Must-Read Black Authors
An American marriage
An American marriage
Jones, Tayari, author.
Americanah : a novel
Americanah : a novel
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi,...
Another Brooklyn : a novel
Another Brooklyn : a novel
Woodson, Jacqueline, autho...
The audacity of hope : thoughts on reclaiming the American dream
The audacity of hope : thoughts on reclaiming t...
Obama, Barack.
Autobiography of my mother
Autobiography of my mother
Kincaid, Jamaica.
Becoming
Becoming
Obama, Michelle, 1964- aut...
Before you suffocate your own fool self
Before you suffocate your own fool self
Evans, Danielle.
Beloved
Beloved
Morrison, Toni.
Between the world and me
Between the world and me
Coates, Ta-Nehisi.
Black boy : (American hunger) : a record of childhood and youth
Black boy : (American hunger) : a record of chi...
Wright, Richard, 1908-1960...
Black cake : a novel
Black cake : a novel
Wilkerson, Charmaine, auth...
The bluest eye : with a foreword by the author
The bluest eye : with a foreword by the author
Morrison, Toni.
Boy, snow, bird : a novel
Boy, snow, bird : a novel
Oyeyemi, Helen.
Brother
Brother
Chariandy, David, 1969- au...
Chain-gang all-stars
Chain-gang all-stars
Adjei-Brenyah, Nana Kwame,...
The color purple
The color purple
Walker, Alice, 1944-
Crook manifesto : a novel
Crook manifesto : a novel
Whitehead, Colson, 1969- a...
Different strokes : Serena, Venus, and the unfinished Black tennis revolution
Different strokes : Serena, Venus, and the unfi...
Harris, Cecil, 1960- autho...
Down these mean streets
Down these mean streets
Thomas, Piri, 1928-2011.
Dust tracks on a road
Dust tracks on a road
Hurston, Zora Neale.
The essential Gwendolyn Brooks
The essential Gwendolyn Brooks
Brooks, Gwendolyn, 1917-20...
Everything's trash, but it's okay
Everything's trash, but it's okay
Robinson, Phoebe, author.
Family lore : a novel
Family lore : a novel
Acevedo, Elizabeth, author...
The fifth season
The fifth season
Jemisin, N. K., author.
The fire next time
The fire next time
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987,...
Fire shut up in my bones : a memoir
Fire shut up in my bones : a memoir
Blow, Charles M., 1970-
The five sorrowful mysteries of Andy Africa : a novel
The five sorrowful mysteries of Andy Africa : a...
Buoro, Stephen, author.
For colored girls who have considered suicide, when the rainbow is enuf : a choreopoem
For colored girls who have considered suicide, ...
Shange, Ntozake.
Freshwater
Freshwater
Emezi, Akwaeke, author.
The girl with the louding voice : a novel
The girl with the louding voice : a novel
Daré, Abi, author.
Go tell it on the mountain
Go tell it on the mountain
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987.
The good lord bird
The good lord bird
McBride, James, 1957-
Hidden figures : the American dream and the untold story of the Black women mathematicians who helped win the space race
Hidden figures : the American dream and the unt...
Shetterly, Margot Lee.
Hitting a straight lick with a crooked stick : stories from the Harlem Renaissance
Hitting a straight lick with a crooked stick : ...
Hurston, Zora Neale, autho...
Homebodies : a novel
Homebodies : a novel
Denton-Hurst, Tembe, autho...
Homegoing
Homegoing
Gyasi, Yaa, author.
Hood feminism : notes from the women that a movement forgot
Hood feminism : notes from the women that a mov...
Kendall, Mikki, author.
How long 'til black future month?
How long 'til black future month?
Jemisin, N. K., author.
Hunger : a memoir of (my) body
Hunger : a memoir of (my) body
Gay, Roxane, author.
I know why the caged bird sings
I know why the caged bird sings
Angelou, Maya.
Incidents in the life of a slave girl : written by herself
Incidents in the life of a slave girl : written...
Jacobs, Harriet A. (Harrie...
Invisible man
Invisible man
Ellison, Ralph.
Kindred
Kindred
Butler, Octavia E., author...
The last negroes at Harvard : the class of 1963 and the eighteen young men who changed Harvard forever
The last negroes at Harvard : the class of 1963...
Garrett, Kent, author.
The late Americans
The late Americans
Taylor, Brandon (Brandon L...
Life on Mars : poems
Life on Mars : poems
Smith, Tracy K.
The light we carry : overcoming in uncertain times
The light we carry : overcoming in uncertain ti...
Obama, Michelle, 1964- aut...
Luster
Luster
Leilani, Raven, author.
Maame
Maame
George, Jessica, 1994- aut...
March. Book one
March. Book one
Lewis, John, 1940-2020, au...