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In the meantime, Goodreads, a site for readers and book recommendations, shared their list of the top-10 books by black authors -- based on their editors' picks and the community ratings -- to get you started reading.

Read along with us and join the conversation on our Instagram account – GMA Book Club and #GMABookClub.

\"The Water Dancer\" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

\"Red at the Bone\" by Jacqueline Woodson

\"Children of Virtue and Vengeance\" by Tomi Adeyemi

\"How We Fight For Our Lives\" by Saeed Jones

\"How to Be an Antiracist\" by Ibram X. Kendi

\"The Deep\" by Rivers Solomon with Daveed Diggs, William Hutson and Jonathan Snipes

\"The Yellow House\" by Sarah M. Broom

\"Such a Fun Age\" by Kiley Reid

\"The World Doesn't Require You: Stories\" by Rion Amilcar Scott

\"Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick\" by Zora Neale Hurston

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