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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. Book Review: Telling It Like It Is: The Remarkable Life Experiences of My Aunt Edna

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  2. Rice & Rocks by Megan Kayleigh Sullivan a Top 100 Recommended African-American Children’s Book

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 827 views
    Troy

  3. Book Review Request Dreams Of Tamar

    Darlene Pryor,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  4. Harriet Tubman_ A Biography.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 722 views
    harry brown

  5. Video of DANIEL BLACK (If you don't enjoy this reading something must be wrong with you)

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 803 views
    Troy

  6. Why is Black Literary Fiction Languishing?

    Chrishayden,
    • 41 replies
    • 14.5k views
    Cynique

  7. The 2016 Brooklyn Book Festival

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  8. Troy at the Kingston Book Festival

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  9. Book Promotion Special Only $99 Today until December 21, 2016

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 760 views
    Troy

  10. Bestselling Books, 100+ Events, and More in our September eNewsletter

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  11. FINDING HEAVEN IN THE DARK

    Guest William L. Ingram,
    • 0 replies
    • 883 views
    Guest
    Guest

  12. Education Advocate Kevin Chavous Has a New Book Out

    Guest mwaizer,
    • 0 replies
    • 710 views
    Guest
    Guest

  13. 10 Books Written by Black Writers Longlisted for 2016 National Book Award

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 973 views
    Troy

  14. Book Review Request: "All the Good Things Around Us" and "May Their Shadows Never Shrink"

    Guest CasemateIPM,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Guest
    Guest

  15. The Bennu Project (Book Review Request)

    Guest Aha Mena,
    • 9 replies
    • 3.9k views
    Aha Mena

  16. Book Review Request - THE WOMAN NEXT DOOR by Yewande Omotoso

    Guest Marlena Brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 896 views
    Guest
    Guest

  17. The Best Selling Books on AALBC.com for July/August 2016

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  18. Online Marketing Services for Authors

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 2.5k views
    Guest
    Guest

  19. AALBC.com is Expanding

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.3k views
    VL Towler

  20. White Man's Disease Labor Day Special

    Dr T,
    • 0 replies
    • 888 views
    Dr T

  21. CHANGE OF HEART: NEVER SAY NEVER..., a powerful new novel examines the damage done to families

    NRM,
    • 1 reply
    • 986 views
    Troy

  22. Review Request: Men Don't Like Ugly, Women Don't Like Broke

    Guest Angela Benson,
    • 11 replies
    • 3.2k views
    Cynique

  23. Book Review Request -- "On Top of the World (Until the Bell Chimes)"

    Guest Chelsea Apple,
    • 0 replies
    • 945 views
    Guest
    Guest

  24. Finding Jet Magazines

    Guest Ben Shelley,
    • 0 replies
    • 772 views
    Guest
    Guest

  25. Underground Railroad,Colson Whitehead.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  26. Links are Better Than "Likes" Thanks Grant Harper Reid

    Troy,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Grant Harper Reid

  27. Are Book Festivals Becoming a Thing of the Past?

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 2k views
    CDBurns

  28. Book It Literary Event Fall/Winter 2016

    Guest Anita Davis aka A.D.,
    • 1 reply
    • 874 views
    Troy

  29. Crime fiction book released

    Guest Nick Knardirell,
    • 0 replies
    • 730 views
    Guest
    Guest

  30. BOOK REVIEW REQUEST - Places In My Heart

    Sheryl,
    • 0 replies
    • 708 views
    Sheryl

  31. Book Review Request: "Nervous Conditions"

    Guest CasemateIPM,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.5k views
    Moody Blue

  32. Seeking a Review of Short Story Collection

    Guest Moody Blue,
    • 0 replies
    • 585 views
    Guest
    Guest

  33. August eNewsletter is out!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 704 views
    Troy

  34. #BlackGirlMagic and Intersectional Feminism in Debut Slave Revolution Novel

    Guest Brooke Obie,
    • 0 replies
    • 739 views
    Guest
    Guest

  35. Christoper D. Burns a Two Time Bestselling Author!

    Troy,
    • 19 replies
    • 3.5k views
    Troy

  36. Seeking book review for my children's book

    ARTBooks4Kids,
    • 0 replies
    • 747 views
    ARTBooks4Kids

  37. Oprah's Latest Book Club Pick

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  38. Children's Book Good Touch Bad Touch: How to Tell the Difference

    Guest Simone Blanchard,
    • 0 replies
    • 855 views
    Guest
    Guest

  39. The Independent Author Expo

    Guest Nick Knardirell,
    • 0 replies
    • 718 views
    Guest
    Guest

  40. A Great Read for the Man in Your Life...

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 791 views
    Troy

  41. Book Review Request

    Guest JB Smiley Jr.,
    • 1 reply
    • 907 views
    SmileySpeaks

  42. Book Review Request: "Daddy's Bedtime Adventures"

    Guest Kida Brino,
    • 2 replies
    • 1k views
    KIDA BRINO

  43. The March Trilogy, Great Graphic Novels Will Definitely Appeal to Young Men

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 757 views
    Troy

  44. Netflix Releases Luke Cage (of Marvel Comics) Movie Trailer

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  45. Black Lives Matter

    Ray Hollar-Gregory,
    • 10 replies
    • 2.6k views
    Cynique

  46. The Top 100 Publisher Imprints Selling Black Books

    Troy,
    • 4 replies
    • 2.7k views
    Troy

  47. 2016 Phillis Wheatley Award Finalists Announced

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

  48. Secrets on Tobacco Road (Historical Fiction)

    Guest Danielle Siler,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  49. U.S. book Publishing Generated $27.78B in Revenue

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 943 views
    Troy

  50. The Power List Bestsellers Can't Replace Essence's List

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

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