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. Life. Upon These. Shores.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 821 views
    Troy

  2. The Importance of the “Literary Chitlin' Circuit”

    Troy,
    • 16 replies
    • 4.7k views
    Yvonne

  3. Book recommendation for 2020 Reading List

    Guest Veronica A. Davis, Author,
    • 0 replies
    • 711 views
    Guest
    Guest

  4. Join the Black Writers Facebook Group

    Michelle D. Jackson,
    • 0 replies
    • 677 views
    Michelle D. Jackson

  5. An Improbably Journey from Compton to Oxford

    Guest Shea Nolan,
    • 0 replies
    • 723 views
    Guest
    Guest

  6. Interest In Book Review

    Guest Star Jackson,
    • 0 replies
    • 743 views
    Guest
    Guest

  7. F@ck Amazon and Their "Amazon Original Stories"

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views
    Maurice

  8. The New York Public Library Kicks off Immigrant Heritage Week 2020

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  9. Kasi Lemmons to Write and Direct Film Adaptation of Maaza Mengiste’s the Shadow King

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 899 views
    Troy

  10. Between. The. World. And. Me.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 775 views
    harry brown

  11. Their Eyes Were Watching God

    Guest Marea D. Cole,
    • 0 replies
    • 869 views
    Guest
    Guest

  12. Discussion of Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi on the Black Syllabus

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 941 views
    Troy

  13. Requesting That My Children's Book Be Reviewed

    Guest Jennifer Miller-Joseph,
    • 1 reply
    • 767 views
    Guest
    Guest

  14. INTERESTED IN HAVING MY BOOK REVIEWED

    Guest VANESSA "FLUFFY" MURRAY,
    • 0 replies
    • 703 views
    Guest
    Guest

  15. New black author

    Guest Dajon Powell,
    • 0 replies
    • 902 views
    Guest
    Guest

  16. The Other Madisons: The Lost History of A President's Black Family

    Guest Bettye Kearse (Author),
    • 0 replies
    • 884 views
    Guest
    Guest

  17. Book review

    Guest Rolanda,
    • 0 replies
    • 771 views
    Guest
    Guest

  18. Catherine Latimer

    Maurice,
    • 0 replies
    • 814 views
    Maurice

  19. More Than. Love.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 764 views
    harry brown

  20. BLACK SUPERNATURAL HORROR/

    harry brown,
    • 3 replies
    • 2k views
    Jaws R.

  21. Controversial YA Topics

    Walkman93,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Walkman93

  22. Uplifting Reads During The Time of COVID-19

    Marion Hill,
    • 0 replies
    • 951 views
    Marion Hill

  23. Asante Tales

    Guest Patrick Dua,
    • 0 replies
    • 702 views
    Guest
    Guest

  24. Book Review Request - African American History: The Untold Stories

    YLong,
    • 0 replies
    • 895 views
    YLong

  25. Book Review Request

    Guest Tonya Duncan Ellis,
    • 0 replies
    • 788 views
    Guest
    Guest

  26. Hood. Supreme .

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

  27. A Very Brief History of These Discussion Forums

    Troy,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  28. The Dark Universe

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 824 views
    Milton

  29. Amber and The Hidden City Novel Study Guide

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 911 views
    Milton

  30. Book Review Request for Just Before Too Late

    Mel-Robert,
    • 0 replies
    • 939 views
    Mel-Robert

  31. Soul trilogy

    Maurice,
    • 29 replies
    • 4.7k views
    Maurice

  32. Black Self-Published works

    Guest Sean Allen,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  33. Miles' Stuffy Nose (board book) - BOOK REVIEW REQUEST

    Guest Janice Robinson-Celeste,
    • 0 replies
    • 823 views
    Guest
    Guest

  34. Cape Town Curios available now!

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 907 views
    Milton

  35. Life through the Eyes of a Woman

    Guest Eyquionette Latin,
    • 0 replies
    • 784 views
    Guest
    Guest

  36. AALBC's Book Database is Down

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 818 views
    Troy

  37. Black America's Guide to: Financial Peace of Mind Yo!

    Guest Jay Jay Jones,
    • 0 replies
    • 962 views
    Guest
    Guest

  38. Is this what Dr. Frances Cress Welsing would want?

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 2k views
    Troy

  39. National Black Writers Conference: November 11 – 14, 2020

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  40. Mamba Mentality ,How. I Play! Kobe Bryant!

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  41. Tonya Bolden Three Book Deal

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  42. AALBC Mourns the Passing of B. Smith

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  43. FRONTLINE: Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 884 views
    Troy

  44. Have you read THE MIS-EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO?

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  45. STUBBS: BLACK HISTORY--GHETTOHEAT STYLE

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    HICKSON

  46. HICKSON: BLACK HISTORY--GHETTOHEAT STYLE

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 971 views
    HICKSON

  47. A. Hitta Valentine.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 968 views
    harry brown

  48. EXCERPT FROM MR. GHETTOHEAT, A MEMOIR BY HICKSON!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.8k views
    HICKSON

  49. Decisions by Caillen Fort

    Guest Caillen Fort,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.6k views
    Guest
    Guest

  50. THE ADVENTURES OF HICKSON: GHETTOHEAT

    HICKSON,
    • 132 replies
    • 28.5k views
    HICKSON

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.