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The Kid Summary
Immersive
The Kid
by Sapphire 2003 374 pages
2.70
2k+ ratings
Novels
Contemporary
African American
The Secret World of Maggie Grey Summary
Immersive
The Secret World of Maggie Grey
by Granger 2024 450 pages
4.44
10k+ ratings
Fantasy
Paranormal
Vampires
Kin Summary
Immersive
Kin
by Tayari Jones 2026 368 pages
4.29
21k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Book Club
The Seven Daughters of Dupree Summary
Immersive
The Seven Daughters of Dupree
by Nikesha Elise Williams 2026 336 pages
4.08
5k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Literary Fiction
The Cartel Summary
The Cartel
by Ashley Antoinette 2009 278 pages
4.54
11k+ ratings
Urban
Crime
African American
Native Son Summary
Native Son
by Richard Wright 1940 504 pages
4.04
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
African American
The Spook Who Sat by the Door Summary
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
by Sam Greenlee 1969 256 pages
4.34
3k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Race
Classics
Sula Summary
Sula
by Toni Morrison 1973 174 pages
4.06
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
The House of Eve Summary
The House of Eve
by Sadeqa Johnson 2023 384 pages
4.25
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Message to the Blackman in America Summary
Message to the Blackman in America
by Elijah Muhammad 1965 386 pages
4.45
500+ ratings
History
Religion
Islam
Roots Summary
Roots
The Saga of an American Family
by Alex Haley 1976 729 pages
4.45
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Historical
Invisible Man Summary
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison 1952 581 pages
3.92
200k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
If You Come Softly Summary
If You Come Softly
by Jacqueline Woodson 1998 181 pages
4.03
12k+ ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Contemporary
Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge Summary
Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge
George and Martha Washington's Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away; Young Readers Edition
by Erica Armstrong Dunbar 2019 273 pages
3.97
1k+ ratings
History
Biography
Middle Grade
Sing, Unburied, Sing Summary
Sing, Unburied, Sing
by Jesmyn Ward 2017 285 pages
4.00
100k+ ratings
Book Club
Magical Realism
Contemporary
Lose Your Mother Summary
Lose Your Mother
A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route
by Saidiya Hartman 2007 288 pages
4.29
2k+ ratings
History
Memoir
Race
Go Tell It on the Mountain Summary
Go Tell It on the Mountain
by James Baldwin 1953 256 pages
4.06
83k+ ratings
Classics
African American
Race
Bad Boy Summary
Bad Boy
A Memoir
by Walter Dean Myers 2001 240 pages
3.73
3k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
African American
Take My Hand Summary
Take My Hand
by Dolen Perkins-Valdez 2022 368 pages
4.36
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
The Grift Summary
The Grift
The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans from the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump
by Clay Cane 2024 400 pages
4.31
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Race
Malcolm X Summary
Malcolm X
A Life of Reinvention
by Manning Marable 2011 608 pages
4.19
20k+ ratings
Biography
History
Race
Los escorpiones Summary
Los escorpiones
by Walter Dean Myers 1998
3.80
2k+ ratings
Young Adult
Realistic Fiction
African American
Money Hungry Summary
Money Hungry
by Sharon G. Flake 2001 188 pages
4.10
4k+ ratings
Young Adult
Realistic Fiction
African American
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Summary
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
by August Wilson 1984 111 pages
4.00
4k+ ratings
Plays
Drama
Historical Fiction
Their Eyes Were Watching God Summary
Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Zora Neale Hurston 1937 238 pages
3.99
300k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
School
Harlem Rhapsody Summary
Harlem Rhapsody
by Victoria Christopher Murray 2025 400 pages
4.07
9k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
African American
Value in the Valley Summary
Value in the Valley
A Black Woman's Guide through Life's Dilemmas
by Iylanla Vanzant 1995 320 pages
4.44
500+ ratings
Self Help
Inspirational
Spirituality
The Beautiful Struggle Summary
The Beautiful Struggle
by Ta-Nehisi Coates 2008 240 pages
4.08
11k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Race
Happy Land Summary
Happy Land
by Dolen Perkins-Valdez 2025 368 pages
4.25
9k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Book Club
The Mis-Education of the Negro Summary
The Mis-Education of the Negro
by Carter G. Woodson 1933 162 pages
4.49
10k+ ratings
History
Education
Race
The Heart of a Woman Summary
The Heart of a Woman
by Maya Angelou 2009 352 pages
4.23
25k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
Between Barack and a Hard Place Summary
Between Barack and a Hard Place
Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama
by Tim Wise 2009 159 pages
4.14
500+ ratings
Race
Politics
Social Justice
A Moment of Silence Summary
A Moment of Silence
by Sister Souljah 2015 544 pages
4.32
1k+ ratings
Urban
Romance
African American
Amity Summary
Amity
by Nathan Harris 2025 320 pages
3.79
3k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
African American
In Search of The Color Purple Summary
In Search of The Color Purple
The Story of an American Masterpiece
by Salamishah Tillet 2021 223 pages
4.21
220 ratings
History
Books About Books
Memoir
Nobody Knows My Name Summary
Nobody Knows My Name
by James Baldwin 1961 242 pages
4.36
4k+ ratings
Essays
Race
Classics
Song of Solomon Summary
Song of Solomon
by Toni Morrison 1977 338 pages
4.16
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
Nervous Summary
Nervous
by Zane 2003 282 pages
4.41
10k+ ratings
Erotica
Romance
African American
G-Spot Summary
G-Spot
An Urban Erotic Tale
by Noire 2005 320 pages
4.42
8k+ ratings
Erotica
Urban
African American
How to Be Black Summary
How to Be Black
by Baratunde R. Thurston 2012 254 pages
3.90
8k+ ratings
Humor
Memoir
Race
The Skin I'm In Summary
The Skin I'm In
by Sharon G. Flake 1998 176 pages
4.16
17k+ ratings
Young Adult
Realistic Fiction
Middle Grade
Young, Gifted, and Black Summary
Young, Gifted, and Black
Promoting High Achievement among African-American Students
by Theresa Perry 2003 196 pages
4.04
322 ratings
Education
African American
Social Justice
Fire Shut Up in My Bones Summary
Fire Shut Up in My Bones
A Memoir
by Charles M. Blow 2014 228 pages
4.01
4k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
African American
Up from Slavery Summary
Up from Slavery
by Booker T. Washington 1900 224 pages
4.11
36k+ ratings
History
Biography
Classics
Dans la peau d'un Noir Summary
Dans la peau d'un Noir
by John Howard Griffin 1961 256 pages
4.11
69k+ ratings
History
Memoir
Classics
Mare's War Summary
Mare's War
by Tanita S. Davis 2009 352 pages
3.84
1k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
The Next Big Story Summary
The Next Big Story
My Journey Through the Land of Possibilities
by Soledad O'Brien 2010 334 pages
3.70
239 ratings
Biography
Memoir
African American
Ethic 3 Summary
Ethic 3
by Ashley Antoinette 2018 264 pages
4.54
5k+ ratings
Romance
Urban
Grief
Shout, Sister, Shout! Summary
Shout, Sister, Shout!
The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe
by Gayle Wald 2007 264 pages
4.05
356 ratings
Music
Biography
History
Wench Summary
Wench
by Dolen Perkins-Valdez 2010 290 pages
3.74
18k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
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