Recommending Books by Black Authors || 2021 [CC]

Happy Black History Month! ✊🏾 I’ve got some book recommendations for you. They’re written by Black authors, feature Black characters and more often than not are about the Black experience. 🖤

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✨ Part 1 of this recommendations list: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix23QhClB6s

📚 The Books 📚

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
The Lamplighter by Jackie Kay
My Darling from the Lions by Rachel Long
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
Your Silence Will Not Protect You by Audre Lorde
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
Slay by Brittney Morris
The Black God’s Drums by P. Djeli Clark
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Don’t Touch My Hair by Emma Dabiri
Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi
Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles
My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Uncomfortable Conversations With A Black Man by Emmanuel Acho
12 Years A Slave by Solomon Northup
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
Mangos and Mistletoe by Adriana Herrera
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten

⚡️ Content Warnings ⚡️

A Raisin in the Sun: mentions of miscarriage, racism, misogyny, violence, abortion, elitism, use of homophobic slur f word
The Lamplighter: slavery, suicide, death, physical abuse, being sold, flogging, rape, satvation, forced separation from children, claustrophobia
My Darling from the Lions: rape
Clap When You Land: grief, plane crash, sexual assault and predatory behaviour
Your Silence Will Not Protect You: racism, homophobia
The Black Flamingo: fighting, homophobia and internalised homophobia, drug use, blackout, racism
Slay by Brittney Morris: cancer, death, racism and microaggressions, abusive relationship
When Life Gives You Mangoes: grief, drowning, death, hurricane damage to property
Their Eyes Were Watching God: slavery, discrimmination and racism, physical abuse from husband, rape and sexual assault, misogyny, death, colourism, murder, illness and hurricane aftermath/experience
Don’t Touch My Hair: racism, sexism, slavery, mentions of murder law case (of a child), rape
Riot Baby: gang crime, murder, gun crime, police brutality, animal death and abuse, panic attacks, imprisonment, violence, body gore, racism, miscarriage, cancer, grief, death, suicidal thought/attempt, stabbing, drug use and dealing, looting, childbirth
Tyler Johnson Was Here: police brutality, murder, grief, death
My Sister the Serial Killer: murder, stabbing, coma, domestic abuse
Uncomfortable Conversations With A Black Man: slavery, racism
12 Years A Slave: slavery, whipping, hanging, lynching, violence, body gore, rape, starvation
Felix Ever After: transphobia, deadnaming, homophobia, racism, outing, cyberbullying
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings: ableism, racism, pedophilia, sexual assault, violence, fatphobia, rape, suicidal thoughts, lgbt+ slur, homophobia

✨ Some books were sent for review by @Book Break

🧡 Black Booktubers to check out 🧡

@The Artisan Geek
@Bookish Realm
@iLivieSimone
@fictionalfates
@Bowties & Books
@Benreadsbooks
@Tea Time With T
@Chronicles of Noria
@Mina Reads
@Mika Auguste
@Zoe’s All Booked
@chanelletime
@ONYX Pages
Opalescent: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0uj8TPe1oyPK-KgMTbbhrA
Thistle & Verse: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJriWyYfIPnbfSz52fEhHJw
Luxurious Blu: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSBl1xu8x-Nn1yMyGvB1-ug

— #booktube #bookrecommendations #blackauthors

As always, closed captions (subtitles) available x

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Hi! I’m Olivia-Savannah. I’m a British student studying English Literature and Creative Writing in the UK. I also spend a lot of time in the Netherlands where some of my family live. I love reading, writing, yoga, cooking and baking. I love reading all genres and age audiences. Nice to meet you x

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