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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
The New Jim Crow
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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
The Fire Next Time
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Revolutionary Suicide (Huey P. Newton)
Revolutionary Suicide (Huey P. Newton)
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Assata
Assata
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THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK by W.E.B. Du Bois
THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK by W.E.B. Du Bois
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
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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)
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The Wretched of the Earth (Franz Fanon)
The Wretched of the Earth (Franz Fanon)
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The Warmth of Other Suns
The Warmth of Other Suns
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Things Fall Apart
Things Fall Apart
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Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
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Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison
Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison
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The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
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Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son (Richard Wright)
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Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
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The Sellout (Paul Beatty)
The Sellout (Paul Beatty)
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Delicious Foods (James Hannaham)
Delicious Foods (James Hannaham)
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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 by James Baldwin
Notes of a Native Son by 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)
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God
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Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
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The Color of Water
The Color of Water
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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
The Known World
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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)
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Middle Passage
Middle Passage
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Passing
Passing
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Panther Baby (Jamal Joseph)
Panther Baby (Jamal Joseph)
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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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