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.

Celebrate Black History Month with a good book. Our readers recommended 50+ stories to dive into this February and beyond.

Black literature ... color blue in Black history and culture, both as a symbol of hope and clarity and as one of melancholy and heartbreak. Perry, who won the National Book Award for nonfiction ...

Edited by writer and activist, Jael Richardson, Today I Am is a collection of short stories written by emerging writers in Canada that examine the meaning of home. From growing up on a faraway planet ...

Johnson, owner of Black Rock Books, fosters a vibrant reading culture in the Buffalo area, inviting everyone to engage with literature without fear of judgment.