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100 Must-Read African-American Books

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The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Alex Haley and Malcolm X)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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Alex Haley and Malcolm X
Roots (Alex Haley)
Roots
2
Alex Haley
Jubilee
Jubilee
3
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
4
Octavia Butler
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
5
Zora Neale Hurston
Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington)
Up From Slavery
6
Booker T. Washington
Invisible Man
Invisible Man
7
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
8
Alice Walker
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs)
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
9
Harriet Jacobs
Another Country
Another Country
10
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
11
James Baldwin
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
12
Maya Angelou
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World
13
Edward P. Jones
Plum Bun
Plum Bun
14
The Street
The Street
15
Cane
Cane
16
Black Thunder
Black Thunder
17
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
18
Chinua Achebe
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
19
Toni Morrison
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
20
Richard Wright
Uncle Tom's Children
Uncle Tom's Children
21
Assata (Assata Shakur)
Assata
22
Assata Shakur
Corregidora
Corregidora
23
Makes Me Wanna Holler
Makes Me Wanna Holler
24
I Put a Spell on You
I Put a Spell on You
25
Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
26
The Coldest Winter Ever
The Coldest Winter Ever
27
Push by Saphire
Push by Saphire
28
Dreams From My Father (Barack Obama)
Dreams From My Father
29
Barack Obama
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (Olaudah Equiano)
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
30
Olaudah Equiano
Race Matters
Race Matters
31
For Colored Boys
For Colored Boys
32
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
33
Ntozake Shange
Decoded (Jay-Z and Dream Hampton)
Decoded
34
Jay-Z and Dream Hampton
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day
35
Waiting to Exhale (Terry McMillan)
Waiting to Exhale
36
Terry McMillan
The Other Side of Paradise
The Other Side of Paradise
37
The Intuitionist
The Intuitionist
38
The Souls of Black Folk (W.E.B. Du Bois)
The Souls of Black Folk
39
W.E.B. Du Bois
The Ways of White Folks
The Ways of White Folks
40
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