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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