Many people are taking this time to become more educated about Black experiences in America.
Novels by Black authors are an excellent place to start.
Literature offers an excellent way to broaden ones horizon.
Below, youll find 10 exemplary books to purchase online from Black-owned bookstores.
If you are a member of theBook of the Month Club, its one of the options for June.
Its available for purchase throughBookshopandBlack Pearl Books, a Black-owned bookstore in Austin, Texas.
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Marie Mitchell is an intelligence officer with the FBI.
The novel shares her journey as a young Black woman working in an old boys club.
It was nominated for the NAACP Image Award and shortlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize.
This novel is available for purchase throughSemicolon Bookstore, a Black-owned bookstore in Boston.
It moves back-and-forth in time, illuminating what it was like in the South before the Civil War.
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When his mother is taken, Hiram is left with a mysterious power.
Coates illustrates Hirams journey to freedom while also coping with the loss of his mother.
This novel is available for purchase throughBookshopandBooks & Crannies, a Black- and female-owned bookstore in Martinsville, Virginia.
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This novel is available for purchase throughBookshopandAfriWare Books, a Black-owned bookstore in Maywood, Illinois.
This novel is available for purchase throughBookshopandFrugal Bookstore, a Black-owned bookstore in Boston.
Rooted in friendship, the story is also set against the backdrop of todays racism and sexism.
This novel is available for purchase throughBookshopandPyramid Books, a Black-owned bookstore in Boynton Beach, Florida.
One day when Emira is at the grocery store with the child, she is accused of kidnapping.
This shocks Alix, and she becomes determined to make things right.
The book went out of circulation for nearly 30 years because readers rejected the powerful Black female protagonist.
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