Black History Month: Adult Reads

Updated February 1, 2024
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Black Buck
Askaripour, Mateo.
Paper Book
Born a crime : stories from a South African childhood
Noah, Trevor
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE THURBER PRIZE The compelling, inspiring, (often comic) coming-of-age story of Trevor Noah, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed. One of the comedy world's brightest new voices, Trevor Noah is a...
In Every Mirror She's Black
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Paper Book
'A sharply written story with messy, deeply moving characters' Taylor Jenkins Reid 'I was captivated by the writing from page one... Powerful' Lizzie Damilola Blackburn 'The story of Kemi, Muna and Brittany-Rae - Black women hoping to start anew in a...
Kindred
Butler, Octavia E.
Paper Book
**MAJOR TV SERIES COMING SOON TO DISNEY+** Octavia E. Butler's ground-breaking masterpiece, with an original foreword by Ayòbámi Adébáyò. 'A marvel of imagination, empathy and detail' NEW YORK TIMES 'The marker you should judge all other...
The nickel boys : a novel
Whitehead, Colson
Paper Book
'RaMell Ross's transcendentally moving and frightening film' (Guardian, New York Film Festival) on UK cinema release 8th November 2025 WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2020 WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 2020Winner...
Song of Solomon
Morrison, Toni.
Paper Book
'Song of Solomon...profoundly changed my life' Marlon James Macon 'Milkman' Dead was born shortly after a neighbourhood eccentric hurled himself off a rooftop in a vain attempt at flight. For the rest of his life he, too, will be trying to fly. ...
Transcendent kingdom
Gyasi, Yaa
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021 **From the bestselling author of Homegoing** ______________________________________________ As a child Gifty would ask her parents to tell the story of their journey from Ghana to Alabama,...

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