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Keeper of Lost Children by Sadeqa JohnsonOn Morrison by Namwali SerpellWhen Trees Testify by Beronda L. MontgomeryOn Witness and Respair by Jesmyn Ward
Black Author 2026 Releases (Part 2)
99 books — 23 voters
Happy Land by Dolen Perkins-ValdezO Sinners! by Nicole CuffyHarlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher MurrayDream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieGood Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2025
148 books — 33 voters

Push by SapphireNo Name in the Street by James BaldwinThe Poet X by Elizabeth AcevedoHarlem Shuffle by Colson WhiteheadDaddy Was a Number Runner by Louise Meriwether
Books Set in Harlem, NYC
174 books — 24 voters
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-BrenyahThe Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBrideLone Women by Victor LaValleAll the Sinners Bleed by S.A. CosbyOpen Throat by Henry Hoke
Goodreads Picks for Tournament of Books 2024
125 books — 129 voters

Hungry Ghosts by Kevin Jared HoseinThe House of Doors by Tan Twan EngThe World and All That It Holds by Aleksandar HemonThis Other Eden by Paul HardingThe Sleeping Car Porter by Coach House Books
Booker Prize Eligible 2023
166 books — 209 voters
Hungry Ghosts by Kevin Jared HoseinRiver Sing Me Home by Eleanor ShearerThe Survivalists by Kashana CauleyCall and Response by Gothataone MoengThe Davenports by Krystal Marquis
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2023
193 books — 109 voters

Finding Nouf by Zoë FerrarisThe Ruins of Us by Keija ParssinenBride of the Sea by Eman QuotahCity of Veils by Zoë FerrarisKingdom of Strangers by Zoë Ferraris
Books Set in Saudi Arabia
78 books — 25 voters
The Colony by Audrey MageeChouette by Claire OshetskyThe Last White Man by Mohsin HamidOur Wives Under the Sea by Julia ArmfieldGlory by NoViolet Bulawayo
Booker Prize Eligible 2022
160 books — 217 voters

Yonder by Jabari AsimBlack Cake by Charmaine WilkersonOlga Dies Dreaming by Xóchitl GonzálezThe School for Good Mothers by Jessamine ChanTake My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2022
227 books — 131 voters
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonHurricane Summer by Asha Ashanti BromfieldSalvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
Hurricanes in Fiction
187 books — 32 voters

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Secret Chord by Geraldine BrooksThe Sparrow by Mary Doria RussellKaaterskill Falls by Allegra Goodman
Religion in Literary Fiction
300 books — 57 voters
Wrecked by Joe Ide
Books Set in Nevada
265 books — 66 voters

Isaac's Storm by Erik LarsonThe Son by Philipp MeyerValentine by Elizabeth WetmoreBluebird, Bluebird by Attica LockeEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne
Books Set in Texas
969 books — 337 voters
Dancing on the Edge of the Roof by Sheila Williams
Dance in the Title
540 books — 37 voters

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George SaundersDog Flowers by Danielle GellerAftershocks by Nadia OwusuWomen and Other Monsters by Jess ZimmermanAfrican Europeans by Olivette Otélé
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2021
1,016 books — 208 voters
March by John LewisBless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo AnayaBlanche on the Lam by Barbara NeelyAlburquerque by Rudolfo AnayaThe Quiche of Death by M.C. Beaton
Dead in 2020: The Authors We Lost
383 books — 40 voters

Yellow Wife by Sadeqa JohnsonMilk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. MonizLand of Big Numbers by Te-Ping ChenVoices of the Lost by Hoda BarakatThe Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2021
156 books — 62 voters
The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo VillavicencioMinor Feelings by Cathy Park HongMy Autobiography of Carson McCullers by Jenn ShaplandWandering in Strange Lands by Morgan JerkinsMemorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey
Memoir Published in Year: 2020
301 books — 89 voters

These Ghosts Are Family by Maisy CardTranscendent Kingdom by Yaa GyasiRun Me to Earth by Paul YoonDeacon King Kong by James McBride
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2020
200 books — 182 voters
The Illness Lesson by Clare BeamsTranscendent Kingdom by Yaa GyasiSharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong WashburnDeacon King Kong by James McBrideValentine by Elizabeth Wetmore
Anticipated 2020 Literary Fiction
589 books — 1,255 voters

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
Forthcoming Books for 2021 by African-Americans
90 books — 81 voters
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick by Zora Neale HurstonRemembrance by Rita WoodsDeacon King Kong by James McBride
Forthcoming Books for 2020 by African-Americans
81 books — 329 voters

The Night Tiger by Yangsze ChooMiracle Creek by Angie Kim
Goodreads Picks for Tournament of Books 2020
60 books — 82 voters
Circe by Madeline MillerRed Clocks by Leni ZumasThere There by Tommy OrangeThe Friend by Sigrid NunezAn American Marriage by Tayari Jones
The 2019 Tournament of Books Longlist
76 books — 431 voters

Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon JamesFreshwater by Akwaeke EmeziAn Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie ObiomaThe Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2019
175 books — 186 voters
The Man Who Sold America by Joy-Ann ReidWomanish by Kim McLarinHouse of Stone by Novuyo Rosa TshumaThe World According to Fannie Davis by Bridgett M. DavisReclaiming Our Space by Feminista Jones
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2019
316 books — 248 voters

The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara CollinsThe Last Thing You Surrender by Leonard Pitts Jr.Out of Darkness, Shining Light by Petina GappahOne Night in Georgia by Celeste O. NorfleetThe Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Historical Fiction 2019
424 books — 665 voters
We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos RuffinThe Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa GrayAmerican Spy by Lauren Wilkinson
Forthcoming Books for 2019 by African-Americans
69 books — 68 voters


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