Genres

African Americans

Tyler Johnson Was Here

2018 • 47 Readers • 304 pages 3.3

The Dream Keeper and Other Poems

1932 • 4 Readers • 97 pages 4

The Well

#2 of 7 in Logans

The Well
ByMildred D. Taylor

1995 • 1 Reader • 100 pages 5

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

#4 of 7 in Logans

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
ByMildred D. Taylor

1976 • 142 Readers • 304 pages 4

Passing

Passing
ByNella Larsen

1929 • 300 Readers • 160 pages 3.9

Let the Circle Be Unbroken

#5 of 7 in Logans

Let the Circle Be Unbroken
ByMildred D. Taylor

1981 • 9 Readers • 315 pages 4.5

Beloved

#1 of 2 in Beloved Trilogy

Beloved
ByToni Morrison

1987 • 1,096 Readers • 362 pages 3.9

Lovecraft Country

#1 of 2 in Lovecraft Country

2016 • 472 Readers • 329 pages 4

As Brave As You

As Brave As You
ByJason Reynolds

2016 • 13 Readers • 432 pages 4.5

My People Are Rising: Memoir of a Black Panther Party Captain

2012 • 5 Readers • 311 pages 4.3

In the Matter of Color: Race and the American Legal Process: The Colonial Period

#1 of 1 in Race and the American Legal Process

1978 • 1 Reader • 548 pages

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

The Autobiography of Malcolm X
ByMalcolm X,Alex Haley

1965 • 535 Readers • 512 pages 4.4

Bronx Masquerade

Bronx Masquerade
ByNikki Grimes

1995 • 13 Readers • 178 pages 3.6

The Cartel

#1 of 7 in The Cartel

The Cartel
ByAshley Antoinette,JaQuavis Coleman

2009 • 1 Reader • 396 pages

Going to the Territory

Going to the Territory
ByRalph Ellison

1986 • 1 Reader • 350 pages 3

The Best Way to Play

4 Little Bill

1997 • 2 Readers • 40 pages

O Presidente Negro

O Presidente Negro
ByMonteiro Lobato

1946 • 1 Reader • 202 pages

Night Magic

Night Magic
ByLynn Emery

1995 • 1 Reader • 394 pages

On My Own at 107: Reflections on Life Without Bessie

1997 • 1 Reader • 176 pages

The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley

1965 • 10 Readers • 418 pages 4.4

The Black Middle Ages: Race and the Construction of the Middle Ages

2018 • 1 Reader • 266 pages

Class Act

#2 of 3 in New Kid

Class Act
ByJerry Craft

2020 • 31 Readers • 256 pages 4.4

Fake ID

Fake ID
ByLamar Giles,L. R. Giles

2014 • 19 Readers • 320 pages 3.5

Trick Baby

Trick Baby
ByIceberg Slim

1969 • 1 Reader • 322 pages 3

My bondage and my freedom

My bondage and my freedom
ByFrederick Douglass

1855 • 1 Reader • 539 pages 4

Cleared for Takeoff

#3 of 1 in Liberty Porter, First Daughter

Cleared for Takeoff
ByJulia DeVillers,Paige Pooler

2011 • 1 Reader • 210 pages 3

W.E.B. Du Bois Speaks: Speeches and Addresses 1920-1963

1970 • 1 Reader • 360 pages

Upsetting the Apple Cart: Black-Latino Coalitions in New York City from Protest to Public Office

4 Columbia History of Urban Life

2014 • 1 Reader • 294 pages

Fitzgerald: Geography of a Revolution

Fitzgerald: Geography of a Revolution
ByWilliam Bunge,Trevor Barnes,+1 more

2011 • 1 Reader • 280 pages

Beyond Freedom: Disrupting the History of Emancipation

6 UnCivil Wars

Beyond Freedom: Disrupting the History of Emancipation
ByDavid W. Blight(editor),Jim Downs(Editor)

2017 • 1 Reader • 210 pages

W.E.B. Du Bois: A Life in American History

W.E.B. Du Bois: A Life in American History
ByCharisse Burden-Stelly,Gerald Horne

2019 • 1 Reader • 257 pages

The World Colonization Made: The Racial Geography of Early American Empire

18 Early American Studies

2020 • 1 Reader • 264 pages

Slavery and the American South

2003 • 1 Reader • 266 pages

Contract and Domination

Contract and Domination
ByCarole Pateman,Charles W. Mills

2007 • 1 Reader • 320 pages

Steadfast Democrats: How Social Forces Shape Black Political Behavior

2020 • 1 Reader • 248 pages

The Hidden Cost of Being African American: How Wealth Perpetuates Inequality

2003 • 2 Readers • 260 pages 2

Smoked Yankees and the Struggle for Empire: Letters from Negro Soldiers 1898-1902

1971 • 1 Reader • 328 pages

Other People's Business

2007 • 312 pages

Her Kind of Man

Her Kind of Man
ByPamela Yaye

2008 • 264 pages

Seduced by the Mogul

#6 of 1 in The Morretti Millionaires

2016 • 219 pages

Promises We Make

#3 of 1 in Platinum Brides

Promises We Make
ByPamela Yaye

2011 • 232 pages

Hollington Homecoming, Volume Two: Passion Overtime / Tender to His Touch

#2 of 2 in Hollington Homecoming

2013 • 488 pages

Kim - Kimi

Kim - Kimi
ByHadley Irwin

1952 • 224 pages

Almost Free: A Story About Family and Race in Antebellum Virginia

4 Race in the Atlantic World, 1700–1900

2012 • 1 Reader • 190 pages

The Great Escapes

The Great Escapes
ByJeffrey Gonda,Various

2007 • 328 pages

The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

1912 • 12 Readers • 157 pages 4.2

Safe With Me

#1 of 11 in Falling for a Rose

Safe With Me
ByStephanie Nicole Norris

2017 • 4 Readers • 278 pages

That the Blood Stay Pure

That the Blood Stay Pure
ByArica L. Coleman

2013 • 300 pages

Autobiogrphy Malcolm X

1965 • 1 Reader • 460 pages

The Autobiography of LeRoi Jones

1984 • 1 Reader • 336 pages

Message To The People

Message To The People
ByMarcus Garvey

2017 • 4 Readers • 208 pages

Celeste's Harlem Renaissance

2007 • 1 Reader • 279 pages

A Wounded Deer Leaps Highest

2019 • 1 Reader • 664 pages

The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire

2012 • 1 Reader • 609 pages

Dreams From My Father: A Story Of Race And Inheritance

#2 of 2 in Sheila

1995 • 465 pages

The First Part Last

#2 of 3 in Heaven

The First Part Last
ByAngela Johnson

2003 • 9 Readers • 144 pages 3.2

Una bendición

Una bendición
ByToni Morrison,Jordi Fibla Feito(Translator)

2008 • 192 pages

Paraíso

#3 of 2 in Beloved Trilogy

Paraíso
ByToni Morrison

1997 • 1 Reader

La noche de los niños

La noche de los niños
ByToni Morrison

2015 • 1 Reader • 208 pages

Imitation of Life

Imitation of Life
ByAllison Joseph

2002 • 1 Reader • 103 pages

Selected Poems

Selected Poems
ByGwendolyn Brooks

1963 • 20 Readers • 160 pages 4

My Monticello

My Monticello
ByJocelyn Nicole Johnson

2021 • 64 Readers 3.7

Slave Narratives

#114 of 55 in LOA

Slave Narratives
ByWilliam L. Andrews,Henry Louis Gates

2000 • 2 Readers • 992 pages

Contending Forces: A Romance Illustrative of Negro Life North and South

1900 • 1 Reader • 466 pages

Black Talk

Black Talk
ByGeneva Smitherman

1994 • 1 Reader • 243 pages

Black Power on Campus: The University of Illinois, 1965-75

2003 • 1 Reader • 228 pages 3

Shelter: A Black Tale of Homeland, Baltimore

2022 • 1 Reader • 320 pages

Finlater

Finlater
ByShawn Stewart Ruff

2008 • 2 Readers • 303 pages 5

White Like Her: My Family's Story of Race and Racial Passing

2017 • 3 Readers 3.5

Overturned

Overturned
ByLamar Giles

2017 • 4 Readers • 352 pages

New-Lost Plays by Ed Bullins: An Anthology

1994 • 1 Reader • 304 pages 4

Alfie

Alfie
ByThyra Heder

2017 • 2 Readers • 40 pages

The Intuitionist: Introduction by Colin Grant

1999 • 288 pages

Pimp: The Story Of My Life

1940 • 1 Reader • 317 pages 4

The Beloved Community

The Beloved Community
ByCharles Marsh

2004 • 1 Reader • 320 pages 2

Bang!

Bang!
BySharon G. Flake

2005 • 2 Readers • 298 pages 4

You Don't Even Know Me: Stories and Poems About Boys

2010 • 4 Readers • 208 pages

The Skin I'm In

#1 of 2 in The Skin I'm In

The Skin I'm In
BySharon G. Flake

1998 • 23 Readers • 176 pages 3.7

Who Am I Without Him?

Who Am I Without Him?
BySharon G. Flake

2004 • 168 pages

Harlem Duet

Harlem Duet
ByDjanet Sears

1997 • 1 Reader • 117 pages 3

And Still I Rise

And Still I Rise
ByMaya Angelou,Linda Sunshine,+1 more

1978 • 32 Readers • 112 pages 3.8

Educational Reconstruction: African American Schools in the Urban South, 1865-1890

2 Reconstructing America

2016 • 1 Reader • 258 pages

The Color of the Law: Race, Violence, and Justice in the Post-World War II South

1999 • 1 Reader • 358 pages

King: A Life

King: A Life
ByJonathan Eig

2023 • 102 Readers • 688 pages 4.5

Yesterday I Had the Blues

Yesterday I Had the Blues
ByJeron Ashford Frame

2003 • 1 Reader • 32 pages