Any time is always a great time to read a book by a Black woman! Because of that, we’ve curated a selection of essential reads crafted by Black women authors, spanning a range of genres and themes.

From memoirs to sci-fi and historical fiction, we've rounded up our favorite books that feature strong Black women.

From the streets of Harlem to Vietnam to Hollywood, these stories correct the record and spotlight lesser-known heroes for ...

Books, she says, were a tool for “healing and empowerment” in her life. In Well Read Black Girl, she wanted to create a “literary home” for other Black women where they could see ...

This Women's History Month, celebrate with this intersectional list of nonfiction titles about feminism, theory, history, and ...

March 2 is Read Across ... favorite new books by Black authors. “Black Cake” author Charmaine Wilkerson is back with “Good Dirt,” a novel that centers around a young woman from a wealthy ...

Instead, she prioritizes a more progressive view to show how Black women find healing ... and Joanna Linsdey’s books. Though her family may have not approved of her reading romance at a young ...

And while some books champion the progress made ... keep you gripped to the last page. Essential reading for understanding the history of black women in America, bel hooks wrote her classic ...