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Tuesday, February 21, 2017

20 Books That Capture African American Lives

Black History Month is in full swing and we have another book list for you! This list centers on recent books for the adult reader, both fiction and nonfiction, that speak of the African American experience. With widespread settings and time periods, you're sure to find one (or two or three) that you'll stay up late reading. Don't miss our earlier installments, with recommendations for picture book readers and middle school/YA readers.


The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot
2010














The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Michelle Tucker
2010













The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
Isabel Wilkerson
2010












If Sons, Then Heirs
Lorene Cary
2011














Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
Gilbert King
2012













A Mission from God: A Memoir and Challenge for America
James Meredith and William Doyle
2012














March trilogy
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell
2013, 2015, 2016

 The Good Lord Bird
James McBride
2013














Strange Fruit, Volume 1: Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History
Joel Christian Gill
2014













Jam on the Vine
LaShonda Katrice Barnett
2015














Driving the King
Ravi Howard
2015














The Mothers
Brit Bennett
2016














Grace
Natashia Deón
2016














The Book of Harlan
Bernice L. McFadden
2016














The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race
Jesmyn Ward
2016














The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead
2016














Another Brooklyn
Jacqueline Woodson
2016














Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Oney JudgeErica Armstrong Dunbar
2017

Sing, Unburied, Sing: A Novel
Jesmyn Ward
2017 (forthcoming)
















Until next time, happy reading!

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