Kirk Smith's votes on the list Best African American Books

Listopia > Kirk Smith's votes on the list Best African American Books (51 Books)

2	Beloved by Toni Morrison 3.99 avg rating — 514,081 ratings Kirk rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison 3.93 avg rating — 206,766 ratings Kirk rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Color Purple by Alice Walker 4.28 avg rating — 772,811 ratings Kirk rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) by Maya Angelou 4.30 avg rating — 597,985 ratings Kirk rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Kindred by Octavia E. Butler 4.31 avg rating — 294,514 ratings Kirk rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Ernest J. Gaines 4.17 avg rating — 14,396 ratings Kirk rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe 3.92 avg rating — 247,099 ratings Kirk rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Street by Ann Petry 4.28 avg rating — 14,253 ratings Kirk rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison 4.14 avg rating — 323,039 ratings Kirk rated it 2 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison 4.17 avg rating — 134,947 ratings Kirk rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Jazz (Beloved Trilogy, #2) by Toni Morrison 3.91 avg rating — 40,966 ratings Kirk rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Native Son by Richard Wright 4.05 avg rating — 107,758 ratings Kirk rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Black Boy by Richard Wright 4.10 avg rating — 56,711 ratings Kirk rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin 4.55 avg rating — 130,130 ratings Kirk rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin 4.06 avg rating — 87,859 ratings Kirk rated it 2 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1) by Walter Mosley 3.86 avg rating — 31,830 ratings Kirk rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	A Little Yellow Dog (Easy Rawlins, #5) by Walter Mosley 4.07 avg rating — 4,786 ratings Kirk rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Gone Fishin' (Easy Rawlins, #6) by Walter Mosley 3.89 avg rating — 3,217 ratings Kirk rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Black Betty (Easy Rawlins, #4) by Walter Mosley 4.07 avg rating — 5,843 ratings Kirk rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Man in My Basement by Walter Mosley 3.67 avg rating — 6,316 ratings Kirk rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned by Walter Mosley 4.18 avg rating — 4,568 ratings Kirk rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	A Red Death (Easy Rawlins #2) by Walter Mosley 3.97 avg rating — 6,506 ratings Kirk rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Bad Boy Brawly Brown (Easy Rawlins #7) by Walter Mosley 3.99 avg rating — 3,430 ratings Kirk rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	If He Hollers Let Him Go by Chester Himes 3.96 avg rating — 2,698 ratings Kirk rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	White Butterfly (Easy Rawlins, #3) by Walter Mosley 4.05 avg rating — 5,306 ratings Kirk rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey by Walter Mosley 4.15 avg rating — 9,777 ratings Kirk rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Six Easy Pieces (Easy Rawlins #8) by Walter Mosley 4.13 avg rating — 2,624 ratings Kirk rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Cinnamon Kiss (Easy Rawlins #10) by Walter Mosley 3.98 avg rating — 3,522 ratings Kirk rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	The Long Fall (Leonid McGill, #1) by Walter Mosley 3.78 avg rating — 5,717 ratings Kirk rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	A Rage in Harlem (Harlem Cycle, #1) by Chester Himes 3.89 avg rating — 8,090 ratings Kirk rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau 4.01 avg rating — 14,282 ratings Kirk rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	The Real Cool Killers (Harlem Cycle, #2) by Chester Himes 3.86 avg rating — 2,732 ratings Kirk rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Blind Man with a Pistol (Harlem Cycle, #8) by Chester Himes 3.57 avg rating — 1,092 ratings Kirk rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Run Man Run by Chester Himes 3.81 avg rating — 348 ratings Kirk rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Blonde Faith (Easy Rawlins #11) by Walter Mosley 4.03 avg rating — 3,405 ratings Kirk rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Cotton Comes to Harlem (Harlem Cycle, #7) by Chester Himes 3.80 avg rating — 2,646 ratings Kirk rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The Crazy Kill (Harlem Cycle, #3) by Chester Himes 3.81 avg rating — 875 ratings Kirk rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	47 by Walter Mosley 3.75 avg rating — 2,236 ratings Kirk rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	The Tempest Tales by Walter Mosley 3.88 avg rating — 1,041 ratings Kirk rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Fearless Jones (Fearless Jones, #1) by Walter Mosley 3.92 avg rating — 3,388 ratings Kirk rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Heat's On (Harlem Cycle, #6) by Chester Himes 3.88 avg rating — 825 ratings Kirk rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Banjo by Claude McKay 3.51 avg rating — 571 ratings Kirk rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Little Green (Easy Rawlins, #12) by Walter Mosley 4.11 avg rating — 3,736 ratings Kirk rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Yesterday Will Make You Cry by Chester Himes 3.83 avg rating — 357 ratings Kirk rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	The Wind Done Gone by Alice Randall 3.18 avg rating — 2,295 ratings Kirk rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines 3.99 avg rating — 66,115 ratings Kirk rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 3,096,438 ratings Kirk rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Little Scarlet (Easy Rawlins #9) by Walter Mosley 4.08 avg rating — 4,986 ratings Kirk rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	The Good Lord Bird by James McBride (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 39,631 ratings Kirk rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 400,483 ratings Kirk rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Light in August by William Faulkner 3.95 avg rating — 68,577 ratings Kirk rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars