I did a book a day during Black History Month to showcase the amazing array of black writers we have in the writing world. I have read all of these and thought they were amazing to be passed along to read for leisure, to use in a classroom, to further learn, or whatever the book causes you to do. So, my book a day I have compiled into a list. Enjoy! (They are in no particular order).
WHAT WE LOSE BY ZINZI CLEMMONS
PASSING BY NELLA LARSEN
BLOODCHILD BY OCTAVIA BUTLER
TAR BABY BY TONI MORRISON
BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME BY TA-NEHISI COATES
KINDRED BY OCTAVIA BUTLER
HUNGER BY ROXANE GAY
BLOOD COLONY BY TANANARIVE DUE (THIRD IN A SERIES)
ZAMI: A NEW SPELLING OF MY NAME BY AUDRE LORDE
SULA BY TONI MORRISON
THE HATE U GIVE BY ANGIE THOMAS
GIOVANNI’S ROOM BY JAMES BALDWIN
THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD BY ZORA NEALE HURSTON
THE COLOR PURPLE BY ALICE WALKER
NATIVE SON BY RICHARD WRIGHT
INVISBLE MAN BY RALPH ELISON
GHOST SUMMER STORIES BY TANANARIVE DUE
A LESSON BEFORE DYING BY ERNEST J. GAINES
SING, UNBURIED, SING BY JESMYN WARD
THERE ARE MORE BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAN BEYONCÉ BY MORGAN PARKER
CIY OF BONES BY KWAME DAWES
NOT WITHOUT LAUGHTER BY LANGSTON HUGHES
I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS BY MAYA ANGELOU
WHAT IT MEANS WHEN A MAN FALLS FROM THE SKY STORIES BY LESLEY NNEKA ARIMAH
DON’T CALL US DEAD BY DANEZ SMITH
THOMAS AND BEULAH BY RITA DOVE
NW BY ZADIE SMITH
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X BY MALCOLM X AND ALEX HALEY
HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY THE LIST! COMMENT THE ONES YOU HAVE READ OR THE ONES YOU HAVE ADDED TO YOUR READING LIST! CAN’T WAIT TO HEAR WHERE THESE STORIES HAVE LED YOU OR HOW THEY HAVE INSPIRED YOU! THANKS FOR SCROLLING THROUGH!
