Must Read African American Books

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Overview

100 must read African American Reads

Challenge Books

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The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

26

Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Talents

Earthseed #2

Octavia E. Butler

27

One Day My Soul Just Opened Up: 40 Days and 40 Nights Toward Spiritual Strength and Personal Growth by Iyanla Vanzant

One Day My Soul Just Opened Up: 40 Days and 40 Nights Toward Spiritual Strength and Personal Growth

Iyanla Vanzant

28

Blacker the Berry... by Wallace Thurman

Blacker the Berry...

Wallace Thurman

29

Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde

Zami: A New Spelling of My Name

Audre Lorde

30

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

The Autobiographies #1

Frederick Douglass

31

One More River to Cross: Black & Gay in America by Keith Boykin

One More River to Cross: Black & Gay in America

Keith Boykin

32

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

Isabel Wilkerson

33

Soul on Ice by Eldridge Cleaver

Soul on Ice

Eldridge Cleaver

34

The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon

The Wretched of the Earth

Frantz Fanon

35

Sula by Toni Morrison

Sula

Toni Morrison

36

Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley

Devil in a Blue Dress

Easy Rawlins #1

Walter Mosley