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Top 10 Books African American Should Have in the Home
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Amistad
Amistad Michael Dequina images/amista36.jpg Film Review Amistad Rated R for some scenes of strong brutal violence and some related nudity. Starring: Morgan Freeman …...
The Top Cities for Readers of African American Literature
The Top Cities for Readers of African American Literature Troy Johnson Article AALBC.com assessed the relative strengths of almost 300 American cities, to determine which ones are best able to provid...
1001 Things Everyone Should Know About African American History
1001 Things Everyone Should Know About African American History Jeffrey C. Stewart 9780385485760 Nonfiction Three Rivers Press Three Rivers Press Where can one go to get a comprehensive and entertaini...
Beautifully Organized Home Planner: The Ultimate Step-By-Step Guide to Organizing Your Home Life
Beautifully Organized Home Planner: The Ultimate Step-By-Step Guide to Organizing Your Home Life Nikki Boyd 9781944515980 Nonfiction Paige Tate & Co Penguin Random House Are you struggling to juggle t...
Beloved
Beloved Michael Dequina images/belove43.jpg Film Review BELOVED (1998) Based on Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel MPAA: Rated R for violent images, sexuality and nudity...
Top Five
Top Five Kam Williams Top-Five-Movie-Poster.jpg Film Review Top Five In Theaters: Dec 12, 2014 Wide R (for strong sexual content, nudity, crude humor, language throughout and some drug use) Run...
10 Books African-Americans Should Read & Have in the Home
10 Books African-Americans Should Read & Have in the Home Troy Johnson Article Today, at 5PM EST, I'll be participating in a live interview with Paul Billings host of the "The Beat" on WUVS-LP 103.7F...
The Top Cities for Readers of African American Literature
The Top Cities for Readers of African American Literature Troy Johnson xtopcities Nonfiction AALBC.com African American Literature Book Club Out of Print — Look out for a Future Edition The African A...
Becoming an Great Talk Radio Guest
Becoming an Great Talk Radio Guest Troy Johnson Article 10 TIPS FOR BECOMING AN EXCELLENT TALK RADIO GUEST (PART 3 OF A 5-PART SERIES) by Marsha F
Top 50 Authors, Bestselling Books, and More
Top 50 Authors, Bestselling Books, and More Troy Johnson Article 50 Favorite African-American Authors of the 20th Century 1,826 readers cast votes, back in 2001, for their favorite African-Ameri...
Things Your Parents Should Have Told You
Things Your Parents Should Have Told You Shahrazad Ali 9780933405073 Nonfiction Civilized Publications Civilized Publications This book is not for the “genteel” reader. This is no rock-a-bye-baby book...
AAFCA Honored MOONLIGHT as Top Film & QUEEN SUGAR as the Top TV Show
AAFCA Honored MOONLIGHT as Top Film & QUEEN SUGAR as the Top TV Show Troy Johnson Article FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: AFRICAN AMERICAN FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION (AAFCA) HONORED MOONLIGHT AS THE TOP ...
Kayla Perrin
Kayla Perrin NONE Kayla Perrin, a USA TODAY and Essence bestselling author, is known for her mainstream and romance novels. Her first novel, Again, My Love, made it on Ingram's Top 50 Most Requested ...
African American Firsts: Famous, Little-Known and Unsung Triumphs of Blacks in America (4th Edition)
African American Firsts: Famous, Little-Known and Unsung Triumphs of Blacks in America (4th Edition) Joan Potter 9780758292414 Nonfiction Down & Out Books Down & Out Book Updated With The Latest Facts...
Shedding Light From My Journeys
Shedding Light From My Journeys DuEwa M. Frazier Excerpt R Ju Iz Spanish Mami, mami, ju look so good, are ju married ? I think in a past life I was Spanish cause the pa...
It Should’ve Been Me
It Should’ve Been Me ReShonda Tate Billingsley and Victoria Christopher Murray 9781944359508 Fiction Brown Girls Books Brown Girls Books Lights, camera, action… Tamara Collins is poised to become the ...
Why Every Black Woman Should Marry a Jewish Man
Why Every Black Woman Should Marry a Jewish Man Kam Williams Book Review “How many times have we heard successful African-American women complain they can’t find a good man? Everyone h...
African American Religion
African American Religion Eddie S. Glaude Jr. 9780195182897 Nonfiction Oxford University Press Oxford University Press Since the first African American denomination was established in Philadelphia in ...
Keep Calm… It’s Just Real Estate: Your No-Stress Guide to Buying a Home
Keep Calm… It’s Just Real Estate: Your No-Stress Guide to Buying a Home Egypt Sherrod 9780762457557 Nonfiction Running Press Hachette Book Group Egypt Sherrod knows how to take nervous prospective hom...
Inspire Your Home: Easy Affordable Ideas to Make Every Room Glamorous
Inspire Your Home: Easy Affordable Ideas to Make Every Room Glamorous Farah Merhi 9781982131241 Nonfiction Tiller Press Simon & Schuster, Inc. Instagram star and founder of Inspire Me! Home Déc...
Why Should Guys Have All the Fun?: An Asian American Story of Love, Marriage, Motherhood, and Running a Billion Dollar Empire
Why Should Guys Have All the Fun?: An Asian American Story of Love, Marriage, Motherhood, and Running a Billion Dollar Empire Loida Lewis and Blair S. Walker 9781119989837 Nonfiction Wiley Wiley The ...
So They Say You Should Write a Book: A New Author’s Guide to Writing a Book People Will Buy and Read
So They Say You Should Write a Book: A New Author’s Guide to Writing a Book People Will Buy and Read Jevon Bolden 9781733873055 Nonfiction Embolden Media Group Embolden Media Group Someone heard your ...
The Lion’s Brood
The Lion’s Brood Thumper Book Review I am weak when it comes to reading books on subjects off the normally beaten path of bestselling African-American novels. My ears perked up when I received a re...
Why Should White Guys Have All The Fun?: How Reginald Lewis Created A Billion-Dollar Business Empire
Why Should White Guys Have All The Fun?: How Reginald Lewis Created A Billion-Dollar Business Empire Reginald F. Lewis and Blair S. Walker 9781574780369 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Pr...
Penguin Random House
Penguin Random House Bertelsmann 4 Color Books Ace Books Addison-Wesley Alfred A. Knopf Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers Anchor Anchor Books Anchor Press Anne Schwartz Books Avery Ballantine Bo...
100 Bestselling Authors, New Books, and More: October 2016 eNewsletter
100 Bestselling Authors, New Books, and More: October 2016 eNewsletter Troy Johnson Article Our Top 100, All-time, Bestselling Authors We are excited to present our regularly updated list of our top...
Going Down Home with Daddy
Going Down Home with Daddy Kelly Starling Lyons 9781561459384 Fiction Peachtree Publishers Peachtree Publishers “On reunion morning, we rise before the sun. Daddy hums as he packs our car with suitcas...
Halima Taha
Halima Taha NONE Halima Taha is a renowned advocate for African and African-American art, known for her educational initiatives and influential writings. Her contributions have spearheaded recognitio...
Your First Home: The Smart Way To Get It And Keep It
Your First Home: The Smart Way To Get It And Keep It Lynnette Khalfani-Cox 9781932450859 Nonfiction Advantage World Press Advantage World Press In Your First Home: The Smart Way to Get It and Keep It,...
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Linton Kwesi Johnson 0000000081062844 Linton Kwesi Johnson, aka LKJ, is a UK-based Jamaican-British dub poet and a major talent. Born in Jamaica and raised in London, he invented dub poetry, a toasti...
Top Billin’:Stories of Laughter, Lessons, and Triumph
Top Billin’:Stories of Laughter, Lessons, and Triumph Bill Bellamy 9780063237629 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins From the MTV trailblazer, stand-up comedian, and actor, a hilariously candid memoir th...
Marcus Off Duty: The Recipes I Cook at Home
Marcus Off Duty: The Recipes I Cook at Home Marcus Samuelsson 9780470940587 Nonfiction Rux Martin Books Houghton Mifflin Harcourt The award-winning celebrity chef and New York Times best-selling autho...
Top Shelf Productions
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March 28, 2017 Newsletter — Book Recommendations, News, Contests, and More
March 28, 2017 Newsletter — Book Recommendations, News, Contests, and More Troy Johnson Article Top 120 Children’s Books from the Past 50 Years Our list of the Top 120 Children’s Books published ove...
Timbooktu
Timbooktu Troy Johnson Article http://www.timbooktu.com/ Submitting Your Work to TimBookTu The TimBookTu Web Page is a free web site provided for African-American writers, poets, and essay...
Torrey Maldonado
Torrey Maldonado NONE Torrey Maldonado, once a disinterested reader, became a passionate middle school teacher and author after discovering engaging, culturally responsive books. For 20 years, he's i...
Pocket Guide to Publishing: 100 Things Authors Should Know
Pocket Guide to Publishing: 100 Things Authors Should Know John Koehler and Joe Coccaro 9781633933224 Nonfiction Koehler Books Koehler Books Publisher John Koehler and executive editor Joe Coccaro sha...
The Annotated African American Folktales (The Annotated Books)
The Annotated African American Folktales (The Annotated Books) Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 9780871407535 Fiction Liveright W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. These nearly 150 African American folktales animate o...
Why We Shouldn’t Call Our Ancestors Slaves
Why We Shouldn’t Call Our Ancestors Slaves LaRue Nedd 9780985689605 Nonfiction FNNC Publishing FNNC Publishing There was a time when everyone thought that the world was flat.Because we have been bomba...
Quintard Taylor
Quintard Taylor 0000000114391610 AALBC Truly Mourns the Lost of Quintard Taylor Quintard Taylor, a Professor of American History, specializes in African American history with over three decades of exp...
April Bestselling Books, Win Barracoon, Top Erotica, Google is too Powerful, and More
April Bestselling Books, Win Barracoon, Top Erotica, Google is too Powerful, and More Troy Johnson Article Bestselling Books March/April 2018 Fiction: The Yearning by Mohale Mashigo was the best...
Should America Pay?: Slavery and the Raging Debate on Reparations
Should America Pay?: Slavery and the Raging Debate on Reparations Raymond A. Winbush 9780060083113 Nonfiction Community Press Community Press Growing interest in reparations for African Americans has ...
A House Is Not a Home
A House Is Not a Home Thumper Book Review The song says it’s hard to say goodbye’humph, not when the guests have overstayed their welcome it Ain't. At that time, saying goodbye is th...
This Book Betrays My Brother
This Book Betrays My Brother Kagiso Lesego Molope 9781988449296 Fiction Mawenzi House Mawenzi House Winner of the Ottawa Book Award, English Fiction, 2019 Named to Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of 2018 ...
Greetings, Leroy
Greetings, Leroy Itah Sadu 9781554987603 Fiction Groundwood Books Anansi Press Moving can be scary, but by the end of his first day at his new school, Roy is happy to find a piece of his old home, Jam...
Literary Divas: The Top 100+ Most Admired African-American Women in Literature
Literary Divas: The Top 100+ Most Admired African-American Women in Literature Heather Covington 9780976773535 Fiction Amber Books Amber Communications Group A compilation of biographies about powerfu...
We Return Fighting: World War I and the Shaping of Modern Black Identity
We Return Fighting: World War I and the Shaping of Modern Black Identity National Museum of African American History and Culture 9781588346728 Nonfiction Smithsonian Books Smithsonian Books A richly i...
Money, Power, Respect: What Brothers Think, What Sistahs Know
Money, Power, Respect: What Brothers Think, What Sistahs Know Denene Millner and Nick Chiles 9780688178864 Nonfiction William Morrow HarperCollins First, In What Brothers Think, What Sistahs Know, the...
Woman On Top
Woman On Top Brenda L. Thomas 9781729354346 Fiction Phillywriter Phillywriter Once hailed as the Queen of Philly’s nightlife, Tiffany Johnson-Skinner now reigns as its prominent First Lady, standing p...
How is African American Literature Really Doing?
How is African American Literature Really Doing? Troy Johnson Article For those in the business of Black books in America, this is a common question; “How is African American Literature Doing?” Some...
Eric Adjepong
Eric Adjepong NONE Eric Adjepong, a first-generation Ghanaian-American chef, hosts virtual classes on West African cuisine. He gained fame as a finalist on Bravo's Top Chef seasons 16 and 17. His coo...
Home Home
Home Home Lisa Allen-Agostini 9781984893611 Fiction Ember Ember Fans of Monday’s Not Coming and Girl in Pieces will love this award-winning novel about a girl on the verge of losing herself and her un...
Brenda M. Hampton
Brenda M. Hampton NONE Brenda M. Hampton, a native St. Louisan, is a passionate writer known for her addictive series, The Naughty Series. With over 20 novels, novellas, and anthologies to her credit...
The Nat Turner Insurrection Trials
The Nat Turner Insurrection Trials Emanuel Carpenter Book Review Was Nat Turner a hero or a savage? After reading the new book from legal scholar Walter L. Gordon III, you may change your mind abou...
Dream a World Anew: The African American Experience and the Shaping of America
Dream a World Anew: The African American Experience and the Shaping of America National Museum of African American History and Culture 9781588345684 Nonfiction Smithsonian Books Smithsonian Books Drea...
What I Should’ve Texted
What I Should’ve Texted Pierre Alex Jeanty 9781524880651 Poetry Andrews McMeel Publishing Andrews McMeel Publishing What I Should’ve Texted is a collection of words that have been buried. A spill of h...
Through the African American Lens: Double Exposure
Through the African American Lens: Double Exposure National Museum of African American History and Culture 9781907804465 Nonfiction Smithsonian Books Smithsonian Books Double Exposure is a major new s...
An Extraordinary Union (The Loyal League)
An Extraordinary Union (The Loyal League) Alyssa Cole 9781496707444 Fiction Kensington Kensington Publishing Corp. An Entertainment Weekly TOP 10 ROMANCE BOOKS OF THE YEARA Bookpage TOP PICKA Kirkus B...
On-Line Newsletters
On-Line Newsletters Troy Johnson Article The following on-line newsletters (listed in no particular order) are an extremely valuable and informative resource to anyone with an interest in African...
Children’s Book Author Tonya Bolden
Children’s Book Author Tonya Bolden Troy Johnson Interview AALBC Founder Troy Johnson with Tonya Bolden at the 2020 African American Children’s Book Fair Tonya Bolden has written numerous be...
Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children’s Books about Girls
Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children’s Books about Girls Donna Rand and Toni Trent Parker 9780471375265 Nonfiction Wiley Wiley "Offers a wonderful overview of literature with b...
Book Club Picks - $10 Classics from HarperCollins - Plus More in AALBC’s eNewsletter
Book Club Picks - $10 Classics from HarperCollins - Plus More in AALBC’s eNewsletter Troy Johnson Article Books a Few Book Clubs are Enjoying this Month The Tea’s October Selection – We Shou...
You Should Really Write A Book: How To Write, Sell, And Market Your Memoir
You Should Really Write A Book: How To Write, Sell, And Market Your Memoir Regina Brooks and Brenda Lane Richardson 9780312609344 Nonfiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers Even if you don’t...
A History of the African American Novel
A History of the African American Novel Valerie Babb 9781107061729 Nonfiction Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press African American novels have moved from being a literature of neces...
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. MULTIPLE Dr. Henry “Skip” Louis Gates Jr., a distinguished Harvard professor, is widely recognized for his contribution to African and African American research. As editor in c...
Preserving HBCUs’ Billion Dollar Legacy: International Law, Self-Determination and the Right to Institutions
Preserving HBCUs’ Billion Dollar Legacy: International Law, Self-Determination and the Right to Institutions International Human Rights Association of American Minorities 9780986085369 Nonfiction Clar...
Furqan’s First Flat Top – El Primer Corte de Mesita de Furqan
Furqan’s First Flat Top – El Primer Corte de Mesita de Furqan Robert Liu-Trujillo 9780996717809 Fiction Come Bien Books Come Bien Books Furqan Moreno wakes up and decides that today he wants his hair ...
An Author You Should Know (Married Couples Edition)
An Author You Should Know (Married Couples Edition) Troy Johnson Article “An Author You Should Know” is a regular feature of AALBC.com where we promote noteworthy authors on our homepage, blog (see r...
25 African Women Writers You Should Read
25 African Women Writers You Should Read Troy Johnson Article These wonderful writers hail from every corner of the African continent and write across all genres. Learn more about their books; there ...
Things I Should Have Told My Daughter
Things I Should Have Told My Daughter Pearl Cleage 9781451664690 Nonfiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. In addition to being one of the most popular living playwrights in America, Pearl Cleage ...
Charles S. Finch III
Charles S. Finch III NONE AALBC Mourns the passing of Dr. Finch January 17, 2026 Dr. Charles S. Finch III is a renowned African-American physician, author, and cultural historian. Known for his health...
Sterling D. Plumpp
Sterling D. Plumpp 0000000081297870 “You can not ever get free as a result of legislationHellip;you always have to take freedom.” Sterling Dominic Plumpp, born 1940, is an esteemed poet, e...
A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times: Stories
A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times: Stories Meron Hadero 9781632061188 Fiction Restless Books Restless Books NPR Best Books of 2022 The Christian Science Monitor 10 Best Books of June Most A...
Bedrock Faith
Bedrock Faith Eric Charles May 9781617751967 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books One of Roxane Gay’s Top 10 Books of 2014One of Booklist’s Top 10 First Novels of 2014One of the Chicago Reader’s Favori...
Stand in My Window: Meditations on Home and How We Make It
Stand in My Window: Meditations on Home and How We Make It LaTonya Yvette 9780593242414 Nonfiction Dial Penguin Random House Through essays with stunning photography, the beloved multimedia storytelle...
Google Should Pay for Content We Produce Which They Use to Generate Revenue
Google Should Pay for Content We Produce Which They Use to Generate Revenue Troy Johnson Article When you ask Google Home’s Smart Assistant to “Name some African American websites,” Google pulls the...
Style and Grace: African Americans at Home
Style and Grace: African Americans at Home Michael Henry Adams 9780821228470 Fiction Bulfinch Bulfinch Take an extraordinary glimpse at African-American homes of style and beauty! The first book of it...
Terrence L. Johnson
Terrence L. Johnson NONE Terrence L. Johnson is the Charles G. Adams Professor of African American Religious Studies, Professor of African and African American Studies (FAS), Director of Religion and...
Emigration vs. Assimilation: The Debate in the African American Press, 1827-1861
Emigration vs. Assimilation: The Debate in the African American Press, 1827-1861 Kwando M. Kinshasa 9780786467303 Nonfiction McFarland McFarland From 1827 to 1861, most Africans in America were ei...
Beautifully Organized: A Guide to Function and Style in Your Home
Beautifully Organized: A Guide to Function and Style in Your Home Nikki Boyd 9781944515683 Nonfiction Paige Tate & Co Penguin Random House Create an organized, beautiful, and welcoming home with profe...
Dreaming of Elsewhere: Observations on Home
Dreaming of Elsewhere: Observations on Home Esi Edugyan 9780888648211 Fiction University of Alberta Press University of Alberta Press Home, for me, was not a birthright, but an invention.. It seems to...
AALBC.com has changed a lot over the last 13 years.
AALBC.com has changed a lot over the last 13 years. Troy Johnson Article Sometimes I'm amazed at how an experiment started 13 years ago turned into my livelihood today. While AALBC.co...
Sonia Sanchez Performs “Full Moon” Concert in NYC
Sonia Sanchez Performs “Full Moon” Concert in NYC Jamie Walker Article New York: Poet Sonia Sanchez celebrated the release of her new CD called The Full Moon of Sonia (V.I.A. Recording Art...
Jay Manuel
Jay Manuel NONE TV personality Jay Manuel is celebrated for his roles as a Fashion Correspondent, Host, Judge, Creative Director, and Executive Producer on popular television shows over 20 years. He'...
African American Literature Beyond Race
African American Literature Beyond Race Gene Andrew Jarrett 9780814742884 Fiction New York University Press New York University Press It is widely accepted that the canon of African American literatur...
Skyler Houston
Skyler Houston NONE Skyler “Skye” Houston is a Mississippi-born, Georgia-raised author with a Master's in Organizational Leadership. Her love for children and writing inspired her to pen “I Want to b...
Top 40 Books Read by African Americans
Top 40 Books Read by African Americans Troy Johnson Article Power List Best-Selling Books • Winter 2015 NAACP Image Award Literary Nominees Well Represented on Winter Edition of the Power List of ...
10 Things Your Mama Should Have Told You: Lessons for Cultivating an Extraordinary Life
10 Things Your Mama Should Have Told You: Lessons for Cultivating an Extraordinary Life Evelyn Collins 9798218238452 Nonfiction Onyx Productions NYC Onyx Productions NYC Imagine the incredible power o...
Richard B. Moore
Richard B. Moore 0000000082432341 Moore was an early advocate for the use of “African American” as opposed to “Negro” or “Black.” Richard Benjamin Moore was an infl...
A Taste of Heritage: The New African-American Cuisine
A Taste of Heritage: The New African-American Cuisine Joe Randall and Toni Tipton-Martin 9780028603827 Nonfiction Wiley Wiley Chef Joe Randall and Toni Tipton-Martin showcase the rich heritage of Afri...
Home Sweet Home
Home Sweet Home Lynnette Khalfani-Cox 9781932450033 Nonfiction Advantage World Press Advantage World Press In Social Studies class it’s time to talk about current events from the newspaper. Three memb...
Begin with the Past: Building the National Museum of African American History and Culture
Begin with the Past: Building the National Museum of African American History and Culture Mabel O. Wilson 9781588345691 Nonfiction Smithsonian Books Smithsonian Books Rising on the National Mall next ...
Rebuild the Dream
Rebuild the Dream Kam Williams Book Review “For at least 30 years, the wealthy and privileged have been rigging the system to acquire more wealth and privilege. At this point, 400 families ...
African American Review
African American Review Troy Johnson Article AAR African American Review - http://aar.slu.edu Office of Editorial Assistant Joe Weixlmann EditorHousto...
Gil Robertson
Gil Robertson NONE Gil L. Robertson IV is a renowned authority on African-American pop culture. A journalist, author, lecturer, and media consultant, he provides platforms for social change through h...
African Life and Customs
African Life and Customs Edward Wilmot Blyden 9780933121430 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press African life and Customs is an essential collection of Edward Wilmont Blyden s articles t...
Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore
Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore Alan B. Govenar, Francis Edward Abernethy, Patrick B. Mullen 9781574412833 Nonfiction University of North Texas Press University of North Texas Pr...
Tiya Miles
Tiya Miles 0000000114701869 Tiya Alicia Miles is a historian and professor at the University of Michigan. Specializing in African American and Native American histories, she's the author of award-win...