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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. A Time to Killmonger

    D.E. Eliot,
    • 31 replies
    • 7.5k views
    MAFOOMBAY

  2. My Ummmm “Not So Perfect” AALBC Introduction

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

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

    D.E. Eliot,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    D.E. Eliot

  4. BLACK PANTHER meet THE LION.

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

  5. Rolling out the New Website Design

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  6. 24 Extraordinarily Creative People Who Inspire Us All

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 999 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 895 views
    Troy

  8. Living in the Library -- Literally!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 844 views
    Troy

  9. Book Reviews-Questions

    Guest Natonne Elaine Kemp,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  10. Grooming A Generation.

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

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 881 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 3k views
    Troy

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 Unpublished Writers Award and Aspiring Writer Scholarship Available

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 5.9k views
    Troy

  14. A Deeper Love Inside.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  15. Enjoy 2018 Coretta Scott King Award Winning Books for Children

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  16. Act Like an Author, Think Like a Business 2018 Conference

    Guest Joylynn M. Ross,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  17. Nonfiction Book- There Is Something About Edgefield Shining a Light on the Black Community through History, Genealogy & Genetic DNA

    Guest Natonne Elaine Kemp,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  18. New Children's Book Author

    Guest Derrick Washington,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  19. Oprah Picks Tayari Jones Latest, An American Marriage

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  20. Violence In The Lives Of Black Women!

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    harry brown

  21. Authors publisher and budding author conference

    Guest Violetta Joseph,
    • 0 replies
    • 849 views
    Guest
    Guest

  22. You, Me, Us, Them - The Swinger Chronicles

    Nah'Sun,
    • 9 replies
    • 3.2k views
    Troy

  23. Videos Pitching New Books Worth Reading

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 971 views
    Troy

  24. BLACK HISTORY MONTH: GHETTOHEAT STYLE

    HICKSON,
    • 19 replies
    • 4.5k views
    HICKSON

  25. Black Hebrew Awakening.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    harry brown

  26. Conversation with the Author of The Divine Butterfly: Inspiration For The Journey To Your Purpose

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  27. Nation of Flame

    A.J. Williams,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    A.J. Williams

  28. New Novel

    Guest A.J. Williams,
    • 0 replies
    • 999 views
    Guest
    Guest

  29. The Lion of Magdella

    Guest Ben T. Mel,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  30. Contemporary Black Romance

    Guest Taylor Love,
    • 0 replies
    • 893 views
    Guest
    Guest

  31. The Shrine of the Black Madonna's Black Children's Book Festival

    Guest Jinaki Tumpe,
    • 0 replies
    • 789 views
    Guest
    Guest

  32. Crazy Christians!!!

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 979 views
    harry brown

  33. Is “Shithole” Really Such a Profoundly Obscene Word?

    Troy,
    • 12 replies
    • 4.1k views
    Cynique

  34. The Shrine of the Black Madonna's Black Children's Book Festival

    Guest Jinaki Tumpe,
    • 0 replies
    • 756 views
    Guest
    Guest

  35. Uncertain Resurrection.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 871 views
    harry brown

  36. COMING SOON: New Historical Romance Novella

    Guest Suzette D. Harrison,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  37. "Indeed, AALBC.com looks very much like a website from the late 90s"

    Troy,
    • 8 replies
    • 3.7k views
    Troy

  38. The Presumptive Democratic Nominee for POTUS, Oprah's New Book Club Selection

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  39. "Rising Above Statistics: Success Against All Odds". A Book for anyone determined to succeed.

    Guest LaWann Moses,
    • 0 replies
    • 942 views
    Guest
    Guest

  40. 37th annual Florida Antiquarian Book Fair

    Guest Florida Antiquarian Book F,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  41. Living,While Black In Amerikkka.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 852 views
    harry brown

  42. Help! This Website Redesign is Kicking my Butt

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.3k views
    zaji

  43. Looking for a great book for Boys? Enter to Win a Free Copy.

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 910 views
    Troy

  44. New to the Forum

    Guest Anita Wills,
    • 0 replies
    • 941 views
    Guest
    Guest

  45. Practicing Kwanzaa Year Round.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 886 views
    harry brown

  46. Review Request

    Guest Cal Lewis,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  47. When I Think Of Christmas..

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 958 views
    harry brown

  48. Baby Jesus,Like My Brother.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 950 views
    harry brown

  49. Join the #ReadingBlack Movement

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  50. Illusions of Paradise

    Guest Pat McKanic,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Guest
    Guest

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