Diversify Your Shelves 2023 - hosted by svjak

Classic by a Black Author
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The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

206 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

Audre Lorde

190 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism lgbtqia+ sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

356 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
The Street by Ann Petry

The Street

Ann Petry

436 pages • first pub 1946 (editions)

fiction classics reflective slow-paced
Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington

Up from Slavery

Booker T. Washington

256 pages • first pub 1900 (editions)

nonfiction biography classics history challenging reflective slow-paced
Tar Baby by Toni Morrison

Tar Baby

Toni Morrison

306 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Amiable with Big Teeth by Claude McKay

Amiable with Big Teeth

Claude McKay

352 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical race reflective slow-paced
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

288 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

fiction classics historical speculative fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Malcolm X

496 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography history informative reflective medium-paced
Corregidora by Gayl Jones

Corregidora

Gayl Jones

192 pages • first pub 1975 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark emotional sad medium-paced