Critically Acclaimed Books

Ranking the Best Fiction Published in 2001 (28 Titles)
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3 Honors

Sugar: A Novel

by Bernice L. McFadden

2 Honors

The Fisher King: A Novel

by Paule Marshall

2 Honors

Flyy Girl

by Omar Tyree

2 Honors

I Wish I Had a Red Dress

by Pearl Cleage

2 Honors

The Future Has a Past

by J. California Cooper

2 Honors

Gabriel’s Story

by David Anthony Durham

1 Honors

Destined to Witness: Growing Up Black in Nazi Germany

by Hans J. Massaquoi

1 Honors

There Is a Tree More Ancient Than Eden (Phoenix Fiction)

by Leon Forrest

1 Honors

The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart

by Alice Walker

1 Honors

White Teeth: A Novel

by Zadie Smith

1 Honors

Shame on It All

by Zane

1 Honors

All I Need

by Jacquie Bamberg Moore

1 Honors

Pipe Dream: A Novel (Strivers Row)

by Solomon Jones

1 Honors

Shades of Jade: A Novel (Strivers Row)

by Gloria Mallette

1 Honors

Topdog/Underdog

by Suzan-Lori Parks

1 Honors

Any Way the Wind Blows: A Novel

by E. Lynn Harris

1 Honors

All of Me: a Voluptuous Tale

by Venise Berry

1 Honors

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

by Harriet Jacobs

1 Honors

Vivid

by Beverly Jenkins

1 Honors

Fresh For ’01… You Suckas: A Boondocks Collection

by Aaron McGruder

1 Honors

Faith And The Good Thing

by Charles Johnson

1 Honors

Addicted: A Novel

by Zane

1 Honors

1959: A Novel

by Thulani Davis

1 Honors

The Sex Chronicles : Shattering the Myth

by Zane

1 Honors

Dem (Black Arts Movement Series)

by William Melvin Kelley

1 Honors

Raising Fences: A Black Man’s Love Story

by Michael Datcher

1 Honors

Harlem: Lost and Found

by Michael Henry Adams

1 Honors

In the Shadow of a Saint: A Son’s Journey to Understand His Father’s Legacy

by Ken Wiwa