To gain perspective, expand upon your knowledge and understand history and first-person accounts some more, we rounded up the 16 most popular books about Black History, according to Goodreads members.

for writing books and other documents — and was even discussed by Pliny the Elder, the first-century Roman author, in his 37-volume “Natural History” encyclopedia? Vellum Leather Linen ...

even demanding only a superficial knowledge of history. Schools and universities could not have better books on which to start the embryo historian; for by covering all the ground, they combine ...

February is Black History Month, and this year's this is "African Americans and Labor." Here are three books I recommend: 1. Robert Higgs, Competition and Coercion: Blacks in the American Economy ...

Black literature is far too expansive to cover in just a month, especially if you look back through history at the works ... Clare Mulroy is USA TODAY’s Books Reporter, where she covers buzzy ...

To celebrate Black History Month this year, dive into a fellow reader’s favorite book by a Black author. While Black authors make up a smaller percentage of the publishing industry than their ...

As this selection of the best alternate-history novels demonstrates, the world of imagined pasts is rich and potentially endless. The Alteration. By Kingsley Amis. New York Review Books ...