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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?

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The Fifth Season
The Fifth Season
  • N.K. Jemisin
4.33887 reads
How Long 'til Black Future Month?
How Long 'til Black Future Month?
  • N.K. Jemisin
4.2270 reads
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
  • Trevor Noah
4.55488 reads
Becoming
Becoming
  • Michelle Obama
4.48426 reads
A Promised Land
A Promised Land
  • Barack Obama
4.31197 reads
Dawn
Dawn
  • Octavia E. Butler
4.0320 reads
Parable of the Sower
Parable of the Sower
  • Octavia E. Butler
4.14450 reads
The Rage of Dragons
The Rage of Dragons
  • Evan Winter
4.28161 reads
Raybearer
Raybearer
  • Jordan Ifueko
4.3268 reads
The Last Black Unicorn
The Last Black Unicorn
    3.7142 reads
    The Hate U Give
    The Hate U Give
    • Angie Thomas
    4.51464 reads
    Such a Fun Age
    Such a Fun Age
    • Kiley Reid
    3.84301 reads
    Homegoing
    Homegoing
    • Yaa Gyasi
    4.48234 reads
    So You Want to Talk about Race
    So You Want to Talk about Race
    • Ijeoma Oluo
    4.61144 reads
    Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
    Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
    • Frederick Douglass
    4.1797 reads
    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
    I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
    • Maya Angelou
    4.15197 reads
    Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas
    Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas
    • Maya Angelou
    4.255 reads
    Wow, No Thank You.: Essays
    Wow, No Thank You.: Essays
    • Samantha Irby
    3.9147 reads
    A Song of Wraiths and Ruin
    A Song of Wraiths and Ruin
    • Roseanne A. Brown
    4.1346 reads
    The Nickel Boys
    The Nickel Boys
    • Colson Whitehead
    4.23199 reads
    Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy #1)
    Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy #1)
    • Marlon James
    3.05102 reads
    How to Be an Antiracist
    How to Be an Antiracist
    • Ibram X. Kendi
    • Heike Schlatterer (Translator)
    4.36187 reads
    Dear Justyce
    Dear Justyce
    • Nic Stone
    4.1725 reads
    Allegedly
    Allegedly
    • Tiffany D. Jackson
    456 reads
    Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
    Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
    • Jason Reynolds
    • Ibram X. Kendi
    4.3941 reads
    Witchmark
    Witchmark
    • C. L. Polk
    • C. L Polk
    3.9463 reads
    Dear Martin
    Dear Martin
    • Nic Stone
    4.1774 reads
    White Teeth
    White Teeth
    • Zadie Smith
    3.91119 reads
    The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
    The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
    • Anthony Ray Hinton
    • Lara Love Hardin
    4.6331 reads
    The Body Is Not an Apology The Power of Radical Self-Love
    The Body Is Not an Apology The Power of Radical Self-Love
    • Sonya Renee Taylor
    4.1135 reads
    Angela Davis: An Autobiography
    Angela Davis: An Autobiography
    • Angela Y. Davis
    45 reads
    Kaffir Boy
    Kaffir Boy
    • Mark Mathabane
    3.675 reads
    You Are Your Best Thing
    You Are Your Best Thing
    • Tarana Burke
    • Brené Brown
    4.56 reads
    Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man
    Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man
    • Emmanuel Acho
    4.5334 reads
    Lead from the Outside
    Lead from the Outside
    • Stacey Abrams
    4.55 reads
    Wild Seed
    Wild Seed
    • Octavia E. Butler
    473 reads
    The Wretched of the Earth
    The Wretched of the Earth
    • Frantz Fanon
    • Richard Philcox (Translator)
    4.2828 reads
    The Prey of Gods
    The Prey of Gods
    • Nicky Drayden
    3.6316 reads
    The Stars and the Blackness Between Them
    The Stars and the Blackness Between Them
    • Junauda Petrus
    3.914 reads
    Pride
    Pride
    • Ibi Zoboi
    3.5738 reads
    Abolition. Feminism. Now.
    Abolition. Feminism. Now.
    • Angela Y. Davis
    • Gina Dent
    • Erica R. Meiners
    • Beth E. Richie
    4.337 reads
    Bad Witch Burning
    Bad Witch Burning
    • Jessica Lewis
    52 reads
    We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice
    We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice
    • Mariame Kaba
    511 reads
    Basic Economics : A Citizen's Guide to the Economy
    Basic Economics : A Citizen's Guide to the Economy
    • Thomas Sowell
    4.3310 reads
    The Heart of a Woman
    The Heart of a Woman
    • Maya Angelou
    4.3813 reads
    Mom & Me & Mom
    Mom & Me & Mom
    • Maya Angelou
    4.2511 reads
    All Her Little Secrets
    All Her Little Secrets
    • Wanda M. Morris
    3.8119 reads
    Real Men Knit
    Real Men Knit
    • Kwana Jackson
    3.514 reads
    All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes
    All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes
    • Maya Angelou
    4.52 reads
    Gather Together in My Name
    Gather Together in My Name
    • Maya Angelou
    4.0512 reads
    That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon
    That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon
    • Kimberly Lemming
    3.8189 reads
    The Roommate Risk
    The Roommate Risk
    • Talia Hibbert
    4.117 reads
    All the Sinners Bleed
    All the Sinners Bleed
    • S. A. Cosby
    4.32100 reads
    That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf
    That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf
    • Kimberly Lemming
    3.7436 reads
    That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Human
    That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Human
    • Kimberly Lemming
    3.8626 reads
    Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine
    Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine
    • Uché Blackstock
    4.634 reads
    Their Eyes Were Watching God
    Their Eyes Were Watching God
    • Zora Neale Hurston
    3.97239 reads
    Rosewater
    Rosewater
    • Tade Thompson
    3.8286 reads
    Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
    Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
    • Audre Lorde
    4.5517 reads
    When I Was the Greatest
    When I Was the Greatest
    • Jason Reynolds
    3.673 reads
    Monster: A Graphic Novel
    Monster: A Graphic Novel
    • Walter Dean Myers
    3.6239 reads
    Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
    Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
    • Mildred D. Taylor
    4.0262 reads
    Things Fall Apart
    Things Fall Apart
    • Chinua Achebe
    3.64337 reads
    The Skin I'm In
    The Skin I'm In
    • Sharon G. Flake
    47 reads
    Devil in a Blue Dress
    Devil in a Blue Dress
    • Walter Mosley
    3.8231 reads
    With the Fire on High
    With the Fire on High
    • Elizabeth Acevedo
    4.4482 reads
    What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky
    What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky
    • Lesley Nneka Arimah
    423 reads
    Dark Matter
    Dark Matter
    • W.E.B. Du Bois
    • Kalamu ya Salaam
    • Samuel R. Delany
    • Nalo Hopkinson
    • Akua Lezli Hope
    • Charles W. Chesnutt
    • Linda Addison
    • Charles R. Saunders
    • Nisi Shawl
    • Steven Barnes
    • Jewelle L. Gómez
    • Henry Dumas
    • Tony Medina
    • Kiini Ibura Salaam
    • Robert Fleming
    • Derrick A. Bell
    • Darryl A. Smith
    • Ama Patterson
    • Walter Mosley
    • Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
    • Paul D. Miller
    • Evie Shockley
    • Leone Ross
    • Tananarive Due
    • Amiri Baraka
    • Octavia E. Butler
    32 reads
    Assata: An Autobiography
    Assata: An Autobiography
    • Assata Shakur
    4.6321 reads
    Beloved
    Beloved
    • Toni Morrison
    3.94288 reads
    Between the World and Me
    Between the World and Me
    • Ta-Nehisi Coates
    4.54413 reads