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100 Solid Books by Black Authors

An original list generated to spread awareness of significant contributions to black written art.
This list consists of Nobel Laureates, Pulitzer Prize Winners, National Book Award Winners, National Books Critics Circle Award Winners, Man Booker Prize Winners, Pen/Faulkner Award Winners, Pen/Hemingway Award Winners, Hugo & Nebula Award Winners, THE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT and some of the most influential blacks to ever live.
Hopefully this will inspire everyone to seek knowledge and valuable lessons from black voices.
This is not listed in a specific order.
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Autobiography of Malcom X (Malcom X, Alex Haley)
Autobiography of Malcom X
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Malcom X, Alex Haley
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
2
Toni Morrison
The New Jim Crow (Alexander)
The New Jim Crow
3
Alexander
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
4
Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin)
The Fire Next Time
5
James Baldwin
Revolutionary Suicide (Huey P. Newton)
Revolutionary Suicide
6
Huey P. Newton
Assata (Assata Shakur)
Assata
7
Assata Shakur
The Souls of Black Folk (W.E.B. Du Bois)
The Souls of Black Folk
8
W.E.B. Du Bois
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
9
Frederick Douglass
Miseducation of the Negro
Miseducation of the Negro
10
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
11
Maya Angelou
The Wretched of the Earth (Franz Fanon)
The Wretched of the Earth
12
Franz Fanon
The Warmth of Other Suns (Isabel Wilkerson)
The Warmth of Other Suns
13
Isabel Wilkerson
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
14
Chinua Achebe
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
15
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
16
Toni Morrison
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
17
Alice Walker
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
18
Richard Wright
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
19
Ralph Ellison
The Sellout (Paul Beatty)
The Sellout
20
Paul Beatty
Delicious Foods (James Hannaham)
Delicious Foods
21
James Hannaham
The Turner House (Angela Fluornoy)
The Turner House
22
Angela Fluornoy
Open City
Open City
23
Notes of a Native Son (James Baldwin)
Notes of a Native Son
24
James Baldwin
BLACK BOY by Richard Wright
BLACK BOY by Richard Wright
25
Discourse on Colonialism (Aime Cesaire)
Discourse on Colonialism
26
Aime Cesaire
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
27
Zora Neale Hurston
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
28
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Color of Water (James McBride)
The Color of Water
29
James McBride
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
30
James Baldwin
Angela Davis: An Autobiography (Angela Davis)
Angela Davis: An Autobiography
31
Angela Davis
Manchild in the Promised Land
Manchild in the Promised Land
32
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World
33
Edward P. Jones
Black Skin, White Masks (Frantz Fanon)
Black Skin, White Masks
34
Frantz Fanon
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
35
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Middle Passage
Middle Passage
36
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
37
Nella Larsen
Panther Baby (Jamal Joseph)
Panther Baby
38
Jamal Joseph
Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington)
Up From Slavery
39
Booker T. Washington
The Destruction of Black Civilization (Chancellor Williams)
The Destruction of Black Civilization
40
Chancellor Williams
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