65 LGBT Books by Black Authors
In honor of Pride Month obviously, here’s my next list! Please continue to add authors and books to this list!
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
Another Country by James Baldwin
Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone by James Baldwin
Invisible Life by E. Lynn Harris
Just as I am (Invisible Life #2) by E. Lynn Harris
I Say a Little Prayer by E. Lynn Harris
Hood Witch by Faylita Hicks
You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett
By Any Means Necessary by Candice Montgomery
A Dream so Dark by LL McKinney
The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus
Build Yourself a Boat by Camonghne Felix
Little and Lion by Brandy Colbert
Skin Deep Magic by Craig Laurance Gidney
The Summer We Got Free by Mia McKenzie
Juniper Leaves by Jaz Joyner
Queer Africa - Selected Stories
The Yellow Brownstone by Lisa K. Stephenson
Freedom in This Village by E. Lynn Harris
Black Like Us: A Century of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual African American Fiction by Devon W. Carbado
In Case You Forgot by Frederick Smith and Chaz Lamar
Potomac University Series by Rashid Darden
The Secrets of Eden by Brandon Goode
Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann
Growing Up Girl: An Anthology of Voices from Marginalized Spaces by Michelle Sewell
Talking at the Gates: A Life of James Baldwin by James Campbell
Black Lesbian in White America by Anita Cornwell**
If We Have to Take Tomorrow by Frank Leon, White Roberts, and Marvin K.
Brother to Brother: New Writings by Black Gay Men edited by Essex Hemphill
In the Life: A Black Gay Anthology by Joseph Beam
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Real Life by Brandon Taylor
Here for It by R. Eric Thomas
Romance in Marseille by Claude McKay
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
The House You Pass on the Way by Jacqueline Woodson
Black Deutschland by Darryl Pinckney
A Visitation of Spirits by Randall Kenan
Crossfire: A Litany for Survival by Staceyann Chin
The Other Side of Paradise: A Memoir by Staceyann Chin
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde
Don’t Call Us Dead by Danez Smith
Lives of Great Men by Chike Frankie Edozien
Burnt Men by Oluwasegun Romeo Oriogun**
She Called Me Woman edited by Azeenarh Mohammed, Chitra Nagarajan, and Rafeeat Aliyu
B-Side and Other Misheard Lyrics by L.M. Bennett
For Sizakele by Yvonne “Fly” Onakeme Etaghene
Black Power Barbie Volume 1: Love Lives of Heroes by Shay Youngblood
Loving Her by Ann Allen Shockley
No Telephone to Heaven by Michelle Cliff
Something Better than Home by Leona Beasley
Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn
Fragments that Remain by Steven Corbin
Vanishing Rooms by Melvin Dixon
Blackbird by Larry Duplechan
B-Boy Blues Series by James Earl Hardy
The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez
**I could not find links to buy both of these books, so if anyone is able to please add them to the post!
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