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A Black Literary Canon - Page 4

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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Hunger (Roxane Gay)
Hunger
roxane gay
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Hurling Words at Consciousness (Mūkoma Wa Ngũgĩ)
Hurling Words at Consciousness
Mūkoma wa Ngũgĩ
123
I Do Not Come to You by Chance (Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani)
I Do Not Come to You by Chance
Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
124
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou
125
The Icarus Girl
The Icarus Girl
126
If Beale Street Could Talk (James Baldwin)
If Beale Street Could Talk
James Baldwin
127
Immortal (Valjeanne Jeffers)
Immortal
Valjeanne Jeffers
128
In Arcadia (Ben Okri)
In Arcadia
Ben Okri
129
In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens (Alice Walker)
In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens
Alice Walker
130
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
131
Incognegro: A Memoir of Exile and Apartheid (Frank B. Wilderson III)
Incognegro: A Memoir of Exile and Apartheid
Frank B. Wilderson III
132
The Intuitionist
The Intuitionist
133
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
134
It's Bigger Than Hip Hop (M.K. Asante)
It's Bigger Than Hip Hop
M.K. Asante
135
Jazz
Jazz
136
The Joys of Motherhood (Buchi Emecheta)
The Joys of Motherhood
Buchi Emecheta
137
Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie
Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie
138
Just Mercy (Bryan Stevenson)
Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson
139
Kaffir Boy
Kaffir Boy
140
Killing Rage
Killing Rage
141
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
Octavia Butler
142
The Known World
The Known World
143
Krik? Krak!
Krik? Krak!
144
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
145
Lies My Teacher Told Me (James W. Loewen)
Lies My Teacher Told Me
James W. Loewen
146
Locking Up Our Own (James Forman Jr.)
Locking Up Our Own
James Forman Jr.
147
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
148
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
149
Lucy
Lucy
150
A Man of the People (Chinua Achebe)
A Man of the People
Chinua Achebe
151
Manchild in the Promised Land
Manchild in the Promised Land
152
March (John Lewis)
March
john lewis
153
Maru (Bessie Head)
Maru
Bessie Head
154
Me and White Supremacy (Layla F. Saad)
Me and White Supremacy
Layla F. Saad
155
The Memory of Love (Aminatta Forna)
The Memory of Love
Aminatta Forna
156
Men We Reaped
Men We Reaped
157
Middle Passage
Middle Passage
158
Midnight Robber (Nalo Hopkinson)
Midnight Robber
Nalo Hopkinson
159
The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson
The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson
160
Mo Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove (Questlove)
Mo Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove
Questlove
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