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The Vanishing Half (Hardcover)
by (shelved 122 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.11 — 886,223 ratings — published 2020
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 109 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,045,934 ratings — published 2017
Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)
by (shelved 101 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.28 — 204,260 ratings — published 2020
Homegoing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 96 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.46 — 430,834 ratings — published 2016
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
by (shelved 96 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.18 — 300,420 ratings — published 1993
My Sister, the Serial Killer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 94 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.63 — 383,148 ratings — published 2018
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
by (shelved 93 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.28 — 355,953 ratings — published 2015
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
by (shelved 91 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.10 — 260,454 ratings — published 2018
Kindred (Paperback)
by (shelved 87 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.31 — 296,789 ratings — published 1979
Beloved (Paperback)
by (shelved 84 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.99 — 516,626 ratings — published 1987
Get a Life, Chloe Brown (The Brown Sisters, #1)
by (shelved 83 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.78 — 213,486 ratings — published 2019
Such a Fun Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 81 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.77 — 590,196 ratings — published 2019
Seven Days in June (Hardcover)
by (shelved 77 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.97 — 240,281 ratings — published 2021
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 75 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,248,798 ratings — published 2018
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 74 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.48 — 851,937 ratings — published 2016
The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 74 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.28 — 774,833 ratings — published 1982
Americanah (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.31 — 427,514 ratings — published 2013
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.00 — 401,709 ratings — published 1937
The Bluest Eye (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.14 — 326,543 ratings — published 1970
Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.40 — 377,097 ratings — published 2015
Take a Hint, Dani Brown (The Brown Sisters, #2)
by (shelved 66 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.98 — 113,204 ratings — published 2020
Before I Let Go (Skyland, #1)
by (shelved 64 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.31 — 140,175 ratings — published 2022
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 60 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.30 — 599,764 ratings — published 1969
An American Marriage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.93 — 402,653 ratings — published 2018
Ace of Spades (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.12 — 104,615 ratings — published 2021
Transcendent Kingdom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 58 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.09 — 168,834 ratings — published 2020
James (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.41 — 607,864 ratings — published 2024
The Other Black Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.35 — 84,630 ratings — published 2021
When No One Is Watching (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.46 — 121,027 ratings — published 2020
Giovanni’s Room (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.34 — 306,179 ratings — published 1956
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.35 — 66,394 ratings — published 2020
Queenie (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.84 — 160,485 ratings — published 2019
Binti (Binti, #1)
by (shelved 53 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.83 — 82,973 ratings — published 2015
Pet (Pet, #1)
by (shelved 52 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.13 — 35,486 ratings — published 2019
Act Your Age, Eve Brown (The Brown Sisters, #3)
by (shelved 52 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.06 — 103,967 ratings — published 2021
How to Be an Antiracist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.36 — 121,133 ratings — published 2019
This Could Be Us (Skyland, #2)
by (shelved 51 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.37 — 71,311 ratings — published 2024
We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 51 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.39 — 342,631 ratings — published 2012
Cinderella Is Dead (ebook)
by (shelved 50 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.66 — 89,573 ratings — published 2020
So You Want to Talk About Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.48 — 108,858 ratings — published 2018
The Underground Railroad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.06 — 461,381 ratings — published 2016
The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2)
by (shelved 50 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.28 — 207,993 ratings — published 2016
The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)
by (shelved 49 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.83 — 81,216 ratings — published 2020
Girl, Woman, Other (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 48 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.25 — 274,273 ratings — published 2019
Ring Shout (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.92 — 69,423 ratings — published 2020
The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)
by (shelved 47 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.98 — 57,368 ratings — published 2020
On the Come Up (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.26 — 101,875 ratings — published 2019
The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth, #3)
by (shelved 47 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.32 — 177,252 ratings — published 2017
Bloodmarked (The Legendborn Cycle, #2)
by (shelved 46 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.28 — 94,519 ratings — published 2022
The Deep (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.76 — 42,597 ratings — published 2019
“Safe spaces have boundaries. You are a safe space. So set your boundaries.”
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― Don't Fall Prey! Dating Tales, Trials, & Triumphs
“The only cure for WHITE SUPREMACY is BLACK EXCELLENCE." Jason Black in BLACK: The Bear on Our Backs”
― BLACK: BOOK ONE: The Bear on Our Backs
― BLACK: BOOK ONE: The Bear on Our Backs
