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Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as black-books)
avg rating 4.28 — 203,432 ratings — published 2020
The Vanishing Half (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as black-books)
avg rating 4.11 — 883,810 ratings — published 2020
Seven Days in June (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as black-books)
avg rating 3.97 — 238,897 ratings — published 2021
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as black-books)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,043,170 ratings — published 2017
Beloved (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as black-books)
avg rating 3.99 — 514,259 ratings — published 1987
Kindred (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as black-books)
avg rating 4.31 — 294,683 ratings — published 1979
The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as black-books)
avg rating 4.28 — 772,940 ratings — published 1982
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as black-books)
avg rating 4.28 — 354,271 ratings — published 2015
The Bluest Eye (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as black-books)
avg rating 4.14 — 323,267 ratings — published 1970
Before I Let Go (Skyland, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as black-books)
avg rating 4.31 — 138,643 ratings — published 2022
Honey & Spice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as black-books)
avg rating 3.90 — 50,639 ratings — published 2022
Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as black-books)
avg rating 4.40 — 376,243 ratings — published 2015
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as black-books)
avg rating 4.18 — 297,666 ratings — published 1993
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as black-books)
avg rating 4.10 — 259,286 ratings — published 2018
The Souls of Black Folk (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as black-books)
avg rating 4.31 — 45,976 ratings — published 1903
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as black-books)
avg rating 4.00 — 400,578 ratings — published 1937
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as black-books)
avg rating 4.30 — 598,101 ratings — published 1969
Ace of Spades (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as black-books)
avg rating 4.12 — 104,325 ratings — published 2021
My Sister, the Serial Killer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as black-books)
avg rating 3.63 — 379,860 ratings — published 2018
Song of Solomon (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as black-books)
avg rating 4.17 — 135,003 ratings — published 1977
Take a Hint, Dani Brown (The Brown Sisters, #2)
by (shelved 15 times as black-books)
avg rating 3.98 — 112,992 ratings — published 2020
The Deep (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as black-books)
avg rating 3.76 — 42,392 ratings — published 2019
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as black-books)
avg rating 4.52 — 120,457 ratings — published 2010
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as black-books)
avg rating 3.52 — 59,985 ratings — published 2022
The Other Black Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as black-books)
avg rating 3.35 — 84,534 ratings — published 2021
A Song of Wraiths and Ruin (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as black-books)
avg rating 3.92 — 21,189 ratings — published 2020
Cinderella Is Dead (ebook)
by (shelved 14 times as black-books)
avg rating 3.66 — 89,356 ratings — published 2020
Grown (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.23 — 43,226 ratings — published 2020
Queenie (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as black-books)
avg rating 3.84 — 160,151 ratings — published 2019
Monday's Not Coming (ebook)
by (shelved 14 times as black-books)
avg rating 4.26 — 90,801 ratings — published 2018
Homegoing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as black-books)
avg rating 4.47 — 428,515 ratings — published 2016
Invisible Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as black-books)
avg rating 3.93 — 206,799 ratings — published 1952
Only for the Week (The Forever Falling Series, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as black-books)
avg rating 4.33 — 39,672 ratings — published 2023
Get a Life, Chloe Brown (The Brown Sisters, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as black-books)
avg rating 3.78 — 212,971 ratings — published 2019
The Black Flamingo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as black-books)
avg rating 4.32 — 34,262 ratings — published 2019
The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as black-books)
avg rating 3.98 — 57,238 ratings — published 2020
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as black-books)
avg rating 4.37 — 299,810 ratings — published 1965
The Neighbor Favor (The Greene Sisters, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as black-books)
avg rating 3.83 — 38,382 ratings — published 2023
Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute (ebook)
by (shelved 12 times as black-books)
avg rating 3.68 — 37,708 ratings — published 2023
Bloodmarked (The Legendborn Cycle, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as black-books)
avg rating 4.28 — 94,047 ratings — published 2022
All Boys Aren’t Blue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as black-books)
avg rating 4.18 — 49,583 ratings — published 2020
This Poison Heart (This Poison Heart, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as black-books)
avg rating 4.09 — 32,151 ratings — published 2021
Such a Fun Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as black-books)
avg rating 3.77 — 589,246 ratings — published 2019
Pet (Pet, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as black-books)
avg rating 4.13 — 35,409 ratings — published 2019
If Beale Street Could Talk (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as black-books)
avg rating 4.26 — 89,529 ratings — published 1974
Dread Nation (Dread Nation, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as black-books)
avg rating 4.13 — 36,673 ratings — published 2018
Assata: An Autobiography (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as black-books)
avg rating 4.60 — 33,468 ratings — published 1987
The Fire Next Time (Vintage International)
by (shelved 12 times as black-books)
avg rating 4.55 — 130,179 ratings — published 1963
The Coldest Winter Ever (The Coldest Winter Ever, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as black-books)
avg rating 4.46 — 44,686 ratings — published 1999
Beasts of Prey (Beasts of Prey, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as black-books)
avg rating 3.93 — 10,628 ratings — published 2021
“People swear they know the whole me. They tend to assume I’ve never been through anything cold since I exude a warm innocence.”
― It Came 2 Pass: Book 1, In the Beginning
― It Came 2 Pass: Book 1, In the Beginning
“Fran Katzenjammer: "You need someone normal around here".
Bernard: "Normal! He's normal is he, is he"?
Fran Katzenjammer: [chuckles]
Bernard: "What am I then"?
Fran Katzenjammer: "Well you're a freak, Bernard, you know that".
Bernard: [pauses then blurts] "Yes. I know. But I have rights"!”
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Bernard: "Normal! He's normal is he, is he"?
Fran Katzenjammer: [chuckles]
Bernard: "What am I then"?
Fran Katzenjammer: "Well you're a freak, Bernard, you know that".
Bernard: [pauses then blurts] "Yes. I know. But I have rights"!”
―
