The Best Books of the 21st Century by Black Writers

As Identified from The New York Times “100 Best Books of the 21st Century” List

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Americanah

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Knopf
May 14, 2013
Hardcover
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Cover for Citizen: An American Lyric

Citizen

by Claudia Rankine
Graywolf Press
Oct 07, 2014
Paperback
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Cover for The Underground Railroad: A Novel

The Underground Railroad

by Colson Whitehead
Doubleday
Aug 02, 2016
Hardcover
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Cover for All Aunt Hagar’s Children: Stories

All Aunt Hagar’s Children

by Edward P. Jones
Amistad
Aug 28, 2007
Paperback
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Cover for The Known World

The Known World

by Edward P. Jones
Amistad
Aug 29, 2006
Paperback
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Cover for The Warmth of Other Suns (Paperback): The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration

The Warmth of Other Suns (Paperback)

by Isabel Wilkerson
Knopf
Oct 04, 2011
Paperback
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Sing, Unburied, Sing

by Jesmyn Ward
Scribner Book Company
Sep 07, 2017
Hardcover
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Cover for Men We Reaped

Men We Reaped

by Jesmyn Ward
Bloomsbury USA
Sep 17, 2013
Hardcover
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Cover for Salvage the Bones

Salvage the Bones

by Jesmyn Ward
Bloomsbury USA
Apr 24, 2012
Paperback
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Cover for The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

by Junot Diaz
Riverhead Books
Sep 02, 2008
Paperback
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Cover for Heavy: An American Memoir

Heavy

by Kiese Laymon
Scribner Book Company
Jan 01, 2019
Hardcover
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Cover for A Brief History Of Seven Killings: A Novel

A Brief History Of Seven Killings

by Marlon James
Knopf
Sep 08, 2015
Paperback
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Cover for The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

The New Jim Crow

by Michelle Alexander
The New Press
Jan 07, 2020
Paperback
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Cover for The Fifth Season (Book 1: The Broken Earth)

The Fifth Season (Book 1

by N. K. Jemisin
FireFly Publishing
Aug 04, 2015
Paperback
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Cover for The Sellout

The Sellout

by Paul Beatty
Riverhead Books
Sep 07, 2021
Paperback
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Cover for Erasure

Erasure

by Percival Everett
Graywolf Press
Oct 25, 2011
Paperback
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Cover for Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments

by Saidiya Hartman
W. W. Norton & Company
Jan 14, 2020
Paperback
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Cover for Between The World And Me

Between The World And Me

by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Spiegel & Grau
Jul 01, 2015
Hardcover
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Cover for An American Marriage: A Novel

An American Marriage

by Tayari Jones
Algonquin Books
Feb 06, 2018
Hardcover
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Cover for A Mercy

A Mercy

by Toni Morrison
Vintage
Aug 11, 2009
Paperback
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Cover for On Beauty

On Beauty

by Zadie Smith
Penguin Press
Aug 29, 2006
Paperback
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Cover for White Teeth: A Novel

White Teeth

by Zadie Smith
Penguin Press
Jun 12, 2001
Hardcover
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