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100 Solid Books by Black Authors - Page 2

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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Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
Octavia Butler
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The Ways of White Folks
The Ways of White Folks
43
Playing in the Dark (Toni Morrison)
Playing in the Dark
Toni Morrison
44
A Lesson Before Dying (Ernest J. Gaines)
A Lesson Before Dying
Ernest J. Gaines
45
The Good Lord Bird
The Good Lord Bird
46
The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes (Langston Hughes)
The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes
47
Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay)
Bad Feminist
Roxane Gay
48
We Should All Be Feminists (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
We Should All Be Feminists
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
49
What I Know for Sure (Oprah Winfrey)
What I Know for Sure
Oprah Winfrey
50
Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King by Jr.
Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King by Jr.
51
Another Country
Another Country
52
Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
53
The Women of Brewster Place (Novel)
The Women of Brewster Place (Novel)
54
Push (Sapphire)
Push
Sapphire
55
Dreams From My Father (Barack Obama)
Dreams From My Father
Barack Obama
56
United: Thoughts on Finding Common Ground and Advancing the Common Good (Cory Booker)
United: Thoughts on Finding Common Ground and Advancing the Common Good
Cory Booker
57
Just Mercy (Bryan Stevenson)
Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson
58
Parable of the Sower (Octavia E. Butler)
Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler
59
Erasure (Percival Everett)
Erasure
Percival Everett
60
Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography
Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography
61
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
Zadie Smith
62
Year of Yes (Shonda Rhimes)
Year of Yes
Shonda Rhimes
63
Salvage the Bones (Jesmyn Ward)
Salvage the Bones
Jesmyn Ward
64
"Drinking Coffee Elsewhere" by ZZ Packer
"Drinking Coffee Elsewhere" by ZZ Packer
65
A Brief History of Seven Killings (Marlon James)
A Brief History of Seven Killings
Marlon James
66
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America (Kiese Laymon)
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America
Kiese Laymon
67
Buck (M.K. Asante)
Buck
M.K. Asante
68
Men We Reaped (Jesmyn Ward)
Men We Reaped
Jesmyn Ward
69
Mo Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove (Questlove)
Mo Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove
Questlove
70
Breath, Eyes, Memory (Edwidge Danticat)
Breath, Eyes, Memory
Edwidge Danticat
71
Parable of the Talents
Parable of the Talents
72
Fatal Invention (Dorothy Roberts)
Fatal Invention
Dorothy Roberts
73
Social Life of DNA (Alondra Nelson)
Social Life of DNA
Alondra Nelson
74
The Beautiful Struggle
The Beautiful Struggle
75
Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust (John Henrik Clark)
Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust
John Henrik Clark
76
The Black Presidency (Michael Eric Dyson)
The Black Presidency
Michael Eric Dyson
77
Beasts of No Nation (Uzodinma Iweala)
Beasts of No Nation
Uzodinma Iweala
78
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison
79
Brother, I'm Dying (Edwidge Danticat)
Brother, I'm Dying
Edwidge Danticat
80
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
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