Ones
by Maika Moulite
270 members
4 reviews
3.9
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Chlorine Sky
by Mahogany L. Browne
220 members
14 reviews
½ 3.7
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Rise to the Sun
by Leah Johnson
199 members
8 reviews
3.8
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Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl
by Joya Goffney
159 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
67 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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