Octavia's votes on the list Books by Black Authors

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1	The Color Purple (The Color Purple, #1) by Alice Walker 4.28 avg rating — 777,358 ratings Octavia 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
2	Beloved by Toni Morrison 3.99 avg rating — 520,234 ratings Octavia 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	I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) by Maya Angelou 4.30 avg rating — 601,699 ratings Octavia 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
4	Kindred by Octavia E. Butler 4.31 avg rating — 299,553 ratings Octavia 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
5	Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 403,500 ratings Octavia 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
6	Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) by Chinua Achebe 3.75 avg rating — 429,455 ratings Octavia 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
7	The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1) by Angie Thomas (Goodreads Author) 4.44 avg rating — 1,049,274 ratings	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	The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison 4.14 avg rating — 330,859 ratings Octavia 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
9	Push by Sapphire (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 60,990 ratings	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 Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X 4.37 avg rating — 302,185 ratings	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	Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) by Octavia E. Butler 4.18 avg rating — 303,814 ratings Octavia 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
12	Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup 4.23 avg rating — 127,794 ratings Octavia 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
13	Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass 4.14 avg rating — 140,445 ratings	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	Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson 4.62 avg rating — 274,370 ratings	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	Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison 3.93 avg rating — 207,789 ratings Octavia 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
16	Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison 4.17 avg rating — 136,884 ratings Octavia 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
17	Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 4.34 avg rating — 194,568 ratings Octavia 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
18	Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates 4.40 avg rating — 378,192 ratings	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	Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley 4.45 avg rating — 167,042 ratings Octavia 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
20	Sula by Toni Morrison 4.07 avg rating — 138,336 ratings Octavia 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
21	Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins, #1) by Walter Mosley 3.86 avg rating — 32,147 ratings	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	For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange 4.29 avg rating — 35,052 ratings	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	The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill 4.47 avg rating — 93,549 ratings	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	The Coldest Winter Ever (The Coldest Winter Ever, #1) by Sister Souljah 4.46 avg rating — 45,100 ratings Octavia 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
25	Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin 4.06 avg rating — 89,144 ratings Octavia 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
26	The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man by James Weldon Johnson 3.93 avg rating — 11,733 ratings Octavia added it to to-read 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	Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington 4.11 avg rating — 37,164 ratings	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	The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin 4.55 avg rating — 132,114 ratings Octavia 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
29	Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4) by Mildred D. Taylor 3.91 avg rating — 133,157 ratings Octavia 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
30	A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines 3.99 avg rating — 66,696 ratings Octavia 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
31	Sounder by William H. Armstrong 3.97 avg rating — 31,838 ratings	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	Love, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson by Tara T. Green 4.17 avg rating — 41 ratings	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	Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 18,825 ratings Octavia 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
34	Native Son by Richard Wright 4.05 avg rating — 108,285 ratings Octavia 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	Paradise (Beloved Trilogy, #3) by Toni Morrison 3.87 avg rating — 30,381 ratings	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	Another Country by James Baldwin 4.30 avg rating — 38,013 ratings	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	The Learning Tree by Gordon Parks 4.18 avg rating — 1,636 ratings Octavia 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
38	Southern Horrors and Other Writings: The Anti-Lynching Campaign of Ida B. Wells, 1892-1900 by Ida B. Wells-Barnett 4.36 avg rating — 805 ratings	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	To Be Young, Gifted and Black: A Memoir with an Introduction by James Baldwin by Lorraine Hansberry 4.42 avg rating — 2,853 ratings	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 Boondocks: Fresh for '01...You Suckas by Aaron McGruder 4.42 avg rating — 728 ratings	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	Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler 4.34 avg rating — 29,087 ratings	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	Fences (The Century Cycle, #6) by August Wilson 3.89 avg rating — 32,008 ratings Octavia 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
43	The Narrative of Sojourner Truth by Sojourner Truth 4.09 avg rating — 10,837 ratings	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	Black Betty (Easy Rawlins, #4) by Walter Mosley 4.07 avg rating — 5,887 ratings	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	I, Tina by Tina Turner 4.14 avg rating — 2,889 ratings	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	Blues for Mister Charlie by James Baldwin 4.16 avg rating — 2,457 ratings	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