I did a little survey of all my reviews and realized that around 20% of the books I’ve read since 2020 are by Black authors. The genres include fiction, sci-fi, personal development, young adult, children’s, art, memoir, romance, and a book about books! It’s an interesting list and in the spirit of Black History Month here it is with links to the reviews.
Fiction by Colson Whitehead
The Underground Railroad https://bookthrasher.com/2021/01/26/two-novels-two-pulitzers-too-good-to-ignore/
The Nickel Boys https://bookthrasher.com/2020/08/19/__trashed/
Harlem Shuffle https://bookthrasher.com/2022/10/01/harlem-shuffle/
Other Fiction
Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour https://bookthrasher.com/2021/05/25/black-buck/
Deacon King Kong by James McBride https://bookthrasher.com/2021/09/22/deacon-king-kong/
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett https://bookthrasher.com/2022/04/12/the-vanishing-half/
Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor (Africanfuturist sci-fi) https://bookthrasher.com/2022/12/31/remote-control/
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin https://bookthrasher.com/2022/03/18/from-beale-street-to-tulsa/
Romance by Talia Hibbert and Jasmine Guillory
The Princess Trap https://bookthrasher.com/2023/03/05/talia-hibbert-is-a-modern-romance-queen/
While We Were Dating and The Proposal https://bookthrasher.com/2022/05/26/3-books-2-authors-1-series-0-complaints/
Memoir
Black is the Journey, Africana the Name by Maboula Soumahoro https://bookthrasher.com/2023/07/22/black-is-the-journey-africana-the-name/
Young Adult
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas https://bookthrasher.com/2022/05/26/3-books-2-authors-1-series-0-complaints/
Children’s
The Ultimate Art Museum by Ferren Gipson (ages 11 and up) https://bookthrasher.com/2022/06/19/the-ultimate-art-museum/
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by Floyd Cooper.(ages 8 and up) https://bookthrasher.com/2022/03/18/from-beale-street-to-tulsa/
Personal Development
Unapologetically Ambitious by Shellye Archambeau https://bookthrasher.com/2021/02/14/no-apology-necessary/
Books about Books
Bibliophile: Diverse Spines by Jamise Harper and Jane Mount https://bookthrasher.com/2022/02/15/bibliophile-diverse-spines/
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