Must-Read Books by Black Authors

List of the Month
Fevereiro 2021 (see all)
Descrição
A list of must-read books by Black authors from any era. LibraryThing List of the Month February 2021.
1
Kindred
de Octavia E. Butler
8,404 membros
353 resenhas
4.2
18 Members
kbuxton, hipdeep, smcwl, charl08, cwittig, krazy4katz, cbl_tn, souloftherose, elkiedee, ahef1963, dianeham, lisadyson, steller0707, yorgos_str, MommaVee, MelissaEHoyt, Evolved, ridwanope
3
Between the World and Me
de Ta-Nehisi Coates
7,749 membros
368 resenhas
½ 4.4
12 Members
waitingtoderail, rosalita, smcwl, sturlington, LFUMC, tdswjs, R3dH00d, kristilabrie, lisadyson, steller0707, yorgos_str, ridwanope
4
Beloved
de Toni Morrison
22,848 membros
407 resenhas
3.9
10 Members
kbuxton, ablachly, SqueakyChu, kidzdoc, cwittig, susanbooks, LFUMC, ahef1963, elahrairah, FireflyLover
5
The Fire Next Time
de James Baldwin
4,781 membros
132 resenhas
½ 4.4
8 Members
rosalita, kidzdoc, krazy4katz, laruebk, TribalRaine, Michael.Rimmer, MommaVee, mila22,mrswebster
6
Things Fall Apart
de Chinua Achebe
20,663 membros
432 resenhas
3.8
7 Members
jannon, cbl_tn, eronn, linda.newman, mrswebster, elahrairah, arjun_ullas
7
Parable of the Sower
de Octavia E. Butler
8,119 membros
239 resenhas
4.1
6 Members
timspalding, anglemark, elkiedee, TribalRaine, dianeham, ManWithAnAgenda
8
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
de Frederick Douglass
9,256 membros
119 resenhas
4
5 Members
timspalding, jveezer, al.vick, TribalRaine, CharlesTheB
9
Roots
de Alex Haley
6,754 membros
91 resenhas
½ 4.3
5 Members
lowelibrary, fionaanne, joyfulmimi, MommaVee, arjun_ullas
10
Giovanni's Room
de James Baldwin
5,532 membros
126 resenhas
4.2
4 Members
ablachly, SqueakyChu, kidzdoc, MaryJoKennedy
11
Passing
de Nella Larsen
2,711 membros
102 resenhas
3.8
4 Members
jillmwo, reesetee, charl08, jannon
12
Becoming
de Michelle Obama
8,454 membros
341 resenhas
½ 4.4
4 Members
linda.newman, allyrod113, FireflyLover, Cameron_McKinley
13
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
de Maya Angelou
14,816 membros
224 resenhas
4
4 Members
terriks, al.vick, kristilabrie, lowelibrary
14
The Memory of Love
de Aminatta Forna
709 membros
46 resenhas
4
4 Members
kidzdoc, charl08, elkiedee, MaryJoKennedy
15
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
de Bryan Stevenson
4,693 membros
243 resenhas
½ 4.6
3 Members
rosalita, RickSommer, Cameron_McKinley
16
Homegoing
de Yaa Gyasi
5,590 membros
277 resenhas
½ 4.3
3 Members
kbuxton, dudes22, linda.newman
17
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
de Isabel Wilkerson
5,241 membros
183 resenhas
½ 4.4
3 Members
simchaboston, Euryale, MaryJoKennedy
18
The Bluest Eye
de Toni Morrison
13,437 membros
238 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
SqueakyChu, mthespinner, eronn
19
The Fifth Season
de N. K. Jemisin
8,016 membros
364 resenhas
4.2
3 Members
ZiaTroyano, souloftherose, ManWithAnAgenda
20
The Color Purple
de Alice Walker
19,739 membros
336 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
terriks, al.vick, joyfulmimi
21
Invisible Man
de Ralph Ellison
16,180 membros
212 resenhas
4
3 Members
kidzdoc, paradoxosalpha, mattries37315
22
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
de Malcolm X
9,784 membros
124 resenhas
½ 4.3
2 Members
aprille, allyrod113
23
Mumbo Jumbo
de Ishmael Reed
1,030 membros
13 resenhas
3.8
2 Members
paradoxosalpha, tdswjs
24
Native Son
de Richard Wright
7,718 membros
100 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
katemcangus, CharlesTheB
25
Song of Solomon
de Toni Morrison
10,833 membros
124 resenhas
4
2 Members
aprille, megbmore
26
Devil in a Blue Dress
de Walter Mosley
2,590 membros
99 resenhas
3.8
2 Members
mrswebster, CharlesTheB
27
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
de William Kamkwamba
2,514 membros
143 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
mattries37315, Cameron_McKinley
28
How Long 'Til Black Future Month?
de N. K. Jemisin
1,438 membros
50 resenhas
½ 4.3
2 Members
Euryale, ManWithAnAgenda
29
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family
de Annette Gordon-Reed
1,281 membros
33 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
krazy4katz, cbl_tn
30
How to Be an Antiracist
de Ibram X. Kendi
4,070 membros
99 resenhas
4.2
2 Members
linda.newman, GailNyoka
31
Small Island
de Andrea Levy
3,996 membros
140 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
teresakayep, ZiaTroyano
32
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
de Trevor Noah
6,132 membros
361 resenhas
½ 4.4
2 Members
megbmore, linda.newman
33
The Yellow House: A Memoir
de Sarah M. Broom
1,052 membros
41 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
conceptDawg, kidzdoc
34
Go Tell It on the Mountain
de James Baldwin
5,757 membros
112 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
kidzdoc, laruebk
35
White Teeth
de Zadie Smith
13,651 membros
248 resenhas
½ 3.7
2 Members
kidzdoc, allyrod113
36
The Souls of Black Folk
de W. E. B. Du Bois
5,251 membros
69 resenhas
4.2
Member
susanbooks
37
Parable of the Talents
de Octavia E. Butler
3,558 membros
96 resenhas
4.1
Member
anglemark
38
Girl, Woman, Other
de Bernardine Evaristo
3,188 membros
133 resenhas
4.2
Member
SimoneA
39
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
de Roxane Gay
2,233 membros
120 resenhas
4.2
Member
sturlington
40
Citizen: An American Lyric
de Claudia Rankine
2,022 membros
68 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
southernbooklady
41
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
de Carol Anderson
1,268 membros
32 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
teresakayep
42
Brown Girl in the Ring
de Nalo Hopkinson
1,180 membros
53 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
tardis
43
If You Come Softly
de Jacqueline Woodson
1,106 membros
51 resenhas
4
Member
nrmay
44
The Turner House
de Angela Flournoy
985 membros
56 resenhas
3.8
Member
BLBera
45
Erasure
de Percival Everett
907 membros
35 resenhas
4.1
Member
R3dH00d
46
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019
de Ibram X. Kendi
839 membros
22 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
aspirit
47
Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement
de John Lewis
780 membros
13 resenhas
½ 4.5
Member
reesetee
48
A Stranger in Olondria
de Sofia Samatar
739 membros
35 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
rarm
49
Our Nig; or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black
de Harriet E. Wilson
683 membros
7 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
jveezer
50
Blanche on the Lam
de Barbara Neely
494 membros
18 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
benfulton
51
The Broken Earth Trilogy: The Fifth Season, The Obelisk Gate, The Stone Sky
de N. K. Jemisin
397 membros
5 resenhas
½ 4.4
Member
vwinsloe
52
Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor's Reflections on Race and Medicine
de Damon Tweedy
287 membros
17 resenhas
3.9
Member
Bookmarque
53
Waiting 'Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America
de Peniel E. Joseph
232 membros
4 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
kiparsky
54
Bronzeville Boys and Girls
de Gwendolyn Brooks
185 membros
14 resenhas
4.1
Member
rb2040
55
Alex Haley's The Autobiography of Malcolm X
de Anita J. Aboulafia
94 membros
3.9
Member
joyfulmimi
56
Selected Plays and Prose of Amiri Baraka / LeRoi Jones
de Amiri Baraka
20 membros
2
Member
Crypto-Willobie
57
Justice for All: Selected Writings of Lloyd A. Barbee
de Lloyd A Barbee
7 membros
1 resenha
4
Member
books6548
58
The Underground Railroad
de Colson Whitehead
8,933 membros
453 resenhas
4
Member
dudes22
59
Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
de Nelson Mandela
4,869 membros
63 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
aprille
60
The Sellout
de Paul Beatty
3,290 membros
132 resenhas
3.8
Member
tdswjs
61
A Brief History of Seven Killings
de Marlon James
2,867 membros
108 resenhas
3.8
Member
anglemark
62
Transcendent Kingdom
de Yaa Gyasi
2,109 membros
102 resenhas
4
Member
linda.newman
63
All American Boys
de Jason Reynolds
1,858 membros
64 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
nrmay
64
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
de Reni Eddo-Lodge
1,719 membros
54 resenhas
4.2
Member
Michael.Rimmer
65
The Changeling
de Victor LaValle
1,337 membros
77 resenhas
3.8
Member
Euryale
66
Bluebird, Bluebird
de Attica Locke
997 membros
69 resenhas
3.8
Member
mrswebster
67
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
de Heather McGhee
821 membros
18 resenhas
½ 4.5
Member
simchaboston
68
Negroland: A Memoir
de Margo Jefferson
718 membros
30 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
Bookmarque
69
Life on Mars: Poems
de Tracy K. Smith
618 membros
19 resenhas
4.1
Member
hipdeep
70
Binti: The Complete Trilogy
de Nnedi Okorafor
610 membros
17 resenhas
4.2
Member
tardis
71
One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy
de Carol Anderson
416 membros
15 resenhas
½ 4.4
Member
teresakayep
72
Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News
de Kevin Young
342 membros
10 resenhas
½ 3.3
Member
waitingtoderail
73
Halsey Street
de Naima Coster
261 membros
10 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
BLBera
74
One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance
de Nikki Grimes
256 membros
14 resenhas
½ 4.4
Member
megbmore
75
Magic City
de Jewell Parker Rhodes
90 membros
1 resenha
½ 4.4
Member
lowelibrary
76
The Homewood Trilogy
de John Edgar Wideman
86 membros
1 resenha
4
Member
Crypto-Willobie
77
Wrestling with the Devil: A Prison Memoir
de Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
65 membros
3 resenhas
3.9
Member
kristilabrie
78
When Race Becomes Real: Black and White Writers Confront Their Personal Histories
de Bernestine Singley
42 membros
½ 3.5
Member
vwinsloe
Explicações
vwinsloe: Not all of these essays will hit the mark. But a few will remain in your memory forever.
79
Americanah
de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
7,723 membros
296 resenhas
4.2
Member
sturlington
80
Monster
de Walter Dean Myers
5,114 membros
351 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
nrmay
81
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
de Isabel Wilkerson
4,190 membros
163 resenhas
½ 4.4
Member
ablachly
82
Dhalgren
de Samuel R. Delany
3,737 membros
74 resenhas
3.8
Member
paradoxosalpha
83
Akata Witch
de Nnedi Okorafor
2,255 membros
126 resenhas
4
Member
tardis
84
In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose
de Alice Walker
1,399 membros
10 resenhas
4.2
Member
terriks
85
Rosewater
de Tade Thompson
1,212 membros
55 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
souloftherose
86
Freshwater
de Akwaeke Emezi
1,132 membros
50 resenhas
4
Member
Michael.Rimmer
87
The Book of Night Women
de Marlon James
1,067 membros
42 resenhas
½ 4.4
Member
teresakayep
89
Black Moses
de Alain Mabanckou
204 membros
9 resenhas
3.1
Member
kristilabrie
90
The Last Days of Louisiana Red
de Ishmael Reed
137 membros
1 resenha
½ 3.3
Member
Crypto-Willobie
92
On the Real Side
de Mel Watkins
97 membros
½ 4.3
Member
waitingtoderail
93
The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2: Black Girl Magic
de Mahogany L. Browne
96 membros
½ 4.5
Member
susanbooks
Explicações
susanbooks: Some of the best contemporary poetry you'll read and some stunning contributions to Black Lives Matter literature
94
A Promised Land
de Barack Obama
4,587 membros
132 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
kidzdoc
95
Wizard of the Crow
de Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
925 membros
17 resenhas
4.2
Member
kidzdoc
96
Fences
de August Wilson
1,814 membros
18 resenhas
3.8
Member
linda.newman
97
An American Marriage
de Tayari Jones
3,954 membros
256 resenhas
3.9
Member
linda.newman
98
A Portable Paradise
de Roger Robinson
60 membros
2 resenhas
½ 4.7
Member
kidzdoc
99
Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir
de Natasha Trethewey
553 membros
30 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
kidzdoc
100
A Distant Shore
de Caryl Phillips
219 membros
5 resenhas
3.8
Member
kidzdoc