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A Black Literary Canon - Page 4

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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Hunger (Roxane Gay)
Hunger
121
Roxane Gay
Hurling Words at Consciousness (Mūkoma Wa Ngũgĩ)
Hurling Words at Consciousness
122
Mūkoma Wa Ngũgĩ
I Do Not Come to You by Chance (Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani)
I Do Not Come to You by Chance
123
Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
124
Maya Angelou
The Icarus Girl (Helen Oyeyemi)
The Icarus Girl
125
Helen Oyeyemi
If Beale Street Could Talk (James Baldwin)
If Beale Street Could Talk
126
James Baldwin
Immortal (Valjeanne Jeffers)
Immortal
127
Valjeanne Jeffers
In Arcadia (Ben Okri)
In Arcadia
128
Ben Okri
In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens (Alice Walker)
In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens
129
Alice Walker
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs)
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
130
Harriet Jacobs
Incognegro: A Memoir of Exile and Apartheid (Frank B. Wilderson III)
Incognegro: A Memoir of Exile and Apartheid
131
Frank B. Wilderson III
The Intuitionist
The Intuitionist
132
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
133
Ralph Ellison
It's Bigger Than Hip Hop (M.K. Asante)
It's Bigger Than Hip Hop
134
M.K. Asante
Jazz (Toni Morrison)
Jazz
135
Toni Morrison
The Joys of Motherhood (Buchi Emecheta)
The Joys of Motherhood
136
Buchi Emecheta
Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie
Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie
137
Just Mercy (Bryan Stevenson)
Just Mercy
138
Bryan Stevenson
Kaffir Boy
Kaffir Boy
139
Killing Rage
Killing Rage
140
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred
141
Octavia Butler
The Known World (Edward P. Jones)
The Known World
142
Edward P. Jones
Krik? Krak!
Krik? Krak!
143
A Lesson Before Dying (Ernest J. Gaines)
A Lesson Before Dying
144
Ernest J. Gaines
Lies My Teacher Told Me (James W. Loewen)
Lies My Teacher Told Me
145
James W. Loewen
Locking Up Our Own (James Forman Jr.)
Locking Up Our Own
146
James Forman Jr.
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
147
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Ishmael Beah)
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
148
Ishmael Beah
Lucy (Jamaica Kincaid)
Lucy
149
Jamaica Kincaid
A Man of the People (Chinua Achebe)
A Man of the People
150
Chinua Achebe
Manchild in the Promised Land
Manchild in the Promised Land
151
March (John Lewis)
March
152
John Lewis
Maru (Bessie Head)
Maru
153
Bessie Head
Me and White Supremacy (Layla F. Saad)
Me and White Supremacy
154
Layla F. Saad
The Memory of Love (Aminatta Forna)
The Memory of Love
155
Aminatta Forna
Men We Reaped (Jesmyn Ward)
Men We Reaped
156
Jesmyn Ward
Middle Passage
Middle Passage
157
Midnight Robber (Nalo Hopkinson)
Midnight Robber
158
Nalo Hopkinson
The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson
The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson
159
Mo Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove (Questlove)
Mo Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove
160
Questlove
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