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555 Books to Read Now

Here is a list of 555 Books. Your next read should come from this list. ;)
This list is in no way definitive, and there are likely many books that should have been included that somehow got missed.
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12 Million Black Voices (Richard Wright)
12 Million Black Voices
1
Richard Wright
26A (Diana Evans)
26A
2
Diana Evans
32 Candles (Ernessa T. Carter)
32 Candles
3
Ernessa T. Carter
72 Hour Hold (Bebe Moore Campbell)
72 Hour Hold
4
Bebe Moore Campbell
Abolition Democracy: Beyond Prisons, Torture, and Empire (Angela Y. Davis)
Abolition Democracy: Beyond Prisons, Torture, and Empire
5
Angela Y. Davis
African Perspectives on Colonialism (Albert Adu Boahen)
African Perspectives on Colonialism
6
Albert Adu Boahen
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism (Bell Hooks)
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
7
Bell Hooks
Akata Witch (Nnedi Okorafor)
Akata Witch
8
Nnedi Okorafor
Alienation and Freedom (Frantz Fanon)
Alienation and Freedom
9
Frantz Fanon
All Boys Aren't Blue (George M. Johnson)
All Boys Aren't Blue
10
George M. Johnson
All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (Maya Angelou - 1986)
All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes
11
Maya Angelou - 1986
All My Friends (Marie Ndiaye)
All My Friends
12
Marie Ndiaye
All Things Censored (Mumia Abu-Jamal)
All Things Censored
13
Mumia Abu-Jamal
All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, but Some of Us Are Brave (Akasha G. Hull, Patricia Bell-Scott, Barbara Smith)
All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, but Some of Us Are Brave
14
Akasha G. Hull, Patricia Bell-Scott, Barbara Smith
Almos' a Man (Richard Wright)
Almos' a Man
15
Richard Wright
Am I Black Enough for You? (Anita Heiss)
Am I Black Enough for You?
16
Anita Heiss
The Amen Corner (James Baldwin)
The Amen Corner
17
James Baldwin
American Hunger (Richard Wright)
American Hunger
18
Richard Wright
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
19
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Amiable With Big Teeth (Claude McKay)
Amiable With Big Teeth
20
Claude McKay
An American Marriage (Tayari Jones)
An American Marriage
21
Tayari Jones
An Untamed State (Roxane Gay)
An Untamed State
22
Roxane Gay
And Still Peace Did Not Come (Agnes Kamara-Umunna)
And Still Peace Did Not Come
23
Agnes Kamara-Umunna
And They Didn't Die (Lauretta Ngcobo)
And They Didn't Die
24
Lauretta Ngcobo
Angela Davis: An Autobiography (Angela Davis)
Angela Davis: An Autobiography
25
Angela Davis
Angry Queer Somali Boy (Mohamed Abdulkarim Ali)
Angry Queer Somali Boy
26
Mohamed Abdulkarim Ali
Annie Allen (Gwendolyn Brooks)
Annie Allen
27
Gwendolyn Brooks
Annie John (Jamaica Kincaid)
Annie John
28
Jamaica Kincaid
Another Brooklyn (Jacqueline Woodson)
Another Brooklyn
29
Jacqueline Woodson
Another Country (James Baldwin)
Another Country
30
James Baldwin
Any Known Blood (Lawrence Hill)
Any Known Blood
31
Lawrence Hill
Are Prisons Obsolete? (Angela Y. Davis)
Are Prisons Obsolete?
32
Angela Y. Davis
Assata: An Autobiography (Assata Shakur)
Assata: An Autobiography
33
Assata Shakur
At the Bottom of the River (Jamaica Kincaid)
At the Bottom of the River
34
Jamaica Kincaid
At the Full and Change of the Moon (Dionne Brand)
At the Full and Change of the Moon
35
Dionne Brand
At Home With Muhammad Ali (Hana Ali)
At Home With Muhammad Ali
36
Hana Ali
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (James Weldon Johnson)
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
37
James Weldon Johnson
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
38
Malcolm X
Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr (MLK Jr)
Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr
39
MLK Jr
The Autobiography of My Mother
The Autobiography of My Mother
40
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