Black Literature Suggestions
- Emily Rose
- Jul 18, 2020
- 2 min read
Updated: Jul 3, 2021
Recent events have brought forth an upsurge in race consciousness America. As a white person, I will never truly understand the experiences of black or other people of color. But, I can do my best to listen to black voices and educate myself about black experiences. Here are some of the books I've read and others I would like to read, as well as some suggestions of BIPOC resources for further reading! Black Lives Matter!
Fiction I've Read and Recommend:
The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Non-Fiction I've Read and Recommend:
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Stamped from the Beginning Ibram X. Kendi
To-Read List:
Non-Fiction:
1. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
2. The Bondwoman's Narrative by Hannah Crafts
3. Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable
4. They Can't Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in American's Racial Justice Movement by Wesley Lowery
5. The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood by Ta-Nehisi Coates
6. Dreams of My Father: A story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by Bell Hooks
7. The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
8. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
9. Food Justice by Robert Gottlieb, Anupama Joshi
10. White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin Diangelo
Fiction:
1. Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
2. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
3. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
4. Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
There are many more, but rather than listing out all the books I want to read, here are some links to places where you can find more book suggestions and resources: (listed alphabetically)
Powell's Books (white-owned but has excellent book recommendations)
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