Black Fiction Authors Everyone Should Read

Updated 8/25/20

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The Deep (Paperback)

By Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes
$14.99
ISBN: 9781534439870
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Published: Gallery / Saga Press - August 4th, 2020
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Toni Morrison Box Set: The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, Beloved (Boxed Set)

By Toni Morrison
$45.00
ISBN: 9780593082164
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Published: Vintage - October 22nd, 2019
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Beloved (Vintage International) (Paperback)

By Toni Morrison
$16.00
ISBN: 9781400033416
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Published: Vintage - June 8th, 2004
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House of Stone: A Novel (Paperback)

By Novuyo Rosa Tshuma
$17.95
ISBN: 9780393357684
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - January 21st, 2020
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In West Mills (Paperback)

By De'Shawn Charles Winslow
$16.00
ISBN: 9781635575286
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Published: Bloomsbury Publishing - June 16th, 2020
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Their Eyes Were Watching God: A Novel (Paperback)

By Zora Neale Hurston
$17.99
ISBN: 9780060838676
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Published: Amistad - March 19th, 2013
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Sula (Vintage International) (Paperback)

By Toni Morrison
$16.00
ISBN: 9781400033430
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Published: Vintage - June 8th, 2004
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Sing, Unburied, Sing: A Novel (Paperback)

By Jesmyn Ward
$17.00
ISBN: 9781501126079
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Published: Scribner - May 8th, 2018
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A Lucky Man: Stories (Paperback)

By Jamel Brinkley
$16.00
ISBN: 9781555978433
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Published: Graywolf Press - June 4th, 2019
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A Brief History of Seven Killings: A Novel (Paperback)

By Marlon James
$18.00
ISBN: 9781594633942
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Published: Riverhead Books - September 8th, 2015
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Deacon King Kong: A Novel (Paperback)

By James McBride
$17.00
ISBN: 9780735216730
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Published: Riverhead Books - February 2nd, 2021
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Invisible Man (Vintage International) (Paperback)

By Ralph Ellison
$16.00
ISBN: 9780679732761
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Published: Vintage - March 14th, 1995
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The Bluest Eye (Vintage International) (Paperback)

By Toni Morrison
$14.95
ISBN: 9780307278449
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Published: Vintage - May 8th, 2007
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The Underground Railroad: A Novel (Paperback)

By Colson Whitehead
$16.95
ISBN: 9780345804327
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Published: Anchor - January 30th, 2018
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Salvage the Bones: A Novel (Paperback)

By Jesmyn Ward
$17.00
ISBN: 9781608196265
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Published: Bloomsbury USA - April 24th, 2012
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The Nickel Boys: A Novel (Paperback)

By Colson Whitehead
$15.95
ISBN: 9780345804341
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Published: Anchor - June 30th, 2020
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All Aunt Hagar's Children: Stories (Paperback)

By Edward P. Jones
$14.99
ISBN: 9780060557577
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Published: Amistad - August 28th, 2007
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The Known World: A Novel (Paperback)

By Edward P. Jones
$14.95
ISBN: 9780060557553
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Published: Amistad - May 25th, 2004
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If Beale Street Could Talk (Vintage International) (Paperback)

By James Baldwin
$16.00
ISBN: 9780307275936
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Published: Vintage - October 10th, 2006
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Another Country (Vintage International) (Paperback)

By James Baldwin
$16.95
ISBN: 9780679744719
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Published: Vintage - December 1st, 1992
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Corregidora (Celebrating Black Women Writers #1) (Paperback)

By Gayl Jones
$16.00
ISBN: 9780807061091
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Published: Beacon Press - January 29th, 2019
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Meet Behind Mars (Made in Michigan Writers) (Paperback)

By Renee Simms
$20.89
ISBN: 9780814345122
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Published: Wayne State University Press - May 1st, 2018
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Drinking Coffee Elsewhere (Paperback)

By ZZ Packer
$17.00
ISBN: 9781573223782
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Published: Riverhead Books - February 3rd, 2004
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Native Son (Perennial Classics) (Paperback)

By Richard Wright
$16.99
ISBN: 9780060837563
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Published: Harper Perennial Modern Classics - August 2nd, 2005
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The Sellout: A Novel (Paperback)

By Paul Beatty
$17.00
ISBN: 9781250083258
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Published: Picador - March 1st, 2016
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Americanah (Paperback)

By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
$16.95
ISBN: 9780307455925
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Published: Anchor - March 4th, 2014
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Half of a Yellow Sun (Paperback)

By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
$16.95
ISBN: 9781400095209
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Published: Anchor - September 4th, 2007
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White Teeth: A Novel (Vintage International) (Paperback)

By Zadie Smith
$17.00
ISBN: 9780375703867
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Published: Vintage - June 12th, 2001
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Homegoing (Paperback)

By Yaa Gyasi
$16.95
ISBN: 9781101971062
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Published: Vintage - May 2nd, 2017
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Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy #1) (Paperback)

By Marlon James
$18.00
ISBN: 9780735220188
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Published: Riverhead Books - February 4th, 2020
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The City We Became: A Novel (The Great Cities Trilogy #1) (Hardcover)

By N. K. Jemisin
$28.00
ISBN: 9780316509848
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Published: Orbit - March 24th, 2020
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The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1) (Paperback)

By N. K. Jemisin
$16.99
ISBN: 9780316229296
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Published: Orbit - August 4th, 2015
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The Twelve Tribes of Hattie (Vintage Contemporaries) (Paperback)

By Ayana Mathis
$16.95
ISBN: 9780307949707
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Published: Vintage - October 8th, 2013
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Devil in a Blue Dress: An Easy Rawlins Novel (Easy Rawlins Mystery #1) (Paperback)

By Walter Mosley
$16.99
ISBN: 9780743451796
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Published: Washington Square Press - September 17th, 2002
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Red at the Bone: A Novel (Paperback)

By Jacqueline Woodson
$16.00
ISBN: 9780525535287
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Published: Riverhead Books - September 1st, 2020
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Behold the Dreamers: A Novel (Paperback)

By Imbolo Mbue
$17.00
ISBN: 9780525509714
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - June 26th, 2017
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The Vanishing Half: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Brit Bennett
$27.00
ISBN: 9780525536291
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Published: Riverhead Books - June 2nd, 2020
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The Mothers: A Novel (Paperback)

By Brit Bennett
$17.00
ISBN: 9780399184529
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Published: Riverhead Books - October 10th, 2017
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Riot Baby (Hardcover)

By Tochi Onyebuchi
$19.99
ISBN: 9781250214751
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Published: Tordotcom - January 21st, 2020
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Trouble Is What I Do (Leonid McGill) (Hardcover)

By Walter Mosley
$24.00
ISBN: 9780316491136
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Published: Mulholland Books - February 25th, 2020
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It's Not All Downhill From Here: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Terry McMillan
$28.00
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ISBN: 9781984823748
Published: Ballantine Books - March 31st, 2020
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Kindred (Paperback)

By Octavia E. Butler
$16.00
ISBN: 9780807083697
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Published: Beacon Press - February 1st, 2004
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A Prince on Paper: Reluctant Royals (Mass Market)

By Alyssa Cole
$7.99
ISBN: 9780062685582
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Published: Avon - April 30th, 2019
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The Wedding Date (Paperback)

By Jasmine Guillory
$15.00
ISBN: 9780399587665
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Published: Berkley - January 30th, 2018
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My Sister, the Serial Killer: A Novel (Paperback)

By Oyinkan Braithwaite
$16.00
ISBN: 9780525564201
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Published: Anchor - July 30th, 2019
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Gingerbread: A Novel (Paperback)

By Helen Oyeyemi
$17.00
ISBN: 9781594634666
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Published: Riverhead Books - March 3rd, 2020
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Real Life: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Brandon Taylor
$26.00
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ISBN: 9780525538882
Published: Riverhead Books - February 18th, 2020
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Not the Girl You Marry (Paperback)

By Andie J. Christopher
$16.00
ISBN: 9781984802682
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Published: Berkley - November 12th, 2019
An American Marriage (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel Cover Image

An American Marriage (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel (Paperback)

By Tayari Jones
$16.95
ISBN: 9781616208684
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Published: Algonquin Books - February 5th, 2019
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Parable of the Sower (Paperback)

By Octavia E. Butler
$16.99
ISBN: 9781538732182
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Published: Grand Central Publishing - April 30th, 2019
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These Ghosts Are Family: A Novel (Paperback)

By Maisy Card
$17.00
ISBN: 9781982117443
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Published: Simon & Schuster - January 5th, 2021
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Such a Fun Age (Hardcover)

By Kiley Reid
$26.00
ISBN: 9780525541905
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - December 31st, 2019
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Girl, Woman, Other: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner) (Paperback)

By Bernardine Evaristo
$17.00
ISBN: 9780802156983
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Published: Grove Press, Black Cat - November 5th, 2019
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Friday Black (Paperback)

By Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
$14.99
ISBN: 9781328911247
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Published: Mariner Books - October 23rd, 2018
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Grand Union: Stories (Paperback)

By Zadie Smith
$17.00
ISBN: 9780525559016
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Published: Penguin Books - October 6th, 2020
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The Water Dancer: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
$28.00
ISBN: 9780399590597
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Published: One World - September 24th, 2019
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Binti (Hardcover)

By Nnedi Okorafor, N. K. Jemisin (Introduction by)
$15.99
ISBN: 9781250203427
Availability: Backordered
Published: Tordotcom - July 24th, 2018
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Down the River unto the Sea (Paperback)

By Walter Mosley
$16.99
ISBN: 9780316509633
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Published: Mulholland Books - February 26th, 2019
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The Deep (Paperback)

By Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes
$14.99
ISBN: 9781534439870
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Published: Gallery / Saga Press - August 4th, 2020
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The Shadow King: A Novel (Paperback)

By Maaza Mengiste
$17.95
ISBN: 9780393358513
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - September 1st, 2020
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Bluebird, Bluebird (A Highway 59 Novel #1) (Paperback)

By Attica Locke
$16.99
ISBN: 9780316363273
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Published: Mulholland Books - August 28th, 2018