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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. Muscadine Wine: A Short Story Collection

    Milton,
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views
    richardmurray

  2. Request for review

    Biff Barnes,
    • 0 replies
    • 729 views
    Biff Barnes

  3. The 37th edition of the 2024 Richard Murray Newsletter.

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 477 views
    richardmurray

  4. Machines Stories series is now complete

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 251 views
    richardmurray

  5. Exclusive Interview: Steve Harvey and Bishop Eddie Long

    careycarey,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.9k views
    Linda Chavis

  6. DAMON "AMIN" MEADOWS: URBAN LIT WITH A TWIST!

    HICKSON,
    • 2 replies
    • 3.6k views
    HICKSON

  7. AALBC.com Mourns Passing of Nigerian Novelist Chinua Achebe

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.2k views
    Troy

  8. African American Literary Tea--THE WRITE STUFF

    Guest Sheila Morris,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  9. Black Book Websites Need Love More Than Ever

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 4.5k views
    Troy

  10. Book review request

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

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

    Guest Larry L. Rowe,
    • 0 replies
    • 905 views
    Guest
    Guest

  12. AALBC Mourns the Passing of B. Smith

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  13. Can You Feel The Excitement? Winners to Be Announced Soon

    daniellegfny,
    • 1 reply
    • 851 views
    Troy

  14. The Promotion

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 307 views
    richardmurray

  15. #MAKINGBELIEVERS

    Greg Thomas,
    • 0 replies
    • 188 views
    Greg Thomas

  16. Speculative Fiction

    jmasseysr,
    • 4 replies
    • 3.8k views
    jmasseysr

  17. A great ad position available in next AALBC.com eNewsletter

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.2k views
    Troy

  18. The Root of All Evil. 1st Chapter

    alidawriter,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    alidawriter

  19. The Bestselling E-books of 2012

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.7k views
    Nah'Sun

  20. HOW TO SOLVE 99 PERCENT OF LIFES PROBLEMS BY DONALD R MCKENNEY

    Guest DONALD R MCKENNEY,
    • 0 replies
    • 852 views
    Guest
    Guest

  21. Lessons From A Gathering Of Men ~ How Mens Work Is Redefining Masculinity And Improving Mens Lives

    Guest Michael Taylor,
    • 8 replies
    • 2k views
    Coach Michael Taylor

  22. GHETTOHEAT PRODUCTIONS

    HICKSON,
    • 4 replies
    • 2k views
    HICKSON

  23. NORTH JERSEY LITERARY FESTIVAL

    Guest CHANELLE ALEXANDRIA,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.4k views
    njlitfestival

  24. The Emancipation of Evan Walls

    Guest Jeffrey Blount,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Guest
    Guest

  25. Tonya Bolden Three Book Deal

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  26. Authors and Illustrators Who Passed Away in 2021

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 5.9k views
    Troy

  27. Top Ten Reasons Why African American Bookstores Are Closing

    Troy,
    • 39 replies
    • 11.7k views
    HICKSON

  28. My last post

    alidawriter,
    • 7 replies
    • 3.1k views
    Anonymous

  29. The House by the Side of the Road: The Selma Civil Rights Movement

    anika99,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.9k views
    anika99

  30. Titus Joseph uses mirror image symmetry to explain existence

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Troy

  31. Remember: When people tell you something's wrong...

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 930 views
    Troy

  32. Part Three: Diversity is Not Racism, The Difficult Road through Publication for Three Mermaid Sisters

    Shirley Gale,
    • 0 replies
    • 902 views
    Shirley Gale

  33. Book It Literary Event Fall/Winter 2016

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

  34. REVIEW REQUEST: The Perceptionist by Mo'Reese Madu

    Guest Ashley Lindsay,
    • 0 replies
    • 786 views
    Guest
    Guest

  35. Mystery, Murder & Mayhem Featuring Walter Mosley and Others

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  36. I'll. Be. There. My. Life. With. The. Four. Tops .

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    harry brown

  37. History. Of Rap. Hip. Hop. Music. ,Chuck. D ...

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 848 views
    harry brown

  38. RMnewsletter 5th version 05102026

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 137 views
    richardmurray

  39. AUTHORS: A great advertising deal on AALBC.com!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Troy

  40. Have anyone heard of a book called Coal by J.Jason Grant

    anika99,
    • 27 replies
    • 20.2k views
    Troy

  41. Obama Schoolmate Charisse Carney-Nunes of The Book Look featured ‏

    TheBookLook,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.6k views
    TheBookLook

  42. Power List of Best-Selling African-American Books Releases Winter 2014 List

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  43. The Two Bestselling Books on Amazon...

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.6k views
    CDBurns

  44. Writers of colour pander to the white woman

    Troy,
    • 28 replies
    • 7.3k views
    Cynique

  45. BOOK REVIEW REQUEST - Tales of the Astonishing B̶l̶a̶c̶k̶ Spark

    Guest Charlie J. Eskew,
    • 0 replies
    • 843 views
    Guest
    Guest

  46. A Long Stroll - For Review

    Guest Ab Mbiaasu,
    • 0 replies
    • 813 views
    Guest
    Guest

  47. Black Writers Nominated for National Book Awards

    Troy,
    • 7 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Troy

  48. Man. Who. Lived. Underground. Richard. Wright.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 724 views
    harry brown

  49. Fat Ham, by James Ijames Wins 2022 Pulitzer for Drama!

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 2.1k views
    Elwand25

  50. More Black Children’s Books Than Ever!

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 757 views
    Troy

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