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title: "Roots"
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# 4.5/5 from 3,400+ readers Top #187 Historical Fiction Bestseller rank #8,617 overall Roots

**Price:** £11.48
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 📖 Dive into Roots: Where history, beauty, and storytelling unite!

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- **What is this?** Roots
- **How much does it cost?** £11.48 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Key Features

- • **Ranked Among the Best:** Top 200 in Historical Fiction—perfect for discerning literary connoisseurs.
- • **Join a Thriving Community:** Loved by over 3,400 readers with a stellar 4.5-star rating—don’t miss out!
- • **Celebrate Black Excellence:** A powerful, must-read novel that honors beauty and identity with every page.
- • **Flawless Physical Condition:** Pristine, no defects—ready to elevate your personal library.
- • **Immerse in a Timeless Classic:** Experience a masterful narrative that flows like a smooth river into your mind.

## Overview

Roots is a highly acclaimed historical fiction novel ranked #187 in its category, boasting a 4.5-star rating from over 3,400 readers. Celebrated for its lyrical prose and powerful themes of black identity and beauty, this pristine copy offers a compelling literary experience that resonates deeply with a modern, socially conscious audience.

## Description

Now a major BBC drama starring Forest Whitaker, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Laurence Fishburne Tracing his ancestry through six generations – slaves and freedmen, farmers and blacksmiths, lawyers and architects – back to Africa, Alex Haley discovered a sixteen-year-old youth, Kunta Kinte. It was this young man, who had been torn from his homeland and in torment and anguish brought to the slave markets of the New World, who held the key to Haley's deep and distant past. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award

Review: Extraordinary find. - A book you must read. The author’s words flowing like a smooth river into your minds. Thoroughly enjoyed.
Review: The more blackness a women has the more beautiful she is - This is a must read novel, the most beautiful experience,still I haven't completed reading this novel but still in the initial chapters itself I just fell in love with this novel.

## Features

- Physical Condition: No Defects

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #7,495 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #166 in Historical Fiction (Books) #365 in Classic Fiction (Books) #532 in Contemporary Fiction (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 3,451 Reviews |

## Images

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Extraordinary find.
*by R***O on 24 September 2025*

A book you must read. The author’s words flowing like a smooth river into your minds. Thoroughly enjoyed.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The more blackness a women has the more beautiful she is
*by A***R on 1 July 2025*

This is a must read novel, the most beautiful experience,still I haven't completed reading this novel but still in the initial chapters itself I just fell in love with this novel.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Too tiny sized print
*by D***A on 15 June 2024*

Print way too small for comfortable reading.....too much of a strain on the eyes....a larger print would be so welcome...

## Frequently Bought Together

- Roots
- The Book of Negroes: The award-winning classic bestseller

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*Last updated: 2026-06-21*