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• Kindred

  Butler, Octavia E.

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  Science fiction; time travel, California, slave holders.

• Song of Solomon

  Morrison, Toni, 1931-2019

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  Bildungsroman; family chronicle, Michigan, folklore, myth.

• Ain't I a Woman

  Black Women and Feminism

  hooks, bell, 1952-2021

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  Nonfiction; African American women, sexism, feminism.

• Go Tell It on the Mountain

  Baldwin, James, 1924-1987

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  Historical fiction; Harlem, children of clergy, identity, culture conflict.

• The Weary Blues

  Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967

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  Poetry; Harlem Renaissance, jazz, rhythm.

• The Souls of Black Folk

  Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963

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  Literary history; sociology, intellectual life, essays.

• The Nickel Boys

  a Novel

  Whitehead, Colson, 1969-

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  Historical fiction; reformatories, civil rights, Florida, boys and teenagers.

• Angela Davis

  An Autobiography

  Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-

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  Autobiography; political activism, prison abolition movement, political philosophy.

• The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni, 1968-1998

  Giovanni, Nikki

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  Poetry; love, frustration, alienation, the Black experience.

• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

  Angelou, Maya

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  Autobiography; childhood, entertainers, 20th century.

• Black Leopard, Red Wolf

  James, Marlon, 1970-

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  Epic fantasy fiction; shape shifting, mercenary troops, monsters.

• Queenie

  a Novel

  Carty-Williams, Candice, 1989-

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  Psychological fiction; women journalists, Jamaicans in London, online dating.

• Between the World and Me

  Coates, Ta-Nehisi

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  Personal history; Baltimore, Howard University, history of race.

• How We Fight for Our Lives

  a Memoir

  Jones, Saeed

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  Autobiography; race and queerness, poets, power and vulnerability.

• Salvage the Bones

  a Novel

  Ward, Jesmyn

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  Domestic fiction; Hurricane Katrina, the rural poor, brothers and sisters.

• Freshwater

  Emezi, Akwaeke

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  Psychological fiction; identity, Nigeria, metaphysics of mental illness.

• Such a Fun Age

  a Novel

  Reid, Kiley

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  Fiction; babysitters, bloggers, race relations, Philadelphia.

• Gingerbread

  Oyeyemi, Helen

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  Magic realist fiction; family secrets, mothers and daughters, jealousy, best friends, imaginary places.

• Homegoing

  Gyasi, Yaa

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  Historical fiction; family chronicles, Ghana, slavery, sisters.

• Sister Outsider

  Lorde, Audre

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  Poetry; feminism, lesbianism, African American women.