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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message 1: by Addy (new)

Addy The Lesson by Cadwell Turnbull has been removed because the author is not African-American. I found an interview from Nightmare magazine:
"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.


message 2: by Addy (new)

Addy 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.


message 3: by Ms. Woc Reader (new)

Ms. Woc Reader Addy, I see you voted for The Wedding Party . The book is Chick Lit.


message 4: by Addy (new)

Addy ^^^I see you're right. Thought it was just romance. Removed.


message 5: by Ms. Woc Reader (new)

Ms. Woc Reader And Hollywood Hack is a cozy mystery that would also fall in the chick lit category


message 6: by Addy (last edited Jan 12, 2019 03:34PM) (new)

Addy 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.


message 7: by Ms. Woc Reader (new)

Ms. Woc Reader I've read the previous books in the series Hollywood Homicide and Hollywood Ending. Both very much chicklit.


message 8: by Ms. Woc Reader (last edited Jan 12, 2019 08:44PM) (new)

Ms. Woc Reader 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.


message 9: by Addy (new)

Addy 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.


message 10: by Addy (new)

Addy Judges: When The Light Lay Still by Charles J. Eskew has been removed because it's not a book. The rules state no ebooks.


message 11: by Addy (new)

Addy 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


message 12: by Reggie (new)

Reggie 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.


message 13: by Addy (new)

Addy Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams and The Old Drift
by Namwali Serpell have been deleted because the authors are not African-Americans.


message 14: by Addy (new)

Addy 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...


message 15: by Addy (new)

Addy The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin has been removed and added to the 2020 list. Apparently the publication was pushed back.


message 16: by Addy (new)

Addy A Violent Woman: A Novel by Ayana Mathis has been moved to the 2021 list.


message 17: by Addy (new)

Addy The Gone Dead by Chanelle Benz has been removed because the author is not African-American.


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