The 1,048 Most Critically Acclaimed Books Published from 1969 to 2026 by Genre

How are these books selected?
The goal of this list is to highlight books praised by the global Black community. To appear on this list, a book must have earned two or more distinct honors. An "honor" includes winning a recognized literary award, appearing on an AALBC bestseller list, or being selected for inclusion on a prominent book club's reading list. Sources used to compile this list include, but are not limited to, these awards.
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  1. (S)Kin by Zoboi, Ibi (2025)
  2. Catch: A Novel by Daley-Ward, Yrsa (2025)
  3. Death of the Author by Okorafor, Nnedi (2025)
  4. Dominion: A Novel by Citchens, Addie E (2025)
  5. Dream Count by Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi (2025)
  6. Fish Tales: A Novel by (2025)
  7. Go Tell It: How James Baldwin Became a Writer by Harris, Quartez ; James, Gordon C (2025)
  8. Good Dirt by Wilkerson, Charmaine (2025)
  9. Harlem Honey: The Adventures of a Curious Kid by Hall, Tamron ; Glenn, Ebony (2025)
  10. Harlem Rhapsody by Murray, Victoria Christopher (2025)
  11. Hello There, Sunshine by Brown, Tabitha ; Duchess, Olivia (2025)
  12. Junie by Eckstine, Erin Crosby (2025)
  13. One Big Open Sky by Cline-Ransome, Lesa (2025)
  14. Ring Shout by Clark, P Djèlí (2025)
  15. Something in the Water by (2025)
  16. That’s How They Get You: An Unruly Anthology of Black American Humor by Editor (2025)
  17. The Dark Maestro by Slocumb, Brendan (2025)
  18. The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze by Barnes, Derrick (2025)
  19. The Wilderness by Flournoy, Angela (2025)
  20. Will’s Race for Home by Rhodes, Jewell Parker (2025)
  21. A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Williams, Tia (2024)
  22. All We Were Promised: A Novel by (2024)
  23. Black Girl You Are Atlas by Watson, Renée ; Holmes, Ekua (2024)
  24. Black Star by Alexander, Kwame (2024)
  25. Children of Anguish and Anarchy by Adeyemi, Tomi (2024)
  26. Clutch Time: A Shot Clock Novel by Butler, Caron ; Reynolds, Justin A (2024)
  27. Colored Television by Senna, Danzy (2024)
  28. Double Lives by Monroe, Mary (2024)
  29. Farewell, Amethystine by Walter (2024)
  30. Great Expectations by Cunningham, Vinson (2024)
  31. Grown Women by Johnson, Sarai (2024)
  32. James: A Novel by Everett, Percival (2024)
  33. Kwame Crashes the Underworld by Farmer, Craig Kofi (2024)
  34. Lone Women by (2024)
  35. Love After Midnight by Souljah, Sister (2024)
  36. Neighbors and Other Stories by Oliver, Diane (2024)
  37. Not What She Seems by Angoe, Yasmin (2024)
  38. Out of My Dreams by Draper, Sharon M (2024)
  39. Redwood Court by DéLana R. A. Dameron (2024)
  40. Skin & Bones by Watson, Renée (2024)
  41. Sky Full of Elephants by Campbell, Cebo (2024)
  42. Someone Like Us by (2024)
  43. Swift River by Chambers, Essie (2024)
  44. The Door of No Return by Kwame (2024)
  45. The Mayor of Maxwell Street by Cunningham, Avery (2024)
  46. The Queen of Sugar Hill: A Novel of Hattie McDaniel by (2024)
  47. Twenty-Four Seconds from Now …: A Love Story by (2024)
  48. You Can Be a Good Friend (No Matter What!): A Lil Tj Book by Henson, Taraji P ; Kellam, Paul (2024)
  49. All the Sinners Bleed by Cosby, S a (2023)
  50. Big by (2023)
  51. Black Candle Women by Brown, Diane Marie (2023)
  52. Chain Gang All Stars by Adjei-Brenyah, Nana Kwame (2023)
  53. Company: Stories by Sanders, Shannon (2023)
  54. Did You Hear about Kitty Karr? by Paul, Crystal Smith (2023)
  55. Gone Like Yesterday by Williams, Janelle M (2023)
  56. Hair Love ABCs by (2023)
  57. Let Us Descend by Ward, Jesmyn (2023)
  58. Nigeria Jones by Zoboi, Ibi (2023)
  59. River Sing Me Home by Shearer, Eleanor (2023)
  60. Rogue Justice: A Thriller by Abrams, Stacey (2023)
  61. Sing a Black Girl’s Song: The Unpublished Work of Ntozake Shange by Shange, Ntozake ; Perry, Imani ; Burke, Tarana (2023)
  62. Something, Someday by Gorman, Amanda ; Robinson, Christian (2023)
  63. Symphony of Secrets by Slocumb, Brendan (2023)
  64. Temple Folk by Bilal, Aaliyah (2023)
  65. The First Ladies by Benedict, Marie ; Murray, Victoria Christopher (2023)
  66. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by McBride, James (2023)
  67. The House of Eve by Johnson, Sadeqa (2023)
  68. The Reformatory by Due, Tananarive (2023)
  69. The Talk by Bell, Darrin (2023)
  70. The Unsettled by (2023)
  71. The Great Mrs. Elias: A Novel Based on a True Story by Chase-Riboud, Barbara (2022)
  72. Akie & Ebuka Got into Trouble by Ezekwudo, Uzoma (Uzo) Rita (2022)
  73. Black Cake by Wilkerson, Charmaine (2022)
  74. Boonoonoonous Hair by (2022)
  75. Didn’t Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta by Hannaham, James (2022)
  76. Freewater by (2022)
  77. Harlem Shuffle by Whitehead, Colson (2022)
  78. How You Grow Wings by Onoseta, Rimma (2022)
  79. Jackal by Adams, Erin E (2022)
  80. midnight & indigo Issue 7: celebrating black women writers by Small, Ianna a (2022)
  81. Mother Country by (2022)
  82. Nightcrawling by (2022)
  83. On My Papa’s Shoulders by Daly, Niki ; Daly, Niki (2022)
  84. Our Gen by McKinney-Whetstone, Diane (2022)
  85. People Person by (2022)
  86. Rattlebone by Clair, Maxine (2022)
  87. Recitatif by (2022)
  88. Stacey’s Remarkable Books by Stacey Abrams (2022)
  89. Stories from the Tenants Downstairs by Fofana, Sidik (2022)
  90. Swim Team by Christmas, Johnnie ; Christmas, Johnnie (2022)
  91. Take My Hand by Perkins-Valdez, Dolen (2022)
  92. The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural by McKissack, Patricia (2022)
  93. The Quarter Storm by (2022)
  94. The Violin Conspiracy by (2022)
  95. The Year We Learned to Fly by Woodson, Jacqueline ; López, Rafael (2022)
  96. Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice by (2022)
  97. When We Were Birds by Banwo, Ayanna Lloyd (2022)
  98. Wolf Hustle: A Black Woman on Wall Street by (2022)
  99. Black Bottom Saints (Paperback) by Randall, Alice (2021)
  100. Change Sings: A Children’s Anthem by Gorman, Amanda ; Long, Loren (2021)
  101. Creatures of Passage by Yejidé, Morowa (2021)
  102. Home Is Not a Country by Elhillo, Safia (2021)
  103. Imbila’s Tale: An English/Zulu Flipbook for Children by Desaray Mnyandu (2021)
  104. In Every Mirror She’s Black by Ákínmádé Åkerström, Lolá (2021)
  105. Magic City: A Novel by Jewell Parker Rhodes (2021)
  106. Me (Moth) by McBride, Amber (2021)
  107. My Monticello: Fiction by Johnson, Jocelyn Nicole (2021)
  108. Palmares by Jones, Gayl (2021)
  109. Praise Song for the Widow by Marshall, Paule ; Vital-Lazare, Erica ; Danticat, Edwidge (2021)
  110. Seven Days in June by Williams, Tia (2021)
  111. Stacey’s Extraordinary Words by (2021)
  112. The Between by Due, Tananarive (2021)
  113. The Chaneysville Incident: A Novel by David Bradley (2021)
  114. The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Walton, Dawnie (2021)
  115. The Girl with the Louding Voice by Daré, Abi (2021)
  116. The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Jeffers, Honoree Fanonne (2021)
  117. The Man Who Lived Underground by Wright, Richard (2021)
  118. The Ones Who Don’t Say They Love You: Stories by Ruffin, Maurice Carlos (2021)
  119. The Other Black Girl by Harris, Zakiya Dalila (2021)
  120. The Personal Librarian by Benedict, Marie ; Murray, Victoria Christopher (2021)
  121. The Prophets by Jones Jr, Robert (2021)
  122. The Sellout by Paul Beatty (2021)
  123. The Sweetness of Water by Harris, Nathan (2021)
  124. The Trees by Everett, Percival (2021)
  125. While Justice Sleeps by Abrams, Stacey (2021)
  126. Wild Women and the Blues by Denny S. Bryce (2021)
  127. Yellow Wife by Johnson, Sadeqa (2021)
  128. American Spy: A Novel by Lauren Wilkinson (2020)
  129. Before the Ever After by Woodson, Jacqueline (2020)
  130. Black Sunday by Abraham, Tola Rotimi (2020)
  131. Blacktop Wasteland by Cosby, Shawn A (2020)
  132. Confessions in B-Flat by Hill, Donna (2020)
  133. Deacon King Kong by McBride, James (2020)
  134. Everywhere You Don’t Belong by (2020)
  135. Glorious by Bernice L. McFadden (2020)
  136. His Only Wife by Medie, Peace Adzo (2020)
  137. Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick by Hurston, Zora Neale (2020)
  138. I Am Every Good Thing by Barnes, Derrick ; James, Gordon C (2020)
  139. I Promise by (2020)
  140. It’s Not All Downhill from Here by McMillan, Terry (2020)
  141. King and the Dragonflies by Callender, Kacen (2020)
  142. Legendborn by Deonn, Tracy (2020)
  143. Me & Mama by Cabrera, Cozbi A ; Cabrera, Cozbi A (2020)
  144. Nana Akua Goes to School by Walker, Tricia Elam ; Harrison, April (2020)
  145. She Was the First!: The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm by Russell-Brown, Katheryn ; Velasquez, Eric (2020)
  146. Speaking of Summer: A Novel by Kalisha Buckhanon (2020)
  147. Step Into a World: A Global Anthology of the New Black Literature by Powell, Kevin (2020)
  148. Telephone by Everett, Percival (2020)
  149. The Awkward Black Man by Mosley, Walter (2020)
  150. The Freedom Artist by Okri, Ben (2020)
  151. The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Philyaw, Deesha (2020)
  152. The Vanishing Half by Bennett, Brit (2020)
  153. They Tell Me Of A Home: A Novel by Daniel Black (2020)
  154. Transcendent Kingdom by Gyasi, Yaa (2020)
  155. Voices of the Harlem Renaissance: Originally Published as The New Negro an Interpretation by (2020)
  156. What A Woman’s Gotta Do by Evelyn Coleman (2020)
  157. When No One Is Watching: A Thriller by Cole, Alyssa (2020)
  158. When Stars Are Scattered by Jamieson, Victoria ; Mohamed, Omar ; Jamieson, Victoria ; Geddy, Iman (2020)
  159. Wild Seed (Patternist #1) by Octavia E. Butler (2020)
  160. A Song for Gwendolyn Brooks by (2019)
  161. Black, White, Just Right! by Marguerite W. Davol, Irene Trivas (2019)
  162. Corregidora by Gayl Jones (2019)
  163. Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams (2019)
  164. Girl, Woman, Other: A Novel by Evaristo, Bernardine (2019)
  165. Hair Love by Cherry, Matthew A ; Harrison, Vashti (2019)
  166. Heads of the Colored People (paperback): Stories by Nafissa Thompson-Spires (2019)
  167. Layla’s Happiness by Tallie, Mariahadessa Ekere ; Corrin, Ashleigh (2019)
  168. Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks by Reynolds, Jason ; Nabaum, Alexander (2019)
  169. New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent by Busby, Margaret (2019)
  170. New Kid by Jerry Craft (2019)
  171. New Kid (paperback) by Craft, Jerry ; Craft, Jerry (2019)
  172. Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler (2019)
  173. Parable of the Sower & Parable of the Talents Boxed Set by Butler, Octavia ; Steinem, Gloria ; Reagon, Toshi (2019)
  174. Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler (2019)
  175. Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment by Curry, Parker ; Curry, Jessica ; Jackson, Brittany (2019)
  176. Queenie by (2019)
  177. Red at the Bone by Woodson, Jacqueline (2019)
  178. Ruby Finds a Worry by Percival, Tom (2019)
  179. She Would Be King: A Novel by Wayétu Moore (2019)
  180. Small Silent Things by Page, Robin (2019)
  181. Sounder by William H. Armstrong (2019)
  182. Such a Fun Age by Reid, Kiley (2019)
  183. Sulwe by Nyong’o, Lupita ; Harrison, Vashti (2019)
  184. The Color Purple by Alice Walker (2019)
  185. The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Collins, Sara (2019)
  186. The Family Business by Weber, Carl ; Pete, Eric (2019)
  187. The King of Kindergarten by Derrick Barnes (2019)
  188. The Legend of Buddy Bush by Shelia P. Moses (2019)
  189. The Nickel Boys: A Novel by Colson Whitehead (2019)
  190. The Other Americans by (2019)
  191. The Revisioners by Sexton, Margaret Wilkerson (2019)
  192. The Water Dancer by Coates, Ta-Nehisi (2019)
  193. They All Fall Down: A Thriller by Hall, Rachel Howzell (2019)
  194. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Mbalia, Kwame (2019)
  195. Whose Knees Are These? by (2019)
  196. A Lucky Man: Stories by (2018)
  197. An American Marriage: A Novel by Tayari Jones (2018)
  198. Baby Says by John Steptoe (2018)
  199. Better Late Than Never (Final Book in Reverend Curtis Black Series #15) by Kimberla Lawson Roby (2018)
  200. Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (2018)
  201. Down the River unto the Sea by Walter Mosley (2018)
  202. Envy: A Seven Deadly Sins Novel by Victoria Christopher Murray (2018)
  203. Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome (2018)
  204. Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (2018)
  205. Halsey Street by Naima Coster (2018)
  206. Housegirl: A Novel by Michael Donkor (2018)
  207. I Am Loved by Nikki Giovanni (2018)
  208. I Can Be Anything! Don’t Tell Me I Can’t by Diane Dillon (2018)
  209. Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson (2018)
  210. Mommy’s Khimar by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow (2018)
  211. No Crystal Stair by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson (2018)
  212. On The Come Up by Angie Thomas (2018)
  213. Praise Song for the Butterflies by Bernice L. McFadden (2018)
  214. Sing to the Moon by Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl (2018)
  215. Stay with Me: A novel by Ayobami Adebayo (2018)
  216. The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson (2018)
  217. The Dream of America by Jacqueline Woodson (2018)
  218. The Journey of Little Charlie by Christopher Paul Curtis (2018)
  219. The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (2018)
  220. The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon (2018)
  221. The Skin I’m In by Sharon Flake (2018)
  222. The Talented Ribkins by Ladee Hubbard (2018)
  223. The Word Collector by Reynolds, Peter H (2018)
  224. They Come in All Colors by Hansen, Malcolm (2018)
  225. Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Boy by Tony Medina (2018)
  226. Whiskey & Ribbons: A Novel by Leesa Cross-Smith (2018)
  227. A Kind of Freedom: A Novel by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton (2017)
  228. American Street by Ibi Zoboi (2017)
  229. Baby Goes to Market by Atinuke (2017)
  230. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground by Rita Williams-Garcia (2017)
  231. Come Let Us Sing Anyway by Leone Ross (2017)
  232. Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes (2017)
  233. High Cotton: A Novel by Darryl Pinckney (2017)
  234. I Almost Forgot about You by (2017)
  235. Let’s Clap, Jump, Sing & Shout; Dance, Spin & Turn It Out!: Games, Songs, and Stories from an African American Childhood by Patricia C. McKissack (2017)
  236. Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (2017)
  237. Miss Muriel And Other Stories by Ann Petry (2017)
  238. One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance by Nikki Grimes (2017)
  239. Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson (2017)
  240. Sing, Unburied, Sing by (2017)
  241. Sycorax’s Daughters by (2017)
  242. The Changeling: A Novel by Victor LaValle (2017)
  243. The Family Business 3: The Return of Vegas by Weber, Carl ; Hernandez, Treasure (2017)
  244. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (2017)
  245. The Wide Circumference of Love: A Novel by Marita Golden (2017)
  246. The Yearning by (2017)
  247. Version Control by Dexter Palmer (2017)
  248. Another Brooklyn: A Novel by Jacqueline Woodson (2016)
  249. As Brave As You by Jason Reynolds (2016)
  250. Behold the Dreamers: A Novel by (2016)
  251. Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan (2016)
  252. Freshwater Road by Denise Nicholas (2016)
  253. Furqan’s First Flat Top – El Primer Corte de Mesita de Furqan by Robert Liu Trujillo (2016)
  254. Ghost: Running for His Life or From It? by (2016)
  255. Here Comes the Sun: A Novel by Nicole Dennis-Benn (2016)
  256. Homegoing: A Novel by (2016)
  257. Insurrections: Stories by Rion Amilcar Scott (2016)
  258. Jubilee by Margaret Walker (2016)
  259. Juneteenth for Mazie by (2016)
  260. Loving Day: A Novel by Mat Johnson (2016)
  261. March (Trilogy Slipcase Set) by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin (2016)
  262. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor (2016)
  263. Second House from the Corner by (2016)
  264. Solemn by Kalisha Buckhanon (2016)
  265. Swing Time by Zadie Smith (2016)
  266. The Book of Harlan by (2016)
  267. The Cartel 4: Diamonds Are Forever by Ashley and JaQuavis (2016)
  268. The Ex Chronicles by Sharon Lucas, Cheryl Cloyd Robbins, others (2016)
  269. The Perfect Find by Tia Williams (2016)
  270. The Sun Is Also a Star by (2016)
  271. The Underground Railroad: A Novel by Colson Whitehead (2016)
  272. We Came to America by Faith (2016)
  273. A Brief History Of Seven Killings: A Novel by Marlon James (2015)
  274. And Sometimes I Wonder About You: A Leonid Mcgill Mystery (Leonid Mcgill Mysteries) by Walter Mosley (2015)
  275. Bibsy by Brenda Ross (2015)
  276. Chocolate Me! by Taye Diggs (2015)
  277. Driving The King: A Novel by Ravi Howard (2015)
  278. Ghost Summer: Stories by (2015)
  279. God Help the Child: A Novel by Toni Morrison (2015)
  280. Gone Crazy in Alabama by (2015)
  281. Jezebel’s Daughter by Jacquelin Thomas (2015)
  282. Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat (2015)
  283. Last Stop on Market Street by Matt De La Peña (2015)
  284. Mama’s Boy by Reshonda Tate Billingsley (2015)
  285. One Righteous Man: Samuel Battle and the Shattering of the Color Line in New York by Arthur Browne (2015)
  286. One Word from Sophia by Jim Averbeck (2015)
  287. P.S. Be Eleven by Rita Williams-Garcia (2015)
  288. Provenance: A Novel by Donna Drew Sawyer (2015)
  289. Ruby by Cynthia Bond (2015)
  290. Saint Monkey: A Novel by Jacinda Townsend (2015)
  291. Secret Indiscretions by Trice Hickman (2015)
  292. Stand Your Ground: A Novel by Victoria Christopher Murray (2015)
  293. The Fishermen: A Novel by Chigozie Obioma (2015)
  294. The Star Side of Bird Hill by (2015)
  295. The Summer of my Fifteenth Year by (2015)
  296. The Truth is in the Wine: A Novel by Curtis Bunn (2015)
  297. The Turner House by (2015)
  298. Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta (2015)
  299. Welcome to Braggsville: A Novel by T. Geronimo Johnson (2015)
  300. When I Was the Greatest (paperback) by Jason Reynolds (2015)
  301. X: A Novel by Ilyasah Shabazz, Kekla Magoon (2015)
  302. A Deeper Love Inside by Sister Souljah (2014)
  303. A Letter for My Mother by Nina Foxx (2014)
  304. A Wanted Woman by Eric Jerome Dickey (2014)
  305. All Our Names by Dinaw Mengestu (2014)
  306. An Untamed State by Roxane Gay (2014)
  307. Anna Carries Water by (2014)
  308. Beautiful Moon: A Child’s Prayer by Tonya Bolden (2014)
  309. Black Lotus by K'wan (2014)
  310. Boy, Snow, Bird: A Novel by Helen Oyeyemi (2014)
  311. Citizens Creek: A Novel by Lalita Tademy (2014)
  312. Claire Of The Sea Light by Edwidge Danticat (2014)
  313. Easier Said Than Done by Nikki Woods (2014)
  314. Every Day Is For The Thief: Fiction by Teju Cole (2014)
  315. Firebird by Misty Copeland (2014)
  316. Forever An Ex by Victoria Christopher Murray (2014)
  317. Fortune & Fame by ReShonda Tate Billingsley & Victoria Christopher Murray (2014)
  318. Forty Acres: A Novel by Dwayne Alexander Smith (2014)
  319. Hold Me In Contempt by Wendy Williams (2014)
  320. Land Of Love And Drowning by Tiphanie Yanique (2014)
  321. Little Lion Goes to School by Kellie Magnus (2014)
  322. Momma: Gone by Nina Foxx (2014)
  323. My Steps Are Ordered by Michelle Lindo-Rice (2014)
  324. Nine Years Under by Sheri Booker (2014)
  325. One Million Men And Me by (2014)
  326. Paradise by Toni Morrison (2014)
  327. Pepperpot: Best New Stories from the Caribbean by Peekash Press (2014)
  328. Queen Sugar by Natalie Baszile (2014)
  329. Searching for Zion by Emily Raboteau (2014)
  330. The Crossover by Kwame Alexander (2014)
  331. The Fix by K'wan (2014)
  332. The Good Lord Bird by James McBride (2014)
  333. The Prodigal Son (Reverend Curtis Black #11) by Kimberla Lawson Roby (2014)
  334. The Replacement Wife by Tiffany Warren (2014)
  335. The Residue Years by Jackson, Mitchell, Jackson, Mitchell S. (2014)
  336. Til The Well Runs Dry by Lauren Francis-Sharma (2014)
  337. Troublemaker by Trice Hickman (2014)
  338. Unforgettable by Delaney Diamond (2014)
  339. What’s Done In the Dark by ReShonda Tate Billingsley (2014)
  340. A Family Affair by ReShonda Tate Billingsley (2013)
  341. A House Divided (Reverend Curtis Black #10) by Kimberla Lawson Roby (2013)
  342. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2013)
  343. Animal 2: The Omen by K'wan (2013)
  344. Anybody’s Daughter by Pamela Samuels Young (2013)
  345. Friends & Foes by ReShonda Tate Billingsley & Victoria Christopher Murray (2013)
  346. Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi (2013)
  347. Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin (2013)
  348. Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin (2013)
  349. Home by Toni Morrison (2013)
  350. I Am Mixed by Garcelle Beauvais, Sebastian A. Jones (2013)
  351. I’m a Pretty Little Black Girl! by Betty K. Bynum (2013)
  352. Justify My Thug by Wahida Clark (2013)
  353. Knock Knock: My Dad’s Dream For Me by Daniel Beaty (2013)
  354. Little Green by Walter Mosley (2013)
  355. Max and the Tag-Along Moon by Floyd Cooper (2013)
  356. Murderville 3: The Black Dahlia by Ashley and JaQuavis (2013)
  357. Never Say Never by Victoria Christopher Murray (2013)
  358. Tears Of A Tiger (Hazelwood High Trilogy) by Sharon M. Draper (2013)
  359. The Cutting Season: A Novel by Attica Locke (2013)
  360. The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat (2013)
  361. The Man In 3B by Carl Weber (2013)
  362. The Other Side of Divine by Vanessa Davis Griggs (2013)
  363. The Perfect Marriage by Kimberla Lawson Roby (2013)
  364. The Returned by Jason Mott (2013)
  365. The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat by Edward Kelsey Moore (2013)
  366. The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis (2013)
  367. The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis (2013)
  368. Three Strong Women: A novel by Marie NDiaye (2013)
  369. We Need New Names: A Novel by Noviolet Bulawayo (2013)
  370. Who Asked You? by Terry McMillan (2013)
  371. An Accidental Affair by Eric Jerome Dickey (2012)
  372. Animal by K'wan (2012)
  373. Destiny’s Divas: A Novel by Victoria Christopher Murray (2012)
  374. Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson (2012)
  375. Ellen’s Broom by Kelly Starling Lyons (2012)
  376. Fifty Shades of Gray by E L James (2012)
  377. Freeman by Leonard Pitts Jr. (2012)
  378. Gathering of Waters by Bernice L. McFadden (2012)
  379. Maintenance Man II: Money, Politics & Sex: Everyone Has A Price by Michael Baisden (2012)
  380. Open City by Teju Cole (2012)
  381. Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper (2012)
  382. Passing Love by Jacqueline E. Luckett (2012)
  383. Payback Ain’t Enough by Wahida Clark (2012)
  384. Purple Hibiscus: A Novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2012)
  385. Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward (2012)
  386. Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones (2012)
  387. Sinners & Saints by Victoria Christopher Murray, ReShonda Tate Billingsley (2012)
  388. The Cartel by Ashley and JaQuavis (2012)
  389. The Devil In Silver: A Novel by Victor Lavalle (2012)
  390. The Diary Of B. B. Bright, Possible Princess by Alice Randall, Caroline Randall Williams (2012)
  391. The Reverend’ss Wife (Reverend Curtis Black #9) by Kimberla Lawson Roby (2012)
  392. This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz (2012)
  393. Z-Rated: Chocolate Flava 3 by Zane (2012)
  394. Acoustic Rooster And His Barnyard Band by Kwame Alexander (2011)
  395. Cane by Jean Toomer (2011)
  396. Chike And The River by Chinua Achebe (2011)
  397. Erasure by Everett, Percival (2011)
  398. I Dreamt I Was in Heaven - The Rampage of the Rufus Buck Gang by Leonce Gaiter (2011)
  399. Manchild In The Promised Land by Claude Brown (2011)
  400. Mr. Fox by Helen Oyeyemi (2011)
  401. One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia (2011)
  402. One Love by Cedella Marley (2011)
  403. Perfect Peace: A Novel by Daniel Black (2011)
  404. Sleeping With The Enemy by Wahida Clark, Kiki Swinson (2011)
  405. The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen: Passing, Quicksand, and The Stories by Nella Larsen (2011)
  406. The Hot Box by Zane (2011)
  407. The Sexy Part of the Bible (Akashic Urban Surreal Series) by Kola Boof (2011)
  408. We the Animals by Justin Torres (2011)
  409. Zora and Me by Victoria Bond, T.R. Simon (2011)
  410. Be Careful What You Pray For (Reverend Curtis Black #7) by Kimberla Lawson Roby (2010)
  411. Beneath The Lion’s Gaze: A Novel by Maaza Mengiste (2010)
  412. Big Machine: A Novel by Victor Lavalle (2010)
  413. Don’t Let Auntie Mabel Bless the Table by Vanessa Newton (2010)
  414. How To Escape From A Leper Colony: A Novella And Stories by Tiphanie Yanique (2010)
  415. How To Read The Air by Dinaw Mengestu (2010)
  416. Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World by Mildred Pitts Walter (2010)
  417. Midnight: A Gangster Love Story by Sister Souljah (2010)
  418. My Brother Charlie by Holly Robinson Peete, Ryan Elizabeth Peete, Holly Robinson Peete (2010)
  419. My Friend Maya Loves To Dance by Cheryl Willis Hudson (2010)
  420. Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up By Sitting Down by Andrea Davis Pinkney (2010)
  421. Standing Against the Wind by Traci L. Jones (2010)
  422. The Cartel 3 by Ashley and JaQuavis (2010)
  423. The Great Migration: Journey To The North by Eloise Greenfield (2010)
  424. The Long Fall: The First Leonid McGill Mystery by Walter Mosley (2010)
  425. The Rock And The River by Kekla Magoon (2010)
  426. Tumbling: A Novel by Diane McKinney-Whetstone (2010)
  427. Wench: A Novel by Dolen Perkins-Valdez (2010)
  428. A Mercy by Toni Morrison (2009)
  429. Buying Time (Angela Evans Series No. 1) by Pamela Samuels Young (2009)
  430. Dying for Revenge by Eric Jerome Dickey (2009)
  431. Peeny Butter Fudge by Toni Morrison, Slade Morrison (2009)
  432. Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead (2009)
  433. Say You’re One Of Them by Uwem Akpan (2009)
  434. The Best of Everything (Reverend Curtis Black #6) by Kimberla Lawson Roby (2009)
  435. The Cartel 2 by Ashley and JaQuavis (2009)
  436. The Heart of a Woman (paperback) by Maya Angelou (2009)
  437. The Negro Speaks Of Rivers by Langston Hughes (2009)
  438. Trading Dreams at Midnight: A Novel by Diane McKinney-Whetstone (2009)
  439. What Looks LIke Crazy On an Ordinary Day by Pearl Cleage (2009)
  440. Bird by Zetta Elliot; Shadra Strickland (2008)
  441. Brendan Buckley’s Universe and Everything in It by Sundee T. Frazier (2008)
  442. Copper Sun by Sharon M. Draper (2008)
  443. Jazz by Walter Dean Myers (2008)
  444. Knots by Nuruddin Farah (2008)
  445. Like Trees, Walking: A Novel by Ravi Howard (2008)
  446. Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by John Steptoe (2008)
  447. Orange Mint And Honey: A Novel by Carleen Brice (2008)
  448. Possessing the Secret of Joy: A Novel by Alice Walker (2008)
  449. Somewhere In The Darkness by Walter Dean Myers (2008)
  450. The Bond by Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt (2008)
  451. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (2008)
  452. Tryin’ To Sleep In The Bed You Made by Virginia Deberry, Donna Grant (2008)
  453. Uncle Tom’s Children (P.S.) by Richard Wright (2008)
  454. You Can Do It! by Tony Dungy (2008)
  455. A Killing in This Town: A Novel by Olympia Vernon (2007)
  456. Ain’t Gonna Be the Same Fool Twice by April Sinclair (2007)
  457. All Aunt Hagar’s Children: Stories by Edward P. Jones (2007)
  458. Ancestor Stones by Aminatta Forna (2007)
  459. Brother, I’m Dying by Edwidge Danticat (2007)
  460. Casanegra by Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due, and Steven Barnes (2007)
  461. Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine (2007)
  462. Love and Lies(Reverend Curtis Black #4) by Kimberla Lawson Roby (2007)
  463. New England White: A Novel by Stephen L. Carter (2007)
  464. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (2007)
  465. Thug Matrimony by Wahida Clark (2007)
  466. Thunder Rose by Jerdine Nolen (2007)
  467. Wild Stars Seeking Midnight Suns: Stories by J. California Cooper (2007)
  468. Fortunate Son: A Novel by Walter Mosley (2006)
  469. I Got Somebody in Staunton: Stories by William Henry Lewis (2006)
  470. Jump at the Sun: A Novel by Kim McLarin (2006)
  471. M.C. Higgins, The Great by Virginia Hamilton (2006)
  472. Mirror to America: The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin by John Hope Franklin (2006)
  473. Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford (2006)
  474. Please, Baby, Please by Spike Lee, Tonya Lewis Lee (2006)
  475. Some People, Some Other Place by J. California Cooper (2006)
  476. The Known World by Edward P. Jones (2006)
  477. The Planet Of Junior Brown (2006) by Virginia Hamilton (2006)
  478. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (2006)
  479. Voices from the Other Side by Brandon Massey, Eric Jerome Dickey, Tananarive Due, L. A. Banks (2006)
  480. A Woman’s Worth: A Novel by Tracy Price-Thompson (2005)
  481. Babylon Sisters: A Novel by Pearl Cleage (2005)
  482. Brothers In Hope by Mary Williams (2005)
  483. Leaving Cecil Street: A Novel by Diane McKinney-Whetstone (2005)
  484. Let The Lion Eat Straw by Ellease Southerland (2005)
  485. Mama by Terry McMillan (2005)
  486. Shades of Black: Crime and Mystery Stories by African-American Authors by Eleanor Taylor Bland (2005)
  487. The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah (2005)
  488. The Darkest Child: A Novel by Delores Phillips (2005)
  489. Who Slashed Celanire’s Throat?: A Fantastical Tale by Maryse Conde (2005)
  490. A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry (2004)
  491. Beloved by Toni Morrison (2004)
  492. Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis (2004)
  493. Dark Matter: Reading the Bones by Sheree R. Thomas (2004)
  494. Hottentot Venus: A Novel by Barbara Chase-Riboud (2004)
  495. How Stella Got Her Groove Back by Terry McMillan (2004)
  496. Jazz by Toni Morrison (2004)
  497. Kindred by Octavia E. Butler (2004)
  498. Monster by Walter Dean Myers (2004)
  499. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison (2004)
  500. Sula by Toni Morrison (2004)
  501. Tar Baby by Toni Morrison (2004)
  502. The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales by Virginia Hamilton (2004)
  503. Beautiful Blackbird by Ashley Bryan (2003)
  504. Bruised Hibiscus by Elizabeth Nunez (2003)
  505. Douglass’ Women: A Novel by Jewell Parker Rhodes (2003)
  506. Max Paints the House by Ken Wilson-Max (2003)
  507. Salt in His Shoes: Michael Jordan in Pursuit of a Dream by Deloris Jordan, Roslyn M. Jordan (2003)
  508. The Emperor of Ocean Park by Stephen L. Carter (2003)
  509. The Heart of Redness: A Novel by Zakes Mda (2003)
  510. The Portable Promised Land: Stories by Tourã© (2003)
  511. Black Betty by Walter Mosley (2002)
  512. Devil In a Blue Dress (1st in the Easy Rawlins Mysteries) by Walter Mosley (2002)
  513. Fifth Born: A Novel by Zelda Lockhart (2002)
  514. Harlem Redux: A Novel by Persia Walker (2002)
  515. John Henry Days by Colson Whitehead (2002)
  516. Something Beautiful by Sharon Dennis Wyeth (2002)
  517. The Life of Langston Hughes: Volume II: 1941-1967, I Dream a World (Life of Langston Hughes, 1941-1967) by Arnold Rampersad (2002)
  518. West of Rehoboth: A Novel by Alexs D. Pate (2002)
  519. Flyy Girl by Omar Tyree (2001)
  520. Gabriel’s Story by David Anthony Durham (2001)
  521. I Wish I Had a Red Dress by Pearl Cleage (2001)
  522. Sugar: A Novel by Bernice L. Mcfadden (2001)
  523. Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush by Virginia Hamilton (2001)
  524. The Fisher King: A Novel by Paule Marshall (2001)
  525. The Future Has a Past by J. California Cooper (2001)
  526. A Hero Ain’t Nothin But a Sandwich by Alice Childress (2000)
  527. A Long Way from Home by Connie Briscoe (2000)
  528. Captain Blackman by John A. Williams (2000)
  529. Daddy Calls Me Man by Angela Johnson (2000)
  530. Dancing In The Wings by Debbie Allen, Kadir Nelson (2000)
  531. Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora by (2000)
  532. Just Above My Head by James Baldwin (2000)
  533. Sally Hemings: A Novel by Barbara Chase-Riboud (2000)
  534. Something’s Wrong with Your Scale!: A Romantic Comedy by Van Whitfield (2000)
  535. Where I’m Bound: A Novel by Allen B Ballard (2000)
  536. Blessings: A Novel by Sheneska Jackson (1999)
  537. Kevin And His Dad by Irene Smalls (1999)
  538. The Healing by Gayl Jones (1999)
  539. The Street: A Novel by Ann Petry (1999)
  540. The Wake of the Wind: A Novel by J. California Cooper (1999)
  541. A Do Right Man by Omar Tyree (1998)
  542. Grandpa, Is Everything Black Bad? by Sandy Lynne Holman (1998)
  543. Homemade Love by J. California Cooper (1998)
  544. Middle Passage by Charles Johnson (1998)
  545. Miss Ophelia by Mary Burnett Smith (1998)
  546. My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due (1998)
  547. Only Twice I’ve Wished for Heaven by Dawn Turner Trice (1998)
  548. Standing at the Scratch Line by Guy Johnson (1998)
  549. The View From Here by Brian Keith Jackson (1998)
  550. And This Too Shall Pass: A Novel by E. Lynn Harris (1997)
  551. Big Girls Don’t Cry by Connie Briscoe (1997)
  552. Cornrows by Camille Yarbrough (1997)
  553. Just an Overnight Guest by Eleanora E. Tate (1997)
  554. Kids Book of Wisdom: Quotes from the African American Tradition by et al Cheryl & Wade Hudson (1997)
  555. Mirandy and Brother Wind by Patricia McKissack (1997)
  556. Push: A Novel by Sapphire (1997)
  557. Silent Conspiracy by Lee E. Meadows (1997)
  558. Sister, Sister by Eric Jerome Dickey (1997)
  559. The Hand I Fan With by Tina Mcelroy Ansa (1997)
  560. 2nd Time Around (A B-Boy Blues Novel #2) by James Earl Hardy (1996)
  561. Circle of Gold by Candy Dawson Boyd (1996)
  562. Knowing by Rosalyn McMillan (1996)
  563. Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed (1996)
  564. Shortcut by Donald Crews (1996)
  565. Some Love, Some Pain, Sometime: Stories by J. California Cooper (1996)
  566. Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold (1996)
  567. The Blacker The Berry… by Wallace Thurman (1996)
  568. The Wedding: A Novel by Dorothy West (1996)
  569. Billy by Albert French (1995)
  570. Brothers and Sisters by Bebe Moore Campbell (1995)
  571. Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, And True Tales by Virginia Hamilton (1995)
  572. If He Hollers Let Him Go by Chester B. Himes (1995)
  573. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (1995)
  574. Serpent’s Gift by Helen Elaine Lee (1995)
  575. Sisters & Lovers: A Novel by Connie Briscoe (1995)
  576. The Return of Simple by Langston Hughes (1995)
  577. Your Blues Ain’t Like Mine: A Novel by Bebe Moore Campbell (1995)
  578. A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines (1994)
  579. B-Boy Blues by James Earl Hardy (1994)
  580. Invisible Man by — (1994)
  581. Kehinde by Buchi Emecheta (1994)
  582. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (1994)
  583. Bailey’s Cafe by Gloria Naylor (1993)
  584. Your Blues Ain’t Like Mine by Bebe Moore Campbell (1993)
  585. A Gathering of Old Men by Ernest J. Gaines (1992)
  586. Another Country by James Baldwin (1992)
  587. In My Father’s House by Ernest J. Gaines (1992)
  588. Maud Martha by Gwendolyn Brooks (1992)
  589. Waiting To Exhale by Terry Mcmillan (1992)
  590. Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman (1991)
  591. Baby of the Family by Tina McElroy Ansa (1991)
  592. A Different Drummer by William M. Kelley (1990)
  593. Bright Eyes, Brown Skin by Cheryl Willis Hudson (1990)
  594. The Best of Simple by Langston Hughes (1990)
  595. The Piano Lesson (1930s Century Cycle) by August Wilson (1990)
  596. The Ways of White Folks: Stories by Langston Hughes (1990)
  597. Afro-Bets 1-2-3 Book by Cheryl Willis Hudson (1989)
  598. The Spook Who Sat by the Door by Sam Greenlee (1989)
  599. Everett Anderson’s Goodbye by Lucille Clifton (1988)
  600. !Click Song by John A. Williams (1987)
  601. Elbow Room by James Alan Mcpherson (1986)
  602. Fences (1950s Century Cycle) by August Wilson (1986)
  603. The Man Who Cried I Am by John A. Williams (1985)
  604. Just Us Women by Jeannette Caines (1984)
  605. The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor (1983)
  606. Black Mother Goose Book by Elizabeth Murphy Oliver (1981)
  607. Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions by Margaret Musgrove (1976)
  608. Annie Allen by Gwendolyn Brooks (1971)
  609. No Place to Be Somebody: A Black-Black Comedy by (1969)

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  1. An African History of Africa by Zeinab Badawi (2025)
  2. Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People by (2025)
  3. Black Moses: A Saga of Ambition and the Fight for a Black State by Gayle, Caleb (2025)
  4. Firstborn Girls: A Memoir by (2025)
  5. Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler by Morris, Susana M (2025)
  6. Prose to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores by Mitchell, Katie ; Giovanni, Nikki (2025)
  7. Who Better Than You?: The Art of Healthy Arrogance & Dreaming Big by (2025)
  8. Afrocentric Style: A Celebration of Blackness & Identity in Pop Culture by Neal, Shirley (2024)
  9. American Wings: Chicago’s Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky by Smith, Sherri L ; Wein, Elizabeth (2024)
  10. Barracoon Adapted for Young Readers: The Story of the Last Black Cargo by Zora (2024)
  11. Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me by (2024)
  12. Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human by Arthur Riley, Cole (2024)
  13. Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War by (2024)
  14. How to Say Babylon: A Memoir by Sinclair, Safiya (2024)
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  17. Kneeling Man: My Father’s Life as a Black Spy Who Witnessed the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. by Seletzky, Leta McCollough (2024)
  18. Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine by Blackstock, Uché (2024)
  19. Love & Whiskey: The Remarkable True Story of Jack Daniel, His Master Distiller Nearest Green, and the Improbable Rise of Uncle Nearest by Weaver, Fawn (2024)
  20. Lovely One: A Memoir by Jackson, Ketanji Brown (2024)
  21. Master of Me: The Secret to Controlling Your Narrative by Palmer, Keke (2024)
  22. Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America by Reid, Joy-Ann (2024)
  23. Never Saw Me Coming: How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System—And Pocketed $40 Million by (2024)
  24. Power Moves: Ignite Your Confidence and Become a Force by Roberts, Sarah Jakes (2024)
  25. Priceless Facts about Money by Hobson, Mellody ; Stevens, Caitlin (2024)
  26. Rooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement for Black Land Ownership by (2024)
  27. Salvage: Readings from the Wreck by Brand, Dionne (2024)
  28. Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde by Gumbs, Alexis Pauline (2024)
  29. The 1619 Project a Visual Experience by Hannah-Jones, Nikole ; The New York Times Magazine (2024)
  30. The Black Box: Writing the Race by Gates, Henry Louis (2024)
  31. The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans from the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump by (2024)
  32. The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie Transformed America by Tye, Larry (2024)
  33. The Message by Coates, Ta-Nehisi (2024)
  34. There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Abdurraqib, Hanif (2024)
  35. We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance by Carter Jackson, Kellie (2024)
  36. An American Story by Alexander, Kwame ; Coulter, Dare (2023)
  37. Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Harriot, Michael (2023)
  38. How Do You Spell Unfair?: Macnolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee by Weatherford, Carole Boston ; Morrison, Frank (2023)
  39. Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs, and Juice: A Cocktail Recipe Book: Cocktails from Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks by Tipton-Martin, Toni (2023)
  40. Sankofa: A Culinary Story of Resilience and Belonging by (2023)
  41. Snoop Dogg Presents Goon with the Spoon by Dogg, Snoop ; Achilleos, Antonis (2023)
  42. Stamped from the Beginning (Revised): The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Kendi, Ibram X (2023)
  43. The Bodies Keep Coming: Dispatches from a Black Trauma Surgeon on Racism, Violence, and How We Heal by Williams, Brian H (2023)
  44. The Invisible Ache: Black Men Identifying Their Pain and Reclaiming Their Power by (2023)
  45. There Was a Party for Langston by Reynolds, Jason ; Pumphrey, Jerome ; Pumphrey, Jarrett (2023)
  46. When Crack Was King: A People’s History of a Misunderstood Era by Ramsey, Donovan X (2023)
  47. Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Recipes, Letters, and Remembrances by Alexander, Kwame (2023)
  48. Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution by Mystal, Elie (2022)
  49. Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky by Brew-Hammond, Nana Ekua ; Minter, Daniel (2022)
  50. By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow’s Legal Executioners by Burnham, Margaret A (2022)
  51. Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement by Joy, Angela ; Washington, Janelle (2022)
  52. Finding Me: A Memoir by Davis, Viola (2022)
  53. His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice by (2022)
  54. I Color Myself Different by Kaepernick, Colin ; Wilkerson, Eric (2022)
  55. Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen by McCalman, George (2022)
  56. Isn’t Her Grace Amazing!: The Women Who Changed Gospel Music by Wills, Cheryl (2022)
  57. Living While Black: Using Joy, Beauty, and Connection to Heal Racial Trauma by Kinouani, Guilaine (2022)
  58. Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto by Hersey, Tricia (2022)
  59. Scenes from My Life: A Memoir by Williams, Michael K ; Sternfeld, Jon (2022)
  60. South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation by Perry, Imani (2022)
  61. Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler by Zoboi, Ibi (2022)
  62. Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization by Tyson, Neil Degrasse (2022)
  63. The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Obama, Michelle (2022)
  64. Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation by (2022)
  65. Walking in My Joy: In These Streets by Lewis, Jenifer (2022)
  66. What Is Juneteenth? by Jewel, Kirsti ; Who Hq ; Gutierrez, Manuel (2022)
  67. White Fear: How the Browning of America Is Making White Folks Lose Their Minds by Martin, Roland ; Lakins, Leah (2022)
  68. You Don’t Know Us Negroes And Other Essays by Hurston, Zora Neale ; Gates, Henry Louis ; West, Genevieve (2022)
  69. A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Abdurraqib, Hanif (2021)
  70. Africa, Amazing Africa: Country by Country by Atinuke ; Feddag, Mouni (2021)
  71. All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Miles, Tiya (2021)
  72. Baby Young, Gifted, and Black: With a Mirror! by Wilson, Jamia ; Pippins, Andrea (2021)
  73. Black Food: Stories, Art, and Recipes from Across the African Diaspora by Terry, Bryant (2021)
  74. Born on the Water: The 1619 Project by Hannah-Jones, Nikole ; Watson, Renée ; Smith, Nikkolas (2021)
  75. Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist’s Memoir of the Jim Crow South by Rembert, Winfred ; Kelly, Erin I ; Stevenson, Bryan (2021)
  76. Dorothy Dandridge: A Biography by Bogle, Donald (2021)
  77. Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 by Kendi, Ibram X ; Blain, Keisha N (2021)
  78. How the Other Half Eats: The Untold Story of Food and Inequality in America by Fielding-Singh, Priya (2021)
  79. How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Smith, Clint (2021)
  80. Just As I Am by (2021)
  81. Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound by Brooks, Daphne A (2021)
  82. May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem by Perry, Imani (2021)
  83. Not a Nation of Immigrants: Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion by Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne (2021)
  84. Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America by Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo (2021)
  85. Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature by Griffin, Farah Jasmine (2021)
  86. Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People by Magoon, Kekla (2021)
  87. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Hannah-Jones, Nikole ; The New York Times Company (2021)
  88. The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart by Garza, Alicia (2021)
  89. The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by McGhee, Heather (2021)
  90. The Three Mothers (Hardcover) by Tubbs, Anna Malaika (2021)
  91. The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation by Tubbs, Anna Malaika (2021)
  92. Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement by Burke, Tarana (2021)
  93. Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Weatherford, Carole Boston ; Cooper, Floyd (2021)
  94. We Are Each Other’s Harvest by (2021)
  95. A Black Women’s History of the United States by Berry, Daina Ramey ; Gross, Kali Nicole (2020)
  96. A Promised Land by Obama, Barack (2020)
  97. Afropessimism by Wilderson, Frank (2020)
  98. Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own by Glaude, Eddie S (2020)
  99. Black Boy by Richard Wright (2020)
  100. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Wilkerson, Isabel (2020)
  101. Dream Builder: The Story of Architect Philip Freelon by Lyons, Kelly Starling ; Freeman, Laura (2020)
  102. Follow Your Dreams, Little One by Harrison, Vashti ; Johnson, Kwesi (2020)
  103. Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America by Chatelain, Marcia (2020)
  104. Lifting as We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot Box by Dionne, Evette (2020)
  105. Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America by Oluo, Ijeoma (2020)
  106. Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s Memoir by Trethewey, Natasha (2020)
  107. Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America by Taylor, Candacy (2020)
  108. Stakes Is High: Life After the American Dream by Smith, Mychal Denzel (2020)
  109. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-Winning Stamped from the Beginning by Reynolds Jason and Kendi, Ibram X (2020)
  110. The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal about Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power by Mask, Deirdre (2020)
  111. The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person by Joseph, Frederick (2020)
  112. The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X by Payne, Les ; Payne, Tamara (2020)
  113. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander (2020)
  114. The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations by Toni Morrison (2020)
  115. William Still and His Freedom Stories: The Father of the Underground Railroad by Tate, Don ; Tate, Don (2020)
  116. America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States by Lee, Erika (2019)
  117. Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires by Shomari Wills (2019)
  118. Diamond Doris by Payne, Doris (2019)
  119. For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics by Leah Daughtry, Yolanda Caraway, Minyon Moore, Donna Brazile, Veronica Chambers (2019)
  120. Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest by Abdurraqib, Hanif (2019)
  121. Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon (2019)
  122. Infinite Hope: A Black Artist’s Journey from World War II to Peace by Bryan, Ashley ; Bryan, Ashley (2019)
  123. Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice by Stevenson, Bryan (2019)
  124. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by (2019)
  125. Open Season: Legalized Genocide of Colored People by Crump, Ben (2019)
  126. Solitary by Woodfox, Albert (2019)
  127. The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander (2019)
  128. The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother’s Life in the Detroit Numbers by Bridgett M. Davis (2019)
  129. The Yellow House: A Memoir by Broom, Sarah M (2019)
  130. Think Big, Little One by Harrison, Vashti (2019)
  131. What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays by Young, Damon (2019)
  132. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 by Claire Hartfield (2018)
  133. All About Love: New Visions (Love Song to the Nation #1) by Bell Hooks (2018)
  134. An Uncommon Faith: A Pragmatic Approach to the Study of African American Religion by Eddie Glaude (2018)
  135. Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” by Zora Neale Hurston (2018)
  136. Becoming by (2018)
  137. Black Girls Rock!: Owning Our Magic. Rocking Our Truth. by Bond, Beverly (2018)
  138. Dream Big, Little Leader by Vashti Harrison (2018)
  139. Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper (2018)
  140. Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly (2018)
  141. Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America’s Most Powerful Mobster by Stephen L. Carter (2018)
  142. Sisters and Champions: The True Story of Venus and Serena Williams by Howard Bryant (2018)
  143. So Tall Within: Sojourner Truth’s Long Walk Toward Freedom by Schmidt, Gary D ; Minter, Daniel (2018)
  144. The Middle Passage: White Ships/ Black Cargo by Tom Feelings (2018)
  145. The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke by Jeffrey C. Stewart (2018)
  146. The Original Black Elite: Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era by Elizabeth Dowling Taylor (2018)
  147. Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves by Glory Edim (2018)
  148. When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors, asha bandele (2018)
  149. Across That Bridge by John Lewis (2017)
  150. Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News by Kevin Young (2017)
  151. Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies by Dick Gregory (2017)
  152. Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina Young Readers Edition by Misty Copeland (2017)
  153. Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison (2017)
  154. Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America by James Forman Jr. (2017)
  155. Mama Africa!: How Miriam Makeba Spread Hope with Her Song by Kathryn Erskine (2017)
  156. Race Matters by Cornel West (2017)
  157. Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library by Carole Boston Weatherford (2017)
  158. The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits by Tiya Miles (2017)
  159. The Man-Not: Race, Class, Genre, and the Dilemmas of Black Manhood by Tommy J. Curry (2017)
  160. The Origin of Others by Toni Morrison (2017)
  161. The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America by Reséndez, Andrés (2017)
  162. We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates (2017)
  163. Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together In The Cafeteria: And Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum (2017)
  164. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah (2016)
  165. Fifty-Five Unemployed and Faking Normal: Your Guide to a Better <strike>Retirement</strike> Life by Elizabeth White (2016)
  166. Freedom in Congo Square by Carole Boston Weatherford (2016)
  167. Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Davis (2016)
  168. Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly (2016)
  169. Hidden Figures Young Readers’ Edition by Margot Lee Shetterly (2016)
  170. I’m Judging You: The Do-Better Manual by Luvvie Ajayi (2016)
  171. March Book Three by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (2016)
  172. Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley (2016)
  173. Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness by Donna Janell Bowman (2016)
  174. The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice by (2016)
  175. The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson (2016)
  176. Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions by (2016)
  177. 101 Scholarship Applications - 2015: What It Takes To Obtain A Debt-Free College Education by Gwen Richardson (2015)
  178. Between The World And Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (2015)
  179. Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat (2015)
  180. Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah by Laurie Ann Thompson (2015)
  181. Negroland: A Memoir by Margo Jefferson (2015)
  182. Ordinary Light: A Memoir by Tracy K. Smith (2015)
  183. Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton by (2015)
  184. Regina Anderson Andrews, Harlem Renaissance Librarian by Ethelene Whitmire (2015)
  185. Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America by (2015)
  186. Soul Food Love: Healthy Recipes Inspired by One Hundred Years of Cooking in a Black Family by Alice Randall, Caroline Randall Williams (2015)
  187. Spectacle: The Astonishing Life Of Ota Benga by Pamela Newkirk (2015)
  188. The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks by Toni Tipton-Martin (2015)
  189. The Light Of The World: A Memoir by Elizabeth Alexander (2015)
  190. The Moor’s Account by Laila Lalami (2015)
  191. The Sisters Are Alright: Changing the Broken Narrative of Black Women in America by Tamara Winfrey Harris (2015)
  192. Trombone Shorty by Troy Andrews (2015)
  193. Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by Carole Boston Weatherford (2015)
  194. You Are Wonderfully Made: 12 Life-Changing Principles for Teen Girls to Embrace by (2015)
  195. 10-Day Green Smoothie Cleanse by JJ Smith (2014)
  196. Act Like a Success, Think Like a Success: Discovering Your Gift and the Way to Life’s Riches by Steve Harvey (2014)
  197. Afro-Vegan: Farm-Fresh African, Caribbean, and Southern Flavors Remix by Bryant Terry (2014)
  198. Bad Feminist: Essays by Roxane Gay (2014)
  199. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose (2014)
  200. Dorothy Porter Wesley At Howard University: Building A Legacy Of Black History by Janet Sims-Wood (2014)
  201. Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America’s Universities by Craig Steven Wilder (2014)
  202. Fire Shut Up In My Bones by Charles M. Blow (2014)
  203. James Baldwin The Last Interview: and Other Conversations by James Baldwin, Quincy Troupe (2014)
  204. Josephine: The Dazzling Life Of Josephine Baker by Patricia Hruby Powell (2014)
  205. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson (2014)
  206. Justice While Black: Helping African-American Families Navigate and Survive the Criminal Justice System by Robbin Shipp, Nick Chiles (2014)
  207. Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina by Misty Copeland (2014)
  208. Little Melba And Her Big Trombone by Katheryn Russell-Brown (2014)
  209. Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up To Become Malcolm X by Ilyasah Shabazz (2014)
  210. Mayor For Life: The Incredible Story of Marion Barry Jr. by Marion Barry Jr. (2014)
  211. Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou by Maya Angelou (2014)
  212. Searching For Sarah Rector: The Richest Black Girl In America by Tonya Bolden (2014)
  213. Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh (2014)
  214. The Man from Essence: Creating a Magazine for Black Women by Edward Lewis (2014)
  215. Unbreak My Heart: A Memoir by Toni Braxton (2014)
  216. Who We Be: The Colorization of America by Jeff Chang (2014)
  217. Yearning: Race, Gender, and Cultural Politics by bell hooks (2014)
  218. A is for Activist by Innosanto Nagara (2013)
  219. Bartlett’s Familiar Black Quotations by Retha Powers (2013)
  220. Book of Black Heroes from A to Z: An Introduction to Important Black Achievers for Young Readers by Wade Hudson (2013)
  221. Discovering Wes Moore by Wes Moore (2013)
  222. Forgiveness: 21 Days to Forgive Everyone for Everything by Iyanla Vanzant (2013)
  223. Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans by Kadir Nelson (2013)
  224. High Price: A Neuroscientist’s Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society by Carl Hart (2013)
  225. Kansas City Lightning: The Rise And Times Of Charlie Parker by Stanley Crouch (2013)
  226. Letters to an Incarcerated Brother: Encouragement, Hope, and Healing for Inmates and Their Loved Ones by Hill Harper (2013)
  227. Lies of a Real Housewife: Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil by Angela Stanton, Anthony Whyte & Alveda King (2013)
  228. Living and Dying in Brick City: An E.R. Doctor Returns Home by Sampson Davis & Lisa Frazier Page (2013)
  229. Mansa Musa and the Empire of Mali by P. James Oliver (2013)
  230. March Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (2013)
  231. Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward (2013)
  232. Mom & Me & Mom by Maya Angelou (2013)
  233. Nelson Mandela by Kadir Nelson (2013)
  234. Sugar in the Blood: A Family’s Story of Slavery and Empire by Andrea Stuart (2013)
  235. The Butler: A Witness to History by Wil Haygood (2013)
  236. The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James Cone (2013)
  237. The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks by Jeanne Theoharis (2013)
  238. Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup (2013)
  239. Where Did Our Love Go: Love and Relationships in the African-American Community by Gil Robertson (2013)
  240. Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes (2013)
  241. Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of Slavery by Deborah Willis, Barbara Krauthamer (2012)
  242. Fifty Cents And A Dream: Young Booker T. Washington by Jabari Asim (2012)
  243. Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America by Andrea Pinkney (2012)
  244. Harlem’s Little Blackbird by Renee Watson (2012)
  245. I Have a Dream (Picture Book) by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr (2012)
  246. I, Too, Am America by Langston Hughes (2012)
  247. Obama Talks Back: Global Lessons - A Dialogue With America’s Young Leaders by Barack Obama, Gregory Reed (2012)
  248. Our Children Can Soar: A Celebration Of Rosa, Barack, And The Pioneers Of Change by Michelle Cook (2012)
  249. Shred: The Revolutionary Diet: 6 Weeks 4 Inches 2 Sizes by Ian K. Smith, M.D. (2012)
  250. The Tithing Hoax: Exposing The Lies, Misinterpretations & False Teachings About Tithing by R. Renee & Cynthia Harper (2012)
  251. Things I Should Have Told My Daughter by Pearl Cleage (2012)
  252. What Color Is My World?: The Lost History Of African-American Inventors by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Raymond Obstfeld (2012)
  253. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey & Denene Millner (2011)
  254. Malcolm X: A Life Of Reinvention by Manning Marable (2011)
  255. My Song: A Memoir by Harry Belafonte, Michael Shnayerson (2011)
  256. One Day It’ll All Make Sense by Common (2011)
  257. Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell (2011)
  258. Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, And Black Women In America by Melissa V. Harris-Perry (2011)
  259. The American Slave Coast: A History of the Slave – Breeding Industry by Sublette, Ned ; Sublette, Constance (2011)
  260. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (2011)
  261. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore (2011)
  262. The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson (2011)
  263. The Wealth Cure: Putting Money In Its Place by Hill Harper (2011)
  264. Who’s Afraid Of Post-Blackness?: What It Means To Be Black Now by Toure (2011)
  265. Why We Can’t Wait (King Legacy) by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (2011)
  266. Brainwashed by Tom Burrell (2010)
  267. Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist At Work by Edwidge Danticat (2010)
  268. Dave The Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave by Laban Carrick Hill (2010)
  269. Jimi: Sounds Like A Rainbow: A Story Of The Young Jimi Hendrix by Gary Golio (2010)
  270. John Oliver Killens: A Life Of Black Literary Activism by Keith Gilyard (2010)
  271. Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson (2010)
  272. She Loved Baseball: The Effa Manley Story by Audrey Vernick (2010)
  273. Sistergirl Devotions: Keeping Jesus in the Mix on the Job by Carol M. Mackey (2010)
  274. The Cross of Redemption: Uncollected Writings by James Baldwin and Randall Kenan (2010)
  275. Yummy: The Last Days Of A Southside Shorty by G. Neri; Randy Duburke (2010)
  276. Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, And Commitment by Steve Harvey (2009)
  277. Bad News For Outlaws: The Remarkable Life Of Bass Reeves, Deputy U. S. Marshal by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson (2009)
  278. In Search Of Our Roots: How 19 Extraordinary African Americans Reclaimed Their Past by Henry Louis Gates Jr. (2009)
  279. Letter to My Daughter by Maya Angelou (2009)
  280. Letters to a Young Sister: DeFINE Your Destiny by Hill Harper (2009)
  281. Michelle Obama: Meet The First Lady by David Bergen Brophy (2009)
  282. Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity by Miller, Monica L (2009)
  283. The Hemingses Of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed (2009)
  284. A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah (2008)
  285. Black Skin, White Masks by Fanon, Frantz ; Philcox, Richard (2008)
  286. Incognegro: A Memoir Of Exile And Apartheid by Frank B. Wilderson Iii (2008)
  287. Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits by (2008)
  288. Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harriet A. Washington (2008)
  289. One Drop: My Father’s Hidden Life--A Story Of Race And Family Secrets by Bliss Broyard (2008)
  290. Reposition Yourself: Living Life Without Limits by T.D. Jakes (2008)
  291. Standing Tall: A Memoir Of Tragedy And Triumph by C. Vivian Stringer, Laura Tucker (2008)
  292. Sweet Release: The Last Step to Black Freedom by James Davison Jr. (2008)
  293. That Mean Old Yesterday: A Memoir by Stacey Patton (2008)
  294. The Blacker The Berry by Joyce Carol Thomas (2008)
  295. The Women Who Raised Me: A Memoir by Victoria Rowell (2008)
  296. We Are The Ship: The Story Of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson (2008)
  297. A Piece of Cake: A Memoir by Cupcake Brown (2007)
  298. Friends: A Love Story by Angela Bassett, Courtney B. Vance, Hilary Beard (2007)
  299. Letters to a Young Brother: Manifest Your Destiny by Hill Harper (2007)
  300. Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Doreen Rappaport (2007)
  301. Ralph Ellison: A Biography by Arnold Rampersad (2007)
  302. Rosa by Nikki Giovanni (2007)
  303. Sister Outsider: Essays And Speeches by Audre Lorde (2007)
  304. Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas by Kevin Merida and Michael Fletcher (2007)
  305. The Covenant In Action by Tavis Smiley (2007)
  306. Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster by Michael Eric Dyson (2006)
  307. Is Bill Cosby Right?: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind? by Michael Eric Dyson (2006)
  308. Shades of Black: A Celebration of Our Children by Pinkney, Sandra L ; Pinkney, Myles ; Pinkney, Myles C (2006)
  309. The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama (2006)
  310. The Covenant with Black America by Tavis Smiley (2006)
  311. The Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner (2006)
  312. In Black And White: The Life Of Sammy Davis, Jr by Wil Haygood (2005)
  313. The Black Panther Party [Reconsidered] by Charles E. Jones (2005)
  314. African Holistic Health by Llaila Afrika (2004)
  315. Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama (2004)
  316. Ellington Was Not a Street by Ntozake Shange (2004)
  317. Grandma’s Records by Eric Velasquez (2004)
  318. Major Taylor, Champion Cyclist by Lesa Cline-Ransome (2004)
  319. Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl by Tonya Bolden (2004)
  320. Speak, So You Can Speak Again: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston by Lucy Hurston (2004)
  321. The ISIS Papers: The Keys to the Colors by Frances Cress Welsing (2004)
  322. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights by Russell Freedman (2004)
  323. They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America by (2003)
  324. What Next: A Memoir Toward World Peace by (2003)
  325. A Little Yellow Dog by Walter Mosley (2002)
  326. Black Stars of the Harlem Renaissance by Jim Haskins, Eleanora E. Tate, Clinton Cox, Brenda Wilkinson (2002)
  327. Communion: The Female Search for Love (Love Song to the Nation #2) by bell hooks (2002)
  328. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (2002)
  329. On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker by A&rsquo;Lelia Bundles (2002)
  330. Only Passing Through by Anne F. Rockwell (2002)
  331. The Life of Langston Hughes: Volume I: 1902-1941, I, Too, Sing America (Life of Langston Hughes, 1902-1941) by Arnold Rampersad (2002)
  332. Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur (2001)
  333. Carver: A Life in Poems by Marilyn Nelson (2001)
  334. To Be a Slave by Julius Lester (2000)
  335. W.E.B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century 1919-1963 by David Levering Lewis (2000)
  336. Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World’s Fastest Woman by Kathleen Krull (2000)
  337. Black Hands, White Sails: The Story of African-American Whalers by Patricia C. McKissack, Fredrick McKissack (1999)
  338. Blues People: Negro Music in White America by Leroi Jones (1999)
  339. I Am Rosa Parks (Penguin Young Readers, Level 4) by Rosa Parks, Jim Haskins (1999)
  340. In the Meantime: Finding Yourself and the Love You Want by Iyanla Vanzant (1999)
  341. Soul Looks Back in Wonder by Various (1999)
  342. Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges (1999)
  343. A Country of Strangers: Blacks and Whites in America by Shipler, David K (1998)
  344. Black Reconstruction In America, 1860-1880 by W. E. Burghardt Du Bois (1998)
  345. Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington (1998)
  346. Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol by Nell Irvin Painter (1997)
  347. Brotherman: The Odyssey of Black Men in America—An Anthology by (1996)
  348. The Souls of Black Folk: Includes “The Talented Tenth” and ”The Souls of White Folk” by W. E. B. Du Bois, Donald B. Gibson, Monica M. Elbert (1996)
  349. The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man by James Weldon Johnson (1995)
  350. The Great Migration: An American Story by Jacob Lawrence (1995)
  351. The Great Migration: An American Story by Jacob Lawrence (1995)
  352. Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man In America by Nathan Mccall (1994)
  353. Volunteer Slavery: My Authentic Negro Experience by Jill Nelson (1994)
  354. W. E. B. Du Bois, 1868-1919: Biography of a Race by David Levering Lewis (1994)
  355. A Taste of Power: A Black Woman’s Story by Elaine Brown (1993)
  356. Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America; Sixth Revised Edition by Lerone Bennett (1993)
  357. Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book by Muriel Feelings (1992)
  358. Stolen Legacy: Greek Philosophy Is Stolen Egyptian Philosophy by George G. M. James (1992)
  359. Tapping the Power Within: A Path to Self-Empowerment for Black Women by Iyanla Vanzant (1992)
  360. The Autobiography of Malcolm X (As told to Alex Haley) by Malcolm X (1992)
  361. The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley by Malcolm X, As Told to Alex Haley (1992)
  362. The Destruction of Black Civilization: Great Issues of a Race from 4500 B.C. to 2000 A.D. by Chancellor Williams (1992)
  363. The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin (1992)
  364. Now Is Your Time! The African-American Struggle for Freedom by Walter Dean Myers (1991)
  365. Miles: The Autobiography by Miles Davis (1990)
  366. A Weed Is a Flower : The Life of George Washington Carver by Aliki (1988)
  367. The Life of Langston Hughes: Volume I: 1902-1941: I, Too, Sing America by Arnold Rampersad (1988)
  368. Rosa Parks by Eloise Greenfield (1973)

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  1. Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems by Smith, Patricia (2025)
  2. Scorched Earth: Poems by Clark, Tiana (2025)
  3. Bluff: Poems by Smith, Danez (2024)
  4. Good Dress by Rogers, Brittany (2024)
  5. Scattered Snows, to the North: Poems by Phillips, Carl (2024)
  6. This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets by Alexander, Kwame (2024)
  7. Above Ground by Smith, Clint (2023)
  8. Playlist for the Apocalypse: Poems by Dove, Rita (2023)
  9. Best Barbarian: Poems by Reeves, Roger (2022)
  10. Concentrate: Poems by Taylor, Courtney Faye (2022)
  11. To the Realization of Perfect Helplessness by Lewis, Robin Coste (2022)
  12. Black Girl, Call Home by Mans, Jasmine (2021)
  13. Call Us What We Carry: Poems by Gorman, Amanda (2021)
  14. Punks: New & Selected Poems by Keene, John (2021)
  15. Sho by Kearney, Douglas (2021)
  16. The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country by Gorman, Amanda (2021)
  17. African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song by Young, Kevin (2020)
  18. Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks by Slade, Suzanne ; Cabrera, Cozbi A (2020)
  19. Fantasia for the Man in Blue by Blount, Tommye (2020)
  20. Pale Colors in a Tall Field: Poems by Phillips, Carl (2020)
  21. The Age of Phillis by Jeffers, Honorée Fanonne (2020)
  22. 1919 by Ewing, Eve L (2019)
  23. Felon: Poems by Betts, Reginald Dwayne (2019)
  24. I: New and Selected Poems by Derricotte, Toi (2019)
  25. The Tradition by Brown, Jericho (2019)
  26. American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin by Terrance Hayes (2018)
  27. If God Invented Baseball: Poems by E. Ethelbert Miller (2018)
  28. Indecency by Reed, Justin Phillip (2018)
  29. Refuse: Poems by Randall, Julian (2018)
  30. Don’t Call Us Dead: Poems by Danez Smith (2017)
  31. Incendiary Art: Poems by Patricia Smith (2017)
  32. Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating Poets by Kwame Alexander (2017)
  33. Bestiary: Poems by Kelly, Donika (2016)
  34. Cannibal by Safiya Sinclair (2016)
  35. Collected Poems: 1974–2004 by (2016)
  36. Counting Descent by Clint Smith (2016)
  37. Olio by Jess, Tyehimba (2016)
  38. Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude (Pitt Poetry Series) by Ross Gay (2015)
  39. How to Be Drawn by Terrance Hayes (2015)
  40. In This House by Loretta Diane Walker (2015)
  41. S O S: Poems 1961-2013 by Amiri Baraka (2015)
  42. Voyage of the Sable Venus: and Other Poems by Robin Coste Lewis (2015)
  43. Wild Hundreds by Nate Marshall (2015)
  44. Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson (2014)
  45. Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine (2014)
  46. Digest (Stahlecker Selections) by Gregory Pardlo (2014)
  47. We Didn’t Know Any Gangsters by Brian Gilmore (2014)
  48. Chasing Utopia: A Hybrid by Nikki Giovanni (2013)
  49. Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes by Langston Hughes (2013)
  50. The Big Smoke (Poets, Penguin) by Adrian Matejka (2013)
  51. The Collected Poems of Ai by Ai (2013)
  52. Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers by Frank X. Walker (2013)
  53. The Collected Poems Of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010 by Lucille Clifton (2012)
  54. The new black (Wesleyan Poetry Series) by Evie Shockley (2012)
  55. Head Off & Split: Poems by Nikky Finney (2011)
  56. Life On Mars: Poems by Tracy K. Smith (2011)
  57. White Egrets: Poems by Derek Walcott (2011)
  58. The 100 Best African American Poems by Nikki Giovanni (2010)
  59. Moments, the Minutes, the Hours: The Poetry of Jill Scott by Jill Scott (2008)
  60. Acolytes: Poems by Nikki Giovanni (2007)
  61. The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1998 by Nikki Giovanni (2007)
  62. Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea: Poems and Not Quite Poems by Nikki Giovanni (2002)
  63. Blessing The Boats: New And Selected Poems 1988-2000 (American Poets Continuum) by Lucille Clifton (2000)
  64. Collected Poems Of Audre Lorde by Audre Lorde (2000)
  65. Vice: New and Selected Poems by Ai (2000)
  66. For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf by Ntozake Shange (1997)
  67. Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women by Maya Angelou (1995)
  68. The Collected Poems Of Langston Hughes by Langston Hughes (1995)
  69. The Essential Etheridge Knight (Pitt Poetry Series) by Etheridge Knight (1986)
  70. Thomas and Beulah by Rita Dove (1986)
  71. Daydreamers by Eloise Greenfield (1981)