You might take a look at The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris, Sorrowland by Rivers Soloman, or Ring Shout by Djeli Clarke. These stories are a little out there, but all feature black women protagonists and revolve around blackness.
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If you are interested in poetry I recommend Black Girl Call Home
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Girl, Woman, Other (Bernardine Evaristo).
And +1 for Their Eyes Were Watching God — it’s wonderful.
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The twelve tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis
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Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
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The help by Kathryn Stockett
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A cliche answer, but anything by Toni Morrison.
Also try The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett.
If you’re interested in science fiction and fantasy, check out works by Octavia E. Butler, NK Jemisin, and Nnedi Okorafor.
Some nonfiction recs:
– The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation by Anna Malaika Tubbs
– Three Girls from Bronzeville: A Uniquely American Memoir of Race, Fate, and Sisterhood by Dawn Turner
– Florynce “Flo” Kennedy: The Life of a Black Feminist Radical by Sherie M. Randolph – she was a contemporary of Gloria Steinem and an absolute badass
– Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals by Saidiya Hartman – focuses particularly on the early 20th century
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Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston.
I just saw this recommended by the New York Times today and it will probably be my next book to read.
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You might take a look at The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris, Sorrowland by Rivers Soloman, or Ring Shout by Djeli Clarke. These stories are a little out there, but all feature black women protagonists and revolve around blackness.
If you are interested in poetry I recommend Black Girl Call Home
Girl, Woman, Other (Bernardine Evaristo).
And +1 for Their Eyes Were Watching God — it’s wonderful.
The twelve tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
The help by Kathryn Stockett
A cliche answer, but anything by Toni Morrison.
Also try The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett.
If you’re interested in science fiction and fantasy, check out works by Octavia E. Butler, NK Jemisin, and Nnedi Okorafor.
Some nonfiction recs:
– The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation by Anna Malaika Tubbs
– Three Girls from Bronzeville: A Uniquely American Memoir of Race, Fate, and Sisterhood by Dawn Turner
– Florynce “Flo” Kennedy: The Life of a Black Feminist Radical by Sherie M. Randolph – she was a contemporary of Gloria Steinem and an absolute badass
– Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals by Saidiya Hartman – focuses particularly on the early 20th century