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The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Books White People Need to Read
1,319 books — 1,572 voters
The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriThe House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,011 books — 1,451 voters

32 Candles by Ernessa T. CarterThe Coldest Winter Ever by Sister SouljahTryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made by Virginia DeBerryFlyy Girl by Omar TyreeThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Best Black/African American Chicklit
433 books — 403 voters
The Vanishing Half by Brit BennettSuch a Fun Age by Kiley ReidThe City We Became by N.K. JemisinDeacon King Kong by James McBrideThe Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw
Forthcoming Books for 2020 by African-Americans
70 books — 321 voters

Cold Mountain by Charles FrazierLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraThe Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonThe Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye
Best 1800s Historical Fiction
457 books — 283 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerBeloved by Toni MorrisonKindred by Octavia E. ButlerAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Darkest Child by Delores Phillips
Contemporary Black Women's Literature
570 books — 233 voters

Wench by Dolen Perkins-ValdezPerfect Peace by Daniel Black32 Candles by Ernessa T. CarterThe Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Heidi W. DurrowBefore You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self by Danielle Evans
2010's Best African American Literature
21 books — 143 voters
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThe Big Sea by Langston HughesDust Tracks on a Road by Zora Neale HurstonI Wonder as I Wander by Langston HughesThe Life of Langston Hughes by Arnold Rampersad
Author Biographies and Memoirs
426 books — 125 voters

Perfect Peace by Daniel BlackHome by Toni MorrisonForgotten Country by Catherine ChungFreeman by Leonard Pitts Jr.Gathering of Waters by Bernice L. McFadden
2012's Best Literary Fiction By People of Color
39 books — 117 voters
If I Should Speak by Umm ZakiyyahThe Dirty Version by Medina FarisAlif the Unseen by G. Willow WilsonA Voice by Umm ZakiyyahBoy vs. Girl by Na'ima B. Robert
Islamic Fiction
77 books — 105 voters

White Teeth by Zadie SmithSmall Island by Andrea LevyThe Lonely Londoners by Sam SelvonOn Beauty by Zadie SmithGirl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Black British Literature (fiction)
119 books — 83 voters
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerWild Seed by Octavia E. ButlerHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieParable of the Talents by Octavia E. ButlerDawn by Octavia E. Butler
Books by Black Authors That Don't Feature Slavery, Colonialism, Racism, or Poverty
193 books — 79 voters

Silver Sparrow by Tayari JonesPym by Mat JohnsonMy Soul to Take by Tananarive DueZone One by Colson WhiteheadSalvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
2011's Best African American Literature
23 books — 73 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerInvisible Man by Ralph EllisonSong of Solomon by Toni MorrisonA Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. GainesDevil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
Award-winning Black Fiction
51 books — 68 voters

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn WardHollywood Homicide by Kellye GarrettThe Idea of You by Robinne LeeDifficult Women by Roxane GayThe Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues by Edward Kelsey Moore
Whoever Wants Honey Must Brave the Bees: Forthcoming Books for 2017 by Authors of African Descent
77 books — 55 voters
An American Marriage by Tayari JonesFreshwater by Akwaeke EmeziThe Night Masquerade by Nnedi OkoraforMy Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan BraithwaiteWitchmark by C.L. Polk
The Very Time I Thought I Was lost, My Dungeon Shook and My Chains Fell Off: Forthcoming Books for 2018 by Authors of African Descent
79 books — 55 voters

Jus Breathe by B. Lynn CarterThe Violin Conspiracy by Brendan SlocumbMemphis by Tara M. StringfellowMy Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed NewsonWhat the Fireflies Knew by Kai Harris
2022 Adult Literary Fiction by African-Americans
69 books — 38 voters
The Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadHomegoing by Yaa GyasiThe Book of Harlan by Bernice L. McFaddenLazaretto by Diane McKinney-WhetstoneWhat Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi
If The Yam Used In Sacrifice Does Not Die Prematurely, It Will Eventually Germinate: Forthcoming Books for 2016 by Authors of African Descent
90 books — 36 voters

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine HansberryFences by August WilsonDutchman & The Slave by Amiri BarakaPorgy and Bess Fantasy for Two Pianos by George GershwinFor Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rain... by Ntozake Shange
African American Plays
42 books — 32 voters
Challenging Karma - How One Mistake Created An Innocent Killer by Mark NistorThe Residue Years by Mitchell S. JacksonThe Good Lord Bird by James McBrideThe Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat by Edward Kelsey MooreLittle Green by Walter Mosley
2013's Best African American Literature
23 books — 22 voters

Forty Acres by Dwayne Alexander SmithRuby by Cynthia BondAn Untamed State by Roxane GayBedrock Faith by Eric Charles MayRose Gold by Walter Mosley
2014's Best African American Literature
25 books — 19 voters
Balm by Dolen Perkins-ValdezPleasantville by Attica LockeGod Help the Child by Toni MorrisonThe Turner House by Angela FlournoyThe Sellout by Paul Beatty
2015's Best African American Literature
33 books — 18 voters

Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingPerfect Peace by Daniel BlackHoney, Your Shoes Ain't Nothing New by Ross WrightResurrecting Cybele by Jenifer MohammedLustful Encounters by Zania Summers
Womanhood issues
30 books — 15 voters
Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael ReedBeloved by Toni MorrisonErasure by Percival EverettOreo by Fran RossNegrophobia by Darius James
African-American Post–Civil Rights Experimental Literature
24 books — 14 voters

Perfect Peace by Daniel BlackThe Darkest Child by Delores PhillipsBefore I Forget by Leonard Pitts Jr.Silver Sparrow by Tayari JonesThe Untelling by Tayari Jones
The Best African-American Dysfunctional Family Novels
24 books — 12 voters
Nine Bar Blues by Sheree Renée ThomasThe City We Became by N.K. JemisinCry of Metal & Bone by L. PenelopeTrouble the Saints by Alaya Dawn JohnsonMaster of Poisons by Andrea Hairston
2020 Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy by African-Americans
14 books — 10 voters

Sag Harbor by Colson WhiteheadNo One Is Coming to Save Us by Stephanie Powell WattsI Almost Forgot About You by Terry McMillanWho Asked You? by Terry McMillanWhen Washington Was in Vogue by Edward Christopher Williams
Fiction Books Featuring the African-American Middle and Upper Class
37 books — 8 voters
The Cutting Season by Attica LockeThe Devil in Silver by Victor LaVallePerfect Peace by Daniel BlackHome by Toni MorrisonBlood on Their Hands by Bob Brink
2012's Best African American Literature
23 books — 6 voters

Forging a Nightmare by Patricia A. JacksonBacchanal by Veronica G. HenryThe Conductors by Nicole GloverThe Undertakers by Nicole GloverSorrowland by Rivers Solomon
2021 Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy by African-Americans
13 books — 6 voters
The Deep by Rivers SolomonEscaping Exodus by Nicky DraydenWhispers of Shadow & Flame by L. PenelopeThe Record Keeper by Agnes GomillionThe Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
2019 Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy by African-Americans
11 books — 5 voters

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