The publishing industry has struggled to embrace new voices. Many amazing authors have managed to get their voices out–overcoming all obstacles. What books stand out to you as your favorites by black author?
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The Fifth Season
N.K. Jemisin
How Long 'til Black Future Month?
N.K. Jemisin
Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Trevor Noah
Becoming
Michelle Obama
A Promised Land
Barack Obama
Dawn
Octavia E. Butler
Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler
The Rage of Dragons
Evan Winter
Raybearer
Jordan Ifueko
The Last Black Unicorn
Tiffany Haddish
The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas
Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid
Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi
So You Want to Talk about Race
Ijeoma Oluo
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou
Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas
Maya Angelou
Wow, No Thank You.: Essays
Samantha Irby
A Song of Wraiths and Ruin
Roseanne A. Brown
The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead
Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy #1)
Marlon James
How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi
Heike Schlatterer (Translator)
Dear Justyce
Nic Stone
Allegedly
Tiffany D. Jackson
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Ibram X. Kendi
Jason Reynolds
Witchmark
C. L. Polk
C. L Polk
Dear Martin
Nic Stone
White Teeth
Zadie Smith
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
Anthony Ray Hinton
Lara Love Hardin
The Body Is Not an Apology The Power of Radical Self-Love
Sonya Renee Taylor
Angela Davis: An Autobiography
Angela Y. Davis
Kaffir Boy
Mark Mathabane
You Are Your Best Thing
Tarana Burke
Brené Brown
Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man
Emmanuel Acho
Lead from the Outside
Stacey Abrams
Wild Seed
Octavia E. Butler
The Wretched of the Earth
Frantz Fanon
Richard Philcox (Translator)
The Prey of Gods
Nicky Drayden
The Stars and the Blackness Between Them
Junauda Petrus
Pride
Ibi Zoboi
Abolition. Feminism. Now.
Angela Y. Davis
Gina Dent
Erica R. Meiners
Beth E. Richie
Bad Witch Burning
Jessica Lewis
We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice
Mariame Kaba
Basic Economics : A Citizen's Guide to the Economy
Thomas Sowell
The Heart of a Woman
Maya Angelou
Mom & Me & Mom
Maya Angelou
All Her Little Secrets
Wanda M. Morris
Real Men Knit
Kwana Jackson
All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes
Maya Angelou
Gather Together in My Name
Maya Angelou
That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon
Kimberly Lemming
The Roommate Risk
Talia Hibbert
All the Sinners Bleed
S. A. Cosby
That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf
Kimberly Lemming
That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Human
Kimberly Lemming
Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine