How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter RodneyBlood River by Tim ButcherKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam HochschildThey Came Before Columbus by Ivan Van SertimaThe Frontlines of Peace by Severine Autesserre
Africa - Nonfiction
8th out of 392 books — 163 voters
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonThe Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois
African American Books That Changed Our Lives
31st out of 125 books — 170 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieFacing the Son by M.L. RudolphBuck by M.K. AsanteNightmare Along the River Nile by S.E. Nelson
Africa and the Diaspora
7th out of 150 books — 70 voters
John Adams by David McCulloughThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Best History Books
791st out of 3,768 books — 3,798 voters

The Isis Papers by Frances Cress WelsingThe Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. WoodsonAwakening the Natural Genius of Black Children by Amos N. WilsonPost Traumatic Slave Syndrome by Joy DeGruy LearyRaising Black Boys by Jawanza Kunjufu
Black Psychology / African Psychology
18th out of 63 books — 10 voters
New People by Joel WilliamsonSlave Breeding by Gregory D. SmithersStolen Women by Gail Elizabeth WyattWe Specialize in the Wholly Impossible by Darlene Clark HineYour Silence Will Not Protect You by Audre Lorde
EmpressOnyxx Picks
7th out of 40 books — 1 voter

Blood River by Tim ButcherOut of Africa by Isak DinesenThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithYohannes Ishi by Nabse BamatoDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller
Books About Africa
152nd out of 271 books — 49 voters
The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz FanonGbesu Wema Kulito Vol I by Ayinon Ahosu Djísoví Agbòví IThe African Origin of Civilization by Cheikh Anta DiopBlack Skin, White Masks by Frantz FanonThe Isis Papers by Frances Cress Welsing
Books Towards Afrikan Sovereignty
106th out of 108 books — 6 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Martian by Andy WeirThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Books With a Goodreads Average Rating of 4.3 and Above
2502nd out of 3,131 books — 478 voters
Sister Outsider by Audre LordeBig Freedia by Big FreediaNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick DouglassWild Swans by Jung ChangI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
#ReadPOC: List of Nonfiction Books by Authors of Color
358th out of 420 books — 52 voters

Buses Are a Comin' by Charles PersonThe Book of Angels by Maya ElAction Words by Shaune BordereAmerica's Original Sin by Jim WallisSo You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Race in America
104th out of 126 books — 18 voters
The Half Has Never Been Told by Edward E. BaptistBlack Reconstruction in America (The Oxford W. E. B. Du Bois) by W.E.B. Du BoisWhen Affirmative Action Was White by Ira KatznelsonHow Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter RodneyWomen, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis
Racial capitalism
121st out of 167 books — 14 voters

Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880 by W.E.B. Du BoisNever Caught by Erica Armstrong DunbarOur Nig by Harriet E. WilsonThey Were Her Property by Stephanie E. Jones-RogersWhen Affirmative Action Was White by Ira Katznelson
Black History for White People
54th out of 165 books — 5 voters
Destruction of Black Civilization by Chancellor WilliamsThe Negro Problem by Charles W. Chesnutt
Black Consciousness
1st out of 2 books — 1 voter

Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich1984 by George OrwellA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonZeitoun by Dave Eggers
President Obama's Summer Reading List
336th out of 343 books — 170 voters
Conquering Your Quarter-Life Crisis by Kali  RogersThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson1984 by George OrwellNever Go With Your Gut by Gleb TsipurskyFeel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan  Jeffers
Books that will change you.
82nd out of 94 books — 7 voters

The Holy Bible by AnonymousThe Origin of Species by Charles Darwinالقرآن الكريم by AnonymousThe Complete Works by William ShakespeareThe Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx
The Most Influential Books
845th out of 1,462 books — 5,288 voters