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?
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The Fifth Season
N.K. Jemisin
4.35
How Long 'til Black Future Month?
N.K. Jemisin
4.2
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Trevor Noah
4.56
Becoming
Michelle Obama
4.48
A Promised Land
Barack Obama
4.29
Dawn
Octavia E. Butler
4.03
Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler
4.17
The Rage of Dragons
Evan Winter
4.3
Raybearer
Jordan Ifueko
4.35
The Last Black Unicorn
3.7
The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas
4.51
Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid
3.81
Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi
4.5
So You Want to Talk about Race
Ijeoma Oluo
4.58
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass
4.15
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou
4.13
Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas
Maya Angelou
4.25
Wow, No Thank You.: Essays
Samantha Irby
3.99
A Song of Wraiths and Ruin
Roseanne A. Brown
4.04
The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead
4.24
Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy #1)
Marlon James
3.1
How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi
Heike Schlatterer (Translator)
4.31
Dear Justyce
Nic Stone
4.07
Allegedly
Tiffany D. Jackson
3.94
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Ibram X. Kendi
Jason Reynolds
4.4
Witchmark
C. L. Polk
C. L Polk
4.02
Dear Martin
Nic Stone
4.16
White Teeth
Zadie Smith
3.86
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
Anthony Ray Hinton
Lara Love Hardin
4.49
The Body Is Not an Apology The Power of Radical Self-Love
Sonya Renee Taylor
4.1
Angela Davis: An Autobiography
Angela Y. Davis
4
Kaffir Boy
Mark Mathabane
3.67
You Are Your Best Thing
Tarana Burke
Brené Brown
4.5
Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man
Emmanuel Acho
4.5
Lead from the Outside
Stacey Abrams
4.5
Wild Seed
Octavia E. Butler
4
The Wretched of the Earth
Frantz Fanon
Richard Philcox (Translator)
4.34
The Prey of Gods
Nicky Drayden
3.64
The Stars and the Blackness Between Them
Junauda Petrus
3.82
Pride
Ibi Zoboi
3.57
Abolition. Feminism. Now.
Angela Y. Davis
Gina Dent
Erica R. Meiners
Beth E. Richie
4.33
Bad Witch Burning
Jessica Lewis
5
We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice
Mariame Kaba
5
Basic Economics : A Citizen's Guide to the Economy
Thomas Sowell
4.33
The Heart of a Woman
Maya Angelou
4.44
Mom & Me & Mom
Maya Angelou
4.25
All Her Little Secrets
Wanda M. Morris
3.81
Real Men Knit
Kwana Jackson
3.33
All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes
Maya Angelou
4.5
Gather Together in My Name
Maya Angelou
4.05
That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon
Kimberly Lemming
3.86
The Roommate Risk
Talia Hibbert
4.1
All the Sinners Bleed
S. A. Cosby
4.32
That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf
Kimberly Lemming
3.89
That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Human
Kimberly Lemming
3.89
Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine