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Showing 512 results from 1980 to 2025 with a minimum of 1,000 ratings.
Matched genres: African American

Title Year Ratings Rating
If He Hollers Let Him Go
Fiction , African American , Classics , Race , Mystery , Novels , Noir
Chester Himes 		2002 2.5K 3.97
A Red Death (Easy Rawlins #2)
Mystery , Fiction , Crime , Noir , Historical Fiction , Mystery Thriller , African American
Walter Mosley 		2004 6.0K 3.97
Sarny: A life Remembered
Historical Fiction , Young Adult , Fiction , Civil War , Historical , African American , Middle Grade
Gary Paulsen 		1999 1.1K 3.97
Salvage the Bones (Wheeler Large Print Book)
Fiction , Contemporary , Historical Fiction , Literary Fiction , African American , Novels , Audiobook , Book Club
Jesmyn Ward 		2011 70.1K 3.96
The Wedding
Fiction , Historical Fiction , Classics , African American , Romance , Race , Novels
Dorothy West 		1996 6.3K 3.96
Elijah of Buxton
Historical Fiction , Young Adult , Middle Grade , Fiction , Historical , Childrens , African American
Christopher Paul Curtis 		2007 14.1K 3.96
Salvage the Bones
Fiction , Contemporary , Literary Fiction , Historical Fiction , African American , Novels , Audiobook , Book Club
Jesmyn Ward 		2011 70.1K 3.96
The Confessions of Nat Turner
Fiction , Historical Fiction , Literature , Historical , African American , Race , Novels
William Styron 		1992 15.9K 3.96
The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream
Nonfiction , Memoir , Biography , School , Inspirational , Medicine , African American
Sampson Davis 		2003 3.5K 3.95
How It Went Down
Young Adult , Realistic Fiction , Fiction , Contemporary , Teen , Audiobook , African American
Kekla Magoon 		2014 7.5K 3.95
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
Picture Books , Biography , Art , Nonfiction , Childrens , African American , Biography Memoir
Javaka Steptoe 		2016 5.7K 3.95
The Personal History of Rachel DuPree
Historical Fiction , Fiction , Historical , African American , Adult Fiction , Audiobook , Westerns
Ann Weisgarber 		2010 4.3K 3.95
Quicksand and Passing
Fiction , Classics , African American , Literature , Historical Fiction , Race , College
Nella Larsen 		1986 4.5K 3.95
Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Plays , Drama , Fiction , Classics , African American , Historical Fiction , School
August Wilson 		1988 3.3K 3.95
The Good Lord Bird
Historical Fiction , Fiction , Historical , Audiobook , African American , Literary Fiction , Civil War , Book Club
James McBride 		2013 36.5K 3.95
No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller
Historical Fiction , Young Adult , Historical , Fiction , African American , Middle Grade , Teen
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson 		2012 1.6K 3.94
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
Nonfiction , History , Race , Audiobook , Biography , Historical , African American
Tiya Miles 		2021 7.6K 3.94
Black Bottom Saints
Historical Fiction , Fiction , Historical , African American , Music , Literary Fiction , Adult Fiction
Alice Randall 		2020 1.1K 3.94
The Wedding Gift
Historical Fiction , Fiction , Historical , Audiobook , African American , Romance , Adult Fiction
Marlen Suyapa Bodden 		2009 8.9K 3.94
Forty Acres
Thriller , Fiction , Mystery , Suspense , Mystery Thriller , African American , Audiobook
Dwayne Alexander Smith 		2014 4.0K 3.94
Basketball Jones
Fiction , Romance , Sports , LGBT , African American , M M Romance , Audiobook
E. Lynn Harris 		2009 2.2K 3.93
Joplin's Ghost
Horror , Fantasy , Fiction , Historical Fiction , Music , African American , Mystery
Tananarive Due 		2006 1.0K 3.93
Miracle at St. Anna
Historical Fiction , Fiction , War , Italy , World War II , Historical , African American
James McBride 		2003 4.5K 3.93
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
Classics , Fiction , African American , Historical Fiction , Race , African American Literature , Novels
James Weldon Johnson 		2012 10.9K 3.92
Corregidora
Fiction , Historical Fiction , Classics , African American , Race , Novels , Literary Fiction
Gayl Jones 		1987 4.9K 3.92
The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man
Classics , Fiction , African American , Historical Fiction , Race , African American Literature , Novels
James Weldon Johnson 		1991 10.9K 3.92
Monticello: A Daughter and Her Father
Historical Fiction , Fiction , Historical , Audiobook , American History , African American , Adult Fiction
Sally Cabot Gunning 		2016 1.7K 3.92
Passing
Classics , Fiction , Historical Fiction , Race , Audiobook , African American , School
Nella Larsen 		1929 73.1K 3.92
Invisible Man
Fiction , Classics , Literature , Historical Fiction , Race , African American , Novels
Ralph Ellison 		1952 196.0K 3.92
The Bondwoman's Narrative
Historical Fiction , Fiction , African American , Classics , Historical , Gothic , African American Literature
Hannah Crafts 		2003 2.3K 3.91
The Way Forward is with a Broken Heart
Fiction , Short Stories , Feminism , African American , LGBT , African American Literature , Philosophy
Alice Walker 		2005 1.7K 3.91
Citizens Creek
Historical Fiction , Fiction , Historical , African American , Native American , Audiobook , American History
Lalita Tademy 		2014 1.3K 3.91
Silver Sparrow
Fiction , Historical Fiction , Audiobook , African American , Literary Fiction , Contemporary , Book Club
Tayari Jones 		2011 44.5K 3.91
Fearless Jones (Fearless Jones, #1)
Mystery , Fiction , African American , Crime , Mystery Thriller , Noir , Detective
Walter Mosley 		2004 3.2K 3.91
Breath, Eyes, Memory
Fiction , Historical Fiction , Literary Fiction , Contemporary , Novels , African American , Literature , Book Club
Edwidge Danticat 		1994 30.7K 3.90
Black Girls Must Die Exhausted
Fiction , Contemporary , Audiobook , Literary Fiction , Race , Adult Fiction , African American , Adult , Book Club
Jayne Allen 		2018 17.2K 3.90
Heaven, My Home (Highway 59 #2)
Mystery , Fiction , Mystery Thriller , Crime , Audiobook , Thriller , African American
Attica Locke 		2019 9.0K 3.89
In West Mills
Fiction , Historical Fiction , Historical , African American , Literary Fiction , Adult Fiction , LGBT
De'Shawn Charles Winslow 		2019 2.5K 3.89
Jazz
Fiction , Classics , Historical Fiction , African American , Literary Fiction , Literature , Novels
Toni Morrison 		1992 35.2K 3.89
Heaven, My Home
Mystery , Fiction , Mystery Thriller , Crime , Audiobook , Thriller , African American
Attica Locke 		2019 9.0K 3.89
Red River
Historical Fiction , Fiction , Historical , African American , Southern , Civil War , Audiobook
Lalita Tademy 		2006 3.4K 3.89
A Rage in Harlem (Harlem Cycle, #1)
Fiction , Mystery , Crime , Noir , Classics , Mystery Thriller , African American
Chester Himes 		1989 7.2K 3.89
The Yellow House
Memoir , Nonfiction , Biography , History , Biography Memoir , Race , African American , Book Club
Sarah M. Broom 		2019 24.8K 3.89
Jazz (Beloved Trilogy, #2)
Fiction , Classics , Historical Fiction , African American , Literary Fiction , Literature , Novels
Toni Morrison 		1992 35.2K 3.89
The Mothers
Fiction , Contemporary , Literary Fiction , Audiobook , Adult Fiction , African American , Coming Of Age , Book Club , Adult
Brit Bennett 		2016 125.1K 3.89
X
Historical Fiction , Young Adult , Fiction , Historical , African American , Audiobook , Teen
Ilyasah Shabazz 		2015 3.5K 3.88
A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin
Picture Books , Biography , Art , Nonfiction , Childrens , History , African American
Jen Bryant 		2013 5.3K 3.88
'Til the Well Runs Dry
Historical Fiction , Fiction , Audiobook , Historical , African American , Cultural , Literary Fiction
Lauren Francis-Sharma 		2014 2.5K 3.88
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
Short Stories , Fiction , African American , Race , Contemporary , Adult Fiction , Literary Fiction
Z.Z. Packer 		2004 7.7K 3.88
Casanegra (Tennyson Hardwick, #1)
Mystery , Fiction , African American , Mystery Thriller , Suspense , Audiobook , Thriller
Blair Underwood 		2007 1.2K 3.88