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A Black Literary Canon - Page 2

Collected from multiple lists, this list, like any attempt at creating a literary canon, is incomplete. This is only part of a larger conversation about what are the greatest, most important, influential, beautiful, poetic, and powerful works of black literature the world over.
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The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
41
Toni Morrison
Body and Soul (Alondra Nelson)
Body and Soul
42
Alondra Nelson
Bone (Yrsa Daley-Ward)
Bone
43
Yrsa Daley-Ward
The Book of Memory (Petina Gappah)
The Book of Memory
44
Petina Gappah
The Book of Night Women (Marlon James)
The Book of Night Women
45
Marlon James
The Book of Not (Tsitsi Dangarembga)
The Book of Not
46
Tsitsi Dangarembga
Boy, Snow, Bird (Helen Oyeyemi)
Boy, Snow, Bird
47
Helen Oyeyemi
Breath, Eyes, Memory (Edwidge Danticat)
Breath, Eyes, Memory
48
Edwidge Danticat
A Brief History of Seven Killings (Marlon James)
A Brief History of Seven Killings
49
Marlon James
The Brother You Choose (Susie Day)
The Brother You Choose
50
Susie Day
Brother, I'm Dying (Edwidge Danticat)
Brother, I'm Dying
51
Edwidge Danticat
Brown Girl Brownstones
Brown Girl Brownstones
52
Brown Girl Dreaming (Jacqueline Woodson)
Brown Girl Dreaming
53
Jacqueline Woodson
Brown Girl in the Ring (Nalo Hopkinson)
Brown Girl in the Ring
54
Nalo Hopkinson
Buck (M.K. Asante)
Buck
55
M.K. Asante
The Burning House: Jim Crow and the Making of Modern America (Anders Walker)
The Burning House: Jim Crow and the Making of Modern America
56
Anders Walker
Busted in New York and Other Essays (Darryl Pinckney)
Busted in New York and Other Essays
57
Darryl Pinckney
Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust (John Henrik Clark)
Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust
58
John Henrik Clark
Citizen (Claudia Rankine)
Citizen
59
Claudia Rankine
The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes (Langston Hughes)
The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes
60
Langston Hughes
The Color of Law (Richard Rothstein)
The Color of Law
61
Richard Rothstein
The Color of Water (James McBride)
The Color of Water
62
James McBride
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
63
Alice Walker
Coming of Age in Mississippi (Anne Moody)
Coming of Age in Mississippi
64
Anne Moody
The Condemnation of Blackness Race, Crime, & the Making of Modern Urban America (Khalil Gibran Muhammad)
The Condemnation of Blackness Race, Crime, & the Making of Modern Urban America
65
Khalil Gibran Muhammad
Dawn (Octavia Butler)
Dawn
66
Octavia Butler
Decolonizing the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature (Ngugi Wa Thiong'o)
Decolonizing the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature
67
Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
Delicious Foods (James Hannaham)
Delicious Foods
68
James Hannaham
Derek Walcott Collected Poems
Derek Walcott Collected Poems
69
The Destruction of Black Civilization (Chancellor Williams)
The Destruction of Black Civilization
70
Chancellor Williams
Devil in a Blue Dress (Walter Mosley)
Devil in a Blue Dress
71
Walter Mosley
Dhalgren (Samuel R. Delany)
Dhalgren
72
Samuel R. Delany
A Different Mirror (Ronald Takaki)
A Different Mirror
73
Ronald Takaki
Discourse on Colonialism (Aime Cesaire)
Discourse on Colonialism
74
Aime Cesaire
Don't Call Us Dead: Poems (Danez Smith)
Don't Call Us Dead: Poems
75
Danez Smith
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
76
Dust (Yvonne Owuor)
Dust
77
Yvonne Owuor
Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography
Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography
78
Dying of Whiteness (Jonathan M. Metzl)
Dying of Whiteness
79
Jonathan M. Metzl
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower (Brittney Cooper)
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
80
Brittney Cooper
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