Black Authors

Great reads by Black authors.

Updated January 14, 2025
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The undefeated
Alexander, Kwame
Paper Book
Winner of the 2020 Caldecott Medal A 2020 Newbery Honor Book Winner of the 2020 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award The Newbery Award-winning author of THE CROSSOVER pens an ode to black American triumph and tribulation, with art from a two-time...
Also available in eBook format.

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Une si longue lettre : roman
Bâ, Mariama.
Paper Book
The acclaimed francophone book on all AP French required reading lists.

28 lettres que la narratrice, Ramatoulaye Fall, adresse a sa meilleure amie, Aissatou Ba. Elles decrivent la condition des femmes en Afrique en abordant des sujets tels que la polygamie, le difficile effacement de certaines traditions, l'absence de droits pour les femmes, leur place en politique, l'education sexuelle des filles et l'affirmation de la valeur de leur corps.

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The vanishing half
Bennett, Brit
Paper Book

Des jumelles inseparables choisissent de vivre dans deux mondes etrangers : celui des Blancs et celui des Noirs.

Aussi disponible en format numerique et large vision.

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Between the world and me
Coates, Ta-Nehisi
Paper Book
In the 150 years since the end of the Civil War and the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment (the abolition of slavery), the story of race and America has remained a brutally simple one. It is the story of the black body, exploited to create the country's foundational wealth, violently...
Also available in Audiobook, eBook, eAudiobook and Large Print formats.

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The skin we're in : a year of Black resistance and power
Cole, Desmond
Paper Book
In the tradition of Ta-Nehisi Coates, a bracing, provocative and perspective-shifting book from one of Canada's most celebrated and uncompromising writers, Desmond Cole. The Skin We're In will spark a national conversation, influence policy and inspire activists.

Also available in eBook and eAudiobook formats.

Canadian author.

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Black matters
Cooper, Afua
Paper Book
Halifax's former Poet Laureate Afua Cooper and photographer Wilfried Raussert collaborate in this book of poems and photographs focused on everyday Black experiences. The result is a jambalaya -- a dialogue between image and text. Cooper translates Raussert's photos into poetry, painting a profound...
Canadian author.

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Sur la route avec Basho roman
Laferrie, Dany.
Ebook

Un livre dans la lignee d’Autoportrait de Paris avec chat et L’exil vaut le voyage. L’auteur suit la methode de Basho, le moine-poete japonais du XVIIe siecle. Des reveries, des souvenirs et des pensees accompagnes de dessins de Dany Laferriere.

Aussi disponible en format numerique.

Auteur canadien.

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Until we are free : reflections on Black Lives Matter in Canada
Diverlus, Rodney
Ebook
Short-listed, Saskatchewan Book Award, Publishing, 2020 The killing of Trayvon Martin in 2012 by a white assailant inspired the Black Lives Matter movement, which quickly spread outside the borders of the United States. The movement's message found fertile ground in Canada, where...

Also available in eBook format.

Canadian author.

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The sleeping car porter
Mayr, Suzette
Paper Book
FEATURED ON MICHELLE OBAMA'S INSTAGRAM SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD WINNER OF THE 2022 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE WINNER OF THE 2023 GEORGES BUGNET AWARD FOR FICTION FINALIST FOR THE 2023 GOVERNOR GENERAL'S AWARD FOR ENGLISH...

Also available in eBook and eAudiobook formats, and as a Book Club Kit.

Canadian author.

10

The Son of the House
Onyemelukwe-Onuobia, Cheluchi.
Ebook
SHORTLISTED for the Scotiabank Giller Prize 2021 * WINNER of the Nigeria Prize for Literature 2021 * SHORTLISTED for the Chinua Achebe Prize for Nigerian Writing 2021 * WINNER of the SprinNG Women Authors Prize 2020 * WINNER of the Best International Fiction Book Award, Sharjah International Book...

Also available in eBook format.

Canadian author.

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The vanishing half
Bennett, Brit
Paper Book
Also available in eBook, eAudiobook and Large Print formats.

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IN THE UPPER COUNTRY: A NOVEL
Thomas, Kai.
Paper Book
The fates of two unforgettable women--one just beginning a journey of reckoning and self-discovery and the other completing her life's last vital act--intertwine in this sweeping, powerful novel set at the terminus of the Underground Railroad. In the 1800s in Dunmore, a...

Also available in eBook, eAudiobook and Large Print formats.

Canadian author.

13

Une cole?re noire : lettre a? mon fils
Coates, Ta-Nehisi
Paper Book

« Voila ce qu'il faut que tu saches : en Amerique, la destruction du corps noir est une tradition, un heritage. Je ne voudrais pas que tu te couches dans un reve. Je voudrais que tu sois un citoyen de ce monde beau et terrible a la fois, un citoyen conscient. J'ai decide de ne rien te cacher. ». Dans cette lettre adressée a son fils de 15 ans, Ta-Nehisi Coates revient sur la condition de l'homme noir aux Etats-Unis. Une ode a l'humanite, un cri de colere contre ce mal qui gangrene la societe americaine depuis des siecles.

Aussi disponible en format numerique.

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Out of the sun : on race and storytelling
Edugyan, Esi
Paper Book
An insightful exploration and moving meditation on identity, art, and belonging from one of the most celebrated writers of the last decade.  What happens when we begin to consider stories at the margins, when we grant them centrality? How does that complicate our certainties about who...

Also available in eBook and eAudiobook formats.

Canadian author.

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Black writers matter
French, Whitney
Ebook
Also available in eBook format.

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Viola Desmond won't be budged!
Warner, Jody Nyasha
Paper Book
Finalist for the 2011 Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction "On behalf of the Nova Scotia government, I sincerely apologize to Mrs. Viola Desmond's family and to all African Nova Scotians for the racial discrimination she was subjected to by the justice system ... We...
Canadian author.

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Viola Desmond won't be budged!
Warner, Jody
Paper Book
Finalist for the 2011 Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction "On behalf of the Nova Scotia government, I sincerely apologize to Mrs. Viola Desmond's family and to all African Nova Scotians for the racial discrimination she was subjected to by the justice system ... We...

18

Le grain de sable : Olivier Le Jeune, premier esclave au Canada
Webster (Rapper)
Paper Book

Originaire de l'ile de Madagascar, Olivier Le Jeune arrive dans la ville de Quebec en 1629 en tant qu'esclave. Il avait 10 ans. Au-dela de son statut d'esclave, il est la premiere personne d'origine africaine a habiter de maniere permanente au Canada.

Aussi disponible en format numerique.

Auteur canadien.

19

Scientific Marvel: Poems
Undi, Chimwemwe
Paper Book
Winner, 2024 Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry CBC Best Book of 2024 Marked by rhythmic drive, humour, and surprise, Undi's poems consider what is left out from the history and ongoing realities of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Firmly grounded in the local, the arresting...

Also available in eBook format.

Canadian author.

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Caste : the origins of our discontents
Wilkerson, Isabel
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NEW YORK TIMES READERS PICK: 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY * OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK * "An instant American classic and almost certainly the keynote nonfiction book of the American century thus far."--Dwight Garner, The New York Times

Also available in eBook, eAudiobook and Large Print formats.


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