African-American Booklists

Fiction

Try:
Tina McElroy Ansa
Venise T. Berry
Connie Briscoe
Tajuana Butler
Bebe Moore Campbell
Pearl Cleage
J. California Cooper
Sheila Copeland
Eric Jerome Dickey
E. Lynn Harris
Zora Neale Hurston
Sheneska Jackson
Bernice McFadden
Diane McKinney-Whetstone
Terry McMillan
Toni Morrison
Mary Ann Reid
Kimberla Lawson Roby
April Sinclair
Trisha Thomas
Jessica Tilles
Omar Tyree
Valerie Wilson Wesley
John Edgar Wideman
Shay Youngblood

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Horror

Try:
Kimile Aczon
Linda Addison
L.A. Banks ~ Vampire Huntress series
Hope C. Clarke
Brandon Massey

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Mystery

Try:

Eleanor Taylor Bland ~ Marti MacAlister series
Charlotte Carter ~ Nanette Hayes Series
Christopher Chambers ~ Angela Bivens series
Grace F. Edwards ~ Mali Anderson series
Ardella Garland
Barbara Hambly ~ Benjamin January series
Gar Anthony Haywood ~ Aaron Gunner series
Norman Kelley ~ Nina Halligan series
Penny Mickelbury
Walter Mosley
Barbara Neely ~ Blanche White series
Kris Nelscott ~ Smokey Dalton series
Gary Phillips
James Sallis ~ Lew Griffin series
Blair S. Walker ~ Darryl Billups series
Valerie Wilson Wesley ~ Tamara Hayle series
Paula L. Woods ~ Charlotte Justice series


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Romance

Try:
Rochelle Alers
Bridget Anderson
Leslie Esdaile
Bette Ford
Gwynne Forster
Shirley Hailstock
Donna Hill
Brenda Jackson
Monica Jackson
Beverly Jenkins
Sandra Kitt
Raynetta Manees
Francis Ray
Marcella Sanders
Janice Sims
Eboni Snoe
Margie Walker
Angela Winters

Links:
Romance in Color

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Science Fiction

Try:
Steven Barnes
Levar Burton
Octavia Butler
Samuel L. Delaney
Tananarive Due
John Faucette Jr.
Nalo Hopkinson
Walter Mosley
Don Sakers

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