In the spirit of The Known World and The Underground Railroad comes a story about the unlikely bond between two freedmen who are brothers and the Georgia farmer whose alliance will alter their lives, and his, forever. In the waning days...
Black Authors
Collection of titles by Black Authors. Titles include Fiction, Nonfiction, Children’s Books, Young Adult, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Plays and more!
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Author:Harris, NathanSummary: - Author:Moore, MichelSummary:
Terrell wasn't raised in the corrupt streets of Detroit. After being abused and left for dead by his violent, psychotic father, he was raised by his aunt in uncle in a loving home in the suburbs. However, he never lost touch with his...
- Author:Hubbard, LadeeSummary:
At seventy-two, Johnny Ribkins shouldn't have such problems: he's got one week to come up with the money he stole from his mobster boss or it's curtains. What may or may not be useful to Johnny as he flees is that he comes from an...
- Author:Flournoy, AngelaSummary:
The Turners have lived on Yarrow Street for over fifty years. Their house has seen thirteen children grown and gone--and some returned; it has seen the arrival of grandchildren, the fall of Detroit's East Side, and the loss of a father...
- Author:Bennett, BritSummary:
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR A WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S Top Ten Books of the Year LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS...
- Author:Paige, DanielleSummary:
To make Oz a free land again, Amy Gumm was given a mission: remove the Tin Woodman's heart, steal the Scarecrow's brain, take the Lion's courage, and kill Dorothy. But Dorothy still lives, and Amy is only just learning the truth about...
- Author:Mayr, SuzetteSummary:
Refusing to accept being dismissed by a society that leaves little space for old women, three friends plan a daring and extraordinary adventure. Hannelore, Clotilde, and Frau Schnadelhuber are tired of living in a world that does not...
- Author:Ibrahim, DjamilaSummary:
Set in East Africa, the Middle East, Canada, and the U.S., Things Are Good Now examines the weight of the migrant experience on the human psyche. In these pages, women, men, and children who've crossed continents in search of a better...
- Author:Ford, Clyde W.Summary:
John Stanley Ford became IBM's first black software engineer. But not all of the company's white employees accepted having a black colleague and did everything in their power to humiliate, subvert, and undermine Ford. Yet Ford would not...
- Author:Jerkins, MorganSummary:
From one of the fiercest critics writing today, Morgan Jerkins' highly-anticipated collection of linked essays interweaves her incisive commentary on pop culture, feminism, black history, misogyny, and racism with her own experiences to...
- Author:John, Aisha SashaSummary:
In THOU, Aisha Sasha John knows the day – biblically. What if time itself was an object of desire? And the book was a theatre for that? Aisha Sasha John has a crush on time. Which is why she discipled in it. For three years. Also for...
- Author:Davis, DanaSummary:
For sixteen-year-old Tiffany Sly, life hasn't been safe or normal for a while. Losing her mom to cancer has her a little bit traumatized, and now she has to leave her hometown of Chicago to live with the biological dad she's never known...
- Author:Hamilton, VirginiaSummary:
Eleven-year-old Valena lives both in the present and the past as she struggles with racism in her daily life and listens to her mother's tales of her family's proud history.
- Author:Ellis, ShellySummary:
For the wealthy Murdochs of Chesterton, Virginia, managing scandalous damage and killer drama is now their only chance at survival ...For Evan Murdoch, the bad news just won't stop. As he battles an attempted murder charge, he's on the...
- Author:Hunt, La JillSummary:
Paige Michaels and her no-nonsense friends search for love. Paige finally broke loose from her no-good man, and she's loving the single life--until Quincy Westbrooke shows up.
- Author:Acker, CamilleSummary:
When you're black and female in America, society's rules were never meant to make you safe or free. Camille Acker's relatable yet unexpected characters break down the walls of respectability politics, showing that the only way for black...
- Author:Mosley, WalterSummary:
A ninety-two-year-old Mississippi bluesman needs investigator Leonid McGill's help with a simple task: deliver a letter revealing the black lineage of a wealthy heiress and her corrupt father.
- Author:Pollio, LynndaSummary:
Trusting the Currents is a multi-award winning visionary novel that guides readers into their own truth and transformation. Narrated by Addie Mae Aubrey, a Southern, African American woman, the story begins with Addie Mae at age eleven...
- Author:Northup, SolomonSummary:
A sobering reminder of America’s abhorrent past of slavery, the legacy of which has reverberated its legacy well into the present day, Solomon Northup’s memoir is a fully engrossing chronicle of a free man living in New York State who...
- Author:Coles, JaySummary:
When Marvin's brother, Tyler, is found dead, an online video shows he was killed by a police officer. Terrified as his mother unravels, Marvin must learn what justice and freedom really mean.
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