In Honor of Black History Month: African American Book Recommendations
By APOOO • Feb 14th, 2009 • Category: Book Club of the Week •
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African-American and black books recommended by APOOO for anytime reading.
Angel of Harlem by Kuwana Hausley
Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
Black Boy by Richard Wright
The Bondswoman’s Narrative by Richard Gates
Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill
Breathing Room by Patricia Elam
Child of God by Lolita Files
Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah
Douglass Women by Jewel Parker Rhodes
Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama
Fall of Rome by Martha Southgate
Finding Makeba by Alex Pate
Freshwater Road by Denise Nichols
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Kindred by Octavia Butler
Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines
Like Trees Walking by Ravi Howard
Love Noire by Erica Turnipseed
Mama Day by Gloria Naylor
The Miseducation of the Negro by Carter Woodson
Native Son by Richard Wright
New Moon’s Arms by Nalo Hopkins
Orange Mint and Honey by Carleen Brice
Prospero’s Daughter by Elizabeth Nunez
Redemption Song by Bertice Berry
Sacred Place by Daniel Black
Song Yet Sung by James McBride
Stand the Storm by Breena Clarke
Standing at the Scratch Line by Guy Johnson
The Street by Ann Petry
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Them by Nathan McCall
They Tell Me of a Home by Daniel Black
This Side of the Sky by Elysse Singleton
The View From Here by Brian Jackson
Unburnable by Elena Marie Jones
Upstate by Kalisha Buchanon
Waiting to Exhale by Terry McMillan
Your Blues Ain’t Like Mine by Bebe Moore Campbell
A Woman Most Worthy by Tracy Price Thompson
Books by Diane Whetstone-McKinney
Books by Bernice McFadden
Books by Tananarive Due
What books–not listed–made your list?
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Joplin’s Ghost (Tananarive Due), The Intuitionist (Colson Whitehead), On Beauty (Zadie Smith-tho she’s not American), The Untelling (Tayari Jones), Third Girl from the Left (Martha Southgate)
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Hey Carleen and thanks for sharing your picks.
What about all of our books?!
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Good list. I’ve read about 90 percent of the books on the list.
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Dera, can you elaborate, I’m not sure I understand your question.