GREAT BOOKS by GREAT ( black) AUTHORS

Discover powerful reads by legendary Black authors. Explore our curated list of great books that celebrate Black voices, stories, and literary excellence.

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The Darkest Child

by Delores Phillips

Fourteen-year-old Tangy Mae tells of the brutal physical and mental abuse that her mother inflicts on her and her ten siblings.
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Babylon sisters

 

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The best-kept secret

 

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The Sisters of APF

 

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A Lesson Before Dying

by Ernest J. Gaines

NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • A deep and compassionate novel about a young man who returns to 1940s Cajun country to visit a …
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Skyscraper

 

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Shame on It All

 

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Fifth Born

 

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G-Spot

 

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What Looks Like Crazy On an Ordinary Day

by Pearl Cleage

Oprah's Book Club.
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Push

by Sapphire

"Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire," directed by Lee Daniels and written by Damien Paul GRAND JURY PRIZE and AUDIENCE AWARD winner at the …
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Blackfunk

 

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Thong on Fire

 

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Let that be the reason

 

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Someone Knows My Name

by Lawrence Hill

Dreaming of escaping her life of slavery in South Carolina and returning to her African home, slave Aminata Diallo is thrown into the chaos of …
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Go tell it on the mountain : [a novel]

by James Baldwin

This novel of Black life in America is written with an impartial attitude
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Waking with Enemies

by Eric Jerome Dickey

Powerful hit man Gideon struggles to outmaneuver a fellow assassin when his past misdeeds catch up with him, an effort that forces him to realize …
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Sleeping with Strangers

 

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The Other Woman

by Eric Jerome Dickey

With their marriage dissipating in the face of their conflicting work schedules, an African-American couple finds their relationship tested by extramarital affairs. By the author …
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