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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. Review Request: Horse of a Different Color: The Tallest Kid in the Class

    Guest Toshia Stelivan,
    • 0 replies
    • 997 views
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    Guest

  2. Oprah Book Club Picks Since 1996

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.7k views
    Guest
    Guest

  3. New Book--BLACK CYANIDE/white pill

    Anonymous,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  4. Blacks,Blues,Black

    Maurice,
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views
    Maurice

  5. Review Request; a family tree, Taking Root

    David doc Robertson,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.6k views
    David doc Robertson

  6. Review Request: A Black Women's History of the United States

    Guest Beacon Press Publicity,
    • 0 replies
    • 854 views
    Guest
    Guest

  7. The Harlem Renaissance Time Traveler's Diary

    Lashonda B,
    • 0 replies
    • 970 views
    Lashonda B

  8. Taste For Change: The Girl, The Snake And The One Who Returned

    Guest Kenechukwu Obi,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  9. Review Request

    Guest R.S. Basi,
    • 0 replies
    • 829 views
    Guest
    Guest

  10. Review request of Penitentiary Tales: a Love Story

    EA Luetkemeyer,
    • 0 replies
    • 891 views
    EA Luetkemeyer

  11. The NAACP Image Awards for Literature Have Been Announced

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 934 views
    Troy

  12. Review Request: Sydney's First Piggy Bank series

    Guest Ithream Auntie I Blackmon,
    • 0 replies
    • 699 views
    Guest
    Guest

  13. Other Side. Of The Pillow .

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

  14. How Mary Walker Learned to Read at the age of 116!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 864 views
    Troy

  15. AALBC Bestselling Books December 2019

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 838 views
    Troy

  16. For review WICKED ENCHANTMENT: Selected Poems by Wanda Coleman

    Joshua Bodwell,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Joshua Bodwell

  17. Troy Johnson Interviewed by E. Ethelbert Miller

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  18. Today Only: Free eBook of Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  19. The Relentless Promotion of Amazon Is Bad for Everyone

    Troy,
    • 9 replies
    • 3.2k views
    Maurice

  20. Look for Books Dealing with Colorism

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  21. Merry Christmas folks and a very prosperous new year

    Maurice,
    • 2 replies
    • 954 views
    Maurice

  22. New Book Available "Brotherhood of Secrets & Lies"

    Guest LashondaB,
    • 0 replies
    • 736 views
    Guest
    Guest

  23. An. Intellectual Portrait, Maulana Karenga !

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 898 views
    Troy

  24. The Magic March

    Guest Christie Sever,
    • 0 replies
    • 709 views
    Guest
    Guest

  25. Celebrating. Kwanzaa .

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 791 views
    harry brown

  26. My. Christmas. Bae In. Atlanta.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 986 views
    harry brown

  27. Made homeless for a wind up clock

    Guest James Matheson,
    • 0 replies
    • 598 views
    Guest
    Guest

  28. The. Black Women,An. Anthology .

    harry brown,
    • 2 replies
    • 930 views
    Troy

  29. Discover the SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE bookstore in Newark

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  30. A Book Review Request-Narrative Journeys of Young Black Women with Eating Disorders: A Hidden Community among Us

    Guest Stephanie Hawthorne,
    • 0 replies
    • 597 views
    Guest
    Guest

  31. A Balm in Gilead

    Guest R. C. Webber,
    • 0 replies
    • 885 views
    Guest
    Guest

  32. David Henderson

    Maurice,
    • 0 replies
    • 994 views
    Maurice

  33. Black Writers Sweep the 2019 Kirkus Prize Winning $50K Each!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  34. A is for Afrika, S is for Sovereignty

    Guest Baoku Duduyemi,
    • 0 replies
    • 933 views
    Guest
    Guest

  35. First African American to win the RITA Award

    Mel Hopkins,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Mel Hopkins

  36. MVmedia Books Available as EPUB!

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 866 views
    Milton

  37. Between Magic and Dreams

    Guest Bryan D. Covington,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  38. The Cure For Onlyness - A Black Man's Guide To Joy, Passion & Purpose

    Coach Michael Taylor,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Coach Michael Taylor

  39. Thanksgiving Freedom - The 1841 Creole Rebellion

    Kareem,
    • 8 replies
    • 2.3k views
    Kareem

  40. Unsung. Heroes Of WW2!

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 916 views
    harry brown

  41. Gorillaz In The Bay Book Series

    Guest Author De'Kari,
    • 0 replies
    • 968 views
    Guest
    Guest

  42. Open. Season , Ben. Crump!

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 928 views
    Troy

  43. Eating the Forbidden Fruit

    Guest Roland Sato Page,
    • 1 reply
    • 852 views
    Troy

  44. Call for Literary Submission - 51st NAACP Image Awards

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  45. Grandma's Hands

    Guest Rolanda Pyle,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.3k views
    Word Lovers

  46. Author of Children's Books

    Guest Jamil McGhee,
    • 0 replies
    • 784 views
    Guest
    Guest

  47. AFRICAN MARABOUT AFRICAN SERIOUS MARABOUT AFRICAN

    Guest azael,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Guest
    Guest

  48. For your consideration: Book Review

    Guest Yvette Reid G.,
    • 0 replies
    • 856 views
    Guest
    Guest

  49. Book Review Request

    Guest Judy Fambrough Billingsley,
    • 0 replies
    • 823 views
    Guest
    Guest

  50. Dick Gregory books

    Maurice,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Maurice

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