Prompts

What are your favorite books by black authors?

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?

The Fifth Season

#1 of 3 in The Broken Earth

2015 • 2,689 Readers • 421 pages 4.3

Becoming

13 • 986 Readers • 426 pages 4.5

Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

2016 • 1,095 Readers • 288 pages 4.6

Parable of the Sower

#1 of 2 in Earthseed

1993 • 1,504 Readers • 350 pages 4.1

Dawn

#1 of 3 in Xenogenesis

1987 • 608 Readers • 256 pages 4

A Promised Land

#1 of 1 in The Presidential Memoirs

2020 • 663 Readers • 768 pages 4.3

How Long 'til Black Future Month?

#0.5 of 2 in Dreamblood

2018 • 251 Readers • 416 pages 4.2

The Rage of Dragons

#1 of 2 in The Burning

2017 • 787 Readers • 528 pages 4.3

The Hate U Give

#1 of 1 in The Hate U Give

2017 • 1,171 Readers • 444 pages 4.5

Such a Fun Age

2019 • 821 Readers • 9h 57m 3.8

How to Be an Antiracist

2019 • 554 Readers • 401 pages 4.3

Homegoing

2016 • 827 Readers • 468 pages 4.5

With the Fire on High

2019 • 312 Readers • 256 pages 4.4

The Last Black Unicorn

2017 • 136 Readers 3.7

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

#1 of 3 in The Autobiographies

1845 • 264 Readers • 98 pages 4.2

Dear Justyce

#2 of 3 in Dear Martin

2020 • 56 Readers • 204 pages 4.2

Raybearer

#1 of 3 in Raybearer

2020 • 328 Readers • 320 pages 4.3

So You Want to Talk about Race

2018 • 443 Readers • 7h 42m 4.6

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

#1 of 7 in Maya Angelou's Autobiography

1969 • 734 Readers • 309 pages 4.2

Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas

#3 of 7 in Maya Angelou's Autobiography

1976 • 12 Readers • 258 pages 4.3

Wow, No Thank You.: Essays

2020 • 186 Readers • 319 pages 3.9

A Song of Wraiths and Ruin

#1 of 2 in A Song of Wraiths and Ruin

2020 • 252 Readers • 480 pages 4

The Nickel Boys

2019 • 628 Readers • 224 pages 4.3

Black Leopard, Red Wolf

#1 of 2 in The Dark Star Trilogy

2019 • 654 Readers • 620 pages 3.1

Allegedly

2017 • 163 Readers • 390 pages 4

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You

3 Stamped

2020 • 210 Readers • 320 pages 4.4

Clap When You Land

2020 • 408 Readers • 432 pages 4.2

Witchmark

#1 of 3 in The Kingston Cycle

2018 • 261 Readers • 318 pages 4

Dear Martin

#1 of 3 in Dear Martin

2017 • 207 Readers • 224 pages 4.2

White Teeth

2001 • 427 Readers • 448 pages 3.8

Angela Davis: An Autobiography

1974 • 44 Readers • 410 pages 3

Kaffir Boy

1986 • 18 Readers • 354 pages 4.2

You Are Your Best Thing

2021 • 30 Readers • 256 pages 4.5

Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man

2020 • 99 Readers • 288 pages 4.5

Lead from the Outside

2018 • 26 Readers • 226 pages 4.4

Friday Black

2018 • 174 Readers 4.2

Wild Seed

#1 of 7 in Patternist

1980 • 275 Readers • 306 pages 3.9

The Wretched of the Earth

1961 • 235 Readers • 336 pages 4.4

The Prey of Gods

2017 • 111 Readers 3.7

The Stars and the Blackness Between Them

2019 • 77 Readers • 322 pages 3.8

SLAY

2019 • 121 Readers 4.3

Pride

2018 • 134 Readers • 304 pages 3.6

Abolition. Feminism. Now.

2022 • 35 Readers • 173 pages 4.3

Bad Witch Burning

2021 • 44 Readers • 352 pages 4.3

Basic Economics : A Citizen's Guide to the Economy

2000 • 105 Readers • 448 pages 4.1

The Heart of a Woman

#4 of 7 in Maya Angelou's Autobiography

1981 • 46 Readers • 272 pages 4.4

Mom & Me & Mom

#7 of 7 in Maya Angelou's Autobiography

2013 • 46 Readers 4.4

All Her Little Secrets

2021 • 105 Readers • 384 pages 3.6

Real Men Knit

#1 of 2 in Real Men Knit

2020 • 72 Readers • 338 pages 3.3

All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes

2013 • 3 Readers • 240 pages 4.5

Gather Together in My Name

#2 of 7 in Maya Angelou's Autobiography

1974 • 35 Readers • 214 pages 4.1

That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon

#1 of 3 in Mead Mishaps

2021 • 305 Readers • 192 pages 3.8

Chain Gang All Stars

2022 • 627 Readers • 384 pages 4.2

The Roommate Risk

#2 of 3 in The Midnight Heat Collection

2018 • 58 Readers • 352 pages 3.9

All the Sinners Bleed

2023 • 348 Readers • 352 pages 4.3

That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf

#2 of 3 in Mead Mishaps

2022 • 117 Readers • 246 pages 3.9

That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Human

#3 of 3 in Mead Mishaps

2023 • 88 Readers • 310 pages 3.9

Their Eyes Were Watching God

1937 • 727 Readers • 260 pages 3.9

Purple Hibiscus

2003 • 234 Readers • 400 pages 4.1

Rosewater

#1 of 4 in The Wormwood Trilogy

2017 • 346 Readers • 400 pages 3.8

Zami: A New Spelling of My Name

1982 • 120 Readers • 265 pages 4.5

Binti

#1 of 3 in Binti

2015 • 242 Readers • 96 pages 3.9

When I Was the Greatest

2014 • 26 Readers • 240 pages 3.8

Monster: A Graphic Novel

1999 • 94 Readers • 160 pages 3.5

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

#4 of 7 in Logans

1976 • 142 Readers • 304 pages 4

The Vanishing Half

2020 • 1,271 Readers • 400 pages 4.1

Things Fall Apart

#1 of 3 in The African Trilogy

1958 • 825 Readers • 185 pages 3.6

The Skin I'm In

#1 of 2 in The Skin I'm In

1998 • 22 Readers • 176 pages 3.7

Devil in a Blue Dress

#1 of 11 in Easy Rawlins

1990 • 103 Readers • 240 pages 3.8

Kindred

1979 • 1,158 Readers • 287 pages 4.4

What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky

2017 • 120 Readers • 242 pages 4.2

Dark Matter

Planned book #1 of 1 in Dark Matter

43 Readers 3

Assata: An Autobiography

1987 • 131 Readers • 274 pages 4.7

Beloved

#1 of 2 in Beloved Trilogy

1987 • 1,050 Readers • 362 pages 3.9

Between the World and Me

2015 • 947 Readers • 166 pages 4.5