Books by black authors

Ready to diversify your reading list? These highly-rated books by Black authors (courtesy of Goodreads) should be added ASAP.

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Take a long, hard look at your bookshelves. Does your collection properly represent the diversity of our world today? Specifically, how many books by black authors do you own? If...Read More

An absurdist, afro-surreal, magical realism story featuring a neuridivergent Black woman trying to make it "by any magical means necessary"

ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley Queenie, the title character in Candice Carty-Williams’ novel, is a 25-year old Jamaican British woman who’s going through a messy breakup with her white boyfriend. She’s dealing with it in some pretty self-destructive ways and barely holding on to her job as she struggles with the emotional turmoil. For obvious reasons, it’s been described as “Bridget Jones meet Americanah,” but in reality Queenie’s problems are more complicated than the number of…

It takes tremendous grit and courage to write something and put it out in the world. It takes even more courage to do so if you are discriminated against on basis your race or the colour of your sk…

Lifestyle blogger, Jewel Hazelton shares 9 books to read this summer written by black female authors.

Discover the must-read YA books hitting shelves in summer 2024! From fantasy to romance to mystery, these covers will draw you in and keep you hooked.

Read 348 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. The founder of Latina Rebels’ “electrifying debut” ( LA Times ) arms women of color with t…