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Black History Month 2023 Reading List: Student Reading List

Reading list for Black History month 2022.

Student Selected Black History Reading List

Below is a list of books selected by Prairie View A&M University, Reference Department Student Workers.  Some of the books are not available as electronic books and some are currently not part of the John B. Coleman Library Collection.  Every effort will be made to acquire the books listed below as electronic books as well as print, however, the books are available through Inner Library Loan.   https://www.pvamu.edu/library/interlibrary-loan-ill-requesting/

Submitted by Alonda Blaylock

Spring 2022 Reference and Information Services Department Student Assistant

1. Beloved by Toni Morrison, 1987

2. Don't Settle for Safe: Embracing the Uncomfortable to Become Unstoppable by Sarah Jake Roberts, 2017

3. A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James, 2014

4. Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James, 2019

5. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 2013

6. Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler, 1993

7. Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward, 2017

8. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi, 2016

9. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, 1952

10. Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin, 1952

11. My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite, 2018

12. If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwain, 1974

13. Getting to Happy by Terry Macmillian

14. Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall, 2020

15. Feeding the Soul (Because It's My Business): Finding Our Way to Joy, Love, and Freedom by Tabitha Brown, 2021

16. 'How We Fight for Our Lives' by Saeed Jones, 2019

17. 'Year of Yes' by Shonda Rhimes, 2015

18. Such a Fun Age' by Kiley Reid, 2019

19. Bad Feminist' by Roxane Gay, 2014

20. An American Marriage' by Tayari Jones, 2018

21. We Should All Be Feminists' by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 2019

22. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings' by Maya Angelou, 1969

23. The New Jim Crow' by Michelle Alexander, 2010

24. Becoming' by Michelle Obama, 2018

25. Hunger' by Roxane Gay, 2017

26. The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl' by Issa Rae, 2015

27. God Help the Child' by Toni Morrison, 2015

28. Another Country' by James Baldwin, 1962

29. This Close to Okay' by Leesa Cross-Smith, 2021

30. Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells by Michelle Duster, 2021

31. Girl Gurl Grrrl by Kenya Hunt, 2020

32. Black Fortunes by Shomari Wills, 2018

33. Power to the People by Bobby Seale, 2016

34. Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother’s Time, My Mother’s Time, and Mine by Emily Bernard, 2019

35. You Got Anything Stronger? By Gabrielle Union, 2021

36. Surviving the White Gaze: A Memoir by Rebecca Carroll, 2021

37. Carefree Black Girls by Zeeba Blay, 2021

38. The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley, 1965

39. Roots by Alex Haley, 1976

40. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison, 1977

41. One Day My Soul Just Opened Up by Iyanla Vanzant, 1998

42. What I Know for Sure by Oprah Winfrey, 2014

43. Greatness Is Upon You by Eric Thomas, 2013

44. The Black Girl’s Guide To Self-Care: A 30-Day Self-Care Workbook by Kristin D. Hemingway, 2018

45. Living Over Existing: How to Push Past the Mental Barriers That Are Holding You Back from Success by Alisha Robertson, 2017

46. Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds by David Goggins, 2018

47. Wouldn’t Take Nothing for My Journey Now by Maya Angelou, 1993

48. The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity by Carlos Wallace, 2016

49. Life Is Not Complicated-You Are by Carlos Wallace, 2013

50. The Sellout by Paul Beatty, 2015

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