The Best Books of the 21st Century by Black Writers

As Identified from The New York Times “100 Best Books of the 21st Century” List

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Cover for Americanah

Americanah

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Knopf
May 14, 2013
Hardcover

Cover for Citizen: An American Lyric

Citizen

by Claudia Rankine

Graywolf Press
Oct 07, 2014
Paperback

Cover for The Underground Railroad: A Novel

The Underground Railroad

by Colson Whitehead

Doubleday
Aug 02, 2016
Hardcover

Cover for All Aunt Hagar’s Children: Stories

All Aunt Hagar’s Children

by Edward P. Jones

Amistad
Aug 28, 2007
Paperback

Cover for The Known World

The Known World

by Edward P. Jones

Amistad
Aug 29, 2006
Paperback

Cover for The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration

The Warmth of Other Suns

by Isabel Wilkerson

Knopf
Oct 04, 2011
Paperback

Cover for Sing, Unburied, Sing

Sing, Unburied, Sing

by Jesmyn Ward

Scribner Book Company
Sep 07, 2017
Hardcover

Cover for Men We Reaped

Men We Reaped

by Jesmyn Ward

Bloomsbury USA
Sep 17, 2013
Hardcover

Cover for Salvage the Bones

Salvage the Bones

by Jesmyn Ward

Bloomsbury USA
Apr 24, 2012
Paperback

Cover for The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

by Junot Diaz

Riverhead Books
Sep 02, 2008
Paperback

Cover for Heavy: An American Memoir

Heavy

by Kiese Laymon

Scribner Book Company
Jan 01, 2019
Hardcover

Cover for A Brief History Of Seven Killings: A Novel

A Brief History Of Seven Killings

by Marlon James

Knopf
Sep 08, 2015
Paperback

Cover for The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

The New Jim Crow

by Michelle Alexander

The New Press
Jan 07, 2020
Paperback

Cover for The Fifth Season (Book 1: The Broken Earth)

The Fifth Season (Book 1

by N. K. Jemisin

FireFly Publishing
Aug 04, 2015
Paperback

Cover for The Sellout

The Sellout

by Paul Beatty

Riverhead Books
Sep 07, 2021
Paperback

Cover for Erasure

Erasure

by Percival Everett

Graywolf Press
Oct 25, 2011
Paperback

Cover for Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments

by Saidiya Hartman

W. W. Norton & Company
Jan 14, 2020
Paperback

Cover for Between The World And Me

Between The World And Me

by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Spiegel & Grau
Jul 01, 2015
Hardcover

Cover for An American Marriage: A Novel

An American Marriage

by Tayari Jones

Algonquin Books
Feb 06, 2018
Hardcover

Cover for A Mercy

A Mercy

by Toni Morrison

Vintage
Aug 11, 2009
Paperback

Cover for On Beauty

On Beauty

by Zadie Smith

Penguin Press
Aug 29, 2006
Paperback

Cover for White Teeth: A Novel

White Teeth

by Zadie Smith

Penguin Press
Jun 12, 2001
Hardcover