What are your favorite books by black authors?Answer

The publishing industry has struggled to embrace new voices. Many amazing authors have managed to get their voices out–overcoming all obstacles. What books stand out to you as your favorites by black author?

So You Want to Talk about Race

2018 • 498 Readers • 7h 42m 4.6

How to Be an Antiracist

How to Be an Antiracist
ByIbram X. Kendi ,Heike Schlatterer(Translator)

2019 • 611 Readers • 401 pages 4.3

The Hate U Give

#1 of 1 in The Hate U Give

The Hate U Give
ByAngie Thomas

2017 • 1,323 Readers • 444 pages 4.5

Dear Martin

#1 of 3 in Dear Martin

Dear Martin
ByNic Stone

2017 • 230 Readers • 224 pages 4.2

Dear Justyce

#2 of 3 in Dear Martin

Dear Justyce
ByNic Stone

2020 • 60 Readers • 204 pages 4.2

Lead from the Outside

Lead from the Outside
ByStacey Abrams

2018 • 28 Readers • 226 pages 4.4

Becoming

Becoming
ByMichelle Obama

13 • 1,106 Readers • 426 pages 4.4

A Promised Land

#1 of 1 in The Presidential Memoirs

A Promised Land
ByBarack Obama

2020 • 767 Readers • 768 pages 4.3

Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man

2020 • 103 Readers • 288 pages 4.5

You Are Your Best Thing

You Are Your Best Thing
ByTarana Burke,Brené Brown

2021 • 30 Readers • 256 pages 4.5

Pride

Pride
ByIbi Zoboi

2018 • 148 Readers • 304 pages 3.5

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You

Stamped

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
ByIbram X. Kendi ,Jason Reynolds

2020 • 230 Readers • 320 pages 4.4

Between the World and Me

Between the World and Me
ByTa-Nehisi Coates

2015 • 1,100 Readers • 166 pages 4.6