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Black Literature

Readers tell us about your favorite and not-so-favorite books. Authors and Publishers share information about your books. This forum is open to everyone interested in discussing anything related to books by, or about, Black people.

  1. Power List Best-Selling Books - Spring 2015

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

  2. Book Four Of the whileBlack Chronicles' "If Chicago Could Talk"

    aMhayes,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Lynette Jackson Love

  3. Queen Bessie

    Cynique,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.2k views
    Cynique

  4. Owning and Controlling Our Images and Spaces: Video Conference -- NOW!

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  5. Three Days Before the Shooting by Ralph Ellison

    Thumper,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.4k views
    Linda Chavis

  6. Beyond the Hurt - Book Review Request

    Guest Akilah Trinay,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  7. Legacy and truth

    Floyd Collins,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Floyd Collins

  8. Adichie's novel Half of a Yellow Sun a Motion Picture!

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 3.1k views
    Troy

  9. The. Black Women,An. Anthology .

    harry brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  10. False Promises: The Struggle for Black Voting Rights in 1800s Ohio

    Ohio University Press,
    • 2 replies
    • 627 views
    Troy

  11. Good 2 Go Publishing - Making A Serious Impact in Publishing

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  12. Oprah Really Can Sell a Book!

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  13. Love, Cynique Style

    Cynique,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Cynique

  14. Social Justice Fallacies by Thomas Sowell

    nels,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    nels

  15. "A Lively BEA" Reported by Publishers Weekly

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 4.8k views
    Troy

  16. Entrepreneurs Wanted to Review New Book

    Guest thatwritingchic,
    • 2 replies
    • 905 views
    thatwritingchic

  17. Merry Christmas folks and a very prosperous new year

    Maurice,
    • 2 replies
    • 1k views
    Maurice

  18. Seeking Your Feedback Again

    daniellegfny,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  19. Black People in Prison Requesting Books

    Guest tqcovington@gmail.com,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Milton

  20. Africa's Top Ten Crime Novels list by Michael Stanley

    Thumper,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.2k views
    bookfan

  21. Book Review

    Yasheca LaSha,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Yasheca LaSha

  22. Report: Dramatic Drop in Reading Among Teens

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 12.6k views
    Troy

  23. Remembering Grandma's Tales-A boy and his hyena

    MissKorang,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.4k views
    MissKorang

  24. Are White People Really Willing to Suffer if it Means More Suffering for Blacks

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 992 views
    Troy

  25. Nikki Giovanni favorite poem listing

    richardmurray,
    • 2 replies
    • 834 views
    richardmurray

  26. Just in time for the holidays...Join "The Conversation"

    KALD,
    • 2 replies
    • 997 views
    KALD

  27. A Gardin Wedding: A Gardins of Edin Novel

    richardmurray,
    • 2 replies
    • 920 views
    richardmurray

  28. Literary Reviews

    Guest Ray Hollar-Gregory,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    admin

  29. New on kindle for 99cents

    alidawriter,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.5k views
    alidawriter

  30. Ta-Nehisi Coates is an AALBC.com Supporter

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  31. Look for Books Dealing with Colorism

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

  32. Book review request for Reflections! Looking In The Mirror

    Terry Wells-Jones,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Terry Wells-Jones

  33. MIS EDUCATION O THE NEGRO// DR. CARTER G WOODSON.

    harry brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Troy

  34. Revenge Of A Not-So-Pretty Girl Excerpt

    Carolita,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Carolita

  35. A Free Full Day Writing Workshop, February 23rd at Chicago State

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 3k views
    Troy

  36. Paul Beatty

    Delano,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Delano

  37. Satire in cotemporary fiction

    Guest Fatima Shaik,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Fatima Shaik

  38. New Book Release

    mandre1021,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.4k views
    mandre1021

  39. HOLY LOCK DOWN//

    harry brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Cynique

  40. Sentenced to 40 Years for Crime She Didn't Commit

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    olayinkatheauthor

  41. Self Independent Publishing Company

    Guest GangTales Publication's,
    • 2 replies
    • 1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  42. Looming Supreme Court Decision Regarding Voting Redistricting

    aMhayes,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    richardmurray

  43. Consider for google docs

    richardmurray,
    • 2 replies
    • 931 views
    richardmurray

  44. From Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs

    Chrishayden,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.2k views
    Chrishayden

  45. Q & A WITH HICKSON: CEO OF GHETTOHEAT® & READ, WRITE, REVIEW, DISCUSS BOOK GROUP!

    HICKSON,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.8k views
    HICKSON

  46. 1,810 Authors Profiled on AALBC.com

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  47. What is the primary tool for success in the indie publishing world.

    Author Brian Nelson,
    • 2 replies
    • 938 views
    Gibran

  48. The RISE of Kola Boof

    Kola Boof,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.6k views
    Kola Boof

  49. Gunman's Peace - A post apocalyptic adventure

    Milton,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Milton

  50. VOICE FROM THE PAST

    Cynique,
    • 2 replies
    • 879 views
    Troy

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