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Books Mentioned on USA Today's 100 Black Novelists and Fiction Writers You Should Read

From the August 20, 2020 USA Today article, "100 Black novelists and fiction writers you should read, from Abi Daré to Zora Neale Hurston." The article includes examples of each author's work. Here are the books mentioned. How many have you read?
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Black Sunday (Tola Rotimi Abraham)
Black Sunday
1
Tola Rotimi Abraham
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
2
Chinua Achebe
No Longer at Ease (Chinua Achebe)
No Longer at Ease
3
Chinua Achebe
Arrow of God (Chinua Achebe)
Arrow of God
4
Chinua Achebe
Stay With Me (Ayobámi Adébáyo)
Stay With Me
5
Ayobámi Adébáyo
Purple Hibiscus (Chimamanda Adichie)
Purple Hibiscus
6
Chimamanda Adichie
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
7
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
8
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Thing Around Your Neck (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
The Thing Around Your Neck
9
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Friday Black (Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah)
Friday Black
10
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Say You're One of Them (Uwen Akpen)
Say You're One of Them
11
Uwen Akpen
Conjure Women (AFIa Atakora)
Conjure Women
12
AFIa Atakora
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
13
James Baldwin
If Beale Street Could Talk (James Baldwin)
If Beale Street Could Talk
14
James Baldwin
Queen Sugar (Natalie Baszile)
Queen Sugar
15
Natalie Baszile
The Sellout (Paul Beatty)
The Sellout
16
Paul Beatty
Tuff (Paul Beatty)
Tuff
17
Paul Beatty
Slumberland (Paul Beatty)
Slumberland
18
Paul Beatty
The White Boy Shuffle (Paul Beatty)
The White Boy Shuffle
19
Paul Beatty
The Mothers (Brit Bennett)
The Mothers
20
Brit Bennett
The Vanishing Half (Brit Bennett)
The Vanishing Half
21
Brit Bennett
Sisters & Lovers (Connie Briscoe)
Sisters & Lovers
22
Connie Briscoe
Big Girls Don't Cry (Connie Briscoe)
Big Girls Don't Cry
23
Connie Briscoe
P.G. County (Connie Briscoe)
P.G. County
24
Connie Briscoe
Sisters & Husbands (Connie Briscoe)
Sisters & Husbands
25
Connie Briscoe
Money Can't Buy Love (Connie Briscoe)
Money Can't Buy Love
26
Connie Briscoe
Upstate (Kalisha Buckhanon)
Upstate
27
Kalisha Buckhanon
Speaking of Summer (Kalisha Buckhanon)
Speaking of Summer
28
Kalisha Buckhanon
Everywhere You Don't Belong (Gabriel Bump)
Everywhere You Don't Belong
29
Gabriel Bump
Dawn (Octavia Butler)
Dawn
30
Octavia Butler
Kindred (Octavia E. Butler)
Kindred
31
Octavia E. Butler
Parable of the Sower (Octavia E. Butler)
Parable of the Sower
32
Octavia E. Butler
Your Blues Ain't Like Mine (Bebe Moore Campbell)
Your Blues Ain't Like Mine
33
Bebe Moore Campbell
Brothers and Sisters (Bebe Moore Campbell)
Brothers and Sisters
34
Bebe Moore Campbell
Singing in the Comeback Choir (Bebe Moore Campbell)
Singing in the Comeback Choir
35
Bebe Moore Campbell
What You Owe Me (Bebe Moore Campbell)
What You Owe Me
36
Bebe Moore Campbell
72 Hour Hold (Bebe Moore Campbell)
72 Hour Hold
37
Bebe Moore Campbell
These Ghosts Are Family (Maisy Card)
These Ghosts Are Family
38
Maisy Card
Queenie (Candice Carty-Williams)
Queenie
39
Candice Carty-Williams
Soucouyant (David Chariandy)
Soucouyant
40
David Chariandy
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