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25 Incredible Books by Black Authors

These are some of my favourite books (both fiction and non-fiction) by Black authors. I'm missing a few obvious ones (Alice Walker, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, bell hooks, etc) because I've only included books I have personally read and can therefore recommend.
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
1
Toni Morrison
Sula (Toni Morrison)
Sula
2
Toni Morrison
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
3
Toni Morrison
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
4
James Baldwin
If Beale Street Could Talk (James Baldwin)
If Beale Street Could Talk
5
James Baldwin
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
6
James Baldwin
Another Country
Another Country
7
Notes of a Native Son (James Baldwin)
Notes of a Native Son
8
James Baldwin
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
9
Ralph Ellison
Their Eyes Were Watching (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching
10
Zora Neale Hurston
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name (Audre Lorde)
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
11
Audre Lorde
Black Skin, White Masks (Frantz Fanon)
Black Skin, White Masks
12
Frantz Fanon
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
13
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Amalgamation Schemes (Jared Sexton)
Amalgamation Schemes
14
Jared Sexton
Incognegro: A Memoir of Exile and Apartheid (Frank B. Wilderson III)
Incognegro: A Memoir of Exile and Apartheid
15
Frank B. Wilderson III
Soledad Brother (George Jackson)
Soledad Brother
16
George Jackson
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
17
Richard Wright
Assata (Assata Shakur)
Assata
18
Assata Shakur
The Souls of Black Folk (W.E.B. Du Bois)
The Souls of Black Folk
19
W.E.B. Du Bois
Black Boy (Richard Wright)
Black Boy
20
Richard Wright
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
21
Octavia Butler
Lilith's Brood
Lilith's Brood
22
Black Revolution (Aime Cesaire and Malcolm X)
Black Revolution
23
Aime Cesaire and Malcolm X
Warfare in the American Homeland (Joy James)
Warfare in the American Homeland
24
Joy James
Are Prisons Obsolete? (Angela Y. Davis)
Are Prisons Obsolete?
25
Angela Y. Davis
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