On this fifth episode I bring you a list of books written by black authors.

If you’d like to join the book club mentioned in this episode and discuss some of these books with other people, feel free to reach out to me via Instagram.

Books on this episode, by genre:

Sci-Fi / Fantasy

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

Children Of Blood And Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Black Girl Unlimited by Echo Brown

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Romance

Get A Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

The Boyfriend Project by Farrah Rochon

Real Men Knit by Kwana Jackson

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YA

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Dear Martin by Nic Stone

You Should See Me In A Crown by Leah Johnson

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Literary Fiction

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

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Non fiction

Stamped by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds

White Innocence by Gloria Wekker (Europe focused)

Hood Feminism by Nikki Kendall

Barracoon: The Story Of The Last Black Cargo by Zora Neale Hurston

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Queer Black Authors

Felix Ever After by Kacen Calender

How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones

All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson

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Poetry

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

Don’t Call Us Dead by Danez Smith

The Black Unicorn by Audre Lorde

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