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Classic Books by Black Authors (And Capote Bc We Included Him by Accident.)

So I realized I accidentally included Truman Capote on this list. I got him mixed up with someone else…
Anyways, this is a list of a bunch of classic novels that were written by black authors and Truman Capote. How many have you read?
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Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
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Devil in a Blue Dress (Walter Mosley)
Devil in a Blue Dress (Walter Mosley)
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The Awkward Black Man (Walter Mosley)
The Awkward Black Man (Walter Mosley)
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The Souls of Black Folk (W.E.B. Du Bois)
The Souls of Black Folk (W.E.B. Du Bois)
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Answered Prayers (Truman Capote)
Answered Prayers (Truman Capote)
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Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
7
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
8
The Grass Harp (Truman Capote)
The Grass Harp (Truman Capote)
9
A Mercy (Toni Morrison)
A Mercy (Toni Morrison)
10
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
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Jazz (Toni Morrison)
Jazz (Toni Morrison)
12
Paradise (Toni Morrison)
Paradise (Toni Morrison)
13
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
14
Sula (Toni Morrison)
Sula (Toni Morrison)
15
Tar Baby (Toni Morrison)
Tar Baby (Toni Morrison)
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The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
17
Disappearing Acts (Terry McMillan)
Disappearing Acts (Terry McMillan)
18
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
19
Twelve Years a Slave (Solomon Northup)
Twelve Years a Slave (Solomon Northup)
20
Through the Ivory Gate (Rita Dove)
Through the Ivory Gate (Rita Dove)
21
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
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Juneteenth (Ralph Ellison)
Juneteenth (Ralph Ellison)
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The Sport of the Gods (Paul Laurence Dunbar)
The Sport of the Gods (Paul Laurence Dunbar)
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Warriors Don't Cry (Melba Pattillo Beals)
Warriors Don't Cry (Melba Pattillo Beals)
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Dawn (Octavia Butler)
Dawn (Octavia Butler)
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Imago (Octavia Butler)
Imago (Octavia Butler)
27
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
28
Mind of My Mind (Octavia Butler)
Mind of My Mind (Octavia Butler)
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Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing (Nella Larsen)
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Quicksand (Nella Larsen)
Quicksand (Nella Larsen)
31
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
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Black Leopard, Red Wolf (Marlon James)
Black Leopard, Red Wolf (Marlon James)
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Jubilee (Margaret Walker)
Jubilee (Margaret Walker)
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A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
35
Not Without Laughter (Langston Hughes)
Not Without Laughter (Langston Hughes)
36
The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes (Langston Hughes)
The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes (Langston Hughes)
37
Cane (Jean Toomer)
Cane (Jean Toomer)
38
Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (James Weldon Johnson)
Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (James Weldon Johnson)
39
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
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Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
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