✨10 AMAZING BOOKS BY BLACK AUTHORS 🖤 PT.1

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  • An American Marriage (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel

    • ASIN: 1616208686
    • ISBN: 1616208686
    • Brand: Algonquin Books
    • Manufacturer: Algonquin Books

    A NEW YORK TIMES AND WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK A 2018 BEST OF THE YEAR SELECTION OF NPR  * TIME  * BUSTLE  * O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE  * THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS  * AMAZON.COM OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB 2018 SELECTIONWINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONWINNER OF THE 2019 ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE  WINNER OF THE 2019 NAACP IMAGE AWARD FOR OUTSTA... [Read More]

  • To Kill a Mockingbird (Harperperennial Modern Classics)

    • ASIN: B00K0OI42W
    • Manufacturer: Harper

  • The Tuscan Child

    • ASIN: 1503951812
    • ISBN: 1503951812
    • Manufacturer: Lake Union Publishing

    From New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Rhys Bowen comes a haunting novel about a woman who braves her father’s hidden past to discover his secrets… “Pass the bread, the olives, and the wine. Oh, and a copy of The Tuscan Child to savor with them.” —NPRIn 1944, British bomber pilot Hugo Langley parachuted from his st... [Read More]

  • The Girl Who Lived: A Thrilling Suspense Novel

    • ASIN: B076FNQWTF
    • Manufacturer: Greyson Media

    Ten years ago, four people were brutally murdered—one girl lived.No one believes her story. The police think she's crazy. Her therapist thinks she's suicidal. Everyone else thinks she's a dangerous drunk. They're all right—but did she see the killer?Best Mystery-Thriller eBook of the Year — Independent Publisher Book Awards 2018Winner Best T... [Read More]

  • Small Great Things: A Novel

    • ASIN: 0345544978
    • ISBN: 0345544978
    • Manufacturer: Ballantine Books

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • With richly layered characters and a gripping moral dilemma that will lead readers to question everything they know about privilege, power, and race, Small Great Things is the stunning new page-turner from Jodi Picoult.SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE “[Picoult] offers a thought-provoking examination of racism i... [Read More]

  • Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race

    • ASIN: 0465060684
    • ISBN: 9780465060689
    • Manufacturer: Basic Books

    The classic, bestselling book on the psychology of racism -- now fully revised and updated Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their own groups. Is this self-segregation a problem to address or a coping strategy? Beverly Daniel Tatum, a renowned authority on the psychology of racism,... [Read More]

  • Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

    • ASIN: 152473165X
    • ISBN: 152473165X
    • Brand: Knopf
    • Manufacturer: Knopf

  • Spilled Milk: Based on a true story

    • ASIN: 0615835600
    • ISBN: 0615835600
    • Manufacturer: K.L Randis

    "Randis later would testify at a criminal trial against her father, who was sentenced to prison for his crimes. He was sentenced to up to 16 years in 2004. Her painful -- and ultimately triumphant -- story is recounted in Randis' first novel, "Spilled Milk." -Stacy Brown, Pocono Record Newspaper"I read this book in two days. I couldn't put it down.... [Read More]

  • Just Mercy (Movie Tie-In Edition): A Story of Justice and Redemption

    • ASIN: B00JYWVYLY
    • Manufacturer: Spiegel & Grau

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice—from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time, as seen in the HBO documentary True Justice “[Bryan Stevenson’s] dedication to fighting for justice and equality has i... [Read More]

  • Dogs

    • ASIN: 0810996537
    • ISBN: 0810996537
    • Brand: Harry N Abrams
    • Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams

    Since the wolf first snuck into the caves of our ancestors to take warmth from the fire, dogs have been man’s constant companion. Dogs, multi-award-winning photographer Tim Flach’s stunning follow-up to the critically acclaimed Equus, delves deep into the psyche of this enduring bond with Canis familiaris to present an exquisite study of “ma... [Read More]

  • A Brief History of Time

    • ASIN: 0553380168
    • ISBN: 9780553380163
    • Brand: Bantam Books
    • Manufacturer: Bantam

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA landmark volume in science writing by one of the great minds of our time, Stephen Hawking’s book explores such profound questions as: How did the universe begin—and what made its start possible? Does time always flow forward? Is the universe unending—or are there boundaries? Are there other dimensions in space? W... [Read More]

  • A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story

    • ASIN: B004GB1T8G
    • Manufacturer: Clarion Books

  • When God Made You

    • ASIN: 1601429185
    • ISBN: 1601429185
    • Brand: WaterBrook Press
    • Manufacturer: Convergent Books

    YOU, you… God thinks about you.God was thinking of you long before your debut.From early on, children are looking to discover their place in the world and longing to understand how their personalities, traits, and talents fit in. The assurance that they are deeply loved and a unique creation in our big universe is certain to help them spread thei... [Read More]

  • Send Down the Rain: New from the author of The Mountains Between Us and the New York Times bestseller Where the River Ends

    • ASIN: B072TN1NF2
    • Brand: Unknown
    • Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson

    New York Times bestselling author Martin brings us “grace, mercy, and forgiveness in this sweeping love story.”*Allie is still recovering from the loss of her family’s beloved waterfront restaurant on Florida’s Gulf Coast when she loses her second husband to a terrifying highway accident. Devastated and losing hope, she shudders to contemp... [Read More]

  • The Underground Railroad: A Novel

    • ASIN: 0345804325
    • ISBN: 0345804325
    • Manufacturer: Anchor

    #1 New York Times Bestseller • Winner of the Pulitzer Prize • Winner of the National Book Award • Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction • Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize One of the Best books of the Year: The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, The Boston Globe, The Seattle Times, HuffPost, Esquire, Min... [Read More]

  • The Day You Begin

    • ASIN: 0399246533
    • ISBN: 0399246533
    • Manufacturer: Nancy Paulsen Books

    Jacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People's LiteratureA #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson and two-time Pura Belpré Illustrator Award winner Rafael López have teamed up to create a poignant, yet heartening book about finding courage to connect, even when you feel scared and al... [Read More]

  • The Hate U Give

    • ASIN: B01M0614T9
    • Manufacturer: Balzer + Bray

    8 starred reviews ∙ Goodreads Choice Awards Best of the Best  ∙  William C. Morris Award Winner ∙ National Book Award Longlist ∙ Printz Honor Book ∙ Coretta Scott King Honor Book ∙ #1 New York Times Bestseller!"Absolutely riveting!" —Jason Reynolds"Stunning." —John Green"This story is necessary. This story is important." —Kirku... [Read More]

  • The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

    • ASIN: 0679763880
    • ISBN: 9780679763888
    • Brand: Vintage Books
    • Manufacturer: Vintage

    In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life.NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNERLYNTON HISTORY PRIZE WINNE... [Read More]

  • The Bluest Eye (Vintage International)

    • ASIN: 0307278441
    • ISBN: 0307278441
    • Brand: Vintage Books USA
    • Manufacturer: Vintage

    Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl, prays every day for beauty. Mocked by other children for the dark skin, curly hair, and brown eyes that set her apart, she yearns for normalcy, for the blond hair and blue eyes that she believes will allow her to finally fit in.Yet as her dream grows more fervent, her life slowly starts to disintegrate in the f... [Read More]

  • The Pecan Man

    • UPC: 783324872040
    • ASIN: 0615590586
    • ISBN: 0615590586
    • Brand: Selleck Cassie Dandridge
    • Manufacturer: The Pecan Man

    The Pecan Man is a work of Southern fiction whose first chapter was the First Place winner of the 2006 CNW/FFWA Florida State Writing Competition in the Unpublished Novel category. In the summer of 1976, recently widowed and childless, Ora Lee Beckworth hires a homeless old black man to mow her lawn. The neighborhood children call him the Pee-can M... [Read More]

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