20 Books by Black Men - hosted by asoulversation

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The Blacker the Berry by Wallace Thurman

The Blacker the Berry

Wallace Thurman

192 pages • first pub 1929 (editions)

fiction classics historical emotional reflective medium-paced
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

159 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Piano Lesson by August Wilson

The Piano Lesson

The Century Cycle #4

August Wilson

108 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

fiction classics play emotional reflective slow-paced
Monster by Walter Dean Myers

Monster

Monster #1

Walter Dean Myers

2 hours, 35 minutes • first pub 1999 (editions)

fiction crime young adult dark fast-paced
Flyy Girl by Omar Tyree

Flyy Girl

Flyy Girl #1

Omar Tyree

512 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

fiction young adult lighthearted fast-paced
The Harlem Book of the Dead by Camille Billops, James Van Der Zee, Owen Dodson

The Harlem Book of the Dead

Camille Billops, James Van Der Zee, Owen Dodson

85 pages • first pub 1978 (editions)

nonfiction history dark reflective medium-paced
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

106 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines

A Lesson Before Dying

Ernest J. Gaines

272 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

fiction classics challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin

Go Tell It on the Mountain

James Baldwin

263 pages • first pub 1953 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Memory of Departure by Abdulrazak Gurnah

Memory of Departure

Abdulrazak Gurnah

159 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

fiction contemporary dark emotional sad medium-paced