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African American Expressions


Favorite Authors

Berry, Bertice

Bowen, Michele

Campbell, Bebe Moore

DeBerry, Virginia and D. Grant

Dickey, Eric Jerome

Johnson, R.M.

Lamar, Jake

Lambright, Slim

McKinney-Whetstone, Diane

Mitchell, Sharon

Morrison, Mary B.

Roby, Kimberla Lawson

Souljah, Sister

Summers, Bre

Whitfield, Van


Relationships and Romance

Author

Title and Description

Baisden, Michael

Maintenance Man
Lies, love, and lust

Elam, Patricia

Breathing Room Breathing Room
A friendship compromise

Gayle, Mike

Mr. Commitment
The price of commitment

Harris, E. Lynn

Any Way the Wind Blows
Can revenge heal?

Hill, Donna

If I Could
Leaving the past behind

McCann, Timothy

Forever
Pressures and promises collide

Meriwether, Louise

Shadow Dancing
Love, guilt, and vulnerability

Nathane, Yvonne

Working in the Dark
Sexism and discrimination

Perrin, Kayla

If You Want Me
"Ugly Duckling" takes on romance

Peterson, Brian

Move Over, Girl
Love and basketball in print

Rice, Patty

Reinventing the Woman
Loving your family…again

Sungee

Picking Up the Pieces
Friends and a second chance at love

Weber, Carl

Lookin' for Luv
Laugh-out-loud funny

Williams, Robyn

A Twist of Fate
Love, romance and betrayal

Mysteries and Suspense

Author

Title and Description

Bland, Eleanor Taylor

Scream in Silence
Marti MacAlister vs. arsonist/bomber

Carter, Charlotte

Drumsticks
Nanette Hayes--rap music and voodoo

DeLoach, Nora

Mama Cracks a Mask of Innocence
Mama--dead bodies

Edwards, Grace F.

Do or Die
Mali Anderson--"3 B's" of Harlem

Garland, Ardella

Maintenance Man
Gang violence-missing child

Haywood, Gar Anthony

All the Lucky Ones are Dead
Aaron Gunner- - rap artist's death

Mickelbury, Penny

Paradise Interrupted
Carole Ann Gibson—murder and corruption

Mosley, Walter

Fearless Jones
1950's L.A. - money and betrayal

Neely, Barbara

Blanch Passes Go
Blanche White--love, hate, revenge and healing

Phillips, Gary

High Hand
Martha Chainey--wagers life

Tramble, Nichelle

Dying Ground
Hip-Hop Noir--suspense

Walker, Blair

Hidden in Plain View
Darryl Billups--murders in Baltimore

Wesley, Valerie Wilson

Devil Riding
Tamara Hayle--Atlantic City casinos

West, Chassie

Killer Riches
Leigh Ann Warren-- past secrets

Historical Fiction

Author

Title and Description

Ballard, Allen B.

Where I'm Bound
Union cavalry

Bennett, O.H.

Colored Garden
Slave cemetery secrets

Briscoe, Connie

A Long Way From Home
Virginia plantation saga

Cooper, J. California

Wake of the Wind
Reconstruction family saga

Dalton, David

Been Here and Gone
Memoir of the Blues

Due, Tananarive

Black Rose
Madame C. J. Walker

Durham, David Anthony

Gabriel's Story
19th Century West

Evans, Max

Faraway Blue
Buffalo soldiers

Guidry, Jacqueline

Year the Colored Sisters Came to Town
1950s coming of age

Randall, Alice

Wind Done Gone
Gone with the Wind revisited

Tademy, Lalita

Cane River
Louisiana family saga

Willard, Tom

Wings of Honor
Black Sabre Chronicles-Tuskegee Airmen

Inspiration and Insight

Author and Call #

Title and Description

Cornish, Grace
305.4889.C

10 Good Choices That Empower Black Women's Lives
"Choose wisely, Sis!"

Copage, Eric V.
158C

Soul Food
Taste inspirational stories

Daniels, Dawn
305.4889D

Souls of My Sisters
Breaking the silence

Evans, Tony
248.4E

Free at Last
Break the bondage

Foster, Sharon Ewell
FIC

Ain't No River
Coming home to faith

Gandy, Debrena Jackson
158.1G

All the Joy You Can Stand
101 sacred power principles

Hammond, Michelle McKinney
248.843H

If Men Are Like Buses, Then How Do I Catch One?
All is "fare" in love

Hooks, Bell
306.7 H

Salvation: Black People and Love
Relationships

Oglesby, Thomas K.
306.3889O

What Black Men Should Do Now
100 simple truths

Murray, Victoria Christopher
FIC

Temptation
Faith and infidelity

Thomas, Jacqueline
FIC

Singsation
Dreams vs. Faith


True and Lasting

Author and Call # Title and Description

Angelou, Maya
Bio

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Her Story

Baldwin, James
FIC

Go Tell It On the Mountain
Spiritual awakening

Butler, Octavia
SF

Kindred
Time Travel Slavery

Cleaver, Eldridge
301.451C

Soul on Ice
Prison memoirs

Douglass, Frederick
Bio

Narrative of the Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
His Story

Dubois, W.E.B.
305.896D

Souls of Black Folk
Life in 1900's

Ellison, Ralph
FIC

Invisible Man
"They do not see me"

Greenlee, Sam
FI

The Spook Who Sat By the Door
Life lessons

Haley, Alex
BM

Autobiography of Malcolm X
Get to know him

Hurston, Zora Neale
FIC

Their Eyes Were Watching God
One woman in Eaton, FL

Larsen, Nella
FIC

Passing
Race Relations 1920's

Petry, Ann
FIC

street
Harlem 1940's

Shange, Ntozake
811S

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf
Black and Female Drama

Walker, Alice
FIC
The Color Purple
Triumph over abuse
Woodson, Carter
370W
Miseducation of the Negro
Educated or trained?
Wright, Richard
FIC
Native Son
Wanted: Black man, 1930's

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