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The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Books White People Need to Read
1,375 books — 1,635 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XInvisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Best African American Books
1,046 books — 1,144 voters

Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe Tales of Ian and Bry-Ankh The Great Silver Dragon by Jim DilyardLegend by Marie LuBinti by Nnedi OkoraforThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Diversity in Fantasy and Science Fiction
1,154 books — 910 voters
The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister SouljahThe Cartel by Ashley AntoinetteThe Cartel 2 by Ashley AntoinetteThe Cartel 3 by Ashley AntoinetteAddicted by Zane
The Hottest Urban Fiction
417 books — 472 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichiePurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieSo Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ
African Fiction
601 books — 429 voters
32 Candles by Ernessa T. CarterThe Coldest Winter Ever by Sister SouljahTryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made by Virginia DeBerryFlyy Girl by Omar TyreeThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Best Black/African American Chicklit
433 books — 403 voters

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline WoodsonKindred by Octavia E. ButlerRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. TaylorThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerOne Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
#1000BlackGirlBooks: Suggestions for Marley Dias's Amazing Book Drive
1,327 books — 386 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniLife of Pi by Yann MartelThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeDown and Rising by Rohith S. Katbamna
Best Multicultural General Fiction
590 books — 378 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerBeloved by Toni MorrisonKindred by Octavia E. ButlerI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Books by Black Authors
915 books — 368 voters
The Skin I'm In by Sharon G. FlakeCopper Sun by Sharon M. DraperThe Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul CurtisNovember Blues by Sharon M. DraperTears of a Tiger by Sharon M. Draper
African American Books for Teens
318 books — 357 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëBeloved by Toni Morrison
Interesting, Well Written Books that are not by Dead/Old White Men
1,192 books — 342 voters
The Vanishing Half by Brit BennettSuch a Fun Age by Kiley ReidThe City We Became by N.K. JemisinDeacon King Kong by James McBrideThe Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw
Forthcoming Books for 2020 by African-Americans
80 books — 328 voters

The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriUnaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa LahiriThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriCutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Immigrant Voices (fiction)
378 books — 254 voters
Rio Grande Wedding by Ruth WindBrooklyn's Song by Sydney ArrisonDancing on Coals by Ellen O'ConnellOne Hot Italian Summer by Karina HalleSaga, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan
Interracial Romance with Non-White Love Interest
385 books — 252 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerBeloved by Toni MorrisonKindred by Octavia E. ButlerAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Darkest Child by Delores Phillips
Contemporary Black Women's Literature
572 books — 238 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Ladies of Horror and Dark Fiction Writing
439 books — 215 voters

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick DouglassDreams from My Father by Barack ObamaBlack Boy by Richard Wright
African American Memoirs
464 books — 212 voters
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryOne Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. SeussThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
A Kaleidoscope of Colors
2,421 books — 207 voters

The Wrath and the Dawn by Renée AhdiehThe Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinThe Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. JemisinKindred by Octavia E. ButlerWho Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
Fantasy Novels by Women of Color
263 books — 195 voters
Wolf Hustle by Cin FabréThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerBeloved by Toni MorrisonTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Best Fiction and Memoirs by Authors of Color
437 books — 191 voters

The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValleThe Girl from the Well by Rin ChupecoLovecraft Country by Matt RuffBleeding Violet by Dia ReevesAnother by Yukito Ayatsuji
Diverse Horror
278 books — 168 voters
Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge DanticatWide Sargasso Sea by Jean RhysKrik? Krak! by Edwidge DanticatIn the Time of the Butterflies by Julia AlvarezWhite Teeth by Zadie Smith
Caribbean/West Indian Diaspora Literature - Women (fiction)
207 books — 153 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerConsequences by SkyyChoices by SkyyCrossroads by SkyyBliss by Fiona Zedde
Fiction Novels with Black Lesbian Characters
229 books — 151 voters
Go Fetch! by Shelly LaurenstonBeast by Pepper PaceThe Grunt 1 by Latrivia S. NelsonBeast Behaving Badly by Shelly LaurenstonDaddy's Game by Normandie Alleman
African American Lead: Romance
414 books — 150 voters

The Gilded Ones by Namina FornaThe Kindest Lie by Nancy JohnsonWings of Ebony by J. ElleConcrete Rose by Angie ThomasAce of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
2021 Books by Black authors
144 books — 149 voters
Hush, Hush by Becca FitzpatrickSilence by Becca FitzpatrickCrescendo by Becca FitzpatrickTorment by Lauren KateFinale by Becca Fitzpatrick
Books with Black and White Covers or Something Close
878 books — 146 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerGiovanni’s Room by James BaldwinZami by Audre LordeAristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzSister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Books by LGBTQ People of Color
511 books — 146 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainUncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher StoweThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Prejudice in America
425 books — 145 voters

Pressure Head by J.L. MerrowDance in the Dark by Megan DerrDance with the Devil by Megan DerrBad Attitude by K.A. MitchellThe Coil by L.A. Gilbert
M/M Romance With (Mostly) Black Covers
716 books — 103 voters
Wings of Ebony by J. ElleThe Gilded Ones by Namina FornaA Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí ClarkAmari and the Night Brothers by B.B. AlstonThe Unbroken by C.L. Clark
2021 Fantasy and Science Fiction Books by Black Authors
72 books — 98 voters

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