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Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 152 times as black)
avg rating 4.40 — 373,419 ratings — published 2015
The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 151 times as black)
avg rating 4.28 — 766,246 ratings — published 1982
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 145 times as black)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,033,237 ratings — published 2017
Kindred (Paperback)
by (shelved 136 times as black)
avg rating 4.31 — 286,875 ratings — published 1979
Beloved (Paperback)
by (shelved 123 times as black)
avg rating 3.99 — 505,913 ratings — published 1987
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Paperback)
by (shelved 122 times as black)
avg rating 3.99 — 396,221 ratings — published 1937
The Bluest Eye (Paperback)
by (shelved 120 times as black)
avg rating 4.14 — 314,504 ratings — published 1970
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 114 times as black)
avg rating 4.37 — 296,991 ratings — published 1965
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 110 times as black)
avg rating 4.30 — 592,866 ratings — published 1969
Homegoing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 110 times as black)
avg rating 4.47 — 419,835 ratings — published 2016
The Vanishing Half (Hardcover)
by (shelved 105 times as black)
avg rating 4.12 — 875,657 ratings — published 2020
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 105 times as black)
avg rating 4.52 — 119,538 ratings — published 2010
The Fire Next Time (Vintage International)
by (shelved 104 times as black)
avg rating 4.55 — 127,391 ratings — published 1963
The Underground Railroad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 97 times as black)
avg rating 4.06 — 454,596 ratings — published 2016
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
by (shelved 97 times as black)
avg rating 4.19 — 285,151 ratings — published 1993
Invisible Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 91 times as black)
avg rating 3.92 — 205,379 ratings — published 1952
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
by (shelved 88 times as black)
avg rating 4.10 — 255,619 ratings — published 2018
The Souls of Black Folk (Paperback)
by (shelved 84 times as black)
avg rating 4.31 — 45,711 ratings — published 1903
Americanah (Hardcover)
by (shelved 80 times as black)
avg rating 4.31 — 421,745 ratings — published 2013
Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)
by (shelved 78 times as black)
avg rating 4.29 — 199,919 ratings — published 2020
My Sister, the Serial Killer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 76 times as black)
avg rating 3.63 — 369,547 ratings — published 2018
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 75 times as black)
avg rating 4.49 — 832,542 ratings — published 2016
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 74 times as black)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,227,690 ratings — published 2018
Go Tell It on the Mountain (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as black)
avg rating 4.06 — 85,838 ratings — published 1953
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration (Hardcover)
by (shelved 73 times as black)
avg rating 4.48 — 120,499 ratings — published 2010
The Nickel Boys (ebook)
by (shelved 72 times as black)
avg rating 4.25 — 319,187 ratings — published 2019
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
by (shelved 72 times as black)
avg rating 4.28 — 347,821 ratings — published 2015
Native Son (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as black)
avg rating 4.04 — 106,914 ratings — published 1940
Ace of Spades (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as black)
avg rating 4.12 — 103,224 ratings — published 2021
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as black)
avg rating 4.13 — 137,743 ratings — published 1845
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as black)
avg rating 4.53 — 42,147 ratings — published 1984
Girl, Woman, Other (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 66 times as black)
avg rating 4.25 — 270,808 ratings — published 2019
How to Be an Antiracist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 66 times as black)
avg rating 4.36 — 120,568 ratings — published 2019
So You Want to Talk About Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 65 times as black)
avg rating 4.48 — 108,498 ratings — published 2018
Assata: An Autobiography (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as black)
avg rating 4.60 — 32,822 ratings — published 1987
Passing (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as black)
avg rating 3.91 — 84,476 ratings — published 1929
All Boys Aren’t Blue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 63 times as black)
avg rating 4.18 — 48,917 ratings — published 2020
On the Come Up (Hardcover)
by (shelved 62 times as black)
avg rating 4.26 — 101,457 ratings — published 2019
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 61 times as black)
avg rating 3.75 — 421,829 ratings — published 1958
Such a Fun Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as black)
avg rating 3.77 — 585,445 ratings — published 2019
Giovanni’s Room (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as black)
avg rating 4.34 — 280,522 ratings — published 1956
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as black)
avg rating 4.52 — 166,083 ratings — published 2020
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as black)
avg rating 4.35 — 65,370 ratings — published 2020
The Water Dancer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as black)
avg rating 4.06 — 120,861 ratings — published 2019
The Poet X (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 59 times as black)
avg rating 4.36 — 144,684 ratings — published 2018
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as black)
avg rating 4.53 — 39,045 ratings — published 2016
Song of Solomon (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as black)
avg rating 4.16 — 132,658 ratings — published 1977
Women, Race & Class (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as black)
avg rating 4.59 — 35,990 ratings — published 1981
“They had discovered one could grow as hungry for light as for food.”
― The Gunslinger
― The Gunslinger
“When asked why I am single, my reply is simply; I consider myself a black pearl rare in my authenticity, adding a mysterious beauty to the select few who can recognize & even fewer who appreciate my worth. So instead of dating, I throw myself into working in the field. If my Boaz recognizes me amongst the black rocks...great! If not, the magnificence of my rarity will simply radiate onto those working the fields as well in the form of teaching, which is what I do.”
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