Black History Month in Books

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 Bonanza of Books by Black Authors That Are the Bomb 

In a quick tribute for Black History Month, I’m listing SOME OF MY FAVORITE READS by black authors.


Fiction 

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite  

The Secret Lives of Baga Segi’s Wives by Lola Shoneyin 

The Seasons of Beento Blackbird by Akosua Busia 

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead – Pulitzer Prize Winner

Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

How Stella Got Her Groove Back by Terry McMillan


Non-Fiction

A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah - Memoir
Left to Tell: One Woman’s Story of Surviving the Rwandan Genocide by Immaculée Ilibagiza - Memoir
Slave: My True Story by Mende Nazer – Memoir
The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish – Memoir
Memorial Drive by Natasha Threthewey – Memoir

Classics:

Roots by Alex Haley
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
I Know Why the Caged Birds Sing by Maya Angelou – Memoir


Non-Fiction Black History, but Not Black Authors:

Queen Bess by Doris L. Rich

Jazz Cleopatra by Phyllis Rose

Nelson Mandela “No  Easy Walk to Freedom” by Berry Denenberg


Happy reading!

 

Annette 


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