20 Books by Black Men - hosted by lit_vibrations

Book by a Black Male author
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The Rose That Grew from Concrete by Tupac Shakur

The Rose That Grew from Concrete

Tupac Shakur

176 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction music poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
The Host by Brandon Massey

The Host

Brandon Massey

55 pages • first pub 2020 (editions) user-added

fiction thriller
How the Boogeyman Became a Poet by Tony Keith Jr.

How the Boogeyman Became a Poet

Tony Keith Jr.

352 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir poetry young adult emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced
The Right Time by Mel Walker

The Right Time

Mel Walker

127 pages • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary
Lightseekers by Femi Kayode

Lightseekers

Philip Taiwo #1

Femi Kayode

421 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (and Everything Else) by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (and Everything Else)

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

150 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Sister, Sister by Eric Jerome Dickey

Sister, Sister

Eric Jerome Dickey

256 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

fiction romance reflective fast-paced
Erasure by Percival Everett

Erasure

Percival Everett

280 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

fiction literary challenging funny reflective medium-paced
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram X. Kendi, Jason Reynolds

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You

Ibram X. Kendi, Jason Reynolds

4 hours, 11 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race young adult challenging informative reflective fast-paced
The House of Hunger by Dambudzo Marechera

The House of Hunger

Dambudzo Marechera

160 pages • first pub 1978 (editions)

fiction classics short stories dark reflective slow-paced