Lemonade Syllabus - A Collection of Works Celebrating Black Womanhood. Inspired by Beyonce (227 books)

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[See 2017 update at the end]

The #LemonadeSyllabus is here! You can download a copy for yourself.

http://candicebenbow.com/lemonadesyll...
https://issuu.com/candicebenbow/docs/...

Full credit going to professor Candice Benbow of Rutgers for starting the hashtag #LemonadeSyllabus and collecting and curating the book recommendations.

All I've done is migrate her work over to a goodreads list. Added books from the instagram, then cross referenced with the official syllabus.
draft with participants is here: https://www.instagram.com/candicebenbow/

Notes: Selection here is limited to books. The syllabus also contains movies, music, photography and poetry that was difficult to find on goodreads. There may also be errors due to lack of presence on goodreads or a few wonky interface problems I had. Feel free to add or correct anything. And if you think something should be on the syllabus, add it!

For younger audiences, check out #1000BlackGirlBooks:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/9...

So many thanks to Professor Benbow and all the phenomenal black women who contributed to this project. If you would like to show your gratitude to her, there is a PayPal link on her syllabus download site (first link above). Work from women and black folks are often undervalued-- her supreme efforts should not go unappreciated!

2022 update: If you are interested in personal empowerment, one way to do so in America is to understand how capitalism works and how to wield it. For more information, see this list for books on Black and Brown Wealth https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

2017 update: There is a corresponding #444Syllabus created by a collaboration led by Anthony Boynton.
https://issuu.com/adboyntonii/docs/sy...
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j...
If you want to create this list for goodreads, let me know and I will link you. Thank you!

(5/9/2016. 208 books)
(last edit 4/20/2022. 222 books.)

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1	Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston 3.99 avg rating — 395,588 ratings score: 2,245, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Color Purple by Alice Walker 4.28 avg rating — 765,321 ratings score: 1,832, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange 4.29 avg rating — 34,825 ratings score: 1,390, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Beloved by Toni Morrison 3.99 avg rating — 504,719 ratings score: 1,317, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Sula by Toni Morrison 4.06 avg rating — 130,658 ratings score: 1,240, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Kindred by Octavia E. Butler 4.31 avg rating — 285,712 ratings score: 1,192, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) by Maya Angelou 4.30 avg rating — 592,139 ratings score: 1,111, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose by Alice Walker 4.30 avg rating — 8,410 ratings score: 1,054, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 4.31 avg rating — 421,189 ratings score: 931, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 4.39 avg rating — 337,643 ratings score: 837, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde 4.53 avg rating — 42,066 ratings score: 721, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Letter to My Daughter by Maya Angelou 4.09 avg rating — 35,682 ratings score: 681, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The People Could Fly: The Picture Book by Virginia Hamilton 4.39 avg rating — 852 ratings score: 636, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison 4.14 avg rating — 313,554 ratings score: 612, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth by Warsan Shire (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 21,615 ratings score: 605, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur 4.60 avg rating — 32,748 ratings score: 582, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Daughters of the Dust: The Making of an African American Woman's Film by Julie Dash 4.36 avg rating — 215 ratings score: 571, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) by Octavia E. Butler 4.19 avg rating — 283,704 ratings score: 567, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor 4.20 avg rating — 21,999 ratings score: 520, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America by Melissa V. Harris-Perry 4.26 avg rating — 3,395 ratings score: 473, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Salt by Nayyirah Waheed (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 25,426 ratings score: 459, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 146,713 ratings score: 454, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry 3.85 avg rating — 113,803 ratings score: 418, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 47,783 ratings score: 386, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost: A Hip-Hop Feminist Breaks It Down by Joan Morgan 3.99 avg rating — 2,138 ratings score: 349, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks 4.51 avg rating — 19,914 ratings score: 346, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Waiting to Exhale (Waiting to Exhale, #1) by Terry McMillan (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 18,394 ratings score: 343, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Jubilee by Margaret Walker 4.38 avg rating — 7,183 ratings score: 335, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Wild Seed (Patternmaster, #1) by Octavia E. Butler 4.20 avg rating — 40,921 ratings score: 329, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down: Stories by Alice Walker 4.01 avg rating — 3,446 ratings score: 327, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Sugar (Sugar Lacey, #1) by Bernice L. McFadden (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 10,780 ratings score: 311, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) by N.K. Jemisin (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 346,814 ratings score: 309, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	The Book of Night Women by Marlon James 4.37 avg rating — 15,379 ratings score: 308, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination by Toni Morrison 4.33 avg rating — 7,719 ratings score: 304, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America by Charisse Jones 4.18 avg rating — 753 ratings score: 289, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	The Way Forward is with a Broken Heart by Alice Walker 3.91 avg rating — 1,698 ratings score: 275, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The Coldest Winter Ever (The Coldest Winter Ever, #1) by Sister Souljah 4.46 avg rating — 44,139 ratings score: 268, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The Black Rose by Tananarive Due (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 1,022 ratings score: 265, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Black Pain: It Just Looks Like We're Not Hurting by Terrie Williams 4.29 avg rating — 300 ratings score: 260, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Katie's Canon: Womanism and the Soul of the Black Community by Katie Geneva Cannon 4.57 avg rating — 81 ratings score: 259, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love by bell hooks 4.34 avg rating — 32,914 ratings score: 254, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Creating Black Americans: African-American History and Its Meanings, 1619 to the Present by Nell Irvin Painter 4.31 avg rating — 168 ratings score: 252, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis 4.44 avg rating — 37,025 ratings score: 243, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Brothers and Sisters by Bebe Moore Campbell 4.15 avg rating — 4,428 ratings score: 241, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day (Idlewild, #1) by Pearl Cleage 3.75 avg rating — 21,587 ratings score: 241, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Sexuality and the Black Church: A Womanist Perspective by Kelly Brown Douglas 4.37 avg rating — 160 ratings score: 237, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Some Love, Some Pain, Sometime: Stories by J. California Cooper 4.51 avg rating — 2,672 ratings score: 236, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Too Heavy a Yoke: Black Women and the Burden of Strength by Chanequa Walker-Barnes (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 163 ratings score: 234, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Your Blues Ain't Like Mine by Bebe Moore Campbell 4.23 avg rating — 7,538 ratings score: 227, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo by Ntozake Shange 4.09 avg rating — 4,073 ratings score: 226, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker 4.09 avg rating — 15,872 ratings score: 226, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	A Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown 4.26 avg rating — 39,284 ratings score: 225, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	The Black Woman: An Anthology by Toni Cade Bambara (Editor) 4.49 avg rating — 413 ratings score: 220, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis 4.59 avg rating — 35,898 ratings score: 219, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	The Street by Ann Petry 4.27 avg rating — 13,949 ratings score: 217, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Homemade Love by J. California Cooper 4.48 avg rating — 1,910 ratings score: 216, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Race and the Cosmos: An Invitation to View the World Differently by Barbara A. Holmes 4.36 avg rating — 47 ratings score: 210, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Mama Day by Gloria Naylor 4.19 avg rating — 11,418 ratings score: 203, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Bailey's Café by Gloria Naylor really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,716 ratings score: 201, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 115,596 ratings score: 201, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	Words of Fire: An Anthology of African-American Feminist Thought by Beverly Guy-Sheftall (Editor) 4.47 avg rating — 951 ratings score: 200, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	Mystics Recourse: A Poetic Journey by Robert Strasser (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	The Sisters Are Alright: Changing the Broken Narrative of Black Women in America by Tamara Winfrey Harris (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 1,538 ratings score: 199, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	Black-Eyed Susans and Midnight Birds: Stories by and about Black Women by Mary Helen Washington (editor) 4.46 avg rating — 93 ratings score: 199, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	nejma by Nayyirah Waheed (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 6,054 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	Southern Horrors and Other Writings: The Anti-Lynching Campaign of Ida B. Wells, 1892-1900 by Ida B. Wells-Barnett 4.36 avg rating — 790 ratings score: 196, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	The Combahee River Collective Statement: Black Feminist Organizing In The Seventies and Eighties by Combahee River Collective 4.72 avg rating — 487 ratings score: 190, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	Communion: The Female Search for Love (Love Song to the Nation, #2) by bell hooks 4.34 avg rating — 11,704 ratings score: 188, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir 1969-1980 by Lucille Clifton 4.49 avg rating — 853 ratings score: 185, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South by Anne Moody 4.13 avg rating — 11,818 ratings score: 179, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	All the Joy You Can Stand: 101 Sacred Power Principles for Making Joy Real in Your Life by Debrena Jackson Gandy 4.20 avg rating — 142 ratings score: 175, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	A Voice from the South by Anna Julia Cooper 4.13 avg rating — 356 ratings score: 174, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	Sweetwater: Black Women and Narratives of Resilience by Robin M. Boylorn 4.56 avg rating — 39 ratings score: 172, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recovery by bell hooks 4.52 avg rating — 1,649 ratings score: 171, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	Souls of My Young Sisters: Young Women Break Their Silence with personal Stories That Will Change Your Life by Dawn Marie Daniels really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 22 ratings score: 170, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	Black Bodies and the Black Church: A Blues Slant by Kelly Brown Douglas 4.25 avg rating — 24 ratings score: 169, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	One Day My Soul Just Opened Up: 40 Days and 40 Nights Toward Spiritual Strength and Personal Growth by Iyanla Vanzant 4.14 avg rating — 9,128 ratings score: 168, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	Black Magic: Religion and the African American Conjuring Tradition by Yvonne Patricia Chireau 4.17 avg rating — 139 ratings score: 166, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	Disappearing Acts by Terry McMillan (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 15,200 ratings score: 164, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 65,230 ratings score: 163, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	Ruth ESV (Bible, #8) by Anonymous 4.71 avg rating — 1,949 ratings score: 162, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	Corregidora by Gayl Jones 3.90 avg rating — 5,448 ratings score: 159, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells by Ida B. Wells-Barnett 4.32 avg rating — 874 ratings score: 157, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 18,633 ratings score: 156, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	Taking Back My Yesterdays: Lessons in Forgiving and Moving Forward With Your Life by Linda H. Hollies 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 156, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	The Good Negress by A.J. Verdelle 3.68 avg rating — 447 ratings score: 156, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	I Found God in Me: A Womanist Biblical Hermeneutics Reader by Mitzi J. Smith (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.46 avg rating — 35 ratings score: 155, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	Enfleshing Freedom: Body, Race, and Being by M. Shawn Copeland 4.38 avg rating — 303 ratings score: 154, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	Addy: An American Girl, 1864 by Connie Rose Porter 4.12 avg rating — 4,295 ratings score: 154, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	Conjuring Moments in African American Literature: Women, Spirit Work, and Other Such Hoodoo by K. Samuel 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 154, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	Gospels, Spirituals & Hymns by Mahalia Jackson 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 152, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	The Long Road to Freedom - An Anthology of Black Music by Sony Music (Publisher) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 152, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	Making a Way Out of No Way: A Womanist Theology (Innovations: African American Religious Thought) by Monica A. Coleman (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 128 ratings score: 151, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	What Matters Most: Ten Lessons in Living Passionately from the Song of Solomon by Renita J. Weems 4.30 avg rating — 61 ratings score: 151, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	Righteous Discontent: The Women’s Movement in the Black Baptist Church, 1880–1920 by Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham 4.01 avg rating — 157 ratings score: 147, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi (Goodreads Author) 3.34 avg rating — 31,168 ratings score: 147, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	A Womanist Pastoral Theology Against Intimate and Cultural Violence by Stephanie M. Crumpton 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 147, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance--A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power by Danielle L. McGuire (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 3,711 ratings score: 146, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	Sisters in the Wilderness: The Challenge of Womanist God-Talk by Delores S. Williams 4.33 avg rating — 510 ratings score: 144, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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