African American Authors (English)

Not just for Black History Month! This is a collection of popular and award winning novels by Black and African American Authors that we hope will offer insight about what it is like to be black in the United States.

This collection contains: 30 books

Products inside this collection

    A Brief History of Seven Killings (Booker Prize Winner): A Novel (English)

    Winner of the Man Booker Prize One of Entertainment Weekly's Top 10 Books of the Decade One of...

      All American Boys (English)

      A 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor book, and recipient of the Walter Dean Myers Award for...

        Americanah (English)

        One of The New York Times 's Ten Best Books of the Year Winner of the National Book Critics...

          Bad Feminist: Essays (English)

          From the author of Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, the New York Times Bestseller and Best Book of...

            Becoming (English)

            Now in paperback—the intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the...

              Between the World and Me

              #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER NAMED ONE OF TIME 'S TEN BEST NONFICTION...

                Binti: Home (English)

                The thrilling sequel to the Hugo and Nebula-winning Binti by Nnedi Okorafor, and a finalist for...

                  Brown Girl Dreaming (English)

                  Jacqueline Woodson's National Book Award and Newbery Honor winner, now available in paperback with...

                    Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 (English)

                    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A chorus of extraordinary voices tells the epic story of the...

                      Homegoing (English)

                      Winner of the PEN/ Hemingway Award Winner of the NBCC's John Leonard Award Shortlisted for the...

                        I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

                        Maya Angelou's debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Her life story is told...

                          Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (English)

                          A haunting, evocative recounting of her life as a slave in North Carolina, and her final escape...

                            Kindred (English)

                            Kindred premieres this November (2022) on Hulu. A Good Morning America 2021 Top Summer Read...

                              Purple Hibiscus (English)

                              "One of the most vital and original novelists of her generation." —Larissa MacFarquhar, The New...

                                Red at the Bone: A Novel (English)

                                A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR "A spectacular novel that...

                                  Salvage the Bones (English)

                                  Winner of the National Book Award Jesmyn Ward, two-time National Book Award winner and author...

                                    Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America (English)

                                    From a highly respected thinker on race, gender, and American politics, a new consideration of...

                                      The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story (English)

                                      #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER A dramatic expansion of a groundbreaking...

                                        The Autobiography of Malcolm X (English)

                                        ONE OF TIME 'S TEN MOST IMPORTANT NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY In the searing pages...

                                          The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother (English)

                                          From the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Lord Bird , winner of the 2013 National...

                                            The Farming of Bones (English)

                                            It is 1937 and Amabelle Désir, a young Haitian woman living in the Dominican Republic, has built...

                                              The Fire Next Time (English)

                                              A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Time galvanized the nation and...

                                                The Good Lord Bird (English)

                                                Soon to be a Showtime limited series starring Ethan Hawke Winner of the National Book Award for...

                                                  The Hate U Give: A Printz Honor Winner (English)

                                                  8 starred reviews · Goodreads Choice Awards Best of the Best · William C. Morris Award Winner ·...

                                                    Their Eyes Were Watching God (English)

                                                    A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick "A deeply soulful novel that comprehends love and cruelty,...

                                                      The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times (English)

                                                      #1 NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER ONE OF TIME 'S 100 MUST-READ BOOKS OF 2022 In an...

                                                        The Love Songs of W. E. B. du Bois: An Oprah's Book Club Pick (English)

                                                        An instant New York Times, Washington Post and USA Today Bestseller AN OPRAH BOOK CLUB SELECTION...

                                                          The Sellout (English)

                                                          Winner of the Man Booker Prize Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Fiction...

                                                            The Underground Railroad (English)

                                                            #1 New York Times Bestseller Winner of the Pulitzer Prize Winner of the National Book Award...

                                                              Waiting to Exhale (English)

                                                              The critically acclaimed novel about four women who learn how to carry on while leaning on each...