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 Color Purple by Alice WalkerInvisible Man by Ralph EllisonSong of Solomon by Toni MorrisonA Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. GainesDevil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
Award-winning Black Fiction
52 books — 69 voters

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack KeatsAlphabet Amigos by Angel M. AlvarezA Doll Like Me by Kimberly  GordonMufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John SteptoeWhistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats
Multicultural Children's Lit
523 books — 188 voters
The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtNight by Elie WieselEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Favorite Memoirs/Autobiographies
2,184 books — 2,065 voters