Books by black authors

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

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

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Going abroad — whether for an academic semester or because you just feel like it, dammit — is an experience that can change the course of your life (or at least should, if you do it correctly). There's so much to see, so much to experience, so many…

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…

From timeless nonfiction by W.E.B. Du Bois to iconic fiction from Zora Neale Hurston to a modern classic from Octavia Butler.

From timeless nonfiction by W.E.B. Du Bois to iconic fiction from Zora Neale Hurston to a modern classic from Octavia Butler.

After breaking up with her long-term boyfriend, 25-year-old Jamaican-British Queenie Jenkins tries a new approach to life. But, it results in a slew of bad decisions that forces her to reevaluate her life and take a deeper look at the issues surrounding her, including self-esteem, anxiety, racism, and more.Promising review: "This is a very realistic look at self-esteem, particularly for young women, and for women of color, but I believe for all women. We can all identify with some of the…

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