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Some Books With African/African American Themes Yellowdaisygarden Has Read

This is a list of the books that I have read with African/African American themes. After looking at other lists on this site, I see many important books that I have missed in this category and would like to read. You may see a few books on this list that may interest you.
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The Color of Water (James McBride)
The Color of Water
1
James McBride
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2
Rebecca Skloot
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs)
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
3
Harriet Jacobs
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Ishmael Beah)
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
4
Ishmael Beah
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry, the Beloved Country
5
Alan Paton
The House at Sugar Beach (Helene Cooper)
The House at Sugar Beach
6
Helene Cooper
To Be a Slave (Julius Lester)
To Be a Slave
7
Julius Lester
Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War (Leymah Gbowee)
Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War
8
Leymah Gbowee
Out of America: A Black Man Confronts Africa (Keith B. Richburg)
Out of America: A Black Man Confronts Africa
9
Keith B. Richburg
Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates (1951)
Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates (1951)
10
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 (Christopher Paul Curtis)
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963
11
Christopher Paul Curtis
Liberia: Portrait of a Failed State (John Peter Pham)
Liberia: Portrait of a Failed State
12
John Peter Pham
Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman (Patricia McKissack Frederick McKissack)
Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman
13
Patricia McKissack Frederick McKissack
A Distant Grief: The Real Story Behind the Martyrdom of Christians in Uganda (F. Kefa Sempangi With Barbara R. Thompson)
A Distant Grief: The Real Story Behind the Martyrdom of Christians in Uganda
14
F. Kefa Sempangi With Barbara R. Thompson
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Alexander McCall Smith)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
15
Alexander McCall Smith
At Her Majesty's Request (Walter Dean Myers)
At Her Majesty's Request
16
Walter Dean Myers
Tears of the Giraffe (Alexander McCall Smith)
Tears of the Giraffe
17
Alexander McCall Smith
Samuel Morris (Lindley Baldwin)
Samuel Morris
18
Lindley Baldwin
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
19
Maya Angelou
Gifted Hands (Ben Carson, MD)
Gifted Hands
20
Ben Carson, MD
One Nation: What We Can All Do to Save America's Future (Ben Carson, MD)
One Nation: What We Can All Do to Save America's Future
21
Ben Carson, MD
I Ain't Coming Back (Dolphins Weary)
I Ain't Coming Back
22
Dolphins Weary
Crossing the Tracks- Hope for the Hopeless and Help for the Poor in Rural Mississippi and Your Commu (Dolphins Weary)
Crossing the Tracks- Hope for the Hopeless and Help for the Poor in Rural Mississippi and Your Commu
23
Dolphins Weary
Gift Children (J. Douglas Bates)
Gift Children
24
J. Douglas Bates
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