TOP 20 FAVORITE BOOKS BY BLACK AUTHORS IN 2018

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  • Great Short Stories by African-American Writers (Dover Thrift Editions)

    • UPC: 800759471393
    • ASIN: 048647139X
    • ISBN: 9780486471396
    • Brand: Blaisdell, Bob (EDT)
    • Manufacturer: Dover Publications

    Offering diverse perspectives on the black experience, this anthology of short fiction spotlights works by influential African-American authors. Nearly 30 outstanding stories include tales by W. E. B. Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, Claude McKay, and Jamaica Kincaid. From the turn of the twentieth century come Alice Ruth Moore's "A Carnival Jangle," C... [Read More]

  • A Boss Gave Me the Best Love 3

    • ASIN: B07TLVVLC5
    • Manufacturer: Leo Sullivan Presents

    Supreme has finally come head to head with his past, and he has no plans to back down or lose the war that has ensued. Will he finally get rid of the one person who is singlehandedly ruining his relationship, or will he be the one to take the fall?Sova has finally found the man of her dreams, and she refuses to allow anyone to get in their way. How... [Read More]

  • 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]

  • 100 African-Americans Who Shaped American History (100 Series)

    • ASIN: 0912517182
    • ISBN: 0912517182
    • Brand: Bluewood Books
    • Manufacturer: Bluewood Books

    Teeming with interesting nuggets of fact and information, 100 African Americans Who Shaped American History includes such legendary men and women as Benjamin Banneker, Dred Scott, Mary Church Terrell, George Washington Carver and Bessie Smith. Also included are Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., Thurgood Marshall and many, many more. Organized ch... [Read More]

  • Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies

    • ASIN: B07F13CFFH
    • Manufacturer: Amistad

    NAACP 2017 Image Award WinnerWith his trademark acerbic wit, incisive humor, and infectious paranoia, one of our foremost comedians and most politically engaged civil rights activists looks back at 100 key events from the complicated history of black America.A friend of luminaries including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Medgar Evers, and the fore... [Read More]

  • The 100 Best African American Poems

    • UPC: 760789225604
    • ASIN: 1402221118
    • ISBN: 9781402221118
    • Brand: Sourcebooks Mediafusion
    • Manufacturer: Sourcebooks MediaFusion

    Hear voices contemporary and classic as selected by New York Times bestselling author Nikki Giovanni Award-winning poet and writer Nikki Giovanni takes on the impossible task of selecting the 100 best African American works from classic and contemporary poets. Out of necessity, Giovanni admits she cheats a little, selecting a larger, less round num... [Read More]

  • Broken Crayons Still Color: Based on a True Story

    • ASIN: 1980316066
    • ISBN: 1980316066
    • Manufacturer: Independently published

    Multi-platinum rapper Devin has it all. Money, cars, fame, women— he’s living the life of a rockstar. As with anything in life, all good things come to the end of its cycle, and God takes you off of a path so that you can begin anew. Devin stops getting booked for shows, and it causes a ripple affect on his life. Now unable to take care of his ... [Read More]

  • Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires

    • ASIN: B07192GQWB
    • Manufacturer: Amistad

    “By telling the little-known stories of six pioneering African American entrepreneurs, Black Fortunes makes a worthy contribution to black history, to business history, and to American history.”—Margot Lee Shetterly, New York Times Bestselling author of Hidden FiguresBetween the years of 1830 and 1927, as the last generation of blacks born i... [Read More]

  • Second House from the Corner: A Novel of Marriage, Secrets, and Lies

    • ASIN: 1250115914
    • ISBN: 1250115914
    • Brand: Thomas Dunne Book for St Martin s Griffin
    • Manufacturer: A Thomas Dunne Book for St. Martin's Griffin

    "So good." ―Jennifer Weiner, #1 New York Times bestselling authorHow far would you go to protect your marriage? In Sadeqa Johnson's Second House from the Corner, Felicia Lyons struggles to sprint ahead of the demands of motherhood while her husband spends long days at the office. When the children won’t stop screaming her name or arguing over t... [Read More]

  • My Man's Best Friend

    • ASIN: 0981649521
    • ISBN: 0981649521
    • Manufacturer: Twin Pen Publishing

    What do you do when your man’s best friend is a woman, and a drop-dead, gorgeous one at that? Kai Edwards has a big problem when Todd Daniels' best friend, Alana Brooks, moves to Chicago and straight into the middle of their perfect life. To compete with the new threat and to keep her man, Kai devises a deliciously devious plan, but it takes an u... [Read More]

  • The Darkest Child

    • ASIN: B004HYHB4S
    • Manufacturer: Soho Press

  • I Almost Forgot About You: A Novel

    • ASIN: 1524762318
    • ISBN: 1524762318
    • Manufacturer: Broadway Books

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The bestselling author of How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Waiting To Exhale is back with the inspiring story of a woman who shakes things up in her life to find greater meaningNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY LIBRARY JOURNALIn I Almost Forgot About You, Dr. Georgia Young's wonderful life—great friends... [Read More]

  • The Root Of All Evil: The Chronicles of Brock Lane (Windy City Crime Series Book 1)

    • ASIN: 198051187X
    • ISBN: 198051187X
    • Manufacturer: Independently published

    The Root of All Evil is a short-story fiction novel about Brock Lane, who's on top of the world even though his NBA team, the St. Louis Trojans, was eliminated from playoff contention. He had a breakout season in his fourth year as a pro basketball player, and he received a lucrative contract extension for his efforts. However, Brock's stepfather ... [Read More]

  • African American Humor: The Best Black Comedy from Slavery to Today (The Library of Black America series)

    • ASIN: 1556524315
    • ISBN: 1556524315
    • Brand: Brand: Chicago Review Press
    • Manufacturer: Chicago Review Press

    This collection of anecdotes, tales, jokes, toasts, rhymes, satire, riffs, poems, stand-up sketches, and snaps documents the evolution of African American humor over the past two centuries. It includes routines and writings from such luminaries as Bert Williams, Butterbeans & Susie, Stepin Fetchit, Moms Mabley, Ralph Ellison, Langston Hughes, Redd ... [Read More]

  • The Black Male Handbook: A Blueprint for Life

    • ASIN: 1416592245
    • ISBN: 1416592245
    • Brand: Powell, Kevin (EDT)/ Harper, Hill (FRW)
    • Manufacturer: Atria Books

    Author and activist Kevin Powell and contributors Lasana Omar Hotep, Jeff Johnson, Byron Hurt, Dr. William Jelani Cobb, Ryan Mack, Kendrick B. Nathaniel, and Dr. Andre L. Brown tap into the social and political climate rising in the African American community with this collection of essays for Black males on surviving, living, and winning.The Black... [Read More]

  • Calling My Name

    • ASIN: 0062656864
    • ISBN: 0062656864
    • Manufacturer: Greenwillow Books

    “Calling My Name is a treasure.”—Nic Stone, New York Times–bestselling author of Dear MartinCalling My Name is a striking, luminous, and literary exploration of family, spirituality, and self—ideal for readers of Jacqueline Woodson, Jandy Nelson, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Sandra Cisneros.This unforgettable novel tells a universal coming-of-ag... [Read More]

  • The Nickel Boys: A Novel

    • ASIN: B07J489X7H
    • Manufacturer: Doubleday

  • Black American Short Stories: A Century of the Best (American Century Series)

    • ASIN: 0374523541
    • ISBN: 0374523541
    • Brand: Hill and Wang
    • Manufacturer: Hill and Wang

    The success of John Henrik Clarke's American Negro Short Stories, first published in 1966, affirmed the vitality and importance of black fiction. Now this expanded edition of that best-selling book, with a new title, offers the reader thirty-one stories included in the original―from Charles W. Chesnutt and Paul Laurence Dunbar in the late ninetee... [Read More]

  • Don't Let Me Go

    • ASIN: 0758269277
    • ISBN: 0758269277
    • Manufacturer: Kensington

    Some people spend their whole lives looking for the right partner. Nate Schaper found his in high school. In the eight months since their cautious flirting became a real, heart-pounding, tell-the-parents relationship, Nate and Adam have been inseparable. Even when local kids take their homophobia to brutal levels, Nate is undaunted. He and Adam are... [Read More]

  • A Good Cry: What We Learn From Tears and Laughter

    • ASIN: 0062399454
    • ISBN: 0062399454
    • Manufacturer: William Morrow

    One of America’s most celebrated poets looks inward in this powerful collection, a rumination on her life and the people who have shaped her.The poetry of Nikki Giovanni has spurred movements, turned hearts and informed generations. She’s been hailed as a firebrand, a radical, a healer, and a sage; a wise and courageous voice who has spoken out... [Read More]

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