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one		The Color Imperial by Alice Walker 4.24 avg rating — 587,004 ratings score: 26,808, and 274 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of five stars2 of 5 stars3 of five stars4 of 5 stars5 of v stars
2		Their Eyes Were Watching God past Zora Neale Hurston 3.96 avg rating — 297,380 ratings score: 25,055, and 257 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Charge per unit this book Articulate rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of five stars5 of v stars
3		The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X four.33 avg rating — 238,713 ratings score: nineteen,507, and 200 people voted	Error rating volume. Refresh and try over again. Rate this book Articulate rating i of v stars2 of 5 stars3 of five stars4 of 5 stars5 of five stars
iv		Beloved by Toni Morrison 3.91 avg rating — 369,167 ratings score: 19,220, and 197 people voted	Fault rating book. Refresh and try over again. Rate this volume Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
five		Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison 3.xc avg rating — 169,675 ratings score: 16,502, and 170 people voted	Error rating volume. Refresh and try over again. Rate this volume Clear rating i of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of five stars4 of 5 stars5 of v stars
6		I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou'southward Autobiography, #1) by Maya Angelou iv.27 avg rating — 466,207 ratings score: 14,714, and 153 people voted	Error rating volume. Refresh and attempt again. Rate this volume Articulate rating i of 5 stars2 of five stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
vii		The Bluest Heart by Toni Morrison 4.09 avg rating — 202,594 ratings score: xiii,778, and 145 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of v stars
8		Native Son by Richard Wright 4.01 avg rating — 93,467 ratings score: eleven,564, and 122 people voted	Fault rating book. Refresh and try once more. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of five stars2 of 5 stars3 of v stars4 of 5 stars5 of v stars
9		Kindred by Octavia E. Butler 4.28 avg rating — 139,851 ratings score: 11,546, and 122 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Articulate rating i of five stars2 of 5 stars3 of v stars4 of five stars5 of 5 stars
10		A Raisin in the Lord's day past Lorraine Hansberry three.84 avg rating — 78,916 ratings score: ix,345, and 99 people voted	Fault rating book. Refresh and attempt again. Charge per unit this volume Clear rating ane of 5 stars2 of five stars3 of five stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
xi		Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison 4.11 avg rating — 96,874 ratings score: 9,107, and 97 people voted	Mistake rating book. Refresh and try over again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of v stars2 of 5 stars3 of five stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
12		Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass 4.07 avg rating — 109,024 ratings score: 8,508, and 91 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this volume Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of v stars
xiii		The Aid by Kathryn Stockett (Goodreads Writer) iv.46 avg rating — 2,417,323 ratings score: 7,472, and 79 people voted	Error rating volume. Refresh and try once again. Rate this book Articulate rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of v stars5 of 5 stars
xiv		Black Boy by Richard Wright 4.07 avg rating — fifty,804 ratings score: 7,180, and 78 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try over again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of v stars4 of five stars5 of 5 stars
15		The Souls of Black Folk past West.E.B. Du Bois four.29 avg rating — 39,394 ratings score: vi,960, and 74 people voted	Mistake rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
xvi		Roots: The Saga of an American Family unit by Alex Haley 4.43 avg rating — 154,420 ratings score: 6,896, and 74 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and endeavor again. Charge per unit this book Clear rating 1 of v stars2 of 5 stars3 of v stars4 of 5 stars5 of v stars
17		Sula by Toni Morrison 3.98 avg rating — 76,613 ratings score: half dozen,318, and 69 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and endeavor again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
18		The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor 4.xviii avg rating — xix,370 ratings score: half dozen,228, and 69 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and effort again. Charge per unit this volume Clear rating i of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of five stars5 of 5 stars
nineteen		The Fire Adjacent Fourth dimension by James Baldwin 4.53 avg rating — 81,157 ratings score: 5,981, and 65 people voted	Mistake rating book. Refresh and attempt over again. Rate this volume Clear rating one of v stars2 of 5 stars3 of five stars4 of five stars5 of v stars
xx		A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines 3.97 avg rating — 54,505 ratings score: five,937, and 65 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating one of five stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of five stars5 of 5 stars
21		The Collected Poems by Langston Hughes 4.35 avg rating — 16,967 ratings score: five,784, and 63 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try over again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of five stars5 of 5 stars
22		Push by Sapphire (Goodreads Author) three.85 avg rating — 50,267 ratings score: five,650, and 62 people voted	Error rating volume. Refresh and try once again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of v stars4 of v stars5 of 5 stars
23		The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (Goodreads Author) four.07 avg rating — 1,194,820 ratings score: 5,379, and 58 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and endeavor again. Charge per unit this book Clear rating ane of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of five stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
24		Ringlet of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4) past Mildred D. Taylor 3.86 avg rating — 118,672 ratings score: 5,289, and 57 people voted	Error rating volume. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Articulate rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of v stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
25		Go Tell Information technology on the Mountain by James Baldwin 4.02 avg rating — 58,668 ratings score: v,179, and 57 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try over again. Rate this volume Clear rating one of five stars2 of five stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of five stars
26		The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah 4.47 avg rating — 35,215 ratings score: iv,617, and 49 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and attempt again. Charge per unit this volume Clear rating i of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of v stars5 of 5 stars
27		Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur 4.57 avg rating — 22,500 ratings score: 3,841, and 41 people voted	Mistake rating book. Refresh and attempt again. Rate this book Clear rating ane of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of five stars
28		Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington 4.07 avg rating — 30,732 ratings score: 3,776, and 42 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and attempt again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of five stars2 of 5 stars3 of five stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
29		Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs 4.11 avg rating — 48,830 ratings score: 3,637, and 43 people voted	Error rating volume. Refresh and endeavour once again. Rate this book Clear rating i of five stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of v stars5 of 5 stars
xxx		Passing by Nella Larsen 3.93 avg rating — 42,928 ratings score: 3,611, and 39 people voted	Error rating volume. Refresh and endeavour again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of five stars2 of 5 stars3 of v stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
31		Betwixt the World and Me past Ta-Nehisi Coates 4.twoscore avg rating — 292,984 ratings score: three,484, and 39 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Articulate rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
32		Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) by Octavia Due east. Butler 4.xx avg rating — 103,362 ratings score: iii,483, and twoscore people voted	Fault rating volume. Refresh and endeavor again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of v stars2 of 5 stars3 of v stars4 of 5 stars5 of five stars
33		Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin iv.27 avg rating — 88,464 ratings score: 3,420, and 39 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Charge per unit this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
34		The Known World by Edward P. Jones 3.81 avg rating — xl,066 ratings score: 3,253, and 36 people voted	Mistake rating volume. Refresh and try over again. Rate this book Articulate rating 1 of 5 stars2 of v stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of five stars
35		Paradise (Beloved Trilogy, #3) by Toni Morrison iii.83 avg rating — 24,653 ratings score: 3,210, and 37 people voted	Fault rating book. Refresh and effort again. Rate this book Articulate rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of five stars
36		Sis Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde 4.51 avg rating — 28,577 ratings score: 3,191, and 35 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating ane of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
37		Cane River by Lalita Tademy (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 47,341 ratings score: 3,190, and 34 people voted	Error rating volume. Refresh and try again. Rate this volume Articulate rating i of 5 stars2 of five stars3 of v stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
38		Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 214,146 ratings score: 3,179, and 36 people voted	Fault rating volume. Refresh and try again. Charge per unit this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of five stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
39		The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Loma 4.43 avg rating — 81,429 ratings score: 2,963, and 33 people voted	Mistake rating book. Refresh and endeavor over again. Charge per unit this book Clear rating 1 of five stars2 of 5 stars3 of v stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
40		Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin 4.09 avg rating — 66,314 ratings score: ii,914, and 32 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and endeavor once again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
41		The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter Yard. Woodson 4.48 avg rating — 9,010 ratings score: 2,878, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try once more. Rate this volume Clear rating 1 of five stars2 of v stars3 of five stars4 of 5 stars5 of v stars
42		Devil in a Blueish Dress (Piece of cake Rawlins, #1) by Walter Mosley iii.88 avg rating — 22,880 ratings score: 2,862, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try once again. Rate this book Clear rating i of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of v stars5 of 5 stars
43		Uncle Tom'south Cabin past Harriet Beecher Stowe three.89 avg rating — 211,020 ratings score: 2,857, and 32 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try once more. Rate this volume Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
44		Jazz (Beloved Trilogy, #2) past Toni Morrison 3.85 avg rating — 26,219 ratings score: two,792, and 34 people voted	Error rating volume. Refresh and try again. Charge per unit this book Clear rating ane of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
45		Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde iv.35 avg rating — 16,786 ratings score: 2,695, and 30 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try over again. Rate this volume Clear rating 1 of five stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of five stars5 of five stars
46		Ain't I a Woman: Blackness Women and Feminism by bong hooks 4.47 avg rating — 11,247 ratings score: 2,640, and 30 people voted	Mistake rating book. Refresh and try over again. Charge per unit this volume Clear rating 1 of five stars2 of 5 stars3 of five stars4 of v stars5 of 5 stars
47		The Warmth of Other Suns: The Ballsy Story of America'southward Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson (Goodreads Writer) 4.43 avg rating — 84,337 ratings score: 2,620, and 30 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this volume Articulate rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of five stars4 of 5 stars5 of five stars
48		Wild Seed (Patternmaster, #one) by Octavia E. Butler 4.xx avg rating — 26,791 ratings score: 2,506, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try once again. Rate this book Clear rating i of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of v stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
49		Your Blues Ain't Like Mine by Bebe Moore Campbell 4.22 avg rating — 7,325 ratings score: 2,489, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating i of five stars2 of v stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
fifty		The Color of H2o: A Blackness Man's Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 113,914 ratings score: 2,462, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and endeavor again. Rate this book Articulate rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of five stars5 of v stars
51		The Temple of My Familiar by Alice Walker 4.06 avg rating — 13,888 ratings score: 2,461, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Charge per unit this book Clear rating 1 of v stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of v stars5 of 5 stars
52		The Ways of White Folks by Langston Hughes 4.45 avg rating — 4,517 ratings score: 2,383, and 28 people voted	Error rating volume. Refresh and attempt once more. Rate this book Clear rating one of 5 stars2 of five stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
53		Jubilee by Margaret Walker iv.34 avg rating — 5,405 ratings score: ii,381, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try once again. Rate this book Clear rating one of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of five stars
54		For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange 4.27 avg rating — 32,887 ratings score: 2,349, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating i of 5 stars2 of five stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
55		The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 653,022 ratings score: 2,324, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and endeavour again. Rate this book Clear rating i of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
56		Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin iv.37 avg rating — 17,095 ratings score: two,323, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and endeavour again. Rate this volume Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of five stars4 of 5 stars5 of five stars
57		Selected Poems past Langston Hughes iv.31 avg rating — vii,349 ratings score: 2,229, and 25 people voted	Error rating volume. Refresh and effort again. Charge per unit this book Clear rating one of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of v stars5 of v stars
58		The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman past Ernest J. Gaines iv.xix avg rating — 12,608 ratings score: 2,219, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and effort again. Charge per unit this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of five stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
59		Some other Country by James Baldwin four.30 avg rating — 19,521 ratings score: 2,184, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of v stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
60		Letter from the Birmingham Jail past Martin Luther Male monarch Jr. iv.72 avg rating — 6,075 ratings score: 2,177, and 24 people voted	Mistake rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Articulate rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of five stars
61		Americanah past Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie four.31 avg rating — 319,191 ratings score: 2,115, and 24 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of v stars3 of 5 stars4 of v stars5 of 5 stars
62		Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup 4.19 avg rating — 107,268 ratings score: 2,014, and 25 people voted	Error rating volume. Refresh and effort again. Charge per unit this volume Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
63		An Autobiography by Angela Y. Davis 4.43 avg rating — seven,009 ratings score: 2,006, and 23 people voted	Mistake rating book. Refresh and endeavour again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of v stars4 of five stars5 of v stars
64		The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man past James Weldon Johnson 3.93 avg rating — 9,323 ratings score: 1,978, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating ane of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of v stars5 of 5 stars
65		A Attestation of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches by Martin Luther Rex Jr. 4.56 avg rating — ii,256 ratings score: 1,965, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this volume Clear rating 1 of five stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of v stars
66		To Impale a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 4.27 avg rating — five,184,412 ratings score: 1,860, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and endeavour again. Rate this book Articulate rating i of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of five stars
67		The Street by Ann Petry 4.25 avg rating — 9,343 ratings score: 1,852, and 22 people voted	Mistake rating book. Refresh and endeavor again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of five stars3 of v stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
68		Mama Twenty-four hours by Gloria Naylor 4.18 avg rating — 9,979 ratings score: 1,844, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and endeavour again. Rate this book Clear rating ane of v stars2 of five stars3 of five stars4 of v stars5 of v stars
69		The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano past Olaudah Equiano 3.74 avg rating — xi,713 ratings score: one,833, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and endeavour again. Charge per unit this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of v stars3 of five stars4 of 5 stars5 of v stars
70		Dust Tracks on a Road by Zora Neale Hurston 4.11 avg rating — half dozen,724 ratings score: ane,754, and 21 people voted	Mistake rating book. Refresh and effort once again. Rate this book Clear rating one of 5 stars2 of v stars3 of five stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
71		Fences (The Century Cycle #6) past August Wilson 3.88 avg rating — 21,848 ratings score: 1,668, and twenty people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Charge per unit this book Clear rating i of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of five stars
72		The Brazenness of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 157,538 ratings score: ane,661, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating ane of v stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of five stars5 of 5 stars
73		The Autobiography of Martin Luther Male monarch, Jr. by Martin Luther Rex Jr. 4.29 avg rating — 20,799 ratings score: 1,641, and nineteen people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try once again. Charge per unit this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of v stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
74		The Darkest Child past Delores Phillips iv.38 avg rating — 11,189 ratings score: one,639, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try over again. Charge per unit this book Articulate rating 1 of 5 stars2 of v stars3 of five stars4 of 5 stars5 of five stars
75		Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker 4.08 avg rating — 14,776 ratings score: i,618, and twenty people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of v stars3 of 5 stars4 of v stars5 of 5 stars
76		Parable of the Talents (Earthseed, #ii) past Octavia Eastward. Butler iv.29 avg rating — 38,024 ratings score: one,574, and eighteen people voted	Mistake rating volume. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating one of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
77		Nobody Knows My Proper name past James Baldwin 4.36 avg rating — 3,388 ratings score: i,551, and 19 people voted	Error rating volume. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of five stars
78		Cane by Jean Toomer 3.85 avg rating — 9,374 ratings score: 1,524, and xviii people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of five stars3 of 5 stars4 of v stars5 of five stars
79		To Be Young, Gifted and Black by Lorraine Hansberry 4.41 avg rating — 2,681 ratings score: one,488, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Charge per unit this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of v stars3 of five stars4 of 5 stars5 of five stars
80		Manchild in the Promised State by Claude Brown 4.24 avg rating — 9,070 ratings score: one,476, and eighteen people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try over again. Rate this book Articulate rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of v stars4 of 5 stars5 of five stars
81		Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harriet A. Washington iv.39 avg rating — 6,370 ratings score: 1,447, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and endeavour once again. Rate this book Articulate rating 1 of five stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
82		Tumbling by Diane McKinney-Whetstone (Goodreads Author) four.24 avg rating — iii,371 ratings score: 1,428, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and endeavor again. Charge per unit this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
83		The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Historic period of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander 4.51 avg rating — 95,011 ratings score: 1,378, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try once more. Rate this volume Clear rating i of five stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of five stars
84		A Mercy past Toni Morrison 3.71 avg rating — 26,309 ratings score: 1,343, and xvi people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try once again. Rate this book Clear rating one of five stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
85		Lilith's Brood (Xenogenesis, #1-iii) by Octavia Due east. Butler 4.37 avg rating — 17,056 ratings score: i,323, and fifteen people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this volume Clear rating ane of five stars2 of 5 stars3 of five stars4 of 5 stars5 of five stars
86		Waiting to Exhale (Waiting To Exhale #1) past Terry McMillan (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 15,782 ratings score: 1,304, and xv people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Articulate rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of five stars
87		The Best of Simple past Langston Hughes 4.38 avg rating — ane,360 ratings score: 1,298, and 16 people voted	Mistake rating volume. Refresh and endeavor again. Charge per unit this book Articulate rating 1 of 5 stars2 of five stars3 of 5 stars4 of five stars5 of five stars
88		Sugar (Sugar Lacey, #1) past Bernice L. McFadden (Goodreads Writer) 4.30 avg rating — 7,332 ratings score: 1,297, and xv people voted	Error rating volume. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of v stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
89		I Dear Myself When I Am Laughing... And Then Again: A Zora Neale Hurston Reader past Zora Neale Hurston iv.43 avg rating — 2,461 ratings score: 1,293, and 15 people voted	Error rating volume. Refresh and attempt over again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of five stars5 of 5 stars
xc		Gone Fishin' (Piece of cake Rawlins, #6) by Walter Mosley 3.ninety avg rating — ii,608 ratings score: i,154, and 15 people voted	Fault rating book. Refresh and endeavor again. Charge per unit this volume Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of v stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
91		Erasure by Percival Everett 4.21 avg rating — iv,086 ratings score: 1,149, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and endeavor once more. Charge per unit this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of v stars3 of v stars4 of 5 stars5 of v stars
92		Soul on Water ice past Eldridge Cleaver 3.98 avg rating — thirteen,975 ratings score: one,144, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try over again. Rate this volume Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of v stars3 of five stars4 of v stars5 of v stars
93		The Price of the Ticket: Collected Nonfiction, 1948-1985 by James Baldwin four.69 avg rating — 473 ratings score: 1,125, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Charge per unit this book Clear rating one of 5 stars2 of five stars3 of 5 stars4 of v stars5 of 5 stars
94		A Phone call to Conscience: The Landmark Speeches by Martin Luther Male monarch Jr. 4.60 avg rating — 982 ratings score: 1,110, and 14 people voted	Fault rating book. Refresh and try once again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of five stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
95		A Little Yellow Dog (Easy Rawlins #5) by Walter Mosley iv.05 avg rating — 3,828 ratings score: 1,067, and thirteen people voted	Mistake rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this volume Articulate rating ane of v stars2 of 5 stars3 of v stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
96		Bondage (Seeds of America, #1) past Laurie Halse Anderson (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 51,815 ratings score: 1,065, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try once again. Rate this book Clear rating ane of v stars2 of v stars3 of five stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
97		Blackness Betty (Like shooting fish in a barrel Rawlins #iv) by Walter Mosley four.07 avg rating — 4,718 ratings score: 1,059, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of five stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
98		The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom (Goodreads Author) 4.xix avg rating — 251,119 ratings score: ane,050, and 12 people voted	Error rating volume. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
99		Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler three.86 avg rating — 24,260 ratings score: 998, and 12 people voted	Mistake rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of v stars2 of 5 stars3 of five stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
100		Family past J. California Cooper 4.41 avg rating — two,388 ratings score: 980, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try once more. Rate this volume Clear rating 1 of 5 stars2 of five stars3 of 5 stars4 of v stars5 of 5 stars

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Source: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/193.Best_African_American_Books

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