Society of Lies
Lauren Ling Brown
Published 2024
384 pages
The most popular black experience books of 2024
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 2024.
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There's Always This Year On Basketball and Ascension
Hanif Abdurraqib
2024 · 2025 edition
352 pages
Dixon, Descending A Novel
Karen Outen
2024 · 2025 edition
336 pages
Dominoes
Phoebe Mcintosh
Published 2024
336 pages
Poemhood
Amber McBride, Erica Martin, Taylor Byas
Published 2024
160 pages
Where Sleeping Girls Lie
Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
2024 · 2025 edition
416 pages
Broughtupsy
Christina Cooke
Published 2024
240 pages
When I Wrap My Hair
Shauntay Grant
Published 2024
32 pages
My Fighting Family
Morgan Campbell
Published 2024
336 pages
Pride and Joy
Louisa Onomé
Published 2024
336 pages
The House of Hidden Meanings A Memoir
RuPaul
2024 · 2025 edition
256 pages
Besaydoo Poems
Yalie Saweda Kamara
Published 2024
96 pages
Long After We Are Gone A Novel
Terah Shelton Harris
Published 2024
432 pages
Smoke Kings
Jahmal Mayfield
Published 2024
400 pages
Knowing Me Knowing You
Jeevani Charika
Published 2024
384 pages
Elijah's Easter Suit
Brentom Jackson
Published 2024
32 pages
Everywhere Beauty Is Harlem The Vision of Photographer Roy DeCarava
Gary Golio
Published 2024
48 pages
Swift River A Read with Jenna Pick
Essie Chambers
Published 2024
304 pages
Sisters with a Side of Greens
Michelle Stimpson
Published 2024
368 pages
Ours
Phillip B. Williams
Published 2024
592 pages
Confrontations
Simone Antangana Bekono, Suzanne Heukensfeldt Jansen
Published 2024
192 pages
The Only Black Girl in the Room
Alex Travis
Published 2024
352 pages
Blood at the Root
LaDarrion Williams
2024 · 2025 edition
448 pages
Bless the Blood A Cancer Memoir
Walela Nehanda
2024 · 2025 edition
400 pages