As many of you know, the reading journey for me is a rather new, but there are so many books I haven’t read…including many that are considered Black Classics (books every African American should read). So here is where you will find my list of the books I have or intend to read (in no particular order). The ones in pink are the ones I’ve read so far (with a loooooooooong way to go lol). If you have any suggestions, please send them my way! Enjoy!!

Black Classics

• Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Roots by Alex Haley
• Their Eyes Are Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
• The Bluest Eyes by Toni Morrison
• Sula by Toni Morrison
• Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
• Tar Baby by Toni Morrison
• Beloved by Toni Morrison
• Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
• Native Son by Richard Wright
• Black Boy by Richard Wright
• The Souls of Black Folks by W.E.B Du Bois
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker
• Go Tell It To The Mountain by James Baldwin
• A Raisin In The Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
• I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
• Kindred by Octavia Butler
• Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs
• Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
• Women, Race & Class by Angela Davis
• Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
• Assata by Assata Shakur
• Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah 
• Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes
• The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
• The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabelle Wilkerson
• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

• Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
• A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
• We’re Going to Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union
• The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae
• Waiting to Exhale by Terry McMillan
• Men We Reaped: A Memoir by Jesmyn Ward
• Mother of Black Hollywood By Jenifer Lewis
• Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
• Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper
• You Can’t Touch My Hair by Phoebe Robinson
• The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
• Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
• We Should All Be Feminist by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• Hunger by Roxane Gay
• Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
• Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
• Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston
• The Fire This Time by Jesmyn Ward
• Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
• The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson

These books will always be posted on our Bookshelf for future reference as well.

Inspiration for these lists came from the following:

• List Challenges
• Buzzfeed

As many of you know, the reading journey for me is a rather new, but there are so many books I haven’t read…including many that are considered Black Classics (books every African American should read). So here is where you will find my list of the books I have or intend to read (in no particular order). The ones in pink are the ones I’ve read so far (with a loooooooooong way to go lol). If you have any suggestions, please send them my way! Enjoy!!

Black Classics

• Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Roots by Alex Haley
• Their Eyes Are Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
• Sula by Toni Morrison
• Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
• Tar Baby by Toni Morrison
• Beloved by Toni Morrison
• Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
• Native Son by Richard Wright
• Black Boy by Richard Wright
• The Souls of Black Folks by W.E.B Du Bois
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker
• Go Tell It To The Mountain by James Baldwin
• A Raisin In The Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
• I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
• Kindred by Octavia Butler
• Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs
• Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
• Women, Race & Class by Angela Davis
• Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
• Assata by Assata Shakur
• Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah 
• Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes
• The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
• The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabelle Wilkerson
• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

• Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
• A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
• We’re Going to Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union
• The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae
• Waiting to Exhale by Terry McMillan
• Men We Reaped: A Memoir by Jesmyn Ward
• Mother of Black Hollywood By Jenifer Lewis
• Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
• Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper
• You Can’t Touch My Hair by Phoebe Robinson
• The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
• Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
• We Should All Be Feminist by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• Hunger by Roxane Gay
• Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
• Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
• Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston
• The Fire This Time by Jesmyn Ward
• Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
• The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson

Inspiration for these lists came from the following:

• List Challenges
• Buzzfeed