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. The 50th edition of the 2024 Richard Murray Newsletter.

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 513 views
    richardmurray

  2. HOT NEW RELEASE: COOCHIE 3

    alidawriter,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

  3. 50th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: March 21, 1981, in Mobile, Alabama, 19-year-old Michael Donald was Lynched

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 3.7k views
    Troy

  4. Cozy up to this thrillingly romantic book series!

    Guest AuthorTHill,
    • 0 replies
    • 844 views
    Guest
    Guest

  5. MOMMY'S KHMAR "A Top 130 African-American Children’s Book"

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  6. Meji Special Edition is Available now!

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Milton

  7. Jacob's Rite of Passage Family Series Review Request

    Guest Jamie Leigh,
    • 0 replies
    • 864 views
    Guest
    Guest

  8. #1 College Planning Book for Black Families

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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  10. Given - Nandi Taylor

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 719 views
    harry brown

  11. Keystone Passage: To Africa and Back

    Guest Catherine Quinlan,
    • 0 replies
    • 759 views
    Guest
    Guest

  12. Near Tulsa, Oklahoma Come Check AALBC

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 681 views
    Troy

  13. Chronicles' Review: I have read quite a few books on the Civil War but none that told the daily life & appalling conditions that slaves had to endure. I see this is the first book in a series & I cannot wait to get the next book. Well done, Mr. Hayes!

    aMhayes,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    richardmurray

  14. Hey Troy! How come I'm a newbie

    Guest Wredd,
    • 4 replies
    • 2.3k views
    Guest
    Guest

  15. eBooks is the thing this year

    Thumper,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.5k views
    Guest
    Guest

  16. THEIR EYES ARE WATCHING GHETTOHEAT

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 11.7k views
    HICKSON

  17. Read and Share AALBC.com's Aug 1st eNewsletter

    admin,
    • 0 replies
    • 2k views
    admin

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

    Carolita,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Carolita

  19. What I Thought About Facebook 4 Years Ago

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  20. Chausiku: The Blood of the Clans Book Three

    Guest Pamela E. Cash,
    • 0 replies
    • 618 views
    Guest
    Guest

  21. Marcus Books fundraiser

    Guest Erika,
    • 0 replies
    • 748 views
    Guest
    Guest

  22. Lucky John on Netgalley

    Desiree,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.1k views
    daniellegfny

  23. Who might support Black Reparations? Biden or Trump?

    Guest Garland Gregory,
    • 0 replies
    • 666 views
    Guest
    Guest

  24. 3 Captivating Novels- "The Rain Will Tell" "STORM: Sequel to: The Rain Will Tell" "Dangerous Last Name Games"

    Guest Myra Towner-Rankin,
    • 0 replies
    • 877 views
    Guest
    Guest

  25. GDBEE has her first book to be published by bloomsbury

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 430 views
    richardmurray

  26. Two stageplays

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 309 views
    richardmurray

  27. Guerrilla Marketing

    bookfan,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.8k views
    bookfan

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

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 3k views
    Troy

  29. Book Review Request

    Guest Shervine Thompson,
    • 0 replies
    • 753 views
    Guest
    Guest

  30. Help Select AALBC.com's New Bestselling Book Seal

    Troy,
    • 7 replies
    • 3.3k views
    B.L. Brown

  31. Toni Morrison Passes

    Troy,
    • 8 replies
    • 3.2k views
    Delano

  32. Troy Johnson Interviewed by E. Ethelbert Miller

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  33. Los Angeles Has Three Black Owned Bookstores

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 956 views
    Troy

  34. The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  35. New Book Series - Everything

    LaShelle Turner,
    • 0 replies
    • 494 views
    LaShelle Turner

  36. Reading the devil's mind. by Darnell

    careycarey,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.4k views
    careycarey

  37. Black readers and Science Fiction/Fantasy: Do you read it?

    Milton,
    • 29 replies
    • 6.9k views
    LookAgainPress

  38. The Hue-Man Experience Bookstore - Case Study

    Troy,
    • 27 replies
    • 14k views
    Jeron McCall

  39. 1986 video of interview with Pulitzer Prize winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks with E. Ethelbert Miller

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  40. Nelson Mandela - The New Yorker Cover

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 840 views
    Troy

  41. Paul Beatty

    Delano,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Delano

  42. Two Fascinating Books Explore Ugandan history and culture

    Guest Christopher Conte,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Guest
    Guest

  43. Black Hebrew Awakening.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 981 views
    harry brown

  44. Ntozake Shange Passes

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  45. Origin. Of. Others . Toni. Morrison!

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 768 views
    harry brown

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

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

  47. O.W. Showe

    Slaise,
    • 0 replies
    • 913 views
    Slaise

  48. A GOOD BOOK

    Gibran,
    • 0 replies
    • 782 views
    Gibran

  49. Underground. Railroad ,William. Still

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 883 views
    harry brown

  50. "The Little-Known Heroes: Claudette Colvin" - Bringing an Unknown Black Hero to Children

    Guest Kaushay Ford,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Guest
    Guest

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.