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African-American Authors
African-American Authors by Genre
| Contemporary Fiction | Romance | |||
| Briscoe,Connie | Alers, Rochelle | |||
| Cleage, Pearl | Hill, Donna | |||
| Dickey, Eric Jerome | Jackson, Brenda | |||
| Harris, E. Lynn | Kitt, Sandra | |||
| McMillan, Terry | Morrison, Mary B. | |||
| Monroe, Mary | Ray, Francis | |||
| Roby, Kimberla Lawson | Thomas, Jacquelin | |||
| Tyree, Omar | Award Winners | |||
| Weber, Carl | Butler, Octavia | |||
| Literary Fiction | Carter, Stephen L. | |||
| Cooper, J. California | McKinney-Whetstone, Diane | |||
| Gaines, Ernest J. | Rhodes, Jewell Parker | |||
| Morrison, Toni | Southgate, Martha | |||
| Walker, Alice | Inspirational Fiction | |||
| Mystery | Ford, Aisha | |||
| Bland, Eleanor Taylor | G’Orge-Walker, Pat | |||
| Haywood, Gar Anthony | Jarrett, Norma L. | |||
| Mosley, Walter | Miller, Vanessa | |||
If You Like. . .Try These Authors
| J. California Cooper ... | Mary Monroe... | |||
| Pearl Cleage | Eric Jerome Dickey | |||
| Sheneska Jackson | Kimberla Lawson Roby | |||
| Diane McKinney-Whetstone | Bernice L. McFadden | |||
| Donald Goines... | Toni Morrison... | |||
| Sister Souljah | Zora Neale Hurston | |||
| Richard Wright | Gloria Naylor | |||
| E. Lynn Harris... | John Edgar Wildeman | |||
| Connie Briscoe | Alice Walker | |||
| Eric Jerome Dickey | Walter Mosley... | |||
| Benilde Little | Ace Atkins | |||
| Marcus Major | James Ellroy | |||
| Paule Marshall... | Clarence Major | |||
| Donna Hill | Kris Nelscott | |||
| Benilde Little | Omar Tyree... | |||
| Bernice L. McFadden | Travis Hunter | |||
| Tracy Price-Thompson | Yolanda Joe | |||
Terry McMillan... |
Karen E. Quinones Miller | |||
| Tina Ansa | Zane... | |||
| Bebe Moore Campbell | Rochelle Alers | |||
| Pearl Cleage | Donna Hill | |||
| Brenda Jackson | ||||
African-American Fiction for Kids
| I Get So Hungry | by Bebe Moore Campbell |
| Rap a Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles - Think of That! | by Leo Dillon |
| Cousins | by Virginia Hamilton |
| MC Higgins the Great | by Virginia Hamilton |
| Wee Winnie Witch's Skinny: an original African-American scare tale | by Virginia Hamilton |
| Come On, Rain! | by Karen Hesse |
| Wing Flyers | by Angela Johnson |
| Sam and the Tigers | by Julius Lester |
| Precious and the Boo Hag | by Pat McKissack |
| Black Angels | by Rita Murphy |
| Silent Thunder a Civil War Story | by Andrea Davis Pinkney |
| Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky | by Faith Ringgold |
| Walking to the Bus-Rider Blues | by Harriette Robinet |
| Words with Wings | by Belinda Rochelle |
| Patchwork Path: A Quilt Map to Freedom | by Bettye Stroud |
| Six Fools | by Joyce Carol Thomas |
| The Other Side | by Jacqueline Woodson |
Great Internet Resources
African-American Literature Book Club
Website dedicated to books by or about African-Americans. Contains author profiles, books reviews, online discussion boards and much more.
African-American Author Listing from AALBC.com
"From Achebe to Zora here you'll learn more about African-American authors, read or hear excerpts of their work, see their photograph and purchase their book."
African-American Writers: Online E-texts
Retrieve e-texts from prominent African-American authors.
Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Awards
These annual awards recognize outstanding works of fiction and nonfiction by African-American authors for adult audiences.
Past BCALA Winners
List of previous award winner starting with 1994.
Essence Magazine
Check on the latest bestsellers from African-American bookstores.
If You Like... Literature : African-American Authors
If you like this author, you may like that author. Search for similar authors. Also browse subject categories. Excellent resource for book lovers.
Manchester Public Library Reader's Connection: Recent Fiction by African-American Authors
The Manchester Public Library (Connecticut) provides a list of popular, literary, mystery and romance novels by African-American authors.
QBR The Black Book Review Online
"The first book review exclusively dedicated to books about the Africana experience." Find fiction, nonfiction, poetry, children's books, health and lifestyle management titles.
Guide to African-American Authors: a selection of resources
The Athens-Clarke County Library's own guide to African-American authors.
Thumper's Corner (Home of the Coffee Will Make You Black Reading Group)