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Our Favorite African-American Books

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The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
1
Toni Morrison
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
2
Ralph Ellison
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
3
Zora Neale Hurston
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
4
Toni Morrison
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
5
Alice Walker
Dreams From My Father (Barack Obama)
Dreams From My Father
6
Barack Obama
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
7
Richard Wright
Song of Solomon (Toni Morrison)
Song of Solomon
8
Toni Morrison
The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin)
The Fire Next Time
9
James Baldwin
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
10
Maya Angelou
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
11
Ntozake Shange
The New Jim Crow (Alexander)
The New Jim Crow
12
Alexander
A Lesson Before Dying (Ernest J. Gaines)
A Lesson Before Dying
13
Ernest J. Gaines
The Warmth of Other Suns (Isabel Wilkerson)
The Warmth of Other Suns
14
Isabel Wilkerson
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun
15
Lorraine Hansberry
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
16
Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
17
Devil in a Blue Dress
Devil in a Blue Dress
18
Black Boy
Black Boy
19
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World
20
Edward P. Jones
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Mildred D. Taylor)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
21
Mildred D. Taylor
Another Country
Another Country
22
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
23
Rebecca Skloot
Salvage the Bones (Jesmyn Ward)
Salvage the Bones
24
Jesmyn Ward
Manchild in the Promised Land
Manchild in the Promised Land
25
Medical Apartheid
Medical Apartheid
26
God Help the Child (Toni Morrison)
God Help the Child
27
Toni Morrison
Silver Sparrow
Silver Sparrow
28
Twelve Years a Slave (Solomon Northup)
Twelve Years a Slave
29
Solomon Northup
Annie Allen
Annie Allen
30
Brown Girl Dreaming (Jacqueline Woodson)
Brown Girl Dreaming
31
Jacqueline Woodson
Flyy Girl (Omar Tyree)
Flyy Girl
32
Omar Tyree
Notes of a Native Son (James Baldwin)
Notes of a Native Son
33
James Baldwin
The Snowy Day (Ezra Jack Keats)
The Snowy Day
34
Ezra Jack Keats
The Street
The Street
35
Fences (August Wilson)
Fences
36
August Wilson
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 (Christopher Paul Curtis)
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963
37
Christopher Paul Curtis
Parable of the Sower (Octavia E. Butler)
Parable of the Sower
38
Octavia E. Butler
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story From the Underground Railroad
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story From the Underground Railroad
39
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
40
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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