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Beloved by Toni Morrison

Call Number: F M834b 1987
ISBN: 0394535979
Publication Date: 1987-08-12
Legendary Ohio Born Author!

Cover ArtFinding Me by Viola Davis

Call Number: 792.028092 Dav 2022
ISBN: 9780063037328
Publication Date: 2022-04-26
Recent EGOT Winner!

Cover ArtWe Need New Names by Noviolet Bulawayo

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ISBN: 0316230847
Publication Date: 2014-05-20
Intern Ian's personal favorite!

Cover ArtThe Black Flamingo by Dean Atta

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ISBN: 9780062990297
Publication Date: 2020-05-26
Story of a drag queen written fully in poetry!

Cover ArtThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Call Number: F Ac45t
ISBN: 0449208109
Publication Date: 1985-01-01
Tells the story of Nigeria's colonization.

Cover ArtGirl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

Call Number: F Ev17g
ISBN: 9780802156983
Publication Date: 2019-11-05
Follows a dozen black women in England! 

Cover ArtBlack Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James

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ISBN: 9780735220171
Publication Date: 2019-02-05
First of a fantasy trilogy!

Cover ArtThe Hate U Give by Angie Thomas; Amandla Stenberg (Foreword by)

Call Number: JF T3614h
ISBN: 9780062498533
Publication Date: 2017-02-28
Young Adult novel tackling police brutality.

Cover ArtGlory by Noviolet Bulawayo

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ISBN: 9780525561132
Publication Date: 2022-03-08
Animal Farm-inspired political satire!

Cover ArtWell-Read Black Girl by Glory Edim

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ISBN: 0525619771
Publication Date: 2018-10-30
Collection of essays from black authors!

Cover ArtI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Call Number: 811.54 Ang
ISBN: 0812980026
Publication Date: 2009-04-21
Autobiography of a great American poet!

Cover ArtTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Call Number: F H946t 2000
ISBN: 0060199490
Publication Date: 2000-10-24
An all-time American classic!

Cover ArtSalvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

Call Number: F W213s
ISBN: 9781608195220
Publication Date: 2011-10-03
A story of survival during Hurricane Katrina.

Cover ArtInvisible Man by Ralph Ellison; Charles Johnson (Preface by)

Call Number: F EL598i
ISBN: 0679601392
Publication Date: 1994-06-14
Debut novel from the first African-American to win the National Book Award for Fiction!

Cover ArtSwing Time by Zadie Smith

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ISBN: 9781594203985
Publication Date: 2016-11-15
A story about dance, family, and finding your place in the world. 

Cover ArtChildren of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Call Number: JF Ad37c
ISBN: 9781250170972
Publication Date: 2018-03-06
Instant New York Times Bestseller!

Cover ArtAn Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

Call Number: F So475u
ISBN: 9781617755880
Publication Date: 2017-10-03
Sci-fi allegory for the American Civil War!

Cover ArtRed at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson

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ISBN: 9780525535270
Publication Date: 2019-09-17
Coming of age novel from a legendary writer in the making!

Cover ArtSing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

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ISBN: 1501126075
Publication Date: 2018-05-08
A dangerous journey through the American South.

Cover ArtHunger by Roxane Gay

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ISBN: 9780062362599
Publication Date: 2017-06-13
Memoir of the author's body!

Cover ArtThe Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Call Number: F M8347b 2000
ISBN: 0375411550
Publication Date: 1993-12-28
Another classic from an all-time great author!

Cover ArtTake My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

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ISBN: 0593337697
Publication Date: 2022-04-12
A story of reproductive freedom in the face of racism.

Cover ArtFelix Ever After by Kacen Callender

Call Number: JF C132f
ISBN: 0062820257
Publication Date: 2020-05-05
A story about coming to terms with gender and identity!