AAPI Heritage Month
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African American Authors


African American Authors Books

The Bluest Eye
The Color Purple
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
Beloved
Their Eyes Were Watching God
The Vanishing Half
The Hate U Give
Between the World and Me
Invisible Man
Song of Solomon
Becoming
The Underground Railroad
Kindred
Hair Love
The Water Dancer
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Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonBuck by M.K. AsanteBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XA Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
100 Essential AA Books (QBR)
33 books — 15 voters
Real Men Knit by Kwana JacksonSweethand by N.G. PeltierOutdrawn by Deanna GreySeven Days in June by Tia WilliamsThis Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith
Black Adult Romance Novels of the 2020's
23 books — 13 voters

Hush by Jacqueline WoodsonWhat Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day by Pearl CleageI Wish I Had a Red Dress by Pearl Cleage
AfroPicks by Afro-Editoins.com
3 books — 2 voters
Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia HibbertSugar and Ice by Brooklyn WallaceHis Convenient Husband by Robin CovingtonIn His Corner by Christa TomlinsonCheck, Please! Book 1 by Ngozi Ukazu
LGBTQ+ Sports Romance Novels by Black Authors
5 books — 2 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerBeloved by Toni MorrisonKindred by Octavia E. ButlerI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Books by Black Authors
915 books — 368 voters
Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree by Adaobi Tricia NwaubaniJus Breathe by B. Lynn CarterLet Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D. JacksonX by Ilyasah ShabazzSaving Savannah by Tonya Bolden
Teen Historical Fiction by Black Authors
14 books — 2 voters

Quotes Tagged “African American Authors”

Jabari Asim
“ Making the nation safe for white people could be more easily accomplished with the help of a whitewashed tale of its origins. ”
― Jabari Asim, The N Word: Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn't, and Why
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Jabari Asim
“ She looked up and saw, crouching on a branch, a creature from another world. ”
― Jabari Asim, Yonder
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Videos Tagged “African American Authors”

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The Young Poet and the Painter by Carol Phelan Aebby
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Groups Tagged "African American Authors"

In this bookclub we will read street lit and urban fiction from all African American authors. We…more
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Urban Fiction Review This group is created for new and up and coming urban fiction writers. If you are looking for a …more
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African Babes Book Club African Babes Book Club
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The Black in the Burg Book Club is dedicated to exploring the many facets of Black life through …more
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