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African American160
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Historical Romance22
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African American160
Historical160
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Fiction108
History, Politics & Society65
Young Adult & Children63
Formats56
History42
Non-Fiction32

Historical Romance22

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Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Alex Haley
4.45 average rating, · 166k ratings
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The Book of Negroes
Lawrence Hill
4.47 average rating, · 92.7k ratings
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Yellow Wife
Sadeqa Johnson
4.44 average rating, · 94.1k ratings
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Take My Hand
Dolen Perkins-Valdez
4.35 average rating, · 115.7k ratings
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The House of Eve
Sadeqa Johnson
4.25 average rating, · 143.1k ratings
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Yellow Crocus
Laila Ibrahim
4.35 average rating, · 86.6k ratings
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The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
4.50 average rating, · 43.6k ratings
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Kin
Tayari Jones
4.24 average rating, · 56.5k ratings
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Chains
Laurie Halse Anderson
4.10 average rating, · 59.7k ratings
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Cane River
Lalita Tademy
4.08 average rating, · 50.8k ratings
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Mustard Seed
Laila Ibrahim
4.29 average rating, · 28k ratings
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Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad
Ellen Levine
4.49 average rating, · 16.8k ratings
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The Darkest Child
Delores Phillips
4.38 average rating, · 18.3k ratings
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Copper Sun
Sharon M. Draper
4.36 average rating, · 17.4k ratings
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The Book of Night Women
Marlon James
4.37 average rating, · 15.4k ratings
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Burn Down Master's House
Clay Cane
4.36 average rating, · 15.4k ratings
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Wild, Beautiful, and Free
Sophfronia Scott
4.30 average rating, · 13.5k ratings
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Golden Poppies
Laila Ibrahim
4.12 average rating, · 17k ratings
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Perfect Peace
Daniel Black
4.34 average rating, · 11.8k ratings
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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Ernest J. Gaines
4.17 average rating, · 14.3k ratings
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Happy Land
Dolen Perkins-Valdez
4.24 average rating, · 11.4k ratings
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Sugar
Bernice L. McFadden
4.28 average rating, · 10.8k ratings
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Mrs. Wiggins
Mary Monroe
4.21 average rating, · 10.3k ratings
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Harlem Rhapsody
Victoria Christopher Murray
4.06 average rating, · 10.3k ratings
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