Books by Black Authors Recommendations || 2024 [CC]

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📚 The Books 📚

The List by Yomi Adegoke
You Can Do Anything, Tyrone by Lenny Henry
Do You Dream of Terra-Two? by Temi Oh
King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender
Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw
Brit(ish) by Afua Hirsch
Content Warning Everything by Akwaeke Emezi
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
Promise Boys by Nick Brooks
You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron
Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okoragor
Only for the Holidays by Abiola Bello
You Made A Fool of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
The Best Me! by Marvyn Harrison & Rochelle Falconer
Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self by Diane Evans
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
Just Sayin' by Malorie Blackman
None of the Above by Travis Alabanza
Time Come by Linton Kewsi Johnson

⚡️Content Warnings ⚡️

The List: sexism, sexual assault, cheating, alocholism, suicidal thoughts, suicide, microaggressions
Do You Dream of Terra-Two?: aphobia, suicide, drowning, death, grief, depression, eating disorder, fighting, cancer
King and the Dragonflies: grief, racism, missing child, implied child abuse, being outed
Such A Fun Age: racism, police misconduct, internalised racism, exoticism, micro-aggressions
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies: cheating, grief, fatphobia, homophobia
Brit(ish): slavery, racism, mugging, police brutality, murder, anti-semitism, violence
Long Walk to Freedom: grief, circumcision, apartheid, racism, colonialism, imperialism, death of a child, imprisonment, police brutality, divorce
Promise Boys:
You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight: injury, dead animal, held at shotgun, body gore, murder
Who Fears Death: grief, rape, violence, disassociation, suicidal thoughts, genocide, female genital mutilation, mentions of incestuous rape, death, murder (by stoning and other), divorce, sexism
Only for the Holidays: car crash, break up
You Made A Fool of Death With Your Beauty: smoking & getting high, cheating, grief, car crash
Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self: sexual assault, racism, child abuse, abortion, PTSD, violence, car crash, grief, mentions of divorce and cheating not shown on page, vandalism
Ghost: mentions of alcoholism and violence, being triggered, stealing
Just Sayin': parental abandonment, parental separation, racism, sudden eviction, homelessness, sexual assault, exoticism, miscarriage, sickle cell anaemia, cyberbullying
None of the Above: transphobia, mentions of the pandemic, harassment, mentions of suicide
Time Come: racism, police brutality, false imprisonment, riots

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