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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. Toni Morrison Passes

    Troy,
    • 8 replies
    • 3.3k views
    Delano

  2. My Black is Beautiful

    Guest Shondra M. Quarles,
    • 0 replies
    • 835 views
    Guest
    Guest

  3. Origin. Of. Others . Toni. Morrison!

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 811 views
    harry brown

  4. #1 College Planning Book for Black Families

    Guest Dr. Sonya Shuler Okoli,
    • 0 replies
    • 846 views
    Guest
    Guest

  5. Fearless Public Speaking - I Invite You To Review!

    Guest Joy Jones,
    • 0 replies
    • 608 views
    Guest
    Guest

  6. Review of When I Fly With Papa - a new Christian book featuring a black girl character

    Guest Claudia May,
    • 0 replies
    • 733 views
    Guest
    Guest

  7. Love's Journal

    Guest Kathy Forbes,
    • 0 replies
    • 804 views
    Guest
    Guest

  8. "Frankie Finds the Blues" (Foreword by Taj Mahal)

    Guest Joel Harper,
    • 1 reply
    • 898 views
    Troy

  9. Buy 4 Classic Books by John A. Williams Directly From AALBC!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 829 views
    Troy

  10. Amazon is a Radically New Kind of Monopoly

    Troy,
    • 19 replies
    • 2.8k views
    Troy

  11. Robert Johnson's Freewheeling Jazz Funeral

    Guest Whit Frazier,
    • 10 replies
    • 2.2k views
    Troy

  12. Entrepreneurs Wanted to Review New Book

    Guest thatwritingchic,
    • 2 replies
    • 931 views
    thatwritingchic

  13. James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni in Conversation

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 6.3k views
    Maurice

  14. Black. Anglo-Saxon.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 928 views
    harry brown

  15. 'I Bet She Called Me Sugar Plum'-children's book

    Guest Jessea Gabbin,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  16. "W-A-T-ER" children's picture book

    Guest Ronald Fontenot,
    • 0 replies
    • 863 views
    Guest
    Guest

  17. Anybody Else Think the Movie Was Better?

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 787 views
    Troy

  18. Request for review

    Guest David Steinman,
    • 0 replies
    • 668 views
    Guest
    Guest

  19. "Henry's Going to an HBCU"

    Guest Kyle McMurtry,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Guest
    Guest

  20. Sable Book Club

    Guest Rogue Scholar,
    • 0 replies
    • 855 views
    Guest
    Guest

  21. FIVE-CARAT SOUL, a New Book by James McBride--Did You About it.

    Troy,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

  22. Despite the decline of the mega-bookstore chains, indie bookstores are enjoying a renaissance!

    elonawashington,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  23. Review for The Truth About Gretchen

    Guest Alretha Thomas,
    • 0 replies
    • 638 views
    Guest
    Guest

  24. Back. Family Reunion. Cookbook.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 810 views
    harry brown

  25. The first Africans Americans: 1619

    Guest Louise,
    • 1 reply
    • 870 views
    Troy

  26. Race Rules,Eric. Dyson

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 812 views
    harry brown

  27. Amazon Sells Bootleg Books

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 861 views
    Troy

  28. Shitolian

    Guest OPersaud,
    • 0 replies
    • 858 views
    Guest
    Guest

  29. Book Review Request-Christian Fiction

    SHERABIM JOY,
    • 0 replies
    • 821 views
    SHERABIM JOY

  30. Prolific AALBC Contributor Kam Williams Passes

    Troy,
    • 17 replies
    • 3.4k views
    Mel Hopkins

  31. We're Accepting Book Review Requests

    Word Lovers,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  32. Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am - New Documentary Film

    Troy,
    • 6 replies
    • 3.7k views
    Troy

  33. “A Year to Exhale” - BOOK ALERT

    Guest Kia Harris,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Word Lovers

  34. Debut Novel for Review Consideration

    Guest Deborah L King,
    • 1 reply
    • 970 views
    Word Lovers

  35. Request Book Review: The Seven Year Wait

    Guest Carla Brice-Talley,
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views
    Word Lovers

  36. Children's Book Review Request: Little Miss is Destined for Greatness

    Guest Amber T. Bogan,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Word Lovers

  37. Austin African-American Book Festival celebrates activism, empowerment

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 989 views
    Troy

  38. New Historic Book

    Guest Collins Kwaku Boahen,
    • 0 replies
    • 634 views
    Guest
    Guest

  39. Book Review Request - Understanding the Far-Reaching Global Impact of the World Racial Order

    Guest Sterlin Williams,
    • 1 reply
    • 944 views
    Troy

  40. Nurse Anesthetist Writes a Magical Book to Help Kids Overcome Their Fear of Surgery

    Guest Sydluv,
    • 0 replies
    • 760 views
    Guest
    Guest

  41. Book Review Request - Understanding the Far-Reaching Global Impact of the World Racial Order

    Guest Sterlin Williams,
    • 0 replies
    • 675 views
    Guest
    Guest

  42. Kindness Matters: Sharing Bees

    Guest JKS Communications,
    • 0 replies
    • 813 views
    Guest
    Guest

  43. Dominion: written 26 years ago, now an audiobook

    Guest raf_publisher,
    • 0 replies
    • 845 views
    Guest
    Guest

  44. Black. Fatherhood. Guide. For. Male Parenting.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 967 views
    harry brown

  45. Black Speculative Authors At Blerdcon?

    Guest Charlie J. Eskew,
    • 0 replies
    • 893 views
    Guest
    Guest

  46. Amazon Giveaway: The Seven Year Wait

    Guest Carla Brice-Talley,
    • 0 replies
    • 766 views
    Guest
    Guest

  47. Request Book Review: Tara's Touch

    Guest Carla Brice-Talley,
    • 0 replies
    • 818 views
    Guest
    Guest

  48. Motown,The. Musical. Songbook,Berry. Gordy.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 816 views
    harry brown

  49. Our Bestselling Books for April 2019

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 898 views
    Delano

  50. John. Carlos. Story,.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 828 views
    harry brown

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