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A Black Literary Canon - Page 5

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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Mr. Fox
Mr. Fox
162
Municipal Gum (Oodgeroo Noonuccal)
Municipal Gum
Oodgeroo Noonuccal
163
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
Frederick Douglass
164
Native Son
Native Son
165
The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain (Langston Hughes)
The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain
Langston Hughes
166
Nervous Conditions
Nervous Conditions
167
The New Jim Crow
The New Jim Crow
168
No Ashes in the Fire (Darnell Moore)
No Ashes in the Fire
darnell moore
169
No Longer at Ease (Chinua Achebe)
No Longer at Ease
Chinua Achebe
170
No Tea, No Shade: New Writings in Black Queer Studies (E. Patrick Johnson)
No Tea, No Shade: New Writings in Black Queer Studies
E. Patrick Johnson
171
Nobody (Marc Lamont Hill)
Nobody
Marc Lamont Hill
172
Nobody Knows My Name (James Baldwin)
Nobody Knows My Name
James Baldwin
173
Not Without Laughter
Not Without Laughter
174
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
175
NW (Zadie Smith)
NW
Zadie Smith
176
Oil on Water (Helon Habila)
Oil on Water
Helon Habila
177
One Day I Will Write About This Place (Binyavanga Wainaina)
One Day I Will Write About This Place
Binyavanga Wainaina
178
Open City
Open City
179
The Other Side of Paradise
The Other Side of Paradise
180
Panther Baby (Jamal Joseph)
Panther Baby
jamal joseph
181
Parable of the Sower
Parable of the Sower
182
Parable of the Talents
Parable of the Talents
183
Paradise
Paradise
184
Passing
Passing
185
The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey (Marcus Garvey)
The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey
Marcus Garvey
186
Playing in the Dark (Toni Morrison)
Playing in the Dark
Toni Morrison
187
Poems on Various Religious and Moral (Phillis Wheatley)
Poems on Various Religious and Moral
Phillis Wheatley
188
Push
Push
189
Queenie (Candice Carty-Williams)
Queenie
Candice Carty-Williams
190
A Question of Power
A Question of Power
191
Quicksand
Quicksand
192
Racism Without Racists (Eduardo Bonilla-Silva)
Racism Without Racists
Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
193
A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun
194
Real Life (Brandon Taylor)
Real Life
Brandon Taylor
195
Redefining Realness (Janet Mock)
Redefining Realness
Janet Mock
196
Revolutionary Suicide (Huey P. Newton)
Revolutionary Suicide
Huey P. Newton
197
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
198
Salvage the Bones (Jesmyn Ward)
Salvage the Bones
Jesmyn Ward
199
The Sellout (Paul Beatty)
The Sellout
Paul Beatty
200
Shadow and Act (Ralph Ellison)
Shadow and Act
Ralph Ellison
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