Books like Indigo

12 books to read next

• Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe 8.3 h
• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass 2.3 h
• Kindred Octavia E. Butler, SparkNotes 5.3 h
• Twelve Years a Slave Solomon Northup 4.3 h
• The Book of Negroes Lawrence Hill 9.0 h
• River God Wilbur Smith 10.1 h
• The Peculiar Institution Kenneth M. Stampp 8.0 h
• Crossing the River Caryl Phillips 4.4 h
• The Known World Edward P. Jones 7.4 h
• Black Thunder Arna Bontemps, Andrew L. Barnes, JoAnn M. Mirlenbrink 4.1 h
• Homegoing Yaa Gyasi 5.9 h
• The Water Dancer Ta-Nehisi Coates 7.6 h

How long each takes

Uncle Tom's Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe 8.3 h Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass 2.3 h Kindred Octavia E. Butler, SparkNotes 5.3 h Twelve Years a Slave Solomon Northup 4.3 h The Book of Negroes Lawrence Hill 9.0 h River God Wilbur Smith 10.1 h The Peculiar Institution Kenneth M. Stampp 8.0 h Crossing the River Caryl Phillips 4.4 h The Known World Edward P. Jones 7.4 h Black Thunder Arna Bontemps, Andrew L. Barnes, JoAnn M. Mirlenbrink 4.1 h Homegoing Yaa Gyasi 5.9 h The Water Dancer Ta-Nehisi Coates 7.6 h

Bar height shows length. Estimated at 250 words a minute.