The Write Type

2.8 Black History Month Book Recs 2020


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Books by African American Writers That I‘ve Read and Loved

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

Sulwe by Lupita N’yongo and Vashti Harrison

On The Come Up by Angie Thomas

Dear Martin by Nic Stone

Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin

Hunger by Roxane Gay

Autobiography of Malcolm X

I Wanna Be Where You Are by Kristina Forest

Books by African American Writers That I Haven’t Read But Have Heard Amazing Things About

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

Tristen Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame M’Balia

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodsen

Tiny Pretty Things Co-Written by Dhonielle Clayton

Pride by Ibi Zoboi

A Phoenix First Must Burn by Patrice Caldwell

Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett

Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

Debuts from African American Writers

You Should See Me In a Crown by Leah Johnson

This Is My America by Kim Johnson

A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown

The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna

The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow

The Year Of the Witching by Alexis Henderson

Legendborn by Tracy Deon

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The Write TypeBy Faridah Abike-Iyimide