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100 Solid Books by Black Authors

An original list generated to spread awareness of significant contributions to black written art.
This list consists of Nobel Laureates, Pulitzer Prize Winners, National Book Award Winners, National Books Critics Circle Award Winners, Man Booker Prize Winners, Pen/Faulkner Award Winners, Pen/Hemingway Award Winners, Hugo & Nebula Award Winners, THE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT and some of the most influential blacks to ever live.
Hopefully this will inspire everyone to seek knowledge and valuable lessons from black voices.
This is not listed in a specific order.
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Autobiography of Malcom X (Malcom X, Alex Haley)
Autobiography of Malcom X
Malcom X, Alex Haley
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
Toni Morrison
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The New Jim Crow (Alexander)
The New Jim Crow
Alexander
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Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin)
The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin
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Revolutionary Suicide (Huey P. Newton)
Revolutionary Suicide
Huey P. Newton
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Assata (Assata Shakur)
Assata
Assata Shakur
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The Souls of Black Folk (W.E.B. Du Bois)
The Souls of Black Folk
W.E.B. Du Bois
9
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
Frederick Douglass
10
Miseducation of the Negro
Miseducation of the Negro
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou
12
The Wretched of the Earth (Franz Fanon)
The Wretched of the Earth
Franz Fanon
13
The Warmth of Other Suns (Isabel Wilkerson)
The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson
14
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe
15
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
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Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
Toni Morrison
17
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
Alice Walker
18
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
Richard Wright
19
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
20
The Sellout (Paul Beatty)
The Sellout
Paul Beatty
21
Delicious Foods (James Hannaham)
Delicious Foods
James Hannaham
22
The Turner House (Angela Fluornoy)
The Turner House
Angela Fluornoy
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Open City
Open City
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Notes of a Native Son (James Baldwin)
Notes of a Native Son
James Baldwin
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BLACK BOY by Richard Wright
BLACK BOY by Richard Wright
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Discourse on Colonialism (Aime Cesaire)
Discourse on Colonialism
Aime Cesaire
27
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston
28
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
29
The Color of Water (James McBride)
The Color of Water
James McBride
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Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin
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Angela Davis: An Autobiography (Angela Davis)
Angela Davis: An Autobiography
Angela Davis
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Manchild in the Promised Land
Manchild in the Promised Land
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The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World
Edward P. Jones
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Black Skin, White Masks (Frantz Fanon)
Black Skin, White Masks
Frantz Fanon
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Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
36
Middle Passage
Middle Passage
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Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
Nella Larsen
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Panther Baby (Jamal Joseph)
Panther Baby
Jamal Joseph
39
Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington)
Up From Slavery
Booker T. Washington
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The Destruction of Black Civilization (Chancellor Williams)
The Destruction of Black Civilization
Chancellor Williams
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