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The Black Experience in Fiction 

 

 

Compiled and maintained by Barbara Perkins, Carla Morgan, and John Harvey. Last update: December 2002.

Please note: not all of the authors listed here are black authors. Many works are listed due to their historical or literary significance, such as To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, or the works of South African author Nadine Gordimer.

Click on the first letter of the author’s last name, or scroll down to browse. To check on the availability of a title, please go to our catalog page.

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Chinua Achebe
  • Anthills of the Savannah
  • Arrow of God
  • A Man of the People
  • Things Fall Apart
Ama Ata Aidoo
  • Changes: A Love Story
Rochelle Alers
  • My Love’s Keeper
Jeffery Renard Allen
  • Rails Under My Back
Robert L. Allen
  • The Port Chicago Mutiny
Robin Hampton Allen
  • Breeze
  • Hidden Memories
Raymond Andrews
  • Appalachee Red
  • Baby Sweet’s
  • Jessie and Jesus; and Cousin Claire
  • Rosiebelle Lee Wildcat Tennessee
Vicki L. Andrews
  • Lighter Shade of Brown
  • Midnight Peril
Robert Antoni
  • Blessed Is the Fruit
Tina McElroy Ansa
  • Baby of the Family
  • The Hand I Fan With
  • Ugly Ways

Michael Baisden
  • The Maintenance Man
  • Men Cry in the Dark
Calvin Baker
  • Naming the New World
James Baldwin
  • Another Country
  • Early Novels and Stories
  • Giovanni’s Room
  • Go Tell It on the Mountain
  • Going to Meet the Man
  • If Beale Street Could Talk (YA)
  • Just Above My Head
  • Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone
John Ball
  • Cop Cade
  • Eyes of Buddha
  • In the Heat of the Night
  • Johnny Get Your Gun
  • Police Chief
  • Rescue Mission
  • Then Came Violence
  • The Van
Toni Cade Bambara
  • Gorilla, My Love
  • The Sea Birds Are Still Alive
  • The Salt Eaters
  • Those Bones Are Not My Child
Imamu Amiri Baraka
  • The Fiction of Le Roi Jones
Steven Barnes
  • Blood Brothers
  • Firedance
  • Iron Shadows

(with Larry Niven)

  • The Barsoom Project
  • Beowulf’s Children
  • The California Voodoo Game
  • Dream Park
  • The Legacy of Heorot
  • Saturn’s Race
W.E. Barrett
  • The Lilies of the Field
Paul Beatty
  • The White Boy Shuffle
  • Tuff
Francis Bebey
  • The Ashanti Doll
Madison Smartt Bell
  • Master of the Crossroads
Bertrice Berry
  • Redemption Song
Charlene A. Berry
  • Cajun Heat
  • Love’s Deception
Venise Berry
  • So Good
  • All of Me
Eleanor Taylor Bland
  • Slow Burn
  • Gone Quiet
  • Done Wrong
  • See No Evil
  • Keep Still
  • Tell No Tales
  • Scream in Silence
Elizabeth Atkins Bowman
  • White Chocolate
  • Dark Chocolate
Dionne Brand
  • At the Full and Change of the Moon
Connie Briscoe
  • Big Girls Don’t Cry
  • Sisters and Lovers
  • A Long Way from Home
John Gregory Brown
  • The Wrecked, Blessed Body of Shelton LaFleur
Linda Beatrice Brown
  • Crossing Over Jordan
Rosellen Brown
  • Civil Wars
Linda McKeever Bullard
  • Shades of Justice
Anita Richmond Bunkley
  • Balancing Act
  • Black Gold
  • Emily, the Yellow Rose
  • Girlfriends
  • Sisters
  • Starlight Passage
  • Wild Embers
Ron Burns
  • Enslaved
LeVar Burton
  • Aftermath
Octavia Butler
  • Adulthood Rites
  • Clay’s Ark
  • Dawn
  • Imago
  • Kindred (YA)
  • Lilith’s Brood
  • The Parable of the Sower
  • The Parable of the Talents

Bebe Moore Campbell
  • Brothers and Sisters
  • Your Blues Ain’t Like Mine
  • Singing in the Comeback Choir
Viveca Carlysle
  • Return to Love
Lorene Cary
  • The Price of a Child
  • Pride
Colin Channer
  • Waiting in Vain
Barbara Chase-Riboud
  • Echo of Lions
  • The President’s Daughter
  • Sally Hemings
  • Valide
Alice Childress
  • Those Other People (YA)
Beverly Clark
  • A Love to Cherish
  • Bound by Love
Pearl Cleage
  • What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day
Michelle Cliff
  • Free Enterprise
William Cobb
  • A Walk Through Fire
Evelyn Coleman
  • What a Woman’s Gotta Do
Thomas H.Cook
  • Streets of Fire
Clarence Cooper
  • Black!
J. California Cooper
  • Family
  • The Future Has a Past
  • Homemade Love
  • In Search of Satisfaction
  • The Matter Is Life
  • A Piece of Mine
  • Some Love, Some Pain, Sometime
  • Some Soul to Keep
  • The Wake of the Wind
Sheila Copeland
  • Chocolate Star
  • Princess Sister
Joe Cottonwood
  • Babcock (YA)
Francine Craft
  • Lyrics of Love
  • Star Crossed

Fred D’Aguiar
  • The Longest Memory
David Dalton
  • Been Here and Gone
Edwidge Danticat
  • Breath, Eyes, Memory
  • The Farming of Bones
Christopher Darden
  • The Trials of Nikki Hill
Janice Daugharty
  • Whistle
Thulani Davis
  • Maker of Saints
  • 1959
Virginia DeBerry
  • Far from the Tree
  • Tryin’ to Sleep in the Bed You Made
Claire de Duras
  • Ourika
Samuel R. Delany
  • Flight from Nevèrÿon
  • Neveryóna
  • Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand
  • Tales of Nevèrÿon
Nora DeLoach
  • Mama Stalks the Past
  • Mama Rocks the Empty Cradle
Eric Jerome Dickey
  • Friends and Lovers
  • Sister, Sister
  • Milk in My Coffee
  • Cheaters
  • Liar’s Game
  • Sweet St. Louis
E.L.Doctorow
  • Ragtime
Rita Dove
  • Through the Ivory Gate
Sharon M. Draper
  • Forged by Fire (YA)
  • Tears of a Tiger (YA)
Allen Drury
  • A Shade of Difference
Tananarive Due
  • The Black Rose
  • My Soul to Keep
Henry Dumas
  • Goodbye Sweetwater
  • Rope of Wind and Other Stories
Natalie Dunbar
  • Best of Friends

Grace F. Edwards
  • A Toast Before Dying
  • If I Should Die
  • No Time to Die
  • Do or Die
Louis Edwards
  • N
Ralph Ellison
  • Flying Home and Other Stories
  • Invisible Man
  • Juneteenth
Loren D. Estleman
  • Stress
Percival L. Everett
  • God’s Country

Ann Fairbairn
  • Five Smooth Stones
Jessie Redmon Fauset
  • Comedy, American Style
  • The Chinaberry Tree
Lolita Files
  • Scenes from a Sistah
  • Getting to the Good Part
  • Blind Ambitions
Sharon Flake
  • The Skin I’m In (YA)
Bette Ford
  • One of a Kind
Gwynne Forster
  • Naked Soul
Sharon Ewell Foster
  • Passing by Samaria
Albert French
  • Billy
  • I Can’t Wait on God
Jack Fullen
  • The Best of Jackson Payne


Ernest Gaines
  • The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
  • Bloodline
  • Catherine Carmier
  • A Gathering of Old Men
  • In My Father’s House
  • A Lesson Before Dying
  • Of Love and Dust
LaFlorya Gauthier
  • Whispers in the Sand
Roberta Gayle
  • Something Old, Something New
Nelson George
  • One Woman Short

Rebecca T.Godwin

  • Keeper of the House

Marita Golden

  • And Do Remember Me
  • The Edge of Heaven
Nadine Gordimer
  • My Son’s Story
  • None to Accompany Me
Sandra Lee Gould
  • Faraday’s Popcorn Factory
Shirley Ann Grau
  • Roadwalkers
Robert Greer
  • The Devil’s Red Nickel
  • The Devil’s Hatband
  • The Devil’s Backbone
  • Limited Time

Gay G. Gunn

  • Everlastin’ Love
  • Pride and Joi

Rosa Guy

  • And I Heard a Bird Sing (YA)
  • Disappearance (YA)
  • Edith Jackson (YA)
  • Measure of Time
  • A Mirror of Her Own (YA)
  • Music of Summer (YA)
  • My Love, My Love; or The Peasant Girl
  • New Guys Around the Block (YA)
  • Ruby (YA)
  • The Sun, the Sea, a Touch of Wind

Shirley Hailstock

  • Clara’s Promise
  • Opposites Attract

Alex Haley

  • A Different Kind of Christmas
  • Queen
  • Mama Flora’s Family

Barbara Hambly

  • A Free Man of Color
  • Fever Season
  • Graveyard Dust
  • Sold Down the River

Virginia Hamilton

  • A Little Love (YA)
  • Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush (YA)
  • A White Romance (YA)

Gary Hardwick

  • Supreme Justice
  • Cold Medina
  • Double Deal

E. Lynn Harris

  • And This Too Shall Pass
  • If This World Were Mine
  • Invisible Life
  • Just As I Am
  • Abide with Me
  • Not a Day Goes By

David Haynes

  • All American Dream Dolls
  • Right by My Side (YA)

Melinda Haynes

  • Mother of Pearl

Gar Anthony Haywood

  • Bad News Travels Fast
  • Going Nowhere Fast
  • It’s Not a Pretty Sight
  • When Last Seen Alive
  • You Can Die Trying
  • All the Lucky Ones Are Dead

Lorri Hewett

  • Soulfire

Donna Hill

  • Scandalous
  • Indiscretions
  • Pieces of Dreams
  • If I Could
  • Quiet Storm
  • Temptation

Reginald Hill

  • Blood Sympathy
  • Born Guilty
  • Singing the Sadness

Chester Himes

  • The End of a Primitive

Paul Hond

  • The Baker

William H. Hooks

  • A Flight of Dazzle Angels (YA)

Langston Hughes

  • The Best of Simple
  • The Return of Simple
  • Not Without Laughter

Marsha Hunt

  • Free
  • Joy

Nora Zeale Hurston

  • Novels and Stories
  • Their Eyes Were Watching God
  • Complete Stories

Brian Jackson

  • The View from Here
  • Walking Through Mirrors

Sheneska Jackson

  • Blessings
  • Caught Up in the Rapture
  • Li’l Mama’s Rules

Sandra Jackson-Opoku

  • The River Where Blood Is Born

Yolonda Joe

  • He Say She Say
  • Bebe’s By Golly Wow
  • This Just In

Charles Richard Johnson

  • Dreamer
  • Middle Passage

Guy Johnson

  • Standing at the Scratch Line

Gayl Jones

  • Corregidora
  • Eva’s Man
  • The Healing
 

Jackie Kay

  • Trumpet

Barbara Keaton

  • All I Ask

Elmer Kelton

  • Wagon Tongue

Jamaica Kincaid

  • Annie John (YA)
  • At the Bottom of the River
  • The Autobiography of My Mother
  • Lucy

Marcia King-Gamble

  • Dark Embrace
  • Remembrance

Sandra Kitt

  • All Good Things
  • The Color of Love
  • Love Everlasting
  • Significant Others
  • Between Friends
  • Family Affairs

David Klass

  • Danger Zone (YA)

Andrew Klavan

  • Hunting Down Amanda

Jackie French Koller

  • A Place to Call Home (YA)

Florence Ladd

  • Sarah’s Psalm

Jake Lamar

  • The Last Integrationist
  • Close to the Bone

Kathryn Lasky

  • True North

Kristin Hunter Lattany

  • The Lakestown Rebellion
  • The Survivors
  • Kinsfolks
  • Do Unto Others

Harper Lee

  • To Kill a Mockingbird

Julius Lester

  • Do Lord Remember Me
  • Othello (YA)

Robert Lipsyte

  • The Brave (YA)

Benilde Little

  • Good Hair
  • The Itch

Richard A.Lupoff

  • The Bessie Blue Killer
  • The Sepia Siren Killer
  • The Cover Girl Killer
  • The Silver Chariot Killer

Mary Lyons

  • The Poison Place (YA)

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