Black Books That Will Help You Get Your Life Together

Discover powerful black books that inspire personal growth and transformation. This curated list of life-changing reads will help you get your life together, boost motivation, and achieve success.

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The Coldest Winter Ever Cover
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The Coldest Winter Ever

by Sister Souljah

The daughter of a Brooklyn drug lord, cocky Winter Santiaga must use all her power and charm to protect her position when war breaks out …
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Churchboys & Other Sinners

by Preston L. Allen

Preston Allen's stories explore the boundary between boy and man, church and smut shack in spare, deadpan prose.
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Brown Girl, Brownstones

by Paule Marshall

Selina Boyce, the daughter of immigrants from Barbados, becomes aware of her passions as she grows to womanhood in Brooklyn and experiences the conflict between …
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Black Boy

by Richard Wright

Richard Wright describes what it was like growing up in Jim Crow-era Mississippi.
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The Color Purple

by Alice Walker

Set in the period between the world wars, this novel tells of two sisters, their trials, and their survival.
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Drown

by Junot Díaz

From the beloved and award-winning author Junot Díaz, a spellbinding saga of a family’s journey through the New World. A coming-of-age story of unparalleled power, …
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Cane River

 

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Their Eyes Were Watching God

by Zora Neale Hurston

Fair and long-legged, independent and articulate, Janie Crawford sets out to be her own person -- no mean feat for a black woman in the …
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