The adult literary list for books scheduled for US publication in 2019 for those that seek to read stories from a african-american point of view. African-Americans only please. No hood lit, urban lit, erotica, chick lit, ebooks, or self-published. Novels, short stories, and poetry only. English titles only.
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The World Doesn't Require You: Stories by Rion Amilcar Scott has been removed because the author is not African-American. From the washingtonian: "my parents are immigrants from a very unique island in the Caribbean."
https://www.washingtonian.com/2017/05...
Thanks but this list is for African-Americans.
Divena wrote: "And Hollywood Hack is a cozy mystery that would also fall in the chick lit category"I disagree. ETA: I have no problems with cozy mysteries, one or two isn't a big deal for me and I've already placed this author on my previous list. And I don't think this is chicklit.
I've read the previous books in the series Hollywood Homicide and Hollywood Ending. Both very much chicklit.
Addy wrote: "Divena wrote: "And Hollywood Hack is a cozy mystery that would also fall in the chick lit category"I disagree. ETA: I have no problems with cozy mysteries, one or two isn't a big deal for me and I..."
Just saying your list excludes chick lit and the previous book was removed from your last list for being chick lit. This series is in the same vein of the Wedding Party serious except the romance is one element of the story alongside the mystery.
Divena wrote: "Addy wrote: "Divena wrote: "And Hollywood Hack is a cozy mystery that would also fall in the chick lit category"I disagree. ETA: I have no problems with cozy mysteries, one or two isn't a big deal..."
I usually don't remove a book of a certain genre unless I see https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1... by a known publisher of that genre or many people shelf the book as "chick-lit" (AND I haven't read the book in question to disagree). This is not the case for this series.
I didn't remove the book from my last list for being chick-lit. I removed it to prove a point, to be honest. Someone was placing an overwhelming amount of rule breakers on my list. If you look at this list, you'll see the first book in this series on the list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
This list isn't for cozy mysteries, but I'll let one or two slip through. I've seen others create "literary" lists as well and they have a MORE than a few rule breakers. I only let in about two, Maybe three. Maybe.
Judges: When The Light Lay Still by Charles J. Eskew has been removed because it's not a book. The rules state no ebooks.
The following have been remved because the authors are not African-Americans:The World Doesn't Require You: Stories
by Rion Amilcar Scott
Black Card
by Chris L. Terry
The Haunting of Tram Car 015
by P. Djèlí Clark
A Particular Kind of Black Man
by Tope Folarin
Shades: Detroit Love Stories
by Esperanza M Cintron
The following have been removed because they have been published before 2019:
Negrophobia: An Urban Parable
by Darius James
Blueschild Baby: A Novel
by George Cain
Hue and Cry: Stories
by James Alan McPherson
Country Place: A Novel
by Ann Petry
Absolutely Nothing to Get Alarmed About consists of 3 novels, all of which were published in the 20th century, just like Negrophobia, Blueschild Baby, Hue and Cry & Country Place.
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams and The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell have been deleted because the authors are not African-Americans.
SLAY by Brittney Morris has been removed because this list if not for Young Adult novels. You can find the book on my other list for YA and MG fiction here:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin has been removed and added to the 2020 list. Apparently the publication was pushed back.
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"I grew up in the Caribbean. My family is from the Caribbean. It is home for me. It will always feel like home. I find that even in memory I know it more intimately than anywhere else I’ve been. "
http://www.nightmare-magazine.com/non...
Thanks, but this list is for African-American authors only.