booklist meme from denimqueen and skywardprodigal
Here's the POC mostly fiction booklist that denimqueen started and skywardprodigal developed.
I cleaned the list and put all the books under individual titles (except the Easy Rawlins books)
Bold those you have read, underline those you LOVE and italicize those that you intend to read. But instead of forcing books on your friends, just pass the list forward.
001. Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
002. Parable of the Sower by Octavia E, Butler
003. Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
004. Blood Child by Octavia E. Butler
005. The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta
006. Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya
007. Blanche Cleans UP by Barbara Nealy
008. The Living Blood by Tananarive Due
009. Almanac of the Dead by Leslie Marmon Silko
010. Love by Toni Morrison
011. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
012. Beloved by Toni Morrison
013. The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G Woodson
014. Swerve: Reckless Observation of a Post-Modern Girl by Aisha Tyler
015. Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
016. If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin
017. Push by Saphire
018. So Far from God by Ana Castillo
019. Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga
020. Free Enterprise: A novel of Mary Ellen Pleasant by Michelle Cliff
021. Souls of Blackfolk by W.E.B Dubois
022. Poems of Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
023. The Life of Olaudah Equiano by Olaudah Equiano
024. Lion's Blood by Steven Barnes
025. Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley
026. Up from Slavery by Booker T Washington
027. Ego-Trippin' and Other Poems for Young People by Nikki Giovanni
028. Racism 101 by Nikki Giovanni
029. Smoke Signals by Sherman Alexie
030. First Indian on the Moon by Sherman Alexie
031. 10 Little Indians by Sherman Alexie
032. The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie
033. Indian Killer by Sherman Alexie
034. Adventures of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
035. Breath Eyes Memory by Edwidge Danticat
036. Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat
037. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
038. The Famished Road by Ben Okri
039. Incidents at the Shrine by Ben Okri
040. Stars of the New Curfew by Ben Okri
041. The Dilemma of a Ghost by Ama Ata Aidoo
042. Our Sister Killjoy by Ama Ata Aidoo
043. No Sweetness Here by Ama Ata Aidoo
044. Segu by Maryse Condé
045. The Children of Segu by Maryse Condé
046. I, Tituba: Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Condé
047. Desirada by Maryse Condé
048. Girl by Jamaica Kincaid
049. A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid
050. A Yellow Raft in Blue Water by Michael Dorris
051. Guests by Michael Dorris
052. Morning Girl by Michael Dorris
053. The Crown of Columbus by Michael Dorris and Louise Erdrich
054. Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich
055. The Beet Queen by Louise Erdrich
056. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
057. House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday
058. The Ancient Child by N. Scott Momaday
059. The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday
060. In the Bear's House by N. Scott Momaday
061. The Man Made of Words by N. Scott Momaday
062. Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany
063. Hogg by Samuel R. Delany
064. Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany
065. Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand by Samuel R. Delany
066. Gorilla, My Love by Toni Cade Bambara
067. The Ways of White Folk by Langston Hughes
068. Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin
069. The Negro of Peter the Great by Alexander Pushkin
070. The Marrow of Tradition by Charles W. Chesnutt
071. The House Behind the Cedars by Charles W. Chesnutt
072. The Conjure Women and The Conjure Tales by Charles W. Chesnutt
073. The Intuitionist by Coleson White Head
074. The Easy Rawlings series by Walter Mosley (Devil in a Blue Dress, A Red Death, Black Betty, White Butterfly)
075. Walkin' the Dog by Walter Mosley
076. Always Outnumbered by Walter Moseley
077. Interpreter of the Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
078. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
079. Devdas by Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay
080. Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore
081. The Home and the World by Rabindranath Tagore
082. The Crescent Moon by Rabindranath Tagore
083. Gora by Rabindranath Tagore
084. Relationships by Rabindranth Tagore
085. A Personal Matter by Kenzaburo Oe
086. A Quiet Life by Kenzaburo Oe
087. Hiroshima Notes by Kenzaburo Oe
088. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
089. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
090. A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami
091. The Rose Garden by Saadi
092. The Mambo Kings Sing Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos
093. Richard trajo su flauta y otros argumentos by Nancy Morejon
094. When I was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago
095. Almost A Woman by Esmeralda Santiago
096. The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
097. The Tales of Eva Luna by Isabel Allende
098. Nigger by Dick Gregory
099. Up from Nigger by Dick Gregory
100. Callus on My Soul by Dick Gregory
101. Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Adichie
102. Half a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
103. Born Black, Born Palestinian by Suheir Hammad
104. White Teeth by Zadie Smith
105. On Beauty by Zadie Smith
106. Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by ZZ Packer
107. Funny Boy by Shyam Selvadurai
108. God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
109. Child of Dandelions by Shenaaz Nanji
110. Sightseeing by Rattawut Lapcharoensap
111. Lost in the City by Edward P. Jones
112. Under the Feet of Jesus by Helena Viramontes
113. Introducing... Sister NoBlues by Hattie Gossett
114. Native Son by Richard Wright
115. The Dahomean by Frank Yerby
116. The Girl From Storeyville by Frank Yerby
117. The Foxes of Harrow by Frank Yerby
118. A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
119. Petals of Blood by Ngugi Wa Thiong`o
120. Devil on a Cross by Ngugi Wa Thiong`o
121. Aké: The Years of Childhood by Wole Soyinka
122. Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera
123. Tangi by Witi Ihimaera
124. Woman Far Walking by Witi Ihimaera
125. Sons for the Return Home by Al Wendt
126. The Bone People by Keri Hulme
127. Potiki by Patricia Grace
128. The Woman Who Owned the Shadows by Paula Gunn Allen
129. The Mixquiahuala Letters by Ana Castillo
130. In Mad Love and War by Joy Harjo
131. Loving in the War Years by Cherríe Moraga
132. La Frontera by Gloria Anzaldúa
133. Gulf Dreams by Emma Perez
134. Pushing the Bear by Diane Glancy
135. Shell Shaker by LeAnne Howe
136. Mother Tongue by Demitria Martinez
137. Mean Spirit by Linda Hogan
138. The Night Wanderer by Drew Hayden Taylor
139. Natif-natal by Félix Morriseau-Leroy
140. Plénitudes by Félix Morriseau-Leroy
141. Popo and Fifina by Arna Bontemps and Langston Hughes
142. Fresh Girl by Jaira Placide
143. Monkey King by Timothy Mo
144. Sour Sweet by Timothy Mo
145. Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
146. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
147. Seth and Samona by Joanne Hyppolite
148. The Sun, The Sea, A Touch of Wind by Rosa Guy Dutton
149. Kingdom of this World by Alejo Carpentier
150. Na Han (Battle Cry) by Lu Xun
151. Selected Stories of Lu Hsun by Lu Xun
152. Wild Ginger by Anchee Minn
153. Red Sorghum by Mo Yan
154. Turning Japanese by David Mura
155. Donald Duk by Frank Chin
156. Chickencoop Chinaman
157. the Year of the Dragon by Frank Chin
158. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
159. The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
160. The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan
161. Native Speaker by Changrae Lee
162. A Gesture Life by Changrae Lee
163. Aloft by Changrae Lee
164. Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers by Lois-Ann Yamanaka
165. Blu's Hanging by Lois-Ann Yamanaka
166. Heads By Harry by Lois-Ann Yamanaka
167. Name Me Nobody by Lois-Ann Yamanaka
168. All I Asking for is my body by Milton Maruyama
169. Mi Revalueshanary Fren by Linton Kwesi Johnson
170. My Year of Meats by Ruth L. Ozeki
171. The Sano Ichiro Mysteries series by Laura Joh Rowland
172. For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange
173. Mama Day by Gloria Naylor
174. Your Blues Ain't Like Mine by Bebe Moore Campbell
175. Dis Poem by Mutabaruka
176. The Cotillion by John Oliver Killens
177. Raj by Gita Mehtaj
178. Midnight’s Children by Sir Salman Rushdie
179. Dictee by Theresa Hak Kyng Cha
180. The Pillar of Salt by Albert Memmi
181. Desirable Daughters by Bharati Mukherjee
182. What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day by Pearle Cleage
183. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
184. Mules and Men by Zora Neale Hurston
185. The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikobu
I'd like to add to this list the following:
186. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
187. The Bluest Eye by Alice Walker Toni Morrison
188. Living Pidgin by Lee Tonouchi
189. Ryddim Ravings by Jean Binta Breeze
190. The Fifth Figure by Jean Binta Breeze
I see this as a list in progress so there are doubtless many other authors that can be added. The list is heavily oriented towards novels but short stories, poetry and even the odd bit of non-fiction are on here so feel free to add.
I cleaned the list and put all the books under individual titles (except the Easy Rawlins books)
Bold those you have read, underline those you LOVE and italicize those that you intend to read. But instead of forcing books on your friends, just pass the list forward.
001. Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
002. Parable of the Sower by Octavia E, Butler
003. Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
004. Blood Child by Octavia E. Butler
005. The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta
006. Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya
007. Blanche Cleans UP by Barbara Nealy
008. The Living Blood by Tananarive Due
009. Almanac of the Dead by Leslie Marmon Silko
010. Love by Toni Morrison
011. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
012. Beloved by Toni Morrison
013. The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G Woodson
014. Swerve: Reckless Observation of a Post-Modern Girl by Aisha Tyler
015. Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
016. If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin
017. Push by Saphire
018. So Far from God by Ana Castillo
019. Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga
020. Free Enterprise: A novel of Mary Ellen Pleasant by Michelle Cliff
021. Souls of Blackfolk by W.E.B Dubois
022. Poems of Phillis Wheatley by Phillis Wheatley
023. The Life of Olaudah Equiano by Olaudah Equiano
024. Lion's Blood by Steven Barnes
025. Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley
026. Up from Slavery by Booker T Washington
027. Ego-Trippin' and Other Poems for Young People by Nikki Giovanni
028. Racism 101 by Nikki Giovanni
029. Smoke Signals by Sherman Alexie
030. First Indian on the Moon by Sherman Alexie
031. 10 Little Indians by Sherman Alexie
032. The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie
033. Indian Killer by Sherman Alexie
034. Adventures of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
035. Breath Eyes Memory by Edwidge Danticat
036. Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat
037. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
038. The Famished Road by Ben Okri
039. Incidents at the Shrine by Ben Okri
040. Stars of the New Curfew by Ben Okri
041. The Dilemma of a Ghost by Ama Ata Aidoo
042. Our Sister Killjoy by Ama Ata Aidoo
043. No Sweetness Here by Ama Ata Aidoo
044. Segu by Maryse Condé
045. The Children of Segu by Maryse Condé
046. I, Tituba: Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Condé
047. Desirada by Maryse Condé
048. Girl by Jamaica Kincaid
049. A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid
050. A Yellow Raft in Blue Water by Michael Dorris
051. Guests by Michael Dorris
052. Morning Girl by Michael Dorris
053. The Crown of Columbus by Michael Dorris and Louise Erdrich
054. Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich
055. The Beet Queen by Louise Erdrich
056. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
057. House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday
058. The Ancient Child by N. Scott Momaday
059. The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday
060. In the Bear's House by N. Scott Momaday
061. The Man Made of Words by N. Scott Momaday
062. Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany
063. Hogg by Samuel R. Delany
064. Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany
065. Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand by Samuel R. Delany
066. Gorilla, My Love by Toni Cade Bambara
067. The Ways of White Folk by Langston Hughes
068. Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin
069. The Negro of Peter the Great by Alexander Pushkin
070. The Marrow of Tradition by Charles W. Chesnutt
071. The House Behind the Cedars by Charles W. Chesnutt
072. The Conjure Women and The Conjure Tales by Charles W. Chesnutt
073. The Intuitionist by Coleson White Head
074. The Easy Rawlings series by Walter Mosley (Devil in a Blue Dress, A Red Death, Black Betty, White Butterfly)
075. Walkin' the Dog by Walter Mosley
076. Always Outnumbered by Walter Moseley
077. Interpreter of the Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
078. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
079. Devdas by Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay
080. Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore
081. The Home and the World by Rabindranath Tagore
082. The Crescent Moon by Rabindranath Tagore
083. Gora by Rabindranath Tagore
084. Relationships by Rabindranth Tagore
085. A Personal Matter by Kenzaburo Oe
086. A Quiet Life by Kenzaburo Oe
087. Hiroshima Notes by Kenzaburo Oe
088. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
089. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
090. A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami
091. The Rose Garden by Saadi
092. The Mambo Kings Sing Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos
093. Richard trajo su flauta y otros argumentos by Nancy Morejon
094. When I was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago
095. Almost A Woman by Esmeralda Santiago
096. The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
097. The Tales of Eva Luna by Isabel Allende
098. Nigger by Dick Gregory
099. Up from Nigger by Dick Gregory
100. Callus on My Soul by Dick Gregory
101. Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Adichie
102. Half a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
103. Born Black, Born Palestinian by Suheir Hammad
104. White Teeth by Zadie Smith
105. On Beauty by Zadie Smith
106. Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by ZZ Packer
107. Funny Boy by Shyam Selvadurai
108. God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
109. Child of Dandelions by Shenaaz Nanji
110. Sightseeing by Rattawut Lapcharoensap
111. Lost in the City by Edward P. Jones
112. Under the Feet of Jesus by Helena Viramontes
113. Introducing... Sister NoBlues by Hattie Gossett
114. Native Son by Richard Wright
115. The Dahomean by Frank Yerby
116. The Girl From Storeyville by Frank Yerby
117. The Foxes of Harrow by Frank Yerby
118. A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
119. Petals of Blood by Ngugi Wa Thiong`o
120. Devil on a Cross by Ngugi Wa Thiong`o
121. Aké: The Years of Childhood by Wole Soyinka
122. Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera
123. Tangi by Witi Ihimaera
124. Woman Far Walking by Witi Ihimaera
125. Sons for the Return Home by Al Wendt
126. The Bone People by Keri Hulme
127. Potiki by Patricia Grace
128. The Woman Who Owned the Shadows by Paula Gunn Allen
129. The Mixquiahuala Letters by Ana Castillo
130. In Mad Love and War by Joy Harjo
131. Loving in the War Years by Cherríe Moraga
132. La Frontera by Gloria Anzaldúa
133. Gulf Dreams by Emma Perez
134. Pushing the Bear by Diane Glancy
135. Shell Shaker by LeAnne Howe
136. Mother Tongue by Demitria Martinez
137. Mean Spirit by Linda Hogan
138. The Night Wanderer by Drew Hayden Taylor
139. Natif-natal by Félix Morriseau-Leroy
140. Plénitudes by Félix Morriseau-Leroy
141. Popo and Fifina by Arna Bontemps and Langston Hughes
142. Fresh Girl by Jaira Placide
143. Monkey King by Timothy Mo
144. Sour Sweet by Timothy Mo
145. Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
146. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
147. Seth and Samona by Joanne Hyppolite
148. The Sun, The Sea, A Touch of Wind by Rosa Guy Dutton
149. Kingdom of this World by Alejo Carpentier
150. Na Han (Battle Cry) by Lu Xun
151. Selected Stories of Lu Hsun by Lu Xun
152. Wild Ginger by Anchee Minn
153. Red Sorghum by Mo Yan
154. Turning Japanese by David Mura
155. Donald Duk by Frank Chin
156. Chickencoop Chinaman
157. the Year of the Dragon by Frank Chin
158. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
159. The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
160. The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan
161. Native Speaker by Changrae Lee
162. A Gesture Life by Changrae Lee
163. Aloft by Changrae Lee
164. Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers by Lois-Ann Yamanaka
165. Blu's Hanging by Lois-Ann Yamanaka
166. Heads By Harry by Lois-Ann Yamanaka
167. Name Me Nobody by Lois-Ann Yamanaka
168. All I Asking for is my body by Milton Maruyama
169. Mi Revalueshanary Fren by Linton Kwesi Johnson
170. My Year of Meats by Ruth L. Ozeki
171. The Sano Ichiro Mysteries series by Laura Joh Rowland
172. For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange
173. Mama Day by Gloria Naylor
174. Your Blues Ain't Like Mine by Bebe Moore Campbell
175. Dis Poem by Mutabaruka
176. The Cotillion by John Oliver Killens
177. Raj by Gita Mehtaj
178. Midnight’s Children by Sir Salman Rushdie
179. Dictee by Theresa Hak Kyng Cha
180. The Pillar of Salt by Albert Memmi
181. Desirable Daughters by Bharati Mukherjee
182. What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day by Pearle Cleage
183. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
184. Mules and Men by Zora Neale Hurston
185. The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikobu
I'd like to add to this list the following:
186. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
187. The Bluest Eye by Alice Walker Toni Morrison
188. Living Pidgin by Lee Tonouchi
189. Ryddim Ravings by Jean Binta Breeze
190. The Fifth Figure by Jean Binta Breeze
I see this as a list in progress so there are doubtless many other authors that can be added. The list is heavily oriented towards novels but short stories, poetry and even the odd bit of non-fiction are on here so feel free to add.