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A list of books recommended by black authors for black readers.

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Bridgette Davis, author of The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother’s Life in the Detroit Numbers, recommends Training School for Negro Girls by Camille Acker.

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Farah Jasmine Griffin, the author of Harlem Nocturne, recommends Brother by David Chariandy.

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Kima Jones, writer, poet and founder of literary publicity firm Jack Jones Literary Arts recommends play dead by francine j. harris.

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Morgan Jerkins, author of This Will Be My Undoing, recommends Sing,Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward.