One Summer in Savannah A Novel
Terah Shelton Harris
Published 2023
464 pages
The most popular black experience books of 2023
These books tell the stories of Black people in Africa and across the diaspora. History, family, music, struggle and joy fill novels, memoirs, poetry and essays, written by some of the finest authors at work. There are classics, and the new voices shaping literature today. This list shows the ones first published in 2023.
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How to Say Babylon
Safiya Sinclair
Published 2023
352 pages
You Make It Feel Like Christmas
Toni Shiloh
Published 2023
198 pages
Above Ground
Clint Smith
2023 · 2026 edition
128 pages
The Survivalists A Novel
Kashana Cauley
Published 2023
288 pages
Not So Perfect Strangers A Thriller
L.S. Stratton
Published 2023
320 pages
Black Candle Women
Diane Marie Brown
Published 2023
368 pages
Small Worlds
Caleb Azumah Nelson
Published 2023
259 pages
Congratulations, The Best Is Over! Essays
R. Eric Thomas
2023 · 2024 edition
256 pages
Out There Screaming An Anthology of New Black Horror
Random House Group
Published 2023
400 pages
King
Jonathan Eig
2023 · 2025 edition
704 pages
The Three of Us
Ore Agbaje-Williams
2023 · 2024 edition
208 pages
Nic Blake and the Remarkables
Angie Thomas
2023 · 2025 edition
471 pages
Flags on the Bayou A Novel
James Lee Burke
Published 2023
310 pages
House of Cotton A Novel
Monica Brashears
Published 2023
304 pages
Black Friend Essays
Ziwe Fumudoh
Published 2023
181 pages
Our Best Intentions
Vibhuti Jain
2023 · 2024 edition
352 pages
Rootless
Krystle Zara Appiah
2023 · 2024 edition
384 pages
Homebodies
Tembe Denton-Hurst
Published 2023
307 pages
Stash My Life in Hiding
Laura Cathcart Robbins
Published 2023
288 pages
Rebecca, Not Becky
Christine Platt, Catherine Wigginton Greene
2023 · 2024 edition
600 pages
The Nigerwife A Novel
Vanessa Walters
Published 2023
320 pages
You Were Always Mine
Christine Pride, Jo Piazza
Published 2023
384 pages
Forged by Blood
Ehigbor Okosun
2023 · 2024 edition
400 pages