African American Literature Book Club

Celebrating Our Literary Legacy Since 1998 — Black Literature is for Everyone

22 Books Published by Bloomsbury USA an Imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing

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Click for more detail about Reflections: (English edition) by Ahdaf Soueif
Click for more detail about This Is Not a Border: Reportage & Reflection from the Palestine Festival of Literature by Ahdaf Soueif and Omar Robert Hamilton
Click for more detail about Ada’s Rules: A Sexy Skinny Novel (Sexy Skinny Novels) by Alice Randall
Click for more detail about Rebel Yell: A Novel by Alice Randall
Rebel Yell: A Novel
by Alice Randall
Click for more detail about Ethical Ambition: Living a Life of Meaning and Worth by Derrick Bell
Click for more detail about Bling: The Hip-Hop Jewelry Book by Gabriel Tolliver and Reggie Osse
Bling: The Hip-Hop Jewelry Book
by Gabriel Tolliver and Reggie Osse
Click for more detail about Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward
Men We Reaped
by Jesmyn Ward
Click for more detail about Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
Salvage the Bones
by Jesmyn Ward
Click for more detail about High On The Hog: A Culinary Journey From Africa To America by Jessica B. Harris
Click for more detail about The Hungry Ear: Poems Of Food And Drink by Kevin Young
Click for more detail about The Art Of Losing: Poems Of Grief And Healing by Kevin Young
Click for more detail about Dive: A Novel by Lisa Teasley
Dive: A Novel
by Lisa Teasley
Click for more detail about The Great Negro Plot: A Tale Of Conspiracy And Murder In Eighteenth-Century New York by Mat Johnson
Click for more detail about Hunting in Harlem by Mat Johnson
Hunting in Harlem
by Mat Johnson
Click for more detail about Drop by Mat Johnson
Drop
by Mat Johnson
Click for more detail about The Residue Years by Mitchell S. Jackson
The Residue Years
by Mitchell S. Jackson
Click for more detail about Slumberland: A Novel by Paul Beatty
Slumberland: A Novel
by Paul Beatty
Click for more detail about Hokum: An Anthology of African-American Humor by Paul Beatty
Click for more detail about Tales to Astonish: Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, and the American Comic Book Revolution by Ronin Ro
Click for more detail about Crossing Ebenezer Creek by Tonya Bolden
Click for more detail about Diablerie: A Novel by Walter Mosley
Diablerie: A Novel
by Walter Mosley
Click for more detail about Killing Johnny Fry: A Sexistential Novel by Walter Mosley