In Honor of Women's History Month African-American Book Recommendations

In Honor of Women’s History Month: African American Book Recommendations

By APOOO • Mar 14th, 2009 • Category: Book Club of the Week •

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A few books by and about the African Disapora by women of color for Women’s History Month.

72 Hour Hold by Bebe Moore Campbell

And on the Eighth Day She Rested by JD Mason

Angel of Harlem by Kuwana Hausley

Bailey’s Cafe by Gloria Naylor

Black Rose by Tananarive Due

Bluest Eyes by Toni Morrison

Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat

Cane River by Lalita Tademy

Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah

Color Purple by Alice Walker

Crawfish Dreams by Nancy Rawles

Dancing on the Edge of the Roof by Shelia Williams

Darkest Child by Delores Phillip

Daughter by asha bandele

Douglass Women by Jewel Parker Rhodes

Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by ZZ Packer

Freshwater Road by Denise Nichols

Gal by Ruthie Bolton

Getting Mother’s Body by Suzan Lori-Parks

Hand I Fan With by Tina McElroy Ansa

Hottentut Venus by Barbara Chase Riboud

Hunger by Erica Turnipseed

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Jump at the Sun by Kim McLaurin

Justus Girls by Slim Lambright

Kindred by Octavia Butler

Leaving Atlanta by Tayari Jones

Love Noire by Erica Turnipseed

Mama Day by Gloria Naylor

New Moon’s Arms by Nalo Hopkins

No Place Safe by Kim Reid

October Suite by Maxine Clair

Orange Mint and Honey by Carleen Brice

Passport Diaries by Tamara Gregory

Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown

Playing My Mother’s Blues by Valerie Wilson Wesley

Prisoner’s Wife by asha bandele

Professor’s Daughter by Emily Rabiteau

Prospero’s Daughter by Elizabeth Nunez

Push by Sapphire

Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

Redemption Song by Bertice Berry

Rhythms by Donna Hill

Sally Hemings by Barbara Chase Riboud

Shifting Through Neutral by Bridgett Davis

Stand the Storm by Breena Clarke

Sugar by Bernice McFadden

The Street by Ann Petry

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

This Side of the Sky by Elysse Singleton

Unburnable by Elena Marie Jones

Upstate by Kalisha Buchanon

Vampire Huntress Series by LA Banks

Waiting to Exhale by Terry McMillan

Water Street by Crystal Wilkinson

When Did You Stop Loving Me by Veronica Chambers

The Women Of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor

Your Blues Ain’t Like Mine by Bebe Moore Campbell

When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex in America by Paula J. Giddings

A Woman Most Worthy by Tracy Price Thompson

What books–not listed–made your list?

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