Black History Month Fiction for Adults

A selection of novels and short stories by Black Canadian authors.

Updated February 4, 2026
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Black History Month Fiction for Adults

A selection of novels and short stories by Black Canadian authors.

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Hold My Girl: A Novel
Carr, Charlene
Ebook
The illegal : a novel
Hill, Lawrence
Paper Book
Lawrence Hill spellbound readers with Someone Knows My Name (made into the television mini-series, The Book of Negroes), hailed as "transporting" (Entertainment Weekly) and "completely engrossing" (Washington Post). The Illegal is the gripping story of Keita Ali, a refugee--like the many in today...
In the Upper Country
Thomas, Kai
Paper Book
Winner of the 2023 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize 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...
River Mumma
Reid-Benta, Zalika
Ebook
Washington Black : a novel
Edugyan, Esi.
Ebook
NOW A HULU ORIGINAL SERIES * MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST * ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR * "A gripping historical narrative exploring both the bounds of slavery and what it means to be truly free." --Vanity Fair Eleven-year-old...
We Rip the World Apart: A Novel
Carr, Charlene
Ebook
Where we end & begin
Igharo, Jane
Ebook
"Fans of Sonali Dev and Helen Hoang will find this just their style."--The New York Times Star-crossed lovers get a second chance at romance when they're reunited at a wedding in Nigeria, in a heartfelt novel from the acclaimed author of The Sweetest Remedy. ...
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