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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. Children of the Quicksands from Efua Traore

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    richardmurray

  2. Salvation Song

    LydiaE,
    • 0 replies
    • 871 views
    LydiaE

  3. BOOK REVIEW - Little Lady Rose

    Guest Tamar Grigsby,
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    • 870 views
    Guest
    Guest

  4. Please consider reviewing Civil Rights Baby

    Guest Nita Wiggins,
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    • 870 views
    Guest
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  5. Welcome to Death Row

    Troy,
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    • 870 views
    Troy

  6. Can't Get It Right But Trying

    Guest M.L.Ginn,
    • 1 reply
    • 869 views
    Mel Hopkins

  7. One. Night. Eric. Jerome. Dickey .

    harry brown,
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    • 869 views
    harry brown

  8. Avid Reader Looking for the Title of Book

    Troy,
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    • 868 views
    Troy

  9. EXCERPT: DON'T TAKE ME ALIVE

    Gibran,
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    • 868 views
    Gibran

  10. For Review - Mirrors of Life: What is your life in the mirror?

    Neal Owens,
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    • 868 views
    Neal Owens

  11. On. Juneteenth

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 867 views
    Guest
    Guest

  12. 35th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth: History of Storer College

    Troy,
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    • 867 views
    Troy

  13. Media Must Educate and Inform on Things that Matter

    Troy,
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    • 867 views
    Troy

  14. Come to The Twelfth National Black Writers Conference

    Troy,
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    • 866 views
    Troy

  15. Book Review Request: I AM YOU by Osamase Ekhator

    Osamase Ekhator,
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    • 866 views
    Osamase Ekhator

  16. Surviving, Healing and Evolving: Essays of Love, Healing, Compassion, and Affirmation for Black People

    Guest Dr. Rhonda Sherrod,
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    • 866 views
    Guest
    Guest

  17. The Gospel According to a Black Woman

    Guest Ebony Adedayo,
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    • 866 views
    Guest
    Guest

  18. Why Young,Men.

    harry brown,
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    • 866 views
    harry brown

  19. Book Review Request: Residue: Surviving and Overcoming the Stains of Generational Curses and Soul Ties

    Guest Debbie L. London,
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    • 865 views
    Guest
    Guest

  20. Young, Black, Talented, and Alone

    Guest Nathan Alexander,
    • 1 reply
    • 865 views
    Troy

  21. Second Kiss by Milton J. Davis

    Milton,
    • 4 replies
    • 865 views
    Troy

  22. The 2015 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Winning Books

    Troy,
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    • 864 views
    Troy

  23. Ruby. Bridges. Books

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 864 views
    Troy

  24. The. Mamba Mentality .

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 864 views
    Troy

  25. Review Request

    Guest R.S. Basi,
    • 0 replies
    • 864 views
    Guest
    Guest

  26. Why I Walked Away From A Career In The WNBA

    Slaise,
    • 0 replies
    • 864 views
    Slaise

  27. Best First Sentence Contest! + more

    richardmurray,
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    • 864 views
    richardmurray

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

    Guest Marlena Brown,
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    • 864 views
    Guest
    Guest

  29. My 2022 Art Summary

    richardmurray,
    • 2 replies
    • 863 views
    richardmurray

  30. If You are who I think you are, it should scare all of us

    aMhayes,
    • 2 replies
    • 863 views
    richardmurray

  31. The Long Walk Steamfunk E-Book Special

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 863 views
    Milton

  32. AALBC Bestselling Books December 2019

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 862 views
    Troy

  33. Fire. Next. Time.

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 862 views
    Maurice

  34. From Here to Timbuktu: A Steamfunk Adventure!

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 862 views
    Milton

  35. Nas Shout Outs AALBC Bestseller, Harlem Godfather

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 862 views
    Troy

  36. Baby Girl

    Guest Alvin Dunston,
    • 0 replies
    • 862 views
    Guest
    Guest

  37. Our Bestselling Books for April 2019

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 862 views
    Delano

  38. Dr. Marvellus Djinn's Odd Scholars: A YA Historical Fantasy Adventure!

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 862 views
    Milton

  39. Week 3 of Kobo sale, Loctober poll, Labor Rights and Twilight Zone, Evangelical Childrens book : RMNewsletter 4th Version September 21st 2025

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 861 views
    richardmurray

  40. Book review request

    Guest William Davis,
    • 0 replies
    • 861 views
    Guest
    Guest

  41. FOR REVIEW: 3 nonfiction books about Black history from Black authors

    Guest Joe Walters,
    • 1 reply
    • 861 views
    Troy

  42. Aretha! From. The. Roots.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 861 views
    harry brown

  43. The Alchemists of Kush by Minister Faust

    Milton,
    • 1 reply
    • 861 views
    richardmurray

  44. New Voices from Lee and Low

    richardmurray,
    • 2 replies
    • 860 views
    richardmurray

  45. John S. Mbiti Book Provides an African Centered Understanding of Religion

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 859 views
    Troy

  46. I Met Two Sexual Predators One Evening (or Power Corrupts)

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 858 views
    Troy

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

    Troy,
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    • 858 views
    Troy

  48. Interested in Book Review! Virginia Slavery and King Salt in Booker T. Washington's Boyhood Home

    Guest Larry L. Rowe,
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    • 858 views
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  49. Kat WIlliams Drops Knowledge

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 857 views
    Troy

  50. Coming to Am*zon in September Book Five in the whileBlack Chronicles'

    alvinMhaye,
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    • 857 views
    alvinMhaye

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