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Prepare Your-Shelf for Black History Month
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**Essential Reads: Black History, Fiction, and Thought-Provoking Literature** This list is a carefully curated selection of books that explore Black history, identity, resilience, and storytelling across genres. Whether you're looking for powerful...
 
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I swear Octavia butler predicted the future it’s almost scary
Parable Parable of the Sower, Book 1, (Paperback) - Walmart.com
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Possibly one of the best books I’ve ever read. Endlessly entertaining while being brutally honest.
Black AF History: Un-Whitewashed America
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I haven’t read this one but it’s on my tbr
Black Cake: A Read with Jenna Pick: A Novel
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I would recommend the whole series: it’s a romance series but poignant and delves deep
Black Girls Must Be Magic
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Mandatory must read for all
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
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Yes it’s romance, but I would suggest reading every single book by Kennedy Ryan
Before I Let Go (Skyland Book 1)
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It’s a NYT bestseller for a reason
James - by Percival Everett (Hardcover)
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Voted one of the best books of the year on goodreads
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
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Dark academia with a brilliant writer!
Tigest Girma: Immortal Dark (Deluxe Limited Edition) (Limited) (Hardcover)
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Brutal must read it’s heart wrenching and gutting but essential
Medical Apartheid: Dark History of Experimentation
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Yes you read that title correctly. There are no words
The Delectable Negro: Human Consumption
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The statistics alone will stagger you
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration
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If you need understand how systematic white privilege is
Slavery by Another Name: Re-Enslavement of Black Americans
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This book blew my mind open wide.
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Paperback)
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Just added to my own tvr
A Black Women's History of the United States (ReVisioning History)
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I had no idea this existed
Black Women in NYC's Underground Economy
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Even if you’ve seen the movies and the musical, READ THE BOOK
The Color Purple [2/1/1998] Alice Walker
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I read this last year. Almost reads like a thriller
Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
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This is a new book, but an instant tbr pick
The Reformatory: A Novel|Paperback
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