Because of everything that’s happening with the Black Lives Matter movement, I wanted to talk about books by Black authors with Black protagonists! Some of these I’ve read, some are on my TBR, and all of them are fiction. Have you read any of these? Do you have any recs? 📚💕
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– GDoc list of books: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ovebr-LTgbj41Rbft026wqSwhXfFXpjoHuLQDavc-6U/edit?usp=sharing
– UK Black Writers’ Forum list of Black bookshops, publishers & outlets: https://ukblackwritersforum.wordpress.com/black-book-shopspublishers/
– Crisis Funding for Inclusive Publishers Crowdfunder: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/inclusive-indies
📚 BOOKS I’VE READ:
– An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
– Trumpet by Jackie Kay
– The Color Purple by Alice Walker
– City of God by Paulo Lins
– Americannah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
– The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
📚 BOOKS ON MY TBR:
– On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
– Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
– Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
– Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
– Slay by Brittney Morris
– You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
– Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann
– Felix Ever After by Kacen Callendar
– Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett
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Thank you for this video! Love it! “
Shiloh and Dande the Lion is also a great diverse children’s book! ☺️🤗
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It’s great that you read and review books by black authors. A few recommendations: (1) BITTER WITH THE SWEET (by Debra Phillips) ebook format available on amazon. (2) The High Price Of A Good Man (by Debra Phillips) (3) Love Trumps Game (by d.y. Phillips)
Great Video. Love it.
If you want a more science fiction-y book I'd highly recommend Kindred by Octavia Butler! It's one of my favorites and explores time travel, interracial relationships, and family
revisiting this video after reading You Should See Me in a Crown. it was so good! highly recommended.
Full Disclosure is sooooo good!
Toni Morrison!! Read Toni Morrison!!!!
Hi Hannah, I was already working on making my reason list more diverse and had a number of these on my bedside table (including GWO) but added The Colour Purple and Trumpet and have loved them. Thanks.
Definitely want to read An American Marriage – it sounds great! 🙂
Dread Nation is phenomenal
Highly recommend The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton – YA fantasy series!
What is the best way to buy tgese books to fully support black authors? Is Amazon; WHSmith or Waterstones fine or would it be better ordering online elsewhere in the UK?
With the Fire On High by Elizabeth Acevedo! The protagonist is Afro-Latina and a teen mother, and her strength and passion for cooking are so amazing
I appreciate this 👏🏽👏🏽
Thanks for this Hannah!
I love that you gave a shout out to Trumpet! Definitely an under appreciated novel, and one of my favourites!
I also adore Alice Walker's poetry collections! Hard Times Require Furious Dancing is my favorite.
How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones was my favorite book I've read this year.
Anyone who has suggestions for children's books that are more diverse let me know!! I'm a future Elementary education teacher and feel the need to start my classroom library
There's a sequel to Dread Nation?? Yaaay!
Yes! I just bought Felix Ever After, and I’ll be reading it in a read-a-thon in July!
City of God movie is great
What looks like crazy on an ordinary day by Pearle Cleage and Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
I’m really intrigued by Trumpet by Jackie Kay as I’ve never heard of it before and it sounds so interesting. Also Girl, Women, Other is totally on my to buy list as well because it sounds amazing. I already have An American Marriage on my TBR and am thinking of reading that after my current read which is Becoming by Michelle Obama 👑
the hate u give is sooooo good i would recommend to everyone
Can you do a similar list with Muslim characters that doesn't involve extremism? Or even TV. There is so little representation….