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* ''Literature/{{Acacia}}'' by David Anthony Durham
* ''Literature/AfricanImmortals'' by Tananarive Due
* ''Literature/AkataWitch'' by Creator/NnediOkorafor
* ''Literature/Babel17'' by Creator/SamuelRDelany
* ''Literature/ChildrenOfBloodAndBone'' by Tomi Adeyemi
* ''Coyote Kings of the Space Age Bachelor Pad'' by Minister Faust
* ''Literature/{{Dhalgren}}'' by Creator/SamuelRDelany
* The Literature/DreambloodDuology by N. K. Jemsin
* ''Literature/EmpireStar'' by Creator/SamuelRDelany
* ''Literature/{{Imaro}}'' by Charles R. Saunders
* The Literature/InheritanceTrilogy by N. K. Jemsin
* The Literature/LilithsBrood trilogy by Creator/OctaviaButler
* ''Lion's Blood'' and ''Zulu Heart'' by Steve Barnes
* ''Long Juju Man'' by Creator/NnediOkorafor
* ''Literature/MosesTheChroniclesOfHarrietTubman'' by Balogun Ojetade
* ''Literature/{{Nova}}'' by Creator/SamuelRDelany
* The Literature/{{Patternist}} series by Creator/OctaviaButler
* ''Literature/TheShadowSpeaker'' by Creator/NnediOkorafor
* ''Literature/TheSorcererOfTheWildeeps'' by Kai Ashante Wilson
* ''Literature/ATasteOfHoney'' by Kai Ashante Wilson
* ''Literature/WhoFearsDeath'' by Creator/NnediOkorafor
* ''Literature/ZahrahTheWindseeker'' by Creator/NnediOkorafor

* ''Literature/BlackBoy'' by Richard Wright

* "Literature/SonnysBlues" by James Baldwin

* ''Literature/MumboJumbo'' by Ishmael Reed
* ''Literature/NativeSon'' by Richard Wright

* ''Literature/ATasteOfHoney'' by Kai Ashante Wilson

* The Literature/LilithsBrood trilogy by OctaviaButler

* The Literature/{{Patternist}} series by OctaviaButler

* ''Literature/Blackbird'' by Larry Duplechan

* ''Literature/TheNarrows'' by Ann Petry

* ''{{Roots}}'' by Alex Haley

* ''WaitingToExhale'' by Terri [=McMillian=]

* ''PassingStrange'' (a musical) by Stew and Heidi Rodewald

* ''Literature/{{Beloved}}'' by ToniMorrison

* ''Literature/TheBluestEye'' by ToniMorrison

* ''Literature/{{Home}}'' by ToniMorrison

* ''Literature/SongOfSolomon'' by ToniMorrison

* The AfricanImmortals series by Tananarive Due

* ''Zahrah the Windseeker'' by Creator/NnediOkorafor

* ''Literature/AkataWitch'' by NnediOkorafor

* ''Long Juju Man'' by NnediOkorafor

* ''Literature/TheShadowSpeaker'' by NnediOkorafor
* ''Literature/WhoFearsDeath'' by NnediOkorafor
* ''Zahrah the Windseeker'' by NnediOkorafor

* ''Literature/RollOfThunderHearMyCry'' by Mildred [=DeLois=] Taylor
* ''[[Literature/LetTheCircleBeUnbroken Let the Circle Be Unbroken]]'' by Mildred [=DeLois=] Taylor

* The Literature/LilithsBrood series by OctaviaButler

YA Fiction:

African Americans have created a rich and diverse literary culture from the time of the slave narrative to today, with its own literary movements and tropes often tackling subjects such as racism, slavery, family, religion, and class. This index collects this literature.

* ''BlackBoy'' by RichardWright
* ''Literature/TheColorPurple'' by AliceWalker
* Ellison's ''Literature/InvisibleMan''
* ''MaudMartha'' by Gwendolyn Brooks
* ''{{Meridian}}'' by AliceWalker
* ''A Mercy'' by ToniMorrison
* ''Literature/TheirEyesWereWatchingGod'' by ZoraNealeHurston
* ''Literature/{{Push}}'' by Sapphire
* ''Literature/MosesManOfTheMountain'' by Zora Neale Hurston
* ''Literature/NativeSon'' by Richard Wright
* ''TheNarrows''
* ''{{Roots}}'' by Alex Haley
* ''Literature/{{Home}}'' by ToniMorrison
* ''I Wish I Had A Red Dress'' by Pearl Cleage

* ''Won't Be The Same Fool Twice'' by April Sinclair
* GodDontLikeUgly by Mary Monroe
* WaitingToExhale by Terri [=McMillian=]
* GettingToHappy by Terri [=McMillian=]

* ''Literature/SonnysBlues'' by James Baldwin
* ''Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self'' by Danielle Evans
* ''Drinking Coffee Elsewhere'' by Z.Z. Packer

* The ''AfricanImmortals'' series by TananariveDue

* '' Coyote Kings of the Space Age Bachelor Pad'' by Minister Faust.

* ''Literature/DreambloodDuology'' by N. K. Jemsin

* ''Literature/InheritanceTrilogy'' by N.K. Jemsin
* ''Lion's Blood'' by Steve Barnes

* ''Literature/{{Nova}} by Creator/SamuelRDelany
* The ''Literature/{{Patternist}}'' series by OctaviaButler

* Theatre/ARaisinInTheSun
* Fences by August Wilson
* PassingStrange

* The WestEndGirls series by Lena Scott
* The CaliforniaConnection series by Chunichi.
* GuiltyGucci by Ashley
* GirlsFromDaHood series by Ashley
* RealWifeysOnTheGrind by Mink Meesha
* TheColdestWinterEver by Sista Soulja
* MidnightAGangsterLoveStory by Sista Soulja

* Literature/RollOfThunderHearMyCry by Mildred DeLois Taylor
* LetTheCircleBeUnbroken by Mildred DeLois Taylor