African American Literature Book Club

Celebrating Our Literary Legacy Since 1997 — Black Literature is for Everyone

26 Publications from Picador an Imprint of Macmillan

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Click for more detail about Lead from the Outside: How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change by Selena Montgomery
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 Housegirl: A Novel by Michael Donkor
Housegirl: A Novel
by Michael Donkor
Click for more detail about Coretta: My Life, My Love, My Legacy by Coretta Scott King
Click for more detail about High Cotton: A Novel by Darryl Pinckney
High Cotton: A Novel
by Darryl Pinckney
Click for more detail about We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation by Jeff Chang
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 The Sellout by Paul Beatty
The Sellout
by Paul Beatty
Click for more detail about The Orchard of Lost Souls: A Novel by Nadifa Mohamed
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 Dream of Perpetual Motion by Dexter Palmer
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 Professor’s Daughter: A Novel by Emily Raboteau
Click for more detail about Soul City: A Novel by Touré
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 Time of Our Singing: A Novel by Richard Powers
Click for more detail about The Heart of Redness: A Novel by Zakes Mda
Click for more detail about Scandalize My Name: Selected Poems by Yusef Komunyakaa
Click for more detail about Ways of Dying: A Novel by Zakes Mda
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 White Boy Shuffle: A Novel by Paul Beatty
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 Voodoo Dreams: A Novel of Marie Laveau by Jewell Parker Rhodes