Top 60 Black Book Influencers in 2026

1. Nokukhanya Ntsaluba

Bio Come for Books - Stay for Aesthetics 🍒🌸🌴📧 *****@gmail.com📍🇬🇧🇿🇦🎓 PhD Candidate Instagram Handle @pretty_x_bookish Instagram Followers 50.3K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact Request 514 Black Book Instagram Influencers with email contacts in a spreadsheet or csv file. Email us at anuj@feedspot.com Copy emailEmail us

2. Morgan

Bio 📍dc | *****@prettylittlebookshelf.comfeatured in @elleusa @essence @washingtonpostlifestyle | books | community Instagram Handle @prettylittlebookshelf Instagram Followers 58K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

3. Anna

Bio ♡ Passionate book lover, celebrating the power of storytelling and uplift underrepresented voices. 📖 Instagram Handle @never_withouta_book Instagram Followers 38.3K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

4. Cree Myles

Bio Books/Music/*****@gmail.com 📧Host of These Books are for EverybodyCurator of @allwaysblackWords in @elleusa , @electricliterature Instagram Handle @creemyles Instagram Followers 169.7K Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

5. Jesse

Bio I make things. 🏳️‍🌈 Author of STUDDENLY In Love (WIP) suki’s kid. RIP, mamì 🪽 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @jesseonyoutube_ Instagram Followers 31.4K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

6. Sarah

Bio avid reader • big taurus energy📍DMV *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @bookishandblack Instagram Followers 27.4K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

7. Crystal Forte

Bio Melanatedreader, LLCBookstagrammer of the YEAR @allwaysblack, Ph.D Candidate Literacy) St. John’s U, teacher, Daughter of the King, DST$Dstconnected Instagram Handle @melanatedreader Instagram Followers 26.9K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

8. Renee Amanda

Bio —Books, travel, food & adventures—Jan: Dear Black Girls by @aja22wilson—Celebrating Blk women through lit📍 #AtlantaJoin in #bookgirlmagic *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @book_girl_magic Instagram Followers 24.2K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

9. This Browne Girl Reads

Bio 📍Suffolk County, NY🚫DMs❌BOOK FEATURES/REVIEWS in 2025📖African & African Diaspora Authors📚This BrowneGirl Reads Bookclub & Community- on FACEBOOK *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @thisbrownegirlreads Instagram Followers 19.3K Type Micro Get Email Contact

10. Bezi

Bio 📚 book lover playing in the dark🙌🏾 Black fantasy, Afrofuturism💼 marketing @ S&S Children’s Books🎙 @dreaminginthedarkpod || creator #readethiopian *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @beingabookwyrm Instagram Followers 17.3K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

11. Lex

Bio Certified Bibliophile & Literature Enthusiast📍HTXSharing book recs + reviews Behavioral Scientist👩🏽‍🔬1908🩷💚💌*****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @lex_withthe_text Instagram Followers 14.4K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

12. Tanya Shanicee

Bio california 🇯🇲books i read + life i *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @babygyalreadit Instagram Followers 13.7K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

13. Tammi Clarke

Bio Fantasy Reader⚔️ London📍TikTok ~ 130k book besties 🖤📧 *****@hotmail.comAlso a makeup girlie @makeupbytammi 💄 Instagram Handle @bookishbytammi Instagram Followers 18.3K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

14. Didi Borie

Bio Good Book Whisperer, who reads in 🇺🇸🇫🇷📚The Read Soul Lit Book Club🎙Brown Girls Booking✊🏾Created #ReadSoulLit📚Normandy Book Club *****@mac.com Instagram Handle @browngirlreading Instagram Followers 13K Type Micro Gender Female browngirlreading.com + Follow Get Email Contact

15. Sajda

Bio Sajda (S-edge-duh). 📚 Books + motherhood 🤍 Instagram Handle @sajdareads Instagram Followers 11.8K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

16. Keyona

Bio Keyona {Key-“O”-na} Bookish tastemaker | YouTube 6.7K 📚Spotlighting Black & Diverse authors 🌍 NYC Roots, Global Reads ✈️New Video weekly ⏬ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @chocolatecoveredpages Instagram Followers 11.9K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

17. ᗷree

Bio 📸digital memoir. Mom. Lifelong book girl. local coffee. 💓Cardio 6th Grade English Teacher. 🤎📍SATX Instagram Handle @bree.unabashedly Instagram Followers 11.2K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

18. Jess

Bio 💁🏽‍♀️♍️ Books. Racial Justice. DEI.Get Obama to read romance #YesWeCanReadRomance Venmo: Jess-Lee-52📖James Instagram Handle @literaryintersections Instagram Followers 11.9K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

19. Kat Trinidad

Bio ✨ Book Cosplayer.🎙️ Podcaster.📚 Future Librarian.🎲 Gamification Content Creator. Instagram Handle @booksenvogue Instagram Followers 11.3K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

20. Richelle Robinson

Bio Chronic Illness. G.A.D. LFL Steward.Diversity, Inclusion and Mental Health Advocate. 🇸🇩🇨🇩Venmo: Richelle-Robinson-8 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @shellysbookcorner Instagram Followers 10.1K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

21. Shani Akilah

Bio Writer. Book Lover 📚FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS is out now!Repped by: @blakefriedmannliteraryagency @sianellismartin📍 SE London 🇯🇲🇧🇧🇬🇾 Instagram Handle @_shaniakilah Instagram Followers 9.9K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

22. Ahtiya

Bio 🧜🏾‍♀️ @Satisfictionbox rep code: AHTIYA10📚 centering BIPOC stories✨ bookmarks on Etsy💋 merch available via Bonfire *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @bookinitwithahtiya Instagram Followers 10K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

23. Whitney

Bio 📍Dal, TX | Psalm 103✝️📚Aficionado of the Finest Books📖 𝕃𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕒 𝕝𝕚𝕓𝕣𝕒𝕣𝕪 & 𝕒 𝕝𝕖𝕘𝕒𝕔𝕪📧 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @bookqueen_whit Instagram Followers 9K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

24. Naomi

Bio Cohost @tbrlowdown podcast 🎧 NEW EPISODES EVERY MONDAYCo-creator of #12Women12Countries📖CR: Check my Goodreads/StoryGraph Instagram Handle @bookladyreads Instagram Followers 8.7K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

25. Helory

Bio ♊Free Haiti 🇭🇹 Free Palenstine 🇵🇸 Instagram Handle @helorynothilary Instagram Followers 8.6K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

26. Kim Laird

Bio books, self care, & everything in between 📧 *****@gmail.com✍🏾 Subscribe to my Substack ↓ Instagram Handle @kimbookwyrm Instagram Followers 8.5K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

27. Kendra

Bio I like to read 📖✨❤️‍🔥 | 📍TXbooktok: kendra.readsCo-host @bringyourownpod 🎧email, etc👇🏾 Instagram Handle @kendra.readz Instagram Followers 8.6K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

28. Darienne

Bio Romantasy, pole, & Scorpio tendencies. 📚 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @urfaveplottwist Instagram Followers 7.9K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

29. Azadra Whitman

Bio ✨Bookish girlie 📖• Romance reader• All things books 💕 Instagram Handle @whittyreads Instagram Followers 6.8K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

30. Alicia Bolden

Bio Book Influencer 📍NCReading = My Superpower ✨ Always in search of my next favorite reading spot 🗺️Inquiries: *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @bolde_books Instagram Followers 7.2K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

31. Vanessa Riley

Bio Novelist •Storyteller Big Focus: Black women, history, sisterhood, dinnerPraise: GMA, NYT, Oprah…⬇️Books, tours, dinner club & Write of Passage *****@vanessariley.com Instagram Handle @vanessarileyauthor Instagram Followers 7.6K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

32. Alecia Leslie

Bio “𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚍, 𝚠𝚎’𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜.”•𝙲𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚎 𝙰𝚍𝚍𝚒𝚌𝚝.𝙿𝙾𝙲.𝙽.𝙲.•@lecia.09 Instagram Handle @coffee.books.convo Instagram Followers 6K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

33. Deanna

Bio The plot thiccens. NY girlie. Legendborn Cycle Enthusiast.💙⚔️♥️•✨54/100📚✨•Links & tings ⬇️ Instagram Handle @deannareadsandsleeps Instagram Followers 6.9K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

34. Rach

Bio Just here to chat about books🩵Jeremiah 29:11📧: *****@gmail.com📍: 🇬🇧 Instagram Handle @theblackbookblogg Instagram Followers 4.3K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

35. Spencer

Bio Always on the lookout for good books & cute coffee shops. ☕️✨👇🏽 Peep my podcast & booktube for more cozy content! Instagram Handle @intentionallybookish Instagram Followers 4.4K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

36. Alexia

Bio 📱 Social Media Manager for @coloredpagesbt 💁🏽‍♀️ Black Bookstagrammer & Blogger 📚 Alpha/Beta/Sensitivity Reader @bookishendsbiz 📖 1/50📍 ATL Instagram Handle @bookishends Instagram Followers 3.8K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

37. Monica Reeds

Bio 📚 Book lover collecting stories with abandon and owner of @dreamingofcelie *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @readermonica Instagram Followers 3.3K Type Nano Gender Female monlatablereviews.com + Follow Get Email Contact

38. Peta

Bio Books | Journaling | Sewing Creator #AJournalMood YouTube.com/comfycozyup Email: *****@gmail.com fitness/yoga page @Petie_goldJamaican 🇯🇲 Instagram Handle @comfycozyup Instagram Followers 2.7K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

39. Sheri

Bio All things books 🫶🏾📚💕💌: *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @sheri_reads Instagram Followers 2.3K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

40. Buffy

Bio Zen=📚🧘🏾‍♀️🕉! ♎️ and 🌱 Mom📍DMV📚CR/CL: 📖 BookClub:📚GR’22: @queensliterarycollective Instagram Handle @msbszenlife Instagram Followers 1.6K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

41. Janae Marie

Bio ✨Urban Fiction Author | 5+ booksAvailable in ebook, paperback & audiobook | Grab a read by Janae Marie Subscribe 4 🆓 eBook Authorjanaemarie.com *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @authorjanae_marie5 Instagram Followers 1.1K Type Nano Gender Female janaemariebooks.com + Follow Get Email Contact

42. Kayla Starr

Bio FOLLOW ME HERE @itskaylastarr Instagram Handle @blackgirlbookadventures Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

43. Analeigh Sbrana

Bio 🍄 Sunday Times bestselling author of Lore of the Wilds & Lore of the Tides🕯️Heir of Prophecy (08/25/2026)🌙 Rep by Thao Le☕️ cozy on purpose *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @analeighsbrana Instagram Followers 55.7K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

44. Nnenna

Bio 💖 sharing book recs, journal inspo,personal style, and life in NYC📚 host of @literaryleague + ✂️ @nyccraftclub💌 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @notesbynnenna Instagram Followers 15.3K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

45. Kalli

Bio Lover of books, tea, & BTS 💜📖☕️CR: Children of Anguish & Anarchy (audio) | Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (reread)📚2026: 6/55 Instagram Handle @kallisaidwhat Instagram Followers 3.8K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

46. Reggie Bailey

Bio DE <— VAIt's DifferentCreator @10books10decadesCashapp $ReggieReadsVenmo @ReggieReads Instagram Handle @reggiereads Instagram Followers 14.5K Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

47. Darkowaa

Bio The website (est. 2014) is the main platform.• Africa + BLACK diaspora• All photos & words are mine (Darkowaa)#ReadGhanaian🇬🇭 creator (since 2017) *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @africanbookaddict Instagram Followers 5.5K Type Nano Gender Female africanbookaddict.com + Follow Get Email Contact

48. Katherine

Bio Big fan of HEA 🥰Nosy ass🔍💁🏾‍♀️ @blcktinabelcher 💼 @bookshop_org, @powellsbooks & @grandgesturebooks🤷🏾‍♀️ Judges books by their cover📖 ‘24: 29/12 Instagram Handle @foreverabookseller Instagram Followers 4.2K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

49. Suzanna

Bio 🤎𝑰𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒏 + 𝑨𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔🍂 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏📍NYC *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @themillennialjareads Instagram Followers 3.4K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

50. Mikhaila

Bio 😁 Certified book lover ORLANDO 🎡 🗒 Goodreads: mikhailareads 📚Books are my happy place. Masters in Social Work Instagram Handle @mikhailareads Instagram Followers 2K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

51. Trish

Bio Black girl who loves to read 🇩🇴NYC Instagram Handle @trishreadsss Instagram Followers 1.2K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

52. Glory Edim

Bio Founder of @wellreadblackgirl 💕creative writer. cool mama. community organizer. meet me at the library 📚 Instagram Handle @guidetoglo Instagram Followers 16.4K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

53. Victoria

Bio 🇬🇧🇯🇲 living in 🇺🇸 John 3:16📚Find me creating content @bibliolifestyle 👇🏾💌 Subscribe to my bookish email *****@thebibliogroup.com Instagram Handle @bookslifehome Instagram Followers 14.3K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

54. Books & Rhymes

Bio Joyfully encouraging you to centre pleasure and curiosity when reading books by Black & African writers🎧🎙️Books & Rhymes The podcast📚@litavengers Instagram Handle @booksandrhymes Instagram Followers 6.5K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

55. Payten Jewell

Bio ☁️24☁️📖Hopeless Romantic 📖On Booktok serving looks and books. 📖Romance,spice,diversity📖 founder of @biglovebookcub Instagram Handle @pjandbooks Instagram Followers 1.8K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

56. Ify

Bio 🌱still learning📚lover of words+languages+books+storytelling📖 Pleasure Activism🎧 The Crown of Gilded Bones#RAWWorkshop Instagram Handle @thelitagenda Instagram Followers 1.5K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

57. Bad & Bookish

Bio OG Book Fairy for @booksonthesubway Bookstagrammer📖📖#BLACKLIVESMATTER Instagram Handle @badandbookish Instagram Followers 1.1K Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

58. Morgan

Bio Look, I just flipped the page (flipped, flipped) or whatever Drake said...Lover of books, tea, and 90s R&B📍MA Instagram Handle @readinginhergarden Instagram Followers 1.8K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact