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| Book/Article Title | Author | Amazon Availability | Library Availability | year | Terms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Just Above My Head | Baldwin, James | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1978 | African-American Novels |
| Another Country | Baldwin, James | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1962 | African-American Novels |
| Go Tell It on the Mountain | Baldwin, James | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1953 | African-American Novels |
| If Beale Street Could Talk | Baldwin, James | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1974 | African-American Novels |
| Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone | Baldwin, James | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1968 | African-American Novels |
| Giovanni’s Room | Baldwin, James | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1956 | African-American Novels |
| The Salt Eaters: A Novel | Bambara, Toni Cade | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1980 | African-American Novels |
| Black Thunder | Bontemps, Arna | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1936 | African-American Novels |
| Iron City: A Novel | Brown, Lloyd | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1951 | African-American Novels |
| Clotel, or, The President’s Daughter | Brown, William Wells . | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1853 | African-American Novels |
| Kindred | Butler, Octavia | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1988 | AAW Novels AAW Gay Men and Lesbians |
| Sally Hemings: A Novel | Chase-Riboud, Barbara | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1979 | African-American Novels |
| The Marrow of Tradition | Chesnutt, Charles Waddell | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1901 | African-American Novels |
| The House Behind the Cedars | Chesnutt, Charles Waddell | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1900 | African-American Novels |
| A Hero Ain’t Nothing But a Sandwich | Childress, Alice | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1973 | African-American Novels |
| Beetlecreek | Demby, William | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1950 | African-American Novels |
| The Catacombs | Demby, William | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | African-American Novels | |
| The Quest of the Silver Fleece | Du Bois, W.E.B. | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1953 | African-American Novels |
| The Sport of the Gods | Dunbar, Paul Lawrence | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1902 | African-American Novels |
| Invisible Man | Ellison, Ralph | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1952 | African-American Novels |
| The Chinaberry Tree | Fauset, Jessie Redmon | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1931 | African-American Novels |
| Plum Bun | Fauset, Jessie Redmon | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1929 | African-American Novels |
| Walls of Jericho | Fisher, Rudolph | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1928 | African-American Novels |
| The Conjure Man Dies | Fisher, Rudolph | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1932 | African-American Novels |
| A Lesson Before Dying | Gaines, Ernest | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1993 | African-American Novels |
| The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman | Gaines, Ernest | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1971 | African-American Novels |
| The Spook Who Sat By the Door | Greenlee, Sam | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1989 | African-American Novels |
| Iola Leroy | Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1892 | African-American Novels |
| Just As I Am | Harris, E. Lynn | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1995 | African-American Novels |
| If He Hollers, Let Him Go | Himes, Chester | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1945 | AAW Novels |
| Lonely Crusade | Himes, Chester | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1947 | AAW Novels |
| The Third Generation: A Novel | Himes, Chester | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1954 | African-American Novels |
| Contending Forces | Hopkins, Pauline | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1900 | African-American Novels |
| Jonah’s Gourd Vine | Hurston, Zora Neale | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1934 | African-American Novels |
| Their Eyes Were Watching God | Hurston, Zora Neale | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1937 | African-American Novels |
| Faith and the Good Thing | Johnson, Charles | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1974 | African-American Novels |
| Middle Passage | Johnson, Charles | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1990 | African-American Novels |
| The Oxherding Tale | Johnson, Charles | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1982 | African-American Novels |
| The Autobiography of an Ex Colored Man | Johnson, James Weldon | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1912 | African-American Novels |
| Corregidora | Jones, Gayl | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1975 | African-American Novels |
| His Own Where | Jordon, June | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1951 | African-American Novels |
| A Different Drummer | Kelley, William M. | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1962 | African-American Novels |
| Dunsfords Travels Everywhere | Kelley, William Melville | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1970 | African-American Novels |
| 'Sippi | Killens, John Oliver | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1971 | African-American Novels |
| And Then We Heard The Thunder | Killens, John Oliver | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1963 | African-American Novels |
| Youngblood | Killens, John Oliver | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1954 | African-American Novels |
| The Cotillion | Killens, John Oliver | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1971 | African-American Novels |
| The Autobiography of My Mother | Kinkaid, Jamaica | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1996 | African-American Novels |
| Passing | Larsen, Nella | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1929 | African-American Novels |
| Quicksand | Larsen, Nella | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1928 | African-American Novels |
| The Lakestown Rebellion | Lattany, Kristen Hunter | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1978 | African-American Novels |
| Zami: A New Spelling of My Name | Lourde, Audre | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1982 | African-American Novels |
| Brown Girl, Brownstones | Marshall, Paule | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1959 | African-American Novels |
| Praisesong for the Widow | Marshall, Paule | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1983 | African-American Novels |
| The Chosen Place, The Timeless People | Marshall, Paule | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1969 | African-American Novels |
| Waiting to Exhale | McMillan, Terry | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1992 | African-American Novels |
| How Stella Got Her Groove Back | McMillan, Terry | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1996 | African-American Novels |
| Fragments of the Ark | Meriwether, Louise | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1994 | African-American Novels |
| Jazz | Morrison, Toni | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1992 | African-American Novels |
| Song of Solomon | Morrison, Toni | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1977 | African-American Novels |
| Sula | Morrison, Toni | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1973 | African-American Novels |
| Tar Baby | Morrison, Toni | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1981 | African-American Novels |
| The Bluest Eye | Morrison, Toni | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1970 | African-American Novels |
| Beloved | Morrison, Toni | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1987 | African-American Novels |
| Devil in a Blue Dress | Mosley, Walter | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1990 | AAW Novels |
| Knock on Any Door | Motley, Willard | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1947 | African-American Novels |
| The Spyglass Tree | Murray, Albert | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1991 | African-American Novels |
| Train Whistle Guitar | Murray, Albert | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1974 | African-American Novels |
| Linden Hills | Naylor, Gloria | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1985 | African-American Novels |
| The Women of Brewster Place | Naylor, Gloria | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1982 | African-American Novels |
| The Narrows | Petry, Ann | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1953 | African-American Novels |
| The Street | Petry, Ann | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1946 | African-American Novels |
| Stranger and Alone | Redding, J. Saunders | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1950 | African-American Novels |
| Japanese By Spring | Reed, Ishmael | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1993 | African-American Novels |
| Mumbo Jumbo | Reed, Ishmael | Find it on Amazon. | Find it in a local library. | 1972 | African-American Nvels |