Classic Books about African American

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Song of Solomon

Song of Solomon
Toni Morrison

Similar Novels 88%

Beloved
Toni Morrison

Similar Novels 88%

Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston

Similar Novels 92%

The Color Purple
Alice Walker

Similar Novels 92%

Invisible Man

Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison

Similar Novels 88%

A Lesson Before Dying

A Lesson Before Dying
Ernest J. Gaines

Similar Novels 80%

Native Son

Native Son
Richard Wright

Similar Novels 80%

Go Tell It on the Mountain

Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin

Similar Novels 90%

Kindred

Kindred
Octavia E. Butler

Similar Novels 92%

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou

Similar Novels 94%

Black Boy

Black Boy
Richard Wright

Similar Novels 92%

A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry

Similar Novels 76%

Roots: The Saga of an American Family

Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Alex Haley

Similar Novels

The Help
Kathryn Stockett

Similar Novels 90%

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe

Similar Novels 90%

The Secret Life of Bees

The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd

Similar Novels 94%

The Famished Road

The Famished Road
Ben Okri

Similar Novels 80%

Up from Slavery

Up from Slavery
Booker T. Washington

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Twelve Years a Slave

Twelve Years a Slave
Solomon Northup

Similar Novels 90%

Paradise

Paradise
Toni Morrison

Similar Novels 82%

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