African American Literature Book Club

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

24 Books Published by Picador an Imprint of Macmillan

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Click for more detail about Coretta: My Life, My Love, My Legacy by Coretta Scott King
Click for more detail about Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor’s Reflections on Race and Medicine by Damon Tweedy
Click for more detail about High Cotton: A Novel by Darryl Pinckney
High Cotton: A Novel
by Darryl Pinckney
Click for more detail about The Dream of Perpetual Motion by Dexter Palmer
Click for more detail about The Patrick Melrose Novels: Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope, and Mother's Milk by Edward St. Aubyn
Click for more detail about The Professor’s Daughter: A Novel by Emily Raboteau
Click for more detail about We Can’t Breathe: On Black Lives, White Lies, and the Art of Survival by Jabari Asim
Click for more detail about We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation by Jeff Chang
Click for more detail about Voodoo Dreams: A Novel of Marie Laveau by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Click for more detail about Sirena Selena: A Novel by Mayra Santos-Febres
Sirena Selena: A Novel
by Mayra Santos-Febres
Click for more detail about The Orchard of Lost Souls: A Novel by Nadifa Mohamed
Click for more detail about Sassafrass, Cypress and Indigo: A Novel by Ntozake Shange
Click for more detail about Betsey Brown: A Novel by Ntozake Shange
Betsey Brown: A Novel
by Ntozake Shange
Click for more detail about The Sellout by Paul Beatty
The Sellout
by Paul Beatty
Click for more detail about The White Boy Shuffle: A Novel by Paul Beatty
Click for more detail about The Time of Our Singing: A Novel by Richard Powers
Click for more detail about Soul City: A Novel by Touré
Click for more detail about Scandalize My Name: Selected Poems by Yusef Komunyakaa
Click for more detail about Cion: A Novel by Zakes Mda
Cion: A Novel
by Zakes Mda
Click for more detail about The Whale Caller: A Novel by Zakes Mda
Click for more detail about The Madonna of Excelsior: A Novel by Zakes Mda
Click for more detail about She Plays with the Darkness: A Novel by Zakes Mda
Click for more detail about The Heart of Redness: A Novel by Zakes Mda
Click for more detail about Ways of Dying: A Novel by Zakes Mda