Skip to content
View in the app

A better way to browse. Learn more.
African American Literature Book Club

A full-screen app on your home screen with push notifications, badges and more.

To install this app on iOS and iPadOS
  1. Tap the Share icon in Safari
  2. Scroll the menu and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap Add in the top-right corner.
To install this app on Android
  1. Tap the 3-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner of the browser.
  2. Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
  3. Confirm by tapping Install.

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

    MissKorang,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.4k views
    MissKorang

  2. Self-Publishing Tips from Gloria Mallette, Karen E. Quinones Miller, Richard Jeanty, Relentless Aaron, and Others

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 970 views
    Troy

  3. How. Sweet. It. Is. Lamont. Dozier.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 768 views
    harry brown

  4. Submitting for Review Consideration

    Guest gchard,
    • 0 replies
    • 888 views
    Guest
    Guest

  5. One. Night. Eric. Jerome. Dickey .

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 869 views
    harry brown

  6. Troy Johnson of AALBC on LoveBabz LoveTalk WNHH 103.5 FM 2/8/2021

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 847 views
    Troy

  7. A new release book with significant spiritual impact.

    Guest autumnforest,
    • 0 replies
    • 748 views
    Guest
    Guest

  8. Submitting for Review Consideration

    Guest Kyra Ann,
    • 0 replies
    • 833 views
    Guest
    Guest

  9. Become A MVmedia Black Speculative Fiction Bookseller

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 920 views
    Milton

  10. WHO'S YOUR DADDY by Arisa White (March 1, Augury Books)

    Guest Lauren Cerand,
    • 0 replies
    • 808 views
    Guest
    Guest

  11. What are you marketing goals for 2021

    daniellegfny,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Bev

  12. Submitting for Review Consideration

    Guest Mbinguni,
    • 0 replies
    • 752 views
    Guest
    Guest

  13. 29th Annual African American Children’s Book Fair

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  14. Amber and The Enchanted Sword Available Now!

    Milton,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Milton

  15. Writer Beware: 2020 in Review

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    daniellegfny

  16. We Write, Publish, and Read for Freedom

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Gibran

  17. Anyia, It Begins

    Guest JMcManus,
    • 0 replies
    • 873 views
    Guest
    Guest

  18. Nine Coretta Scott King Award Winning and Honored Books for 2021

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 857 views
    Troy

  19. ALA announces 2021 Youth Media Awards

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Troy

  20. Where are all the Publishers of Color

    Guest Lucinda Clark,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Milton

  21. Passion The Art Of Making Love and War

    Guest Kendal-Valentino,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  22. If. I. Had. A. Hammer. Hank. Aaron .

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    harry brown

  23. Outstanding Black Women of Yalobusha

    Guest Dottie Chapman Reed,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Guest
    Guest

  24. Dark Universe: The Bright Empire

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 977 views
    Milton

  25. Dark Universe: An Afrocentric Space Opera Anthology

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 984 views
    Milton

  26. Who Fears Death and The Secret Lives of Church Ladies to be Adapted into Film

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  27. The Journey To The Promised Land Requires A Divine Consciousness

    artGriot,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    artGriot

  28. Where. Do. We. Go. From. Here. ???

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 805 views
    harry brown

  29. Gunman's Peace - A Post Apocalyptic Adventure

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 994 views
    Milton

  30. AALBC’s Top 10 Bestselling Books for 2020

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 3k views
    Maurice

  31. TODAY at 1 p.m. A Conversation on the History of the AABLC!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 854 views
    Troy

  32. Get a Free Audiobook of Their Eyes Were Watching God -- Today Only

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 965 views
    daniellegfny

  33. Ngolo Diaspora: Book One

    Milton,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  34. Changa and The Jade Obelisk #1

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 899 views
    Milton

  35. Lettuce Turnip at the Farmers Market: A story encouraging healthy foods and communities

    Danielle M. Jackson,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Danielle M. Jackson

  36. The Best African American Children’s Picture Books for 2020

    Troy,
    • 6 replies
    • 2.3k views
    Troy

  37. Novelist Eric Jerome Dickey Passes January 3, 2021

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 806 views
    Troy

  38. Amber and the Enchanted Sword

    Milton,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

  39. New Book New Author (Book about racism and how one racist act separated my family for over 100 years)

    Shanelljss,
    • 0 replies
    • 956 views
    Shanelljss

  40. Children's Picture Book Review Request

    Guest Ta'Shay Mason,
    • 0 replies
    • 938 views
    Guest
    Guest

  41. Together. For. Kwanzaa.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 746 views
    harry brown

  42. Ghetto. Christmas. With. You.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 857 views
    harry brown

  43. Why Don't Video Programs Featuring Black Books Work?

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 781 views
    Troy

  44. A Promised Land: Deluxe Signed Edition by Barack Obama $350

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  45. Random House Launched New Imprint with JAY-Z: Roc Lit 101

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 943 views
    Troy

  46. The next Two Countdown 2021 Guest

    daniellegfny,
    • 0 replies
    • 820 views
    daniellegfny

  47. New Author New Book

    Guest Dollypopp,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Lisa Washington

  48. I would like a book review

    Guest Charles R Harris,
    • 0 replies
    • 782 views
    Guest
    Guest

  49. Children's Picture Book Request (Topic: Severe Mental Illness)

    Guest T. M. Jackson,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Campaign Justice

  50. Book Review Request

    R.A.St.James,
    • 0 replies
    • 762 views
    R.A.St.James

Account

Navigation

Search

Search

Configure browser push notifications
Chrome (Android)
  1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
  2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
  3. Adjust your preference.
Chrome (Desktop)
  1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
  2. Select Site settings.
  3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.