We stand in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and the ongoing fight against systemic racism. Below is a list of brilliant books by Black writers that should be on everyone’s reading pile.
Why I’m No longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
I’m Still Here by Austin Channing Brown
Half a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Natives by Akala
Dark Days by James Baldwin
Diversify by June Sarpong
Ake by Wole Soyinka
How To Be Antiracist by Ibran X. Kendi
Don’t Touch My Hair by Emma Dabiri
White Supremacy and Me by Layla F. Saad
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
Freedom Is A Constant Struggle by Angela Davis
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
They Can’t Kill Us All by Wesley Lowery
Your Silence Will Not Protect You by Audre Lord
White Girls by Hilton Als
Brit-ish by Afua Hirsch
Black and British: A Forgotten History by David Olusoga
The Good Immigrant, edited by Nikesh Shukla
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
And of course, our Desmond Elliott Prize-shortlisted writers: Abi Daré, Okechukwu Nzelu and Derek Owusu.
Have you got any further recommendation? We’d love for you to send them to us on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram so that we can share them across our networks.
Where can I buy?
If you want to support Black bookshops and a diverse range of voices in literature, here are some fantastic UK Black bookshops and publishers where you can shop:
Round Table Books (Children’s books)
Mybookbasket (Children’s books)
No Ordinary Bookshop (Children’s books)
Lantana Publishing (Children’s books)
Knights Of (Children’s books)
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