Schomburg Centennial Reading List
- Description
- This list—curated by the Schomburg Center’s Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division—features 100 books personally selected by some of today's most celebrated Black writers, artists, and luminaries.
1
by Malcolm X
11,420 members
144 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 12.46
Added 2026-02-05, 10:27 PM
- 4 Members
- hipdeep, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, Nonconformisto
2
6,406 members
87 reviews
3.8
Score 10.75
Added 2026-02-06, 09:49 AM
- 4 Members
- hipdeep, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, Nonconformisto
3
22,367 members
387 reviews
4
Score 8.34
Added 2026-02-06, 09:55 AM
- 3 Members
- hipdeep, ahef1963, Nonconformisto
9
215 members
1 review
3.8
Score 5.01
Added 2026-02-05, 10:36 PM
- 2 Members
- ManWithAnAgenda, Nonconformisto
10
2,405 members
51 reviews
4
Score 4.78
Added 2026-02-06, 09:39 AM
- 2 Members
- ManWithAnAgenda, Nonconformisto
11
9,872 members
402 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 4.71
Added 2026-02-05, 10:27 PM
- 2 Members
- hipdeep, Nonconformisto
16
by bell hooks
1,896 members
20 reviews
4.2
Score 4.13
Added 2026-02-06, 09:54 AM
- 2 Members
- hipdeep, Nonconformisto
20
5,608 members
72 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 3.88
Added 2026-02-06, 09:30 AM
- 2 Members
- ahef1963, Nonconformisto
28
6,672 members
207 reviews
½ 4.5
Score 3.41
Added 2026-02-11, 09:51 AM
- 2 Members
- ahef1963, Nonconformisto
39
by Marlon James
1,270 members
44 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 2.11
Added 2026-02-05, 10:34 PM
- Member
- Nonconformisto
57
by Kiese Laymon
1,365 members
48 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 1.62
Added 2026-02-06, 09:22 AM
- Member
- Nonconformisto
61
by Maya Angelou
17,571 members
260 reviews
4
Score 1.57
Added 2026-02-06, 09:24 AM
- Member
- Nonconformisto
71
by Claude Brown
1,201 members
17 reviews
4.1
Score 1.46
Added 2026-02-06, 09:36 AM
- Member
- Nonconformisto
82
by Frantz Fanon
3,000 members
18 reviews
4.1
Score 1.38
Added 2026-02-06, 09:47 AM
- Member
- Nonconformisto
100
by Audre Lorde
2,237 members
29 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 1.27
Added 2026-02-06, 09:57 AM
- Member
- Nonconformisto