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Black Authors and Books

Black Authors

Celebrate and honor powerful black Voices with these books.

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These powerful stories have been written by black authors or are about iconic figures and movements in Black history.

Like a Sister
Like a Sister
Nobody's Magic
Nobody's Magic
The Sweetness of Water (Oprah's Book Club)
The Sweetness of Water (Oprah's Book Club)
Assembly
Assembly
An Orchestra of Minorities
An Orchestra of Minorities
Libertie
Libertie
A More Perfect Union
A More Perfect Union
Blood Grove
Blood Grove
How Are You Going to Save Yourself
How Are You Going to Save Yourself
What's Mine and Yours
What's Mine and Yours
This Close to Okay
This Close to Okay
An American Marriage (Oprah's Book Club)
An American Marriage (Oprah's Book Club)
The City We Became
The City We Became
We Love You, Charlie Freeman
We Love You, Charlie Freeman
Seven Days in June
Seven Days in June
Heaven, My Home
Heaven, My Home
How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House
How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House
Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta
Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta
Above Ground
Above Ground
Witchful Thinking
Witchful Thinking
How to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 Days
How to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 Days
A Lakeside Reunion
A Lakeside Reunion
A Table for Two
A Table for Two
Nobody's Princess
Nobody's Princess
Return to Hummingbird Way
Return to Hummingbird Way
Falling in Love on Sweetwater Lane
Falling in Love on Sweetwater Lane
Lowcountry Summer
Lowcountry Summer
The Hookup Plan
The Hookup Plan
Before I Let Go
Before I Let Go
The Ballad of Perilous Graves
The Ballad of Perilous Graves
Wild Seed
Wild Seed
The Rage of Dragons
The Rage of Dragons
The City We Became
The City We Became
The Monsters We Defy
The Monsters We Defy
Far from the Light of Heaven
Far from the Light of Heaven
The Rosewater Redemption
The Rosewater Redemption
Queen of the Conquered
Queen of the Conquered
How Long 'til Black Future Month?
How Long 'til Black Future Month?
The Unbroken
The Unbroken
Son of the Storm
Son of the Storm
Adulthood Rites
Adulthood Rites
Dawn
Dawn
Imago
Imago
They Can't Kill Us All
They Can't Kill Us All
Stakes Is High
Stakes Is High
100 Animals That Can F*cking End You
100 Animals That Can F*cking End You
The Intersectional Environmentalist
The Intersectional Environmentalist
Emotion By Design
Emotion By Design
The End of White Politics
The End of White Politics
Halfway Home
Halfway Home
Historically Black
Historically Black
Hip-Hop (And Other Things)
Hip-Hop (And Other Things)
Conversations in Black
Conversations in Black
Hollywood Black
Hollywood Black
It Was All a Dream
It Was All a Dream
We Live for the We
We Live for the We
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
How We Fight White Supremacy
How We Fight White Supremacy
Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching
Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching
Race Against Time
Race Against Time
A Terrible Thing to Waste
A Terrible Thing to Waste
How We Show Up
How We Show Up
A Moonless, Starless Sky
A Moonless, Starless Sky
Created Equal
Created Equal
The Black and the Blue
The Black and the Blue
What the Hell Do You Have to Lose?
What the Hell Do You Have to Lose?
Ride or Die
Ride or Die
How the Word Is Passed
How the Word Is Passed
Stamped from the Beginning
Stamped from the Beginning
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman
Moon U.S. Civil Rights Trail
Moon U.S. Civil Rights Trail
Stayed On Freedom
Stayed On Freedom
Across That Bridge
Across That Bridge
Vanguard
Vanguard
The Kidnapping Club
The Kidnapping Club
No Right to an Honest Living
No Right to an Honest Living
South to Freedom
South to Freedom
The Third Reconstruction
The Third Reconstruction
The Road to Dawn
The Road to Dawn
Unseen
Unseen
No Justice, No Peace
No Justice, No Peace
The World Record Book of Racist Stories
The World Record Book of Racist Stories
Mighty Justice
Mighty Justice
Admissions
Admissions
Bird Uncaged
Bird Uncaged
Friends from the Beginning
Friends from the Beginning
Proud
Proud
The Sword and the Shield
The Sword and the Shield
The Pursuit of Porsha
The Pursuit of Porsha
Haben
Haben
Miseducated
Miseducated
First Impressions
First Impressions
Walking Miracle
Walking Miracle
Act Like You Got Some Sense
Act Like You Got Some Sense
Bamboozled By Jesus
Bamboozled By Jesus
Trailblazer
Trailblazer
Time Is Tight
Time Is Tight
The Girls in the Wild Fig Tree
The Girls in the Wild Fig Tree
The World According to Fannie Davis
The World According to Fannie Davis
I Take My Coffee Black
I Take My Coffee Black
No Ashes in the Fire
No Ashes in the Fire
I Am Debra Lee
I Am Debra Lee
Black Tarot
Black Tarot
Ancestral Illumination
Ancestral Illumination
Signs & Skymates
Signs & Skymates
Signs & Skymates Astrological Compatibility Deck
Signs & Skymates Astrological Compatibility Deck
My Signs & Skymates
My Signs & Skymates
Astrology for Black Girls
Astrology for Black Girls
An American Story
An American Story
The Story of Rosa Parks
The Story of Rosa Parks
Dream Big, Little One
Dream Big, Little One
Saving the Day
Saving the Day
Follow Your Dreams, Little One
Follow Your Dreams, Little One
Lulu and Zoey
Lulu and Zoey
Radiant Child
Radiant Child
The Story of Martin Luther King Jr.
The Story of Martin Luther King Jr.
Flying Free
Flying Free
A Computer Called Katherine
A Computer Called Katherine
She Raised Her Voice!
She Raised Her Voice!
Baby Aretha
Baby Aretha
A Child's Introduction to African American History
A Child's Introduction to African American History
I Affirm Me
I Affirm Me
Martin's Big Words
Martin's Big Words
Sit-In
Sit-In
Georgia's Terrific, Colorific Experiment
Georgia's Terrific, Colorific Experiment
A Child's Introduction to Jazz
A Child's Introduction to Jazz
Ghetto Gastro Presents Black Power Kitchen
Ghetto Gastro Presents Black Power Kitchen
The Full Plate
The Full Plate
Zoe's Ghana Kitchen
Zoe's Ghana Kitchen
The Rise
The Rise
Bountiful Cooking
Bountiful Cooking

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