Black


Between the World and Me
The Color Purple
The Hate U Give
Kindred
The Bluest Eye
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Beloved
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
Homegoing
The Vanishing Half
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
The Fire Next Time (Vintage International)
The Underground Railroad
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
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
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

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
1,370 books — 1,617 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 — 206 voters


Bill Cosby
It isn't a matter of black is beautiful as much as it is white is not all that's beautiful. ...more
Bill Cosby

Olga Tokarczuk
Then you realize: night gives the world back its natural, original appearance, without suger-coating it; day is a flight of fancy, light a slight exception, an oversight, a disruption of the order. The world in fact is dark, almost black. Motionless and cold.
Olga Tokarczuk, Flights

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