The 29 Best Black History Novels by Black Writers

Celebrate Black History Month with historical fiction from Black voices.

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Libertie
3.3
The Prophets
4
Beloved
4
Yellow Wife
4.5
The Good Lord Bird
4.1
The Nickel Boys (Winner 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
4.1
The Vanishing Half
4.4
The Sweetness of Water (Oprah's Book Club)
4
When Stars Rain Down
4.3
Book of the Little Axe
4
The Water Dancer
4.2
In West Mills
3.9
The Last Thing You Surrender
4.6
Unforgivable Love
Homegoing
4.4
The Book of Harlan
3.9
Jam on the Vine
4.1
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
3.5
Wench
3.7
The Great Mrs. Elias
Their Eyes Were Watching God
4.2
The Rib King
3.6
Conjure Women
4
Lazaretto
3.6
The Secret of Magic
A Lesson Before Dying
4.2
The Known World
3.9
Roots
4.5
Grace

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