100+ African-American Writers (Mostly Fiction)
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PROMINENT STYLE |
BEST BOOK TO READ FIRST |
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Romance |
Welcome to Leo’s |
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Memoirs, Poetry |
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings |
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Magic Realism |
Baby of the Family |
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Contemporary/Erotic |
God’s Gift to Women |
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Biographical Novels |
Go Tell It on the Mountain |
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Short Stories |
Gorilla, My Love |
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Contemporary Humor |
The White Boy Shuffle |
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Contemporary Fiction |
Redemption Song |
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Contemporary Fiction |
All of Me: a Voluptuous Tale |
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Mystery |
Dead Time |
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Contemporary Religious Life |
Church Folk |
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Contemporary Fiction |
Big Girls Don’t Cry |
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Poetry; Contemporary |
Maud Martha (novel) |
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Various |
Black Gold |
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Science Fiction |
Parable of the Sower |
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Contemporary Young Women |
Hand-Me-Down Heartache |
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Literary Fiction |
Your Blues Ain’t Like Mine |
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Literary Fiction |
The Price of a Child |
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Historical Fiction |
Sally Hemings: a Novel |
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Literary Fiction |
October Suite |
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Contemporary Fiction |
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day |
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Short Stories |
Homemade Love |
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Literary Fiction |
Breath, Eyes, Memory |
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Legal Thrillers |
The Last Defense |
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Contemporary Fiction |
Tryin’ to Sleep in the Bed You Made |
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Science Fiction |
Dhalgren |
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Mystery |
Mama Traps a Killer |
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Contemporary Fiction |
Sister, Sister |
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Poetry |
Selected Poems |
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Horror |
My Soul to Keep |
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Literary Fiction |
Invisible Man |
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Romance |
Tell Me Something Good |
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Literary Fiction |
Erasure |
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Contemporary Fiction |
Scenes From a Sistah |
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Romance |
Against the Wind |
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Contemporary Christian |
Passing By Samaria |
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Literary Fiction |
A Prayer Before Dying |
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Urban Romance, Hip Hop |
Night Work |
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Urban Thrillers |
Black Girl Lost |
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Family Sagas |
Roots |
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Mystery |
Cold Medina |
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Literary Romance; Gay Culture |
Invisible Life |
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Hard Boiled Mysteries |
Going Nowhere Fast |
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Romance; Contemporary |
Rhythms |
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Hard Boiled Mysteries |
Cotton Comes to Harlem |
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Contemporary Fiction |
B-More Careful |
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Mystery |
Presumed Dead |
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Caribbean Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
Midnight Robber |
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Poetry; Short Stories |
The Big Sea (Autobiography) |
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Literary Fiction |
Their Eyes Were Watching God |
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Contemporary Fiction |
Lil’ Mama’s Rules |
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Literary Fiction |
The Hatwearer’s Lesson |
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Literary Fiction |
Middle Passage |
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Contemporary Fiction |
Dream in Color |
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Historical Fiction |
Standing at the Scratch Line |
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Contemporary Fiction |
Dating Games |
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Urban Romance |
Butterscotch Blues |
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Literary Fiction |
Corregidora |
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Literary Fiction |
Annie John |
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Romance |
Suddenly |
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Literary Romance |
Kinfolks |
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Contemporary Fiction |
Good Hair |
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Urban Romance |
Good Peoples |
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Literary Fiction |
The Chosen Place, The Timeless People |
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Contemporary Fiction |
Forever |
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Literary Fiction |
Sugar |
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Contemporary Fiction |
Waiting to Exhale |
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Mystery |
One Must Wait |
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Contemporary Fiction |
Satin Doll |
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Contemporary Fiction |
The Upper Room |
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Urban Romance |
May December Souls |
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Contemporary Fiction |
He’s Just a Friend |
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Literary Fiction |
Song of Solomon |
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Mystery |
Devil in a Blue Dress |
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Literary Fiction |
The Women of Brewster Place |
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Mystery |
Blanche on the Lam |
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Literary Fiction |
Finding Makeba |
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Romance |
The Best Man |
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Literary Fiction |
The Narrows |
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Satire |
The Terrible Twos |
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Urban Romance |
Use Me or Lose Me |
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Contemporary Fiction |
Somethin’ Extra |
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Contemporary Fiction |
Between Brothers |
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Contemporary Fiction |
Casting the First Stone |
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Young Women |
Clover |
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Contemporary Fiction |
Coffee Will Make You Black |
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Contemporary Fiction |
When All Hell Breaks Loose |
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Contemporary Fiction |
I Been in Sorrow’s Kitchen and Licked Out All the Pots |
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Contemporary Fiction |
Nappily Ever After |
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Literary Fiction |
The Blacker the Berry… |
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Literary Fiction |
Cane |
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Contemporary Fiction |
Flyy Girl |
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Literary Fiction |
The Color Purple |
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Urban Romance |
Baby Momma Drama |
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Literary Fiction |
Philadelphia Fire |
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Mystery |
When Death Comes Stealing |
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Literary Fiction |
The Intuitionist |
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Contemporary Humor |
Something’s Wrong With Your Scale! |
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Plays |
Fences |
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Mystery |
Inner City Blues |
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Literary Fiction |
Native Son |
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Contemporary Fiction |
Soul Kiss |
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Urban Romance; Erotica |
Addicted |
