Prompts

What are your favorite books by black authors?

The publishing industry has struggled to embrace new voices. Many amazing authors have managed to get their voices out–overcoming all obstacles. What books stand out to you as your favorites by black author?

The Fifth Season

#1 of 3 in The Broken Earth

2015 • 2,257 Readers • 421 pages 4.4

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

2016 • 915 Readers • 288 pages 4.6

Becoming

13 • 837 Readers • 426 pages 4.5

A Promised Land

#1 of 1 in The Presidential Memoirs

2020 • 554 Readers • 768 pages 4.3

Dawn

#1 of 3 in Xenogenesis

1987 • 86 Readers • 248 pages 4

Parable of the Sower

#1 of 2 in Earthseed

1993 • 1,207 Readers • 350 pages 4.2

The Rage of Dragons

#1 of 3 in The Burning

2017 • 676 Readers • 528 pages 4.3

Raybearer

#1 of 2 in Raybearer

2020 • 285 Readers • 320 pages 4.4

The Last Black Unicorn

2017 • 105 Readers • 7 pages 3.7

The Hate U Give

#1 of 1 in The Hate U Give

2017 • 986 Readers • 444 pages 4.5

Such a Fun Age

2019 • 718 Readers • 313 pages 3.8

Homegoing

2016 • 709 Readers • 468 pages 4.5

So You Want to Talk about Race

2018 • 372 Readers • 7h 42m 4.6

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

#1 of 3 in The Autobiographies

1845 • 213 Readers • 98 pages 4.2

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

#1 of 6 in Maya Angelou's Autobiography

1969 • 614 Readers • 309 pages 4.1

Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas

#3 of 6 in Maya Angelou's Autobiography

1976 • 12 Readers • 258 pages 4.3

Wow, No Thank You.: Essays

2020 • 156 Readers • 319 pages 4

A Song of Wraiths and Ruin

#1 of 2 in A Song of Wraiths and Ruin

2020 • 218 Readers • 480 pages 4

The Nickel Boys

2019 • 518 Readers • 224 pages 4.2

Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy #1)

#1 of 3 in The Dark Star Trilogy

2019 • 549 Readers • 612 pages 3.1

How to Be an Antiracist

2019 • 466 Readers • 401 pages 4.3

Dear Justyce

#2 of 2 in Dear Martin

2020 • 44 Readers • 204 pages 4.1

Allegedly

2017 • 139 Readers • 390 pages 3.9

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You

Stamped

2020 • 173 Readers • 320 pages 4.4

Witchmark

#1 of 3 in The Kingston Cycle

2018 • 210 Readers • 318 pages 4

Dear Martin

#1 of 2 in Dear Martin

2017 • 175 Readers • 224 pages 4.2

White Teeth

2001 • 346 Readers • 448 pages 3.9

Angela Davis: An Autobiography

1974 • 32 Readers • 410 pages 4

Kaffir Boy

1986 • 12 Readers • 354 pages 3.7

You Are Your Best Thing

2021 • 19 Readers • 256 pages 4.5

Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man

2020 • 72 Readers • 288 pages 4.5

Lead from the Outside

2018 • 15 Readers • 226 pages 4.5

Wild Seed

#1 of 4 in Patternmaster

1980 • 217 Readers • 248 pages 4

The Wretched of the Earth

1961 • 197 Readers • 336 pages 4.3

The Prey of Gods

2017 • 93 Readers • 400 pages 3.6

The Stars and the Blackness Between Them

2019 • 65 Readers • 312 pages 3.8

Pride

2018 • 83 Readers • 304 pages 3.6

Abolition. Feminism. Now.

2022 • 22 Readers • 173 pages 4.3

Bad Witch Burning

2021 • 27 Readers • 341 pages 5

Basic Economics : A Citizen's Guide to the Economy

2000 • 66 Readers • 448 pages 4.3

The Heart of a Woman

#4 of 6 in Maya Angelou's Autobiography

1981 • 37 Readers • 288 pages 4.4

Mom & Me & Mom

#7 of 6 in Maya Angelou's Autobiography

2013 • 35 Readers 4.3

All Her Little Secrets

2021 • 77 Readers • 384 pages 3.8

Real Men Knit

#1 of 2 in Real Men Knit

2020 • 58 Readers • 338 pages 3.3

All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes

2013 • 3 Readers • 240 pages 4.5

Gather Together in My Name

#2 of 6 in Maya Angelou's Autobiography

1985 • 23 Readers • 224 pages 4.1

That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon

#1 of 3 in Mead Mishaps

2021 • 247 Readers • 192 pages 3.9

The Roommate Risk

#2 of 3 in The Midnight Heat Collection

2018 • 40 Readers • 352 pages 4.1

All the Sinners Bleed

2023 • 273 Readers • 352 pages 4.3

That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf

#2 of 3 in Mead Mishaps

2022 • 97 Readers • 246 pages 3.9

That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Human

#3 of 3 in Mead Mishaps

2023 • 69 Readers • 310 pages 3.9

Their Eyes Were Watching God

1937 • 611 Readers • 260 pages 3.9

Rosewater

#1 of 3 in The Wormwood Trilogy

2017 • 288 Readers • 400 pages 3.8

Zami: A New Spelling of My Name

1982 • 96 Readers • 265 pages 4.4

When I Was the Greatest

2014 • 18 Readers • 240 pages 3.8

Monster: A Graphic Novel

1999 • 65 Readers • 160 pages 3.6

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

#4 of 7 in Logans

1976 • 122 Readers • 304 pages 4

Things Fall Apart

#1 of 3 in The African Trilogy

1958 • 694 Readers • 185 pages 3.7

The Skin I'm In

#1 of 2 in The Skin I'm In

1998 • 15 Readers • 176 pages 4

Devil in a Blue Dress

#1 of 11 in Easy Rawlins

1990 • 92 Readers • 240 pages 3.8

With the Fire on High

2019 • 270 Readers • 416 pages 4.4

What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky

2017 • 100 Readers • 240 pages 4

Dark Matter

#1 of 1 in Dark Matter

33 Readers 3

Assata: An Autobiography

1987 • 100 Readers • 274 pages 4.6

Beloved

#1 of 2 in Beloved Trilogy

1987 • 879 Readers • 362 pages 3.9

Between the World and Me

2015 • 810 Readers • 166 pages 4.6