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The Vanishing Half (Hardcover)
by (shelved 118 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.12 — 879,103 ratings — published 2020
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 107 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,037,701 ratings — published 2017
Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)
by (shelved 100 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.29 — 201,608 ratings — published 2020
Homegoing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 96 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.47 — 423,623 ratings — published 2016
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
by (shelved 95 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.18 — 290,793 ratings — published 1993
My Sister, the Serial Killer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 94 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.63 — 372,961 ratings — published 2018
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
by (shelved 92 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.28 — 350,697 ratings — published 2015
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
by (shelved 89 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.10 — 256,709 ratings — published 2018
Kindred (Paperback)
by (shelved 86 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.31 — 290,281 ratings — published 1979
Beloved (Paperback)
by (shelved 82 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.99 — 509,659 ratings — published 1987
Such a Fun Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 81 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.77 — 587,166 ratings — published 2019
Get a Life, Chloe Brown (The Brown Sisters, #1)
by (shelved 79 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.78 — 212,144 ratings — published 2019
Seven Days in June (Hardcover)
by (shelved 75 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.97 — 235,279 ratings — published 2021
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 75 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.49 — 839,000 ratings — published 2016
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 74 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,234,259 ratings — published 2018
Americanah (Hardcover)
by (shelved 74 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.31 — 423,628 ratings — published 2013
The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.28 — 769,200 ratings — published 1982
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.99 — 398,183 ratings — published 1937
Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 68 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.40 — 374,670 ratings — published 2015
The Bluest Eye (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.14 — 317,649 ratings — published 1970
Take a Hint, Dani Brown (The Brown Sisters, #2)
by (shelved 64 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.99 — 112,625 ratings — published 2020
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 63 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.30 — 595,145 ratings — published 1969
Before I Let Go (Skyland, #1)
by (shelved 59 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.32 — 135,760 ratings — published 2022
An American Marriage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.93 — 397,462 ratings — published 2018
Ace of Spades (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.12 — 103,783 ratings — published 2021
Transcendent Kingdom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.09 — 167,397 ratings — published 2020
When No One Is Watching (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.46 — 119,478 ratings — published 2020
The Other Black Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.35 — 84,324 ratings — published 2021
Giovanni’s Room (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.34 — 288,345 ratings — published 1956
James (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.41 — 586,188 ratings — published 2024
Pet (Pet, #1)
by (shelved 52 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.13 — 35,277 ratings — published 2019
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.35 — 65,763 ratings — published 2020
Queenie (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.84 — 159,464 ratings — published 2019
Binti (Binti, #1)
by (shelved 52 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.83 — 82,353 ratings — published 2015
How to Be an Antiracist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.36 — 120,770 ratings — published 2019
We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 51 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.39 — 339,529 ratings — published 2012
Act Your Age, Eve Brown (The Brown Sisters, #3)
by (shelved 50 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.07 — 103,412 ratings — published 2021
So You Want to Talk About Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.48 — 108,626 ratings — published 2018
The Underground Railroad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.06 — 456,654 ratings — published 2016
Cinderella Is Dead (ebook)
by (shelved 49 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.66 — 88,975 ratings — published 2020
The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)
by (shelved 49 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.83 — 80,476 ratings — published 2020
Girl, Woman, Other (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 49 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.25 — 271,964 ratings — published 2019
This Could Be Us (Skyland, #2)
by (shelved 48 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.37 — 68,916 ratings — published 2024
Ring Shout (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.92 — 66,650 ratings — published 2020
The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)
by (shelved 47 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.98 — 56,995 ratings — published 2020
On the Come Up (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.26 — 101,602 ratings — published 2019
The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2)
by (shelved 47 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.28 — 205,081 ratings — published 2016
Bloodmarked (The Legendborn Cycle, #2)
by (shelved 46 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.28 — 92,956 ratings — published 2022
All About Love: New Visions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.99 — 149,863 ratings — published 1999
The Deep (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.77 — 42,030 ratings — published 2019
“Fayola wore nothing underneath. Nothing but skin in need of his touch. Hands, mouth and more. "Six months," she said, her voice a sultry whisper of repressed need.”
― Bearly Gold: A Goldilocks and the Three Bears Reimagining
― Bearly Gold: A Goldilocks and the Three Bears Reimagining
“A healed Black woman is a force to be reckoned with.”
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