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Featured — award winners and classics first, when available. Use “Show different books” for a new selection.
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Sounder
Beloved
Amos Fortune, free man
The Bluest Eye
Jazz
Paradise
The Snowy Day
Tar Baby
Song of Solomon
Jubilee
Let The Circle be Unbroken
Flower garden
Giovanni's Room
Amazing Grace
Why We Can't Wait
Black Boy
The Stories Julian Tells
The Souls of Black Folk
"Why are all the Black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?" and other conversations about race
Going to Meet the Man
The House of Dies Drear
Passing
Up from Slavery
Romiette and Julio
The fire next time
The land
The Piano Lesson
Black like me
Meet Addy
Bronx Masquerade
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