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A Black Literary Canon - Page 3

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 Emerging Thought of W. E. B. Du Bois: Essays and Editorials From "The Crisis (W.E.B. Du Bois)
The Emerging Thought of W. E. B. Du Bois: Essays and Editorials From "The Crisis
81
W.E.B. Du Bois
Erasure (Percival Everett)
Erasure
82
Percival Everett
Everyday Is for the Thief (Teju Cole)
Everyday Is for the Thief
83
Teju Cole
Everyday Use (Alice Walker)
Everyday Use
84
Alice Walker
Evicted (Matthew Desmond)
Evicted
85
Matthew Desmond
The Famished Road
The Famished Road
86
Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-Create Race in the Twenty-First Century (Dorothy Roberts)
Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-Create Race in the Twenty-First Century
87
Dorothy Roberts
Feminist Theory From Margin to Centre
Feminist Theory From Margin to Centre
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The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
The Fifth Season
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N. K. Jemisin
The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin)
The Fire Next Time
90
James Baldwin
Fire Shut Up in My Bones
Fire Shut Up in My Bones
91
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
92
Ntozake Shange
Foreign Gods, Inc.
Foreign Gods, Inc.
93
Freedom Dreams (Robin D.G. Kelley)
Freedom Dreams
94
Robin D.G. Kelley
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle (Angela Davis)
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle
95
Angela Davis
From Babylon to Timbuktu (Rudolph Windsor)
From Babylon to Timbuktu
96
Rudolph Windsor
Ghana Must Go
Ghana Must Go
97
Ghost (Jason Reynolds)
Ghost
98
Jason Reynolds
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
99
James Baldwin
Go Tell It on the Mountain (James Baldwin)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
100
James Baldwin
The Good Lord Bird
The Good Lord Bird
101
Graceland (Chris Abani)
Graceland
102
Chris Abani
The Hairdresser of Harare (Zimbabwe)
The Hairdresser of Harare (Zimbabwe)
103
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
104
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Happiness, Like Water (Chinelo Okparanta)
Happiness, Like Water
105
Chinelo Okparanta
The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas)
The Hate U Give
106
Angie Thomas
Heart-Shape in the Dust (Robert Hayden)
Heart-Shape in the Dust
107
Robert Hayden
Heavy (Kiese Laymon)
Heavy
108
Kiese Laymon
Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
Homegoing
109
Yaa Gyasi
Hood Feminism (Mikki Kendall)
Hood Feminism
110
Mikki Kendall
The House of Hunger (Dambudzo Marechera)
The House of Hunger
111
Dambudzo Marechera
Houseboy (Ferdinand Oyono)
Houseboy
112
Ferdinand Oyono
How It Feels to Be Colored Me (Zora Neale Hurston)
How It Feels to Be Colored Me
113
Zora Neale Hurston
How to Be an Anti-Racist (Ibram X. Kendi)
How to Be an Anti-Racist
114
Ibram X. Kendi
How to Love a Jamaican (Alexia Arthurs)
How to Love a Jamaican
115
Alexia Arthurs
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America (Kiese Laymon)
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America
116
Kiese Laymon
How We Fight for Our Lives (Saeed Jones)
How We Fight for Our Lives
117
Saeed Jones
How We Fight White Supremacy (Akiba Solomon & Kenrya Rankin)
How We Fight White Supremacy
118
Akiba Solomon & Kenrya Rankin
How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective (Edit: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor:)
How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective
119
Edit: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor:
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (NK Jemisin)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
120
NK Jemisin
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