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Fiction that puts black women and their lives front and center - focus on relationships, family and friends. It's award-winning, has high rating among readers or that you read it and it's one of the best books you've read. Some keywords: uplifting, inspiring, funny, a great read.

-No Terry McMillan and E. Lynn Harris, etc. so that we can discover some other voices
-No urban fiction. That's its own genre.
-No romance. If there are naked people on the cover, it's not for this list.
-Nothing too heavy. No Beloved or Tar Baby, for example.
-No perfect heroines, who have it all.
-Any setting or time period.

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message 1: by M.L. (new)

M.L. Desir I added my debut middle-grade novel that fits into this category. :)


message 2: by Iesha (last edited May 16, 2017 04:41PM) (new)

Iesha Walker I hope you all will check out my new book, Seasons. If you love African American Chicklit, Seasons is the perfect book for you. Kindle version:Seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer & Fall...A Girl's Got to Have Them AllSeasons


message 3: by Ann Marie (new)

Ann Marie Spencer Bravo to the Waltz by Brenn Coan
This 6000 word short story leaves you with all kind of emotions.


message 4: by Karin (new)

Karin Please note that by the time I came here there are many famous books near the top of the list that are NOT chicklit! Plus there are some by white authors (haven't checked more than just the first page!)

I did a browser search for black chick lit and this is the first page that came up, so it's very disappointing.

And there is at least one Terry McMillan on the first page. It's too bad because I was looking for real chicklit written by black voices--something not so heavy since I've read many of those novels already. eg Sugar, which is also on the first page. I've read a number of these books--two of them as a child--and most don't fit this.


message 5: by Karin (new)

Karin M.L. wrote: "I added my debut middle-grade novel that fits into this category. :)"

Middle-grade books are wonderful, but are NOT chicklit--chicklit is for adults.


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