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Between the World and Me Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 149 times as black)
avg rating 4.40 — 364,581 ratings — published 2015
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The Hate U Give The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 143 times as black)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,005,084 ratings — published 2017
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The Color Purple The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 142 times as black)
avg rating 4.28 — 749,101 ratings — published 1982
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Kindred Kindred (Paperback)
by (shelved 128 times as black)
avg rating 4.31 — 268,853 ratings — published 1979
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The Bluest Eye The Bluest Eye (Paperback)
by (shelved 115 times as black)
avg rating 4.13 — 298,339 ratings — published 1970
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 113 times as black)
avg rating 4.37 — 289,986 ratings — published 1965
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Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 111 times as black)
avg rating 3.98 — 487,798 ratings — published 1987
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Their Eyes Were Watching God Their Eyes Were Watching God (Paperback)
by (shelved 110 times as black)
avg rating 3.99 — 384,673 ratings — published 1937
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Homegoing Homegoing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 109 times as black)
avg rating 4.47 — 399,722 ratings — published 2016
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The Vanishing Half The Vanishing Half (Hardcover)
by (shelved 104 times as black)
avg rating 4.12 — 850,121 ratings — published 2020
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 104 times as black)
avg rating 4.30 — 578,382 ratings — published 1969
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 101 times as black)
avg rating 4.52 — 116,842 ratings — published 2010
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The Fire Next Time The Fire Next Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 97 times as black)
avg rating 4.55 — 119,808 ratings — published 1963
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The Underground Railroad The Underground Railroad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 96 times as black)
avg rating 4.06 — 442,633 ratings — published 2016
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Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
by (shelved 87 times as black)
avg rating 4.19 — 258,677 ratings — published 1993
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Invisible Man Invisible Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 86 times as black)
avg rating 3.92 — 201,348 ratings — published 1952
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Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1) Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
by (shelved 85 times as black)
avg rating 4.11 — 249,935 ratings — published 2018
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The Souls of Black Folk The Souls of Black Folk (Paperback)
by (shelved 84 times as black)
avg rating 4.31 — 44,776 ratings — published 1903
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Americanah Americanah (Hardcover)
by (shelved 79 times as black)
avg rating 4.31 — 410,359 ratings — published 2013
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Becoming Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 77 times as black)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,187,784 ratings — published 2018
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Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1) Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)
by (shelved 76 times as black)
avg rating 4.30 — 187,017 ratings — published 2020
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Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 74 times as black)
avg rating 4.49 — 799,604 ratings — published 2016
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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as black)
avg rating 4.48 — 116,153 ratings — published 2010
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Ace of Spades Ace of Spades (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as black)
avg rating 4.13 — 100,202 ratings — published 2021
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The Nickel Boys The Nickel Boys (ebook)
by (shelved 70 times as black)
avg rating 4.25 — 305,114 ratings — published 2019
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Sula Sula (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as black)
avg rating 4.05 — 122,342 ratings — published 1973
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Girl, Woman, Other Girl, Woman, Other (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 67 times as black)
avg rating 4.26 — 263,033 ratings — published 2019
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Assata: An Autobiography Assata: An Autobiography (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as black)
avg rating 4.60 — 30,997 ratings — published 1987
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as black)
avg rating 4.13 — 134,421 ratings — published 1845
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My Sister, the Serial Killer My Sister, the Serial Killer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 66 times as black)
avg rating 3.64 — 349,196 ratings — published 2018
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The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1) The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1)
by (shelved 66 times as black)
avg rating 4.29 — 330,307 ratings — published 2015
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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as black)
avg rating 4.53 — 40,737 ratings — published 1984
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Go Tell It on the Mountain Go Tell It on the Mountain (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as black)
avg rating 4.05 — 81,027 ratings — published 1953
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Native Son Native Son (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as black)
avg rating 4.04 — 104,427 ratings — published 1940
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How to Be an Antiracist How to Be an Antiracist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 65 times as black)
avg rating 4.36 — 119,172 ratings — published 2019
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All Boys Aren’t Blue All Boys Aren’t Blue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 63 times as black)
avg rating 4.19 — 46,708 ratings — published 2020
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So You Want to Talk About Race So You Want to Talk About Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 63 times as black)
avg rating 4.48 — 107,770 ratings — published 2018
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Passing Passing (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as black)
avg rating 3.92 — 79,748 ratings — published 1929
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The Water Dancer The Water Dancer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 61 times as black)
avg rating 4.06 — 118,716 ratings — published 2019
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Such a Fun Age Such a Fun Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as black)
avg rating 3.77 — 574,111 ratings — published 2019
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On the Come Up On the Come Up (Hardcover)
by (shelved 59 times as black)
avg rating 4.26 — 100,501 ratings — published 2019
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Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 59 times as black)
avg rating 3.74 — 410,622 ratings — published 1958
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Hardcover)
by (shelved 58 times as black)
avg rating 4.52 — 160,200 ratings — published 2020
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The Poet X The Poet X (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 58 times as black)
avg rating 4.37 — 141,352 ratings — published 2018
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Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 58 times as black)
avg rating 4.53 — 38,330 ratings — published 2016
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Giovanni’s Room Giovanni’s Room (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as black)
avg rating 4.34 — 247,122 ratings — published 1956
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Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as black)
avg rating 4.36 — 62,838 ratings — published 2020
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Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as black)
avg rating 4.44 — 35,361 ratings — published 2015
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Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as black)
avg rating 4.50 — 19,070 ratings — published 1981
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Queenie Queenie (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as black)
avg rating 3.85 — 156,560 ratings — published 2019
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“Relaxing your hair is like being in prison. You're caged in. Your hair rules you. You didn't go running with Curt today because you don't want to sweat out this straightness. You're always battling to make your hair do what it wasn't meant to do.”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah

Stephen  King
“the man in black travels with your soul in his pocket.”
Stephen King, The Gunslinger

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