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The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as black-interest)
avg rating 4.28 — 774,995 ratings — published 1982
James (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as black-interest)
avg rating 4.41 — 608,382 ratings — published 2024
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as black-interest)
avg rating 4.30 — 599,895 ratings — published 1969
Brown Girl Dreaming (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as black-interest)
avg rating 4.15 — 95,177 ratings — published 2014
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as black-interest)
avg rating 4.13 — 831,214 ratings — published 2010
Beloved (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as black-interest)
avg rating 3.99 — 516,851 ratings — published 1987
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as black-interest)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,355,833 ratings — published 1885
The Wilderness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as black-interest)
avg rating 3.46 — 12,377 ratings — published 2025
The Message (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as black-interest)
avg rating 4.49 — 46,212 ratings — published 2024
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as black-interest)
avg rating 3.90 — 344,046 ratings — published 2023
The Deep (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as black-interest)
avg rating 3.76 — 42,608 ratings — published 2019
The Underground Railroad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as black-interest)
avg rating 4.06 — 461,525 ratings — published 2016
Kindred (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as black-interest)
avg rating 4.31 — 296,940 ratings — published 1979
Monster (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as black-interest)
avg rating 3.73 — 76,400 ratings — published 1999
The Bluest Eye (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as black-interest)
avg rating 4.14 — 326,816 ratings — published 1970
Ghost Boys (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as black-interest)
avg rating 4.32 — 34,347 ratings — published 2018
Forged by Fire (Hazelwood High, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as black-interest)
avg rating 4.36 — 9,780 ratings — published 1997
Time to Shine (Fab Life, #5)
by (shelved 2 times as black-interest)
avg rating 4.53 — 139 ratings — published 2012
On the Flip Side (Fab Life, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as black-interest)
avg rating 4.39 — 189 ratings — published 2012
Work What You Got (Beta Gamma Pi Series)
by (shelved 2 times as black-interest)
avg rating 3.86 — 71 ratings — published 2009
Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as black-interest)
avg rating 4.40 — 377,162 ratings — published 2015
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as black-interest)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,046,145 ratings — published 2017
Hidden Figures (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as black-interest)
avg rating 3.96 — 116,923 ratings — published 2016
Native Son (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as black-interest)
avg rating 4.05 — 108,027 ratings — published 1940
Moth to a Flame (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as black-interest)
avg rating 4.49 — 17,742 ratings — published 2009
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as black-interest)
avg rating 4.14 — 139,451 ratings — published 1845
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as black-interest)
avg rating 4.00 — 401,831 ratings — published 1937
The Revelation of Dionne Daphne (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as black-interest)
avg rating 4.32 — 3,831 ratings — published 2026
Sly, Slick & Wicked (Kendra Clayton Mystery, #5)
by (shelved 1 time as black-interest)
avg rating 4.12 — 58 ratings — published 2012
My Soul to Keep (African Immortals, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as black-interest)
avg rating 4.14 — 8,560 ratings — published 1997
The Reformatory (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as black-interest)
avg rating 4.43 — 102,116 ratings — published 2023
Blood Colony (African Immortals, #3)
by (shelved 1 time as black-interest)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,039 ratings — published 2008
The Living Blood (African Immortals, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as black-interest)
avg rating 4.35 — 3,265 ratings — published 2001
My Soul to Take (African Immortals, #4)
by (shelved 1 time as black-interest)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,402 ratings — published 2011
Ethic 2 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as black-interest)
avg rating 4.65 — 8,763 ratings — published
Ethic (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as black-interest)
avg rating 4.61 — 10,658 ratings — published
Take My Hand (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as black-interest)
avg rating 4.35 — 119,368 ratings — published 2022
Schooled in Lies (Kendra Clayton Mystery, #4)
by (shelved 1 time as black-interest)
avg rating 3.71 — 109 ratings — published 2009
Trust (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as black-interest)
avg rating 3.79 — 195,112 ratings — published 2022
Isola (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as black-interest)
avg rating 3.99 — 132,513 ratings — published 2025
The Fantasies of Future Things (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as black-interest)
avg rating 3.62 — 544 ratings — published 2025
Little Wonder (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as black-interest)
avg rating 4.13 — 8,600 ratings — published 2026
The Coldest Winter Ever (The Coldest Winter Ever, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as black-interest)
avg rating 4.46 — 44,891 ratings — published 1999
Tangled Roots (Kendra Clayton Mystery, #2)
by (shelved 1 time as black-interest)
avg rating 3.77 — 276 ratings — published 2006
The Ways of White Folks (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as black-interest)
avg rating 4.47 — 5,761 ratings — published 1934
The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as black-interest)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,448 ratings — published 2026
Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as black-interest)
avg rating 4.29 — 2,776 ratings — published 2007
Ours (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as black-interest)
avg rating 3.78 — 1,837 ratings — published 2024
The Company You Keep (Kendra Clayton Mysteries, #1)
by (shelved 1 time as black-interest)
avg rating 3.65 — 724 ratings — published 2005
Last Night in Brooklyn (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as black-interest)
avg rating 3.62 — 7,650 ratings — published 2026