I only know Colson Whitehead and Toni Morrison. They are gifted writers. by igotthedonism Related: i need some good ebooks to read! A book that goes over the art of making money Suggest me a weird, absurd, and funny book please… Psychological crime thriller novels recommendations? Teen mental illness books
dangleicious13 on January 19, 2025 9:19 pm Percival Everett, James McBride, and Octavia Butler. However, some of their books do involve slavery, so just pick the ones that sound best to you.
Caleb_Trask19 on January 19, 2025 9:41 pm Passing by Nella Larsen Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neal Huston. Or any other non slavery books by either women. Also A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hanesbury if you can do drama.
James_E_King on January 19, 2025 9:51 pm [The Emperor of Ocean Park](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108505.The_Emperor_of_Ocean_Park) by Stephen L Carter.
shield92pan on January 19, 2025 10:20 pm go tell it on the mountain by james baldwin. or giovanni’s room or if beale street could talk the invisible man by ralph ellison the colour purple by alice walker parable of the sower by octavia butler i know why the caged bird sings their eyes were watching god small island by andrea levy native son by richard wright passing by nella larsen not without laughter by langston hughes red at the bone by jacqueline woodson homegoing by yaa gyasi
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Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
The Invisible man – Ralph Ellison
Frank Yerby
Percival Everett, James McBride, and Octavia Butler. However, some of their books do involve slavery, so just pick the ones that sound best to you.
Passing by Nella Larsen
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neal Huston.
Or any other non slavery books by either women.
Also A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hanesbury if you can do drama.
[The Emperor of Ocean Park](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108505.The_Emperor_of_Ocean_Park) by Stephen L Carter.
The count of monte Cristo.. Alexandre dumas
Native Son by Richard Wright
Do they have to be set in the US?
go tell it on the mountain by james baldwin. or giovanni’s room or if beale street could talk
the invisible man by ralph ellison
the colour purple by alice walker
parable of the sower by octavia butler
i know why the caged bird sings
their eyes were watching god
small island by andrea levy
native son by richard wright
passing by nella larsen
not without laughter by langston hughes
red at the bone by jacqueline woodson
homegoing by yaa gyasi