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  • Take My Hand, Book Cover
    Adults

    Take My Hand

    by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

    Montgomery, Alabama, 1973. Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend intends to make a difference, especially in her African American community. At the Montgomery Family Planning Clinic, she hopes to help women shape their destinies, to...

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    Historical Fiction Realistic Fiction United States Characters with African American Heritage
  • An American Marriage, Book Cover
    Adults

    An American Marriage

    by Tayari Jones

    Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they...

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    Realistic Fiction United States Characters with African American Heritage
  • To Kill a Mockingbird, Book Cover
    Teens & Young Adults Adults

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    by Harper Lee

    Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep South — and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatred

    One of the most cherished stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird...

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    Historical Fiction Realistic Fiction United States Characters with African American Heritage
  • The Bluest Eye, Book Cover
    Teens & Young Adults Adults

    The Bluest Eye

    by Toni Morrison

    From the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner — a powerful examination of our obsession with beauty and conformity that asks questions about race, class, and gender with characteristic subtly and grace.

    In Morrison’s acclaimed first novel,...

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    Realistic Fiction United States Characters with African American Heritage
  • Lilith's Brood, Book Cover
    Adults

    Lilith's Brood

    by Octavia E. Butler

    The acclaimed trilogy that comprises Lilith's Brood is Hugo and Nebula award-winner Octavia E. Butler at her best.

    Lilith's Brood is a profoundly evocative, sensual — and disturbing — epic of human transformation.

    Lilith...

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    Science Fiction Earth Characters with African Heritage Characters with African American Heritage
  • Parable of the Sower, Book Cover
    Teens & Young Adults

    Parable of the Sower

    by Octavia E. Butler

    This acclaimed post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror from an award-winning author "pairs well with 1984 or The Handmaid's Tale" and includes a foreword by N. K. Jemisin (John Green, New York Times).

    When global climate...

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    Dystopia Science Fiction United States Characters with African American Heritage
  • Mom & Me & Mom, Book Cover
    Adults

    Mom & Me & Mom

    by Maya Angelou

    The story of Maya Angelou’s extraordinary life has been chronicled in her multiple bestselling autobiographies. But now, at last, the legendary author shares the deepest personal story of her life: her relationship with her mother.

    For...

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    Autobiography United States Characters with African American Heritage
  • A Song Flung Up to Heaven, Book Cover
    Adults

    A Song Flung Up to Heaven

    by Maya Angelou

    The culmination of a unique achievement in modern American literature: the six volumes of autobiography that began more than thirty years ago with the appearance of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.

    A Song Flung Up to Heaven...

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    Autobiography United States Characters with African American Heritage
  • All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes, Book Cover
    Adults

    All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes

    by Maya Angelou

    In 1962 the poet, musician, and performer Maya Angelou claimed another piece of her identity by moving to Ghana, joining a community of "Revolutionist Returnees" inspired by the promise of pan-Africanism. All God's Children Need Walking...

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    Autobiography West Africa United States Characters with African Heritage Characters with African American Heritage
  • The Heart of a Woman, Book Cover
    Adults

    The Heart of a Woman

    by Maya Angelou

    In The Heart of a Woman, Maya Angelou leaves California with her son, Guy, to move to New York. There she enters the society and world of black artists and writers, reads her work at the Harlem Writers Guild, and begins to take part...

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    Autobiography United States Characters with African Heritage Characters with African American Heritage
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