50 Favorite Black Authors of the 21st Century
(Preliminary Results)

Here are the preliminary results. Our list will be updated periodically as votes come in. The authors below are the most popular of the more than 150 different authors for whom votes were cast (rank – % of total votes).

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Ranks 1 - 25 Ranks 26 - 50
#1 Beverly Jenkins

Beverly Jenkins

(8.12%) #2 Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison

(6.56%) #3 Bernice L. McFadden

Bernice L. McFadden

(5.62%) #4 Octavia E. Butler

Octavia E. Butler

(5.00%) #5 Tananarive Due

Tananarive Due

(3.43%) #5 Walter Mosley

Walter Mosley

(3.43%) #6 Brenda Jackson

Brenda Jackson

(3.12%) #6 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

(3.12%) #7 Eric Jerome Dickey

Eric Jerome Dickey

(2.50%) #7 Terry McMillan

Terry McMillan

(2.50%) #8 J. California Cooper

J. California Cooper

(1.87%) #8 Kimberla Lawson Roby

Kimberla Lawson Roby

(1.87%) #9 Carl Weber

Carl Weber

(1.56%) #9 Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead

(1.56%) #9 Edwidge Danticat

Edwidge Danticat

(1.56%) #9 Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou

(1.56%) #10 Daniel Black

Daniel Black

(0.93%) #10 Diane McKinney-Whetstone

Diane McKinney-Whetstone

(0.93%) #10 Mary Monroe

Mary Monroe

(0.93%) #10 Rochelle Alers

Rochelle Alers

(0.93%) #10 Victoria Christopher Murray

Victoria Christopher Murray

(0.93%) #11 Alice Walker

Alice Walker

(0.62%) #11 Barack Obama

Barack Obama

(0.62%) #11 Bryan Stevenson

Bryan Stevenson

(0.62%) #11 Francis Ray

Francis Ray

(0.62%)
Ranks 1 - 25 Ranks 26 - 50

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