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A Black Literary Canon - Page 3

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 Emerging Thought of W. E. B. Du Bois: Essays and Editorials From "The Crisis (W.E.B. Du Bois)
The Emerging Thought of W. E. B. Du Bois: Essays and Editorials From "The Crisis
W.E.B. Du Bois
82
Erasure (Percival Everett)
Erasure
Percival Everett
83
Everyday Is for the Thief (Teju Cole)
Everyday Is for the Thief
Teju Cole
84
Everyday Use (Alice Walker)
Everyday Use
Alice Walker
85
Evicted (Matthew Desmond)
Evicted
Matthew Desmond
86
The Famished Road
The Famished Road
87
Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-Create Race in the Twenty-First Century (Dorothy Roberts)
Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-Create Race in the Twenty-First Century
Dorothy Roberts
88
Feminist Theory From Margin to Centre
Feminist Theory From Margin to Centre
89
The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
The Fifth Season
N. K. Jemisin
90
The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin)
The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin
91
Fire Shut Up in My Bones
Fire Shut Up in My Bones
92
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Not Enuf (Ntozake Shange)
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Not Enuf
ntozake shange
93
Foreign Gods, Inc.
Foreign Gods, Inc.
94
Freedom Dreams (Robin D.G. Kelley)
Freedom Dreams
Robin D.G. Kelley
95
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle (Angela Davis)
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle
Angela Davis
96
From Babylon to Timbuktu (Rudolph Windsor)
From Babylon to Timbuktu
rudolph windsor
97
Ghana Must Go
Ghana Must Go
98
Ghost (Jason Reynolds)
Ghost
Jason Reynolds
99
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
James Baldwin
100
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin
101
The Good Lord Bird
The Good Lord Bird
102
Graceland (Chris Abani)
Graceland
Chris Abani
103
The Hairdresser of Harare (Zimbabwe)
The Hairdresser of Harare (Zimbabwe)
104
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
105
Happiness, Like Water (Chinelo Okparanta)
Happiness, Like Water
Chinelo Okparanta
106
The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas)
The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas
107
Heart-Shape in the Dust (Robert Hayden)
Heart-Shape in the Dust
Robert Hayden
108
Heavy (Kiese Laymon)
Heavy
Kiese Laymon
109
Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi
110
Hood Feminism (Mikki Kendall)
Hood Feminism
Mikki Kendall
111
The House of Hunger (Dambudzo Marechera)
The House of Hunger
Dambudzo Marechera
112
Houseboy (Ferdinand Oyono)
Houseboy
Ferdinand Oyono
113
How It Feels to Be Colored Me (Zora Neale Hurston)
How It Feels to Be Colored Me
Zora Neale Hurston
114
How to Be an Anti-Racist (Ibram X. Kendi)
How to Be an Anti-Racist
Ibram X. Kendi
115
How to Love a Jamaican (Alexia Arthurs)
How to Love a Jamaican
Alexia Arthurs
116
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America (Kiese Laymon)
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America
Kiese Laymon
117
How We Fight for Our Lives (Saeed Jones)
How We Fight for Our Lives
Saeed Jones
118
How We Fight White Supremacy (Akiba Solomon & Kenrya Rankin)
How We Fight White Supremacy
Akiba Solomon & Kenrya Rankin
119
How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective (Edit: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor:)
How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective
edit: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor:
120
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (NK Jemisin)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
NK Jemisin
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