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The Vanishing Half (Hardcover)
by (shelved 116 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.12 — 870,888 ratings — published 2020
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 105 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,027,131 ratings — published 2017
Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)
by (shelved 99 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.29 — 197,502 ratings — published 2020
Homegoing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 94 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.47 — 415,382 ratings — published 2016
My Sister, the Serial Killer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 92 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.63 — 365,384 ratings — published 2018
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
by (shelved 91 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.28 — 344,054 ratings — published 2015
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
by (shelved 90 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.19 — 279,301 ratings — published 1993
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
by (shelved 87 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.10 — 254,256 ratings — published 2018
Kindred (Paperback)
by (shelved 82 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.31 — 282,779 ratings — published 1979
Beloved (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.98 — 501,339 ratings — published 1987
Such a Fun Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 78 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.77 — 583,194 ratings — published 2019
Get a Life, Chloe Brown (The Brown Sisters, #1)
by (shelved 78 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.78 — 210,616 ratings — published 2019
Seven Days in June (Hardcover)
by (shelved 73 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.98 — 226,050 ratings — published 2021
Americanah (Hardcover)
by (shelved 73 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.31 — 419,405 ratings — published 2013
Becoming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,219,873 ratings — published 2018
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.49 — 825,030 ratings — published 2016
The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.28 — 762,578 ratings — published 1982
Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 68 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.40 — 371,748 ratings — published 2015
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.99 — 393,746 ratings — published 1937
The Bluest Eye (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.14 — 310,964 ratings — published 1970
Take a Hint, Dani Brown (The Brown Sisters, #2)
by (shelved 62 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.99 — 111,894 ratings — published 2020
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 61 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.30 — 589,896 ratings — published 1969
Ace of Spades (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.12 — 102,420 ratings — published 2021
An American Marriage (Hardcover)
by (shelved 58 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.93 — 392,284 ratings — published 2018
Transcendent Kingdom (Hardcover)
by (shelved 57 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.10 — 165,481 ratings — published 2020
Before I Let Go (Skyland, #1)
by (shelved 56 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.32 — 129,426 ratings — published 2022
When No One Is Watching (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.46 — 117,438 ratings — published 2020
The Other Black Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.35 — 83,891 ratings — published 2021
Giovanni’s Room (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.34 — 272,372 ratings — published 1956
Binti (Binti, #1)
by (shelved 52 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.84 — 81,694 ratings — published 2015
James (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.42 — 556,155 ratings — published 2024
Pet (Pet, #1)
by (shelved 51 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.13 — 34,927 ratings — published 2019
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.35 — 64,855 ratings — published 2020
Queenie (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.85 — 158,464 ratings — published 2019
How to Be an Antiracist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.36 — 120,279 ratings — published 2019
The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)
by (shelved 50 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.84 — 79,531 ratings — published 2020
So You Want to Talk About Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 50 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.48 — 108,308 ratings — published 2018
We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 50 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.39 — 336,232 ratings — published 2012
Cinderella Is Dead (ebook)
by (shelved 49 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.66 — 88,208 ratings — published 2020
Girl, Woman, Other (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 49 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.25 — 269,284 ratings — published 2019
The Underground Railroad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 49 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.06 — 452,135 ratings — published 2016
Act Your Age, Eve Brown (The Brown Sisters, #3)
by (shelved 47 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.07 — 102,684 ratings — published 2021
This Could Be Us (Skyland, #2)
by (shelved 46 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.37 — 65,193 ratings — published 2024
Ring Shout (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.93 — 63,069 ratings — published 2020
The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)
by (shelved 46 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.98 — 56,576 ratings — published 2020
On the Come Up (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.26 — 101,225 ratings — published 2019
The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2)
by (shelved 45 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.28 — 201,631 ratings — published 2016
The Deep (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as black-author)
avg rating 3.77 — 41,281 ratings — published 2019
Bloodmarked (The Legendborn Cycle, #2)
by (shelved 44 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.29 — 90,642 ratings — published 2022
All Boys Aren’t Blue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as black-author)
avg rating 4.18 — 48,347 ratings — published 2020
“I think about how the language I’ve mourned never learning has on some levels already been taught. A language I thought too difficult to warrant effort has already embedded itself into me.”
― Maame
― Maame
“Learning that the simple things tend to be the most profoud.”
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