This reading guide is an sampling of African-American authors writing in a range of different genres and styles.
Angelou, Maya—fiction, memoirs
Baldwin, James—fiction, essays
Barnes, Steven—Science fiction
Beatty, Paul—fiction
Butler, Octavia– science fiction
Carter, Stephen L.—fiction
Cleage, Pearl—fiction
Danticat, Edwidge, fiction, memoirs
Dickey, Eric Jerome—fiction
Diggs, Anita Doreen—fiction
Due, Tananarive—thriller, horror
Dyson, Michael Eric—nonfiction
Ellison, Ralph—fiction
Gaines, Ernest—fiction, essays
Haley, Alex—fiction, memoirs
Harris, E. Lynn—fiction
Hughes, Langston—poetry, essays, fiction
Hurston, Zora Neale—fiction, short stories
Jackson, Brenda—romantic fiction
Jones, Edward P.—fiction, short stories
Jones, Tayari—fiction
Kincaid, Jamaica—fiction, memoirs
Jakes, T.D.—inspirational nonfiction
Massey, Brandon—suspense
McBride, James—fiction, memoirs
McCall, Nathan—fiction
McMillan, Terry—fiction
Monroe, Mary—fiction
Morrison, Mary B.—fiction
Mosely, Walter—fiction, mysteries, science fiction, nonfiction
Neff, Heather – fiction
Obama, Barack—nonfiction, memoirs
Smith, Zadie—fiction
Turner, Nikki – fiction
Tyree, Omar—fiction
Walker, Alice—fiction, nonfiction
Wesley, Valerie Wilson—fiction, mysteries
Whitehead, Colson—fiction
Woods, Terri – fiction
Wright, Richard—fiction
Zane – fiction