Celebrate Black History Month by checking out some Contemporary Authors! This booklist contains published titles as well as some up and coming releases in February. Be sure to check out our watchlists for movies and television shows.
Young Adult Books
The Hate U Give best Angie Thomas
Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
Highly Suspicous and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert
The Davenports by Krystal Marquis
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
Love Radio by Ebony Bryant
Ace of Spades by Fardidah Abike-lyimide
You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
Blood at the Root by LaDarrion Williams
Stamped by Ibram A. K
The Queen’s Spade by Sarah Raughley
Needy Little Things by Channelle Desamours
Messy Perfect by Tanya Boteju
The Great Misfortune of Stella Sedgwick
Solo by Kwame Alexander
Adult Books
Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murray
The Girls Who Grew Big by Leila Mottley
Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Kin by Tayari Jones – February 24th
Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson
Colored Television by Danzy Senna
Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Haeven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Cleopatra by Saara El-Arifi – February 24th
Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead
Whart the Fireflies Knew by Kari Harris
James by Percival Everett
The Zorg by Siddartha Kara
Seven Daughters of Dupree by Nikesha Elise Williams
If I Ruled the World by Amy Dubois Barnett
Flirting Lessons by Jasmine Guillory
Movies
Dolemite is My Name
Harriet
Respect
Rustin
Self Made
Shirley
Selma
Malcolm X
Sinners
Ballerina’s Tale
I am Not Your Negro
Judas and the Black Messiah
42
One Night in Miami
Television Shows
Wonder Man
Abbott Elementary
The Chi
Insecure
Watson
Poppa’s House
The Neighborhood
Paradise
Lioness
When They See You
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