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100 Solid Books by Black Authors - Page 2

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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Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
41
Octavia Butler
The Ways of White Folks
The Ways of White Folks
42
Playing in the Dark (Toni Morrison)
Playing in the Dark
43
Toni Morrison
A Lesson Before Dying (Ernest J. Gaines)
A Lesson Before Dying
44
Ernest J. Gaines
The Good Lord Bird
The Good Lord Bird
45
The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes (Langston Hughes)
The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes
46
Langston Hughes
Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay)
Bad Feminist
47
Roxane Gay
We Should All Be Feminists (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
We Should All Be Feminists
48
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
What I Know for Sure (Oprah Winfrey)
What I Know for Sure
49
Oprah Winfrey
Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King by Jr.
Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King by Jr.
50
Another Country
Another Country
51
Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
52
The Women of Brewster Place (Novel)
The Women of Brewster Place (Novel)
53
Push (Sapphire)
Push
54
Sapphire
Dreams From My Father (Barack Obama)
Dreams From My Father
55
Barack Obama
United: Thoughts on Finding Common Ground and Advancing the Common Good (Cory Booker)
United: Thoughts on Finding Common Ground and Advancing the Common Good
56
Cory Booker
Just Mercy (Bryan Stevenson)
Just Mercy
57
Bryan Stevenson
Parable of the Sower (Octavia E. Butler)
Parable of the Sower
58
Octavia E. Butler
Erasure (Percival Everett)
Erasure
59
Percival Everett
Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography
Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography
60
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
61
Zadie Smith
Year of Yes (Shonda Rhimes)
Year of Yes
62
Shonda Rhimes
Salvage the Bones (Jesmyn Ward)
Salvage the Bones
63
Jesmyn Ward
"Drinking Coffee Elsewhere" by ZZ Packer
"Drinking Coffee Elsewhere" by ZZ Packer
64
A Brief History of Seven Killings (Marlon James)
A Brief History of Seven Killings
65
Marlon James
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America (Kiese Laymon)
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America
66
Kiese Laymon
Buck (M.K. Asante)
Buck
67
M.K. Asante
Men We Reaped (Jesmyn Ward)
Men We Reaped
68
Jesmyn Ward
Mo Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove (Questlove)
Mo Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove
69
Questlove
Breath, Eyes, Memory (Edwidge Danticat)
Breath, Eyes, Memory
70
Edwidge Danticat
Parable of the Talents
Parable of the Talents
71
Fatal Invention (Dorothy Roberts)
Fatal Invention
72
Dorothy Roberts
Social Life of DNA (Alondra Nelson)
Social Life of DNA
73
Alondra Nelson
The Beautiful Struggle
The Beautiful Struggle
74
Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust (John Henrik Clark)
Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust
75
John Henrik Clark
The Black Presidency (Michael Eric Dyson)
The Black Presidency
76
Michael Eric Dyson
Beasts of No Nation (Uzodinma Iweala)
Beasts of No Nation
77
Uzodinma Iweala
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
78
Toni Morrison
Brother, I'm Dying (Edwidge Danticat)
Brother, I'm Dying
79
Edwidge Danticat
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
80
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