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A Black Literary Canon - Page 2

Collected from multiple lists, this list, like any attempt at creating a literary canon, is incomplete. This is only part of a larger conversation about what are the greatest, most important, influential, beautiful, poetic, and powerful works of black literature the world over.
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The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison
42
Body and Soul (Alondra Nelson)
Body and Soul
Alondra Nelson
43
Bone (Yrsa Daley-Ward)
Bone
Yrsa Daley-Ward
44
The Book of Memory (Petina Gappah)
The Book of Memory
Petina Gappah
45
The Book of Night Women (Marlon James)
The Book of Night Women
Marlon James
46
The Book of Not (Tsitsi Dangarembga)
The Book of Not
Tsitsi Dangarembga
47
Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
48
Breath, Eyes, Memory
Breath, Eyes, Memory
49
A Brief History of Seven Killings (Marlon James)
A Brief History of Seven Killings
Marlon James
50
The Brother You Choose (Susie Day)
The Brother You Choose
Susie Day
51
Brother, I'm Dying (Edwidge Danticat)
Brother, I'm Dying
Edwidge Danticat
52
Brown Girl Brownstones
Brown Girl Brownstones
53
Brown Girl Dreaming (Jacqueline Woodson)
Brown Girl Dreaming
Jacqueline Woodson
54
Brown Girl in the Ring (Nalo Hopkinson)
Brown Girl in the Ring
Nalo Hopkinson
55
Buck (M.K. Asante)
Buck
M.K. Asante
56
The Burning House: Jim Crow and the Making of Modern America (Anders Walker)
The Burning House: Jim Crow and the Making of Modern America
Anders Walker
57
Busted in New York and Other Essays (Darryl Pinckney)
Busted in New York and Other Essays
Darryl Pinckney
58
Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust (John Henrik Clark)
Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust
john henrik clark
59
Citizen (Claudia Rankine)
Citizen
Claudia Rankine
60
The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes
The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes
61
The Color of Law (Richard Rothstein)
The Color of Law
Richard Rothstein
62
The Color of Water
The Color of Water
63
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
Alice Walker
64
Coming of Age in Mississippi (Anne Moody)
Coming of Age in Mississippi
Anne Moody
65
The Condemnation of Blackness Race, Crime, & the Making of Modern Urban America (Khalil Gibran Muhammad)
The Condemnation of Blackness Race, Crime, & the Making of Modern Urban America
Khalil Gibran Muhammad
66
Dawn (Octavia Butler)
Dawn
Octavia Butler
67
Decolonizing the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature (Ngugi Wa Thiong'o)
Decolonizing the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature
Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
68
Delicious Foods (James Hannaham)
Delicious Foods
James Hannaham
69
Derek Walcott Collected Poems
Derek Walcott Collected Poems
70
The Destruction of Black Civilization (Chancellor Williams)
The Destruction of Black Civilization
chancellor williams
71
Devil in a Blue Dress (Walter Mosley)
Devil in a Blue Dress
Walter Mosley
72
Dhalgren
Dhalgren
73
A Different Mirror (Ronald Takaki)
A Different Mirror
Ronald Takaki
74
Discourse on Colonialism (Aime Cesaire)
Discourse on Colonialism
Aime Cesaire
75
Don't Call Us Dead: Poems (Danez Smith)
Don't Call Us Dead: Poems
Danez Smith
76
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
77
Dust (Yvonne Owuor)
Dust
Yvonne Owuor
78
Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography
Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography
79
Dying of Whiteness (Jonathan M. Metzl)
Dying of Whiteness
Jonathan M. Metzl
80
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower (Brittney Cooper)
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
Brittney Cooper
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