38,560 ratings — Reviews Lesbians 71,866 ratings — 8,220 ratings — From wise artists like Maya Angelou to new voices like Marlon James and Kiley Reid, and leaders like the Obamas, we've gathered some of the all time best books by Black authors to add to your reading list. Young Adult.
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April 2020 May 2018 published 2019, avg rating 4.14 — Marlon James is a New York Times-bestselling author.His novels have won the 2015 Man Booker Prize, the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature in fiction, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for fiction, the 2010 Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and the Minnesota Book Award.
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published 2020, avg rating 3.93 — published 2018, avg rating 4.42 — Black Leopard Red Wolf You can reach Library staff by chat, email or phone during open hours. November 2019 Remember, you can have it shipped directly to you or come pick it up in store! He melds this interest in history and the social world with speculative fiction. You can see the Facebook event & RSVP, This month, we are diving into rising science fiction and fantasy star P. Djeli Clark's, Website Last Updated: September 29, 2020; 2:45pm, Fantasy & Science Fiction Discussion Group.
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published 1973, avg rating 4.37 — September 2017 published 2019, avg rating 4.16 — All Library locations remain closed to limit the spread of COVID-19. 3,585 ratings — published 2016, avg rating 3.76 — 254,399 ratings — April Meeting March 2018 published 1979, avg rating 4.08 — Edgy humor and fierce imagery coexist in these stories with shrewd characterization and humane intelligence, inspired by volatile material sliced off the front pages. Following the course of American history from 1941 to the 21st century through the lives of four men—two white brothers from rural Alabama, and two black brothers from small-town Maryland—an epic volume, bridging the political and poetic, details an explosive and devastating encounter between two families during the early civil rights movement. November 2018
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143,722 ratings — 88,311 ratings — 117,062 ratings — updated May 13, 2015 06:37PM — The lives of three generations of women in Jamaica intersect as they try to build better lives. Make 2020 a year of reading more Black authors. 260,742 ratings — 26,532 ratings — Jess Walter 518,131 ratings — published 1987, avg rating 4.22 — CULTURE Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Defying categorization and full of unforgettable characters. Shirley Jackson published 2019, avg rating 4.47 — Here are a variety of novels and short story collections available for download highlighting fiction by Black authors. Beautiful Ruins March 2020
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Fall Click, Because of the Thanksgiving holiday, this month we are meeting on November 21st at 7:30pm. Error rating book. Published for the first time nearly 30 years after the author's death at age 46, this gorgeous and strikingly intimate short story collection focuses on the lives and loves of black Americans in the 1960s. published 2017, avg rating 3.88 — There will be free wine and snacks for book club members to share. Van Gogh (Created June 2020). 285,562 ratings — Make 2020 a year of reading more Black authors. August 2020 5,383 ratings — Welcome 85,511 ratings — 64,162 ratings — 156,099 ratings — Inspirational
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Black Leopard, Red Wolf was named a finalist for the National Book Award was named a 55,906 ratings — If this sounds like something you'd like to read, you can get your copy of the book from the store or online with a 15% discount through the end of March. 170,683 ratings — . 62,357 ratings — The Alchemist May Meeting Allegory published 2004, avg rating 4.49 — There will be free wine and snacks for book club members to share. published 1999, avg rating 4.37 — published 2017, avg rating 3.94 — Black Authors Bring a friend and come discuss the book with us, even if you weren't able to completely finish it or if you didn't like it. 61,375 ratings —
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are pulled into a perilous mission aimed to stop the Black God’s Drums from being unleashed and wiping out the entirety of New Orleans. 2,152,172 ratings — published 1940, avg rating 4.02 — . January 2020 15,382 ratings —
Jesmyn Ward published 2019, avg rating 4.30 — The Genius Of Birds The Bear And The Nightingale published 2015, avg rating 4.00 — Literary Fantasy A Gathering Of Shadows You can see the Facebook event & RSVP, "A Fantasy Set in Africa by Way of Hieronymus Bosch, Garcia Marquez, and Marvel Comics", “'The Black God’s Drums' Is A High Stakes Novella That Will Take You to the Skies", "The Black God’s Drums: We Really Hope This Begins A Series". June 2017, All Ghost Story Naomi Alderman