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Afro American Books
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as afro-american)
avg rating 4.30 — 584,797 ratings — published 1969
The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as afro-american)
avg rating 4.28 — 756,451 ratings — published 1982
Native Son (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as afro-american)
avg rating 4.04 — 105,044 ratings — published 1940
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as afro-american)
avg rating 3.98 — 494,485 ratings — published 1987
The Underground Railroad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as afro-american)
avg rating 4.06 — 448,020 ratings — published 2016
The Bluest Eye (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as afro-american)
avg rating 4.13 — 304,990 ratings — published 1970
Go Tell It on the Mountain (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as afro-american)
avg rating 4.06 — 83,107 ratings — published 1953
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as afro-american)
avg rating 3.99 — 389,284 ratings — published 1937
Invisible Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as afro-american)
avg rating 3.92 — 202,934 ratings — published 1952
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as afro-american)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,017,905 ratings — published 2017
Homegoing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as afro-american)
avg rating 4.47 — 407,859 ratings — published 2016
Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as afro-american)
avg rating 4.40 — 368,860 ratings — published 2015
Song of Solomon (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as afro-american)
avg rating 4.16 — 128,820 ratings — published 1977
Kindred (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as afro-american)
avg rating 4.31 — 275,877 ratings — published 1979
Sula (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as afro-american)
avg rating 4.06 — 125,929 ratings — published 1973
The Vanishing Half (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as afro-american)
avg rating 4.12 — 861,722 ratings — published 2020
An American Marriage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as afro-american)
avg rating 3.93 — 387,369 ratings — published 2018
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as afro-american)
avg rating 4.13 — 135,922 ratings — published 1845
The Fire Next Time (Vintage International)
by (shelved 6 times as afro-american)
avg rating 4.55 — 123,222 ratings — published 1963
Sing, Unburied, Sing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as afro-american)
avg rating 4.00 — 149,320 ratings — published 2017
Roots: The Saga of an American Family (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as afro-american)
avg rating 4.45 — 165,121 ratings — published 1976
Giovanni’s Room (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as afro-american)
avg rating 4.34 — 260,317 ratings — published 1956
All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as afro-american)
avg rating 4.29 — 8,137 ratings — published 1986
Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #3)
by (shelved 6 times as afro-american)
avg rating 4.25 — 9,745 ratings — published 1976
The Souls of Black Folk (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as afro-american)
avg rating 4.31 — 45,182 ratings — published 1903
The Nickel Boys (ebook)
by (shelved 5 times as afro-american)
avg rating 4.25 — 311,439 ratings — published 2019
Americanah (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as afro-american)
avg rating 4.31 — 415,299 ratings — published 2013
Passing (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as afro-american)
avg rating 3.92 — 81,640 ratings — published 1929
A Raisin in the Sun (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as afro-american)
avg rating 3.85 — 111,529 ratings — published 1959
The Heart of a Woman (Maya Angelou's Autobiography #4)
by (shelved 5 times as afro-american)
avg rating 4.23 — 25,082 ratings — published
Black Boy (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as afro-american)
avg rating 4.09 — 56,081 ratings — published 1945
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as afro-american)
avg rating 4.17 — 58,383 ratings — published 1861
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as afro-american)
avg rating 4.37 — 292,909 ratings — published 1965
Salvage the Bones (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as afro-american)
avg rating 3.96 — 73,925 ratings — published 2011
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as afro-american)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,206,444 ratings — published 2018
Up from Slavery (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as afro-american)
avg rating 4.11 — 36,320 ratings — published 1900
The Help (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as afro-american)
avg rating 4.47 — 3,035,512 ratings — published 2009
Jazz (Beloved Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 4 times as afro-american)
avg rating 3.91 — 38,259 ratings — published 1992
Gather Together in My Name (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as afro-american)
avg rating 4.32 — 18,657 ratings — published 1974
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as afro-american)
avg rating 4.29 — 34,695 ratings — published 1975
The Women of Brewster Place (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as afro-american)
avg rating 4.20 — 21,796 ratings — published 1982
Nigger (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as afro-american)
avg rating 4.40 — 9,376 ratings — published 1964
Dream Count (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as afro-american)
avg rating 3.79 — 45,632 ratings — published 2025
James (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as afro-american)
avg rating 4.43 — 520,917 ratings — published 2024
Another Country (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as afro-american)
avg rating 4.30 — 34,888 ratings — published 1962
Luster (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as afro-american)
avg rating 3.50 — 111,377 ratings — published 2020
Notes of a Native Son (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as afro-american)
avg rating 4.36 — 24,635 ratings — published 1955
Queenie (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as afro-american)
avg rating 3.85 — 157,579 ratings — published 2019
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as afro-american)
avg rating 4.53 — 41,233 ratings — published 1984
The Hand I Fan With (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as afro-american)
avg rating 4.14 — 3,621 ratings — published 1996
“I was no longer simply a member of the proud graduating class of 1940; I was a proud member of the wonderful, beautiful Negro race.”
― I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
― I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
“Africa! Africa! Africa!
Africa my motherland!
Africa, your people cries for you!
Africans must educate their citizens.
Africans must reach out to it's people and empower them to build the nation.
Africans you are the only people who can liberated your citizens from poverty through education.
Africans must pay the price to rebuild the continent.”
―
Africa my motherland!
Africa, your people cries for you!
Africans must educate their citizens.
Africans must reach out to it's people and empower them to build the nation.
Africans you are the only people who can liberated your citizens from poverty through education.
Africans must pay the price to rebuild the continent.”
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