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A short story collection by a Black author
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Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes

Year of Yes

Shonda Rhimes

352 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction feminism memoir race funny inspiring reflective medium-paced
Geraldine Moore: The Poet by Toni Cade Bambara
Geraldine Moore: The Poet
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Toni Cade Bambara

Geraldine Moore: The Poet

Toni Cade Bambara

23 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

medium-paced
Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad: Stories by Damilare Kuku

Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad: Stories

Damilare Kuku

6 hours, 47 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary short stories emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced
Shook! A Black Horror Anthology by John Jennings, Marcus Roberts, Bradley Golden

Shook! A Black Horror Anthology

John Jennings, Marcus Roberts, Bradley Golden

192 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction comics horror short stories dark sad tense fast-paced
Igifu by Scholastique Mukasonga

Igifu

Scholastique Mukasonga

160 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction literary short stories challenging reflective sad medium-paced
Bloodline: Five Stories by Ernest J. Gaines

Bloodline: Five Stories

Ernest J. Gaines

249 pages • first pub 1968 (editions)

fiction classics short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Anchor Book of Modern African Stories by Nadežda Obradović

The Anchor Book of Modern African Stories

Nadežda Obradović

400 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

fiction challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Dark Dreams: A Collection of Horror and Suspense by Black Writers by Francine Lewis, Terence Taylor, Robert Fleming, Kalamu ya Salaam, Linda Addison, D.S. Foxx, Christopher Chambers, L.H. Moore, Rickey Windell George, Tananarive Due, Ahmad Wright, Joy M. Copeland, L.R. Giles, Zane, L.A. Banks, Gordon Doyle, Steven Barnes, Chesya Burke, Lawana Holland-Moore, Patricia E. Canterbury, Anthony Beal, Brandon Massey

Dark Dreams: A Collection of Horror and Suspense by Black Writers

Francine Lewis, Terence Taylor, Robert Fleming, Kalamu ya Salaam, Linda Addison, D.S. Foxx, Christopher Chambers, L.H. Moore, Rickey Windell George, Tananarive Due, Ahmad Wright, Joy M. Copeland, L.R. Giles, Zane, L.A. Banks, Gordon Doyle, Steven Barnes, Chesya Burke, Lawana Holland-Moore, Patricia E. Canterbury, Anthony Beal, Brandon Massey

307 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction horror short stories dark slow-paced
You Can't Get Lost in Cape Town by Zoë Wicomb

You Can't Get Lost in Cape Town

Zoë Wicomb

240 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

fiction short stories challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Butter: Novellas, Stories, and Fragments by Gayl Jones

Butter: Novellas, Stories, and Fragments

Gayl Jones

200 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction literary short stories emotional reflective medium-paced