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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. GHETTOHEAT: BROTHERS BEHIND BARS

    HICKSON,
    • 1 reply
    • 3.2k views
    HICKSON

  2. Book Review Request - Trazer

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

  3. Book Review Request: Nightmare Detective by Monk Inyang

    Monk,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Monk

  4. Testament. Of Hope. Dr. Martin. Luther. King.

    harry brown,
    • 0 replies
    • 778 views
    harry brown

  5. Book Review Request - Understanding the Far-Reaching Global Impact of the World Racial Order

    Guest Sterlin Williams,
    • 1 reply
    • 943 views
    Troy

  6. The Art of Overstanding

    Guest Cornelius,
    • 0 replies
    • 843 views
    Guest
    Guest

  7. Editorial Letter from Toni Morrison to Lucille Clifton

    Troy,
    • 4 replies
    • 2.2k views
    Troy

  8. {Book for review consideration} Celebrating Black "Hair"itage through "Afro Fest"!

    Javanna,
    • 0 replies
    • 533 views
    Javanna

  9. RMNewsletter 5th 07122026

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 120 views
    richardmurray

  10. The Blackstone Project

    Guest Al Rem,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Guest
    Guest

  11. GOD CREATED MAN: AND GOD CREATED WOMAN!

    HICKSON,
    • 13 replies
    • 6.5k views
    ironsmith

  12. Hello Everyone

    Cheryl Taylor,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.7k views
    Cheryl Taylor

  13. Get Cash for Your Used Books

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2k views
    Troy

  14. EXCERPT FROM THICKNESS: A GHETTOHEAT PRODUCTION!

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.2k views
    HICKSON

  15. Book Review Request Dreams Of Tamar

    Darlene Pryor,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  16. African bookstore celebrates 25 Years in Business and the life of Anthony Horatio

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.4k views
    Troy

  17. “Uninformed men make unsafe leaders.”

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  18. N. K. Jemisin the Only Writer to Win 3 Best Novel Hugo Awards in Consecutive Years

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  19. Book Review Request - Understanding the Far-Reaching Global Impact of the World Racial Order

    Guest Sterlin Williams,
    • 0 replies
    • 674 views
    Guest
    Guest

  20. Call for Literary Submission - 51st NAACP Image Awards

    Troy,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views
    Troy

  21. If you are interested in works written by black people who speak french

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 688 views
    richardmurray

  22. Searching For. Whitopia Rich. Benjamin

    harry brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 857 views
    Troy

  23. The USA has a birthday coming up  : RMNewsletter 4th Version November 23rd 2025

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 265 views
    richardmurray

  24. OPRAH biography review by Kam Williams

    Chrishayden,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.9k views
    Chrishayden

  25. Book Look Extra-Michael Beckwith, Max Rodriguez, Harlem Book Fair

    TheBookLook,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.5k views
    TheBookLook

  26. Amazon's Top 100 Free eBooks

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 5.3k views
    tricia_miller

  27. Hickson -- PLEASE Stop!

    admin,
    • 20 replies
    • 5.7k views
    HICKSON

  28. Looking for feedback on Events Listing

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 814 views
    CDBurns

  29. Great New Books, Bestsellers and More! (newsletter 5/31/16)

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 860 views
    Cynique

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

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 819 views
    Troy

  31. Connie "Cynique" Divers with the You Go Girl Bookclub

    Troy,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Cynique

  32. Authors, of African descent, who've made the New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2017

    Troy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Neale Sourna

  33. Recommend a credible romance ghostwriter

    Rob Stinson,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views
    Troy

  34. Nurse Anesthetist Writes a Magical Book to Help Kids Overcome Their Fear of Surgery

    Guest Sydluv,
    • 0 replies
    • 759 views
    Guest
    Guest

  35. Black author seeking review

    Guest Anton Morris,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views
    Guest
    Guest

  36. Dr. Marvellus Djinn's Odd Scholars

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 776 views
    Milton

  37. Amber and The Hidden City Hardback Special!

    Milton,
    • 0 replies
    • 816 views
    Milton

  38. AALBC Raffle: Win a Deluxe Signed Edition of President Obama’s A Promised Land

    Troy,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.8k views
    Troy

  39. Writing Opportunity Fiyah Lit

    richardmurray,
    • 2 replies
    • 939 views
    richardmurray

  40. 2nd edition of the 2024 Richard Murray Newsletter.

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 539 views
    richardmurray

  41.  The 22nd edition of the 2024 Richard Murray Newsletter

    richardmurray,
    • 0 replies
    • 553 views
    richardmurray

  42. History and old men, is there a relationship there?

    Thumper,
    • 4 replies
    • 3k views
    Thumper

  43. And Now--A Little Love Injection from GOD

    Chrishayden,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Chrishayden

  44. A GHETTOHEAT® WAVE IS RISIN…

    HICKSON,
    • 0 replies
    • 7.7k views
    HICKSON

  45. "The Classroom and The Cell: Conversations on Black Life in America"

    Waterstar,
    • 2 replies
    • 2k views
    Waterstar

  46. Phoebe Beasley collaboration with Maya Angelou on several serigraphs from poems by Langston Hughes

    admin,
    • 0 replies
    • 3.2k views
    admin

  47. BLACK POLITICIANS BEHIND BARS/

    harry brown,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.5k views
    Troy

  48. 15th Day of #BlackHistoryMonth Black Issues Book Review

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 1k views
    Troy

  49. New Novel About First Black Woman to Graduate from Vassar

    Troy,
    • 0 replies
    • 2k views
    Troy

  50. Requesting Book Review Consideration for Confused Spice

    Guest Mathis Bailey,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.3k views
    Guest
    Guest

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