African American Book Summaries

Sula Summary
Sula
by Toni Morrison 1973 174 pages
4.05
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
African American
Native Son Summary
Native Son
by Richard Wright 1940 504 pages
4.04
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Race
The Spook Who Sat by the Door Summary
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
by Sam Greenlee 1969 256 pages
4.35
3k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Race
Classics
Go Tell It on the Mountain Summary
Go Tell It on the Mountain
by James Baldwin 1953 256 pages
4.05
76k+ ratings
Classics
African American
Race
Roots Summary
Roots
The Saga of an American Family
by Alex Haley 1976 729 pages
4.44
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Historical
If You Come Softly Summary
If You Come Softly
by Jacqueline Woodson 1998 181 pages
4.04
12k+ ratings
Young Adult
Romance
Contemporary
The House of Eve Summary
The House of Eve
by Sadeqa Johnson 2023 384 pages
4.25
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Romance
Invisible Man Summary
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison 1952 581 pages
3.92
100k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Historical Fiction
Message to the Blackman in America Summary
Message to the Blackman in America
by Elijah Muhammad 1965 386 pages
4.45
500+ ratings
Religion
Race
Islam
Between Barack and a Hard Place Summary
Between Barack and a Hard Place
Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama
by Tim Wise 2009 159 pages
4.15
500+ ratings
Race
Politics
Social Justice
Bad Boy Summary
Bad Boy
A Memoir
by Walter Dean Myers 2001 214 pages
3.73
3k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
African American
The Heart of a Woman Summary
The Heart of a Woman
by Maya Angelou 1981 288 pages
4.23
24k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Autobiography
The Cartel Summary
The Cartel
by Ashley Antoinette 2009 278 pages
4.54
10k+ ratings
Urban
Crime
African American
Malcolm X Summary
Malcolm X
A Life of Reinvention
by Manning Marable 2011 608 pages
4.18
19k+ ratings
Biography
History
Race
The Grift Summary
The Grift
The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans from the Party of Lincoln to the Cult of Trump
by Clay Cane 2024 400 pages
4.27
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Race
Fire Shut Up in My Bones Summary
Fire Shut Up in My Bones
by Charles M. Blow 2014 228 pages
4.01
4k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
African American
Money Hungry Summary
Money Hungry
by Sharon G. Flake 2001 188 pages
4.10
4k+ ratings
Young Adult
Realistic Fiction
African American
In Search of The Color Purple Summary
In Search of The Color Purple
The Story of an American Masterpiece
by Salamishah Tillet 2021 224 pages
4.21
100+ ratings
History
Memoir
Biography
How to Be Black Summary
How to Be Black
by Baratunde R. Thurston 2012 254 pages
3.90
8k+ ratings
Humor
Memoir
Race
The Beautiful Struggle Summary
The Beautiful Struggle
A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood
by Ta-Nehisi Coates 2008 227 pages
4.08
10k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Race
Grown Women Summary
Grown Women
by Sarai Johnson 2024 400 pages
4.34
2k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Family
Literary Fiction
Song of Solomon Summary
Song of Solomon
by Toni Morrison 1977 338 pages
4.15
100k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
The Mis-Education of the Negro Summary
The Mis-Education of the Negro
by Carter G. Woodson 1933 215 pages
4.49
9k+ ratings
History
Education
Race
Nobody Knows My Name Summary
Nobody Knows My Name
by James Baldwin 1961 242 pages
4.37
4k+ ratings
Essays
Race
Classics
Smart on Crime Summary
Smart on Crime
A Career Prosecutor's Plan to Make Us Safer
by Kamala Harris 2009 205 pages
3.74
100+ ratings
Politics
Memoir
Sociology
In Search of Sisterhood Summary
In Search of Sisterhood
Delta Sigma Theta and the Challenge of the Black Sorority Movement
by Paula J. Giddings 1988 336 pages
4.54
100+ ratings
History
Feminism
African American
Young, Gifted, and Black Summary
Young, Gifted, and Black
Promoting High Achievement among African-American Students
by Theresa Perry 2003 192 pages
4.04
100+ ratings
Education
African American
Social Justice
The Girl With a Mind for Math Summary
The Girl With a Mind for Math
The Story of Raye Montague
by Julia Finley Mosca 2018 40 pages
4.40
500+ ratings
Picture Books
Biography
Mathematics
Before I Forget Summary
Before I Forget
Love, Hope, Help, and Acceptance in Our Fight Against Alzheimer's
by B. Smith 2016 302 pages
4.20
1k+ ratings
Biography
Health
Memoir
The Next Big Story Summary
The Next Big Story
My Journey Through the Land of Possibilities
by Soledad O'Brien 2010 336 pages
3.69
100+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
African American
Their Eyes Were Watching God Summary
Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Zora Neale Hurston 1937 238 pages
3.99
300k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
School
The Rejected Stone Summary
The Rejected Stone
Al Sharpton and the Path to American Leadership
by Al Sharpton 2013 272 pages
4.17
100+ ratings
Politics
Memoir
African American
Life Beyond Measure Summary
Life Beyond Measure
Letters to My Great-Granddaughter
by Sidney Poitier 2008 285 pages
3.83
500+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Summary
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
by August Wilson 1984 111 pages
4.00
3k+ ratings
Plays
Drama
Historical Fiction
Sing, Unburied, Sing Summary
Sing, Unburied, Sing
by Jesmyn Ward 2017 285 pages
4.00
100k+ ratings
Book Club
Magical Realism
Contemporary
G-Spot Summary
G-Spot
An Urban Erotic Tale
by Noire 2005 320 pages
4.43
8k+ ratings
Erotica
Urban
African American
Consumed by Hate, Redeemed by Love Summary
Consumed by Hate, Redeemed by Love
How a Violent Klansman Became a Champion of Racial Reconciliation
by Thomas A. Tarrants 2019 224 pages
4.36
100+ ratings
Biography
Christian
Memoir
On the Shoulders of Giants Summary
On the Shoulders of Giants
My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance
by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 2007 288 pages
4.01
100+ ratings
History
Sports
Biography
Finding My Bodyguard Summary
Finding My Bodyguard
by A. Blossom 2024 190 pages
4.37
2k+ ratings
Romance
Urban
African American Romance
The Kid Summary
The Kid
by Sapphire 2003 374 pages
2.70
2k+ ratings
Novels
Contemporary
Adult Fiction
Up from Slavery Summary
Up from Slavery
by Booker T. Washington 1900 224 pages
4.11
35k+ ratings
History
Biography
Classics
Shout, Sister, Shout! Summary
Shout, Sister, Shout!
The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe
by Gayle Wald 2007 264 pages
4.04
100+ ratings
Music
Biography
History
The Black History of the White House Summary
The Black History of the White House
by Clarence Lusane 2011 575 pages
4.15
100+ ratings
History
American History
Politics
Mare's War Summary
Mare's War
by Tanita S. Davis 2009 352 pages
3.84
1k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
Historical
A Moment of Silence Summary
A Moment of Silence
Midnight III
by Sister Souljah 2015 544 pages
4.32
1k+ ratings
Urban
Romance
African American
Whore Summary
Whore
by Tanika Lynch 2002 272 pages
4.47
2k+ ratings
Urban
African American
Romance
Scorpions Summary
Scorpions
by Walter Dean Myers 1988 216 pages
3.80
2k+ ratings
Young Adult
Realistic Fiction
African American
Black Like Me Summary
Black Like Me
by John Howard Griffin 1961 208 pages
4.11
68k+ ratings
History
Memoir
Classics
Wench Summary
Wench
by Dolen Perkins-Valdez 2009 290 pages
3.73
18k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
Take My Hand Summary
Take My Hand
by Dolen Perkins-Valdez 2022 359 pages
4.36
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Historical
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