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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. Raising. Black. Boys,To. Men.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 874 views
    harry brown

  2. Tactical and strategic dimensions of Trump's Iran decision is playing out here in the middle east.

    Kalexander2,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Kalexander2

  3. Giving Voice to Poems

    Guest Verdelle Lambert,
    • 0 replies
    • 906 views
    Guest
    Guest

  4. The Ultimate Top 10 Books Lists, Great New Books, Black Classic Press Celebrates 40 Years, and More!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  5. Request for Book Review

    Guest Felicia Brookins,
    • 0 replies
    • 913 views
    Guest
    Guest

  6. AWARD-WINNING FOOD BOOK

    Mel Hopkins,
    • 1 reply
    • 3.9k views
    Troy

  7. Passions Ignite

    Guest Clayton E. Corley, Sr,
    • 0 replies
    • 860 views
    Guest
    Guest

  8. Walter Mosley Recommends AALBC's Self-Publishing Services

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.6k views
    Marcus Dee

  9. Javaka Steptoe Reads from Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  10. Book Review Requested

    Verdelle Lambert,
    • 6 replies
    • 2k views
    Troy

  11. Colored. Cadet. At. West. Point.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 876 views
    harry brown

  12. Book Review Requested

    Guest Mingie Song,
    • 0 replies
    • 898 views
    Guest
    Guest

  13. Book Review Request - Trazer

    Guest Joseph O. Adegboyega-Edun,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  14. MY NEW BOOK IS FREE ON AMAZON 4/19-4/21! REVIEW REQUEST

    Lashonda B,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Lashonda B

  15. The Talking Books Radio Program

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 834 views
    Troy

  16. Paul Coates Discusses Black Classic Press (one of the oldest indie publishers) on C-SPAN

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  17. Talon. Of. God. Wesley. Snipers .

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 846 views
    harry brown

  18. The All-Time Top 10 Black Panther Books

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 874 views
    Troy

  19. After the Storm by Nisia Skyy Book Review Requested

    Guest Dynamic Image Publications,
    • 0 replies
    • 795 views
    Guest
    Guest

  20. Why. We. Can't. Wait. Dr. King.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 722 views
    harry brown

  21. A Compelling Novella Set in the South- "The Tannell's Family Secret"

    Lashonda B,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Lashonda B

  22. New Young Black Male Author

    Guest G.K Logan,
    • 0 replies
    • 804 views
    Guest
    Guest

  23. Blacks Versus,Niggers!

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  24. I'm Creating More Top 10 Book Lists -- Which list would you like to see?

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 3.3k views
    Troy

  25. Enter the EVO Universe

    EVO Universe,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.6k views
    Troy

  26. Les Payne Pulitzer Prize winner passes away

    Del,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  27. Zaji Here is a Photo of us from Back in the Day

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.7k views
    zaji

  28. Wildflowers

    Guest Delores Lowe Friedman,
    • 0 replies
    • 981 views
    Guest
    Guest

  29. Louis H. Michaux Our Greatest Bookseller

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 9.4k views
    Troy

  30. The Voice of Black Authors on Black Women, Trials & TRIUMPH

    Guest N-Spired Productions,
    • 0 replies
    • 956 views
    Guest
    Guest

  31. My. Song,Harry. Belafonte.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 789 views
    harry brown

  32. The Cost of it ALL

    D.E. Eliot,
    • 4 replies
    • 2.3k views
    Troy

  33. Carole Boston Weatherford's Beautiful Books for Children

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  34. What. Makes. White. People. Uncomfortable.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 790 views
    harry brown

  35. Almost 1,000 book reviews have been published by AALBC.com.

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 981 views
    Troy

  36. Solution. For. Black. America,Emmanuel Barbee..

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 816 views
    harry brown

  37. A Time to Killmonger

    D.E. Eliot,
    • 31 replies
    • 7.3k views
    MAFOOMBAY

  38. My Ummmm “Not So Perfect” AALBC Introduction

    D.E. Eliot,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    D.E. Eliot

  39. Ruined by D.E. Eliot (BOOK REVIEW REQUEST)

    D.E. Eliot,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    D.E. Eliot

  40. BLACK PANTHER meet THE LION.

    Guest Ben T. Mel,
    • 0 replies
    • 860 views
    Guest
    Guest

  41. Rolling out the New Website Design

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 971 views
    Troy

  42. 24 Extraordinarily Creative People Who Inspire Us All

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 978 views
    Troy

  43. Becoming by Michelle Obama is going to be a BIG Book

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 876 views
    Troy

  44. Living in the Library -- Literally!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 818 views
    Troy

  45. Book Reviews-Questions

    Guest Natonne Elaine Kemp,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  46. Grooming A Generation.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    harry brown

  47. Zora Neale Hurston Has a New Book...

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 866 views
    Troy

  48. The FBI's War on Black-Owned Bookstores

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.9k views
    Troy

  49. Go On Girl! Unpublished Writers Award and Aspiring Writer Scholarship Available

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 5.8k views
    Troy

  50. A Deeper Love Inside.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views
    Troy

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