{"id":8058,"date":"2020-06-04T18:33:10","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T13:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebooksatchel.com\/?p=8058"},"modified":"2020-07-02T21:32:06","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T16:02:06","slug":"books-black-authors-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebooksatchel.com\/books-black-authors-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"40 Books by Black Authors in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We are half way through 2020 and the world is burning. An introduction seems unnecessary in these times. This is a compilation of some of the best books published by black authors in 2020. Most of the titles mentioned here are published in the first half of the year and some in the latter half.<\/p>\n

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Excellent nonfiction books\u2014that I\u2019ve been hearing about\u2014published this year include Hood Feminism<\/em> by Mikki Kendall about black feminism, Racism<\/em> by Jason Reynolds about racism constructs. I would suggest looking up on other lists to add nonfiction too in your reading list. This reading list is all-fiction and by no means a definitive list. Read for debut novels, short stories, YA books by black authors, romance, fantasy and literary fiction published this year.<\/p>\n

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Debut books by Black Authors in 2020<\/h2>\n

Debut novels are always thrilling to read. The premises of these novels are mind blowing. Among the ones I\u2019ve read, I thoroughly enjoyed Such a Fun Age<\/em> and Luster<\/em>. Needless to say, I want to read them all.<\/p>\n

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1. Such a Fun Age<\/em> by Kiley Reid<\/h3>\n

A black babysitter is accused of kidnapping the child of a white rich family. Kiley Reid delves into casual racism with her white blogger-influencer vs young, black employee. There are manipulations, viral videos, privileged talk and wit in this debut. One of my best reads this year.<\/p>\n

Buy<\/a> | Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n

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Read <\/em><\/strong> : Kiley Reid’s Such a Fun Age<\/em> is one of the most entertaining debuts of 2020<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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2. Lakewood <\/em>by Megan Giddings<\/h3>\n

When a debt-ridden black woman gets a new, high paying job, little does she realise it has to do with medical experimentation. She can climb heights if she lies to her friends and family. Here eyedrops can turn brown eyes blue, and pills can make your bad memories disappear.<\/p>\n

Buy<\/a> | Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n

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3. Luster<\/em> by Raven Leilani<\/h3>\n

One of my best reads of the year. The characters in Leilani\u2019s Luster <\/em>are haunting. A young, black woman with a string of bad sexual choices is wedged in the open marriage of a suburban white couple. There\u2019s more\u2014the couple have an adopted black child. Highly recommended.<\/p>\n

Buy<\/a> | Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n

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4. Real Life <\/em>by Brandon Taylor<\/h3>\n

Wallace is an introvert and a PhD scholar in a mid-western university. \u201cBut over the course of a late-summer weekend, a series of confrontations with colleagues, and an unexpected encounter with an ostensibly straight, white classmate, conspire to fracture his defenses while exposing long-hidden currents of hostility and desire within their community.\u201d This is a novel I want to pick up soon. My Twitter is filled with praises for Brandon Taylor and I am positive\u2014because I love his essays\u2014that Real Life<\/em> is a fantastic read.
\nBuy<\/a> | Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n

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5. Rainbow Milk<\/em> by Paul Mendez<\/h3>\n

A young black, gay, Jehovah Witness man flees his community to London \u201cand turns to sex work to create new notions of love, fatherhood and spirituality.\u201d Marlon James calls this \u201cthe novel you never knew you were waiting for.\u201d
\nBuy<\/a> | Goodreads<\/a>
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6. Black Sunday<\/em> by Tola Rotimi Abraham<\/h3>\n

Set over two decades in Nigeria, Black Sunday<\/em> is the story of twins, Bibike and Ariyike. When their father gambles away the house, the marriage between their parents crumbles. \u201cThis is a novel about two young women slowly finding, over twenty years, in a place rife with hypocrisy but also endless life and love, their own distinct methods of resistance and paths to independence.\u201d
\nBuy<\/a> | Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n

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8. You Should See Me in a Crown<\/em> by Leah Johnson<\/h3>\n

Liz has always believed she is too black and too poor. She hopes to get into the elite Pennington college and become a doctor. But when her financial aid falls through, she aims to bag the school scholarship for the prom queen.
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9. The Black Kids<\/em> by Christina Hammonds Reed<\/h3>\n

A YA novel that \u201cexplores issues of race, class, and violence through the eyes of a wealthy black teenager whose family gets caught in the vortex of the 1992 Rodney King Riots.\u201d
\nBuy<\/a> | Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n

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10. Everywhere you Don\u2019t Belong<\/em> by Gabriel Bump<\/h3>\n

Claude is an average guy raised in Chicago. When the riots happen in his neighbourhood, he hesitates from taking a side so as not to let race define his life but he realises soon enough that \u201cAmerica is no safe haven for a young black man.<\/p>\n

Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n

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11. Black Girl Unlimited<\/em> by Echo Brown<\/h3>\n

A wizard from the East side with an alcoholic father and drug addicted mother transfers to a rich school in the West Side. New portals begin to open. This memoir infused with magical realism \u201cexplores the intersections of poverty, sexual violence, depression, racism, and sexism\u2014all through the arc of a transcendent coming-of-age\u201d
\nBuy<\/a> | Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n

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12. The Gilded Ones<\/em> by Namina Forna<\/h3>\n

A high fantasy novel set in a patriarchal village where every girl has to perform a blood ceremony. If the blood is red, she is pure and can become a member of the village. But when Deka\u2019s blood runs golden, she has to choose between her fate or running to join an army of nera-immortals and fight for the emperor. This book gives me very Children of Blood and Bone<\/em> vibes.
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Read <\/em><\/strong> : Children of Blood and Bone <\/em>by Tomi Adeyemi is about bringing magic back<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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13. A Song of Wraiths and Ruin<\/em> by Roseann Brown<\/h3>\n

A West African inspired fantasy. Malik wants to escape his poverty-stricken town and start a new life in the prosperous city of Ziran. He strikes a deal with a vengeful spirit to kill Crown Princess of Ziran, Karina, in exchange for his sister who was abducted by the spirit for passage into the city. Karina, meanwhile tries to resurrect her assassinated mother, the Sultana, through ancient magic.
\nBuy<\/a> | Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n

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14. Catherine House<\/em> by Elisabeth Thomas<\/h3>\n

For the dark academia fans. This debut is gothic styled university novel where admissions are very tricky and students who are accepted need to stay for three years, removed from the family and outside world.
\nBuy<\/a> | Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n

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15. Remembrance <\/em>by Rita Woods<\/h3>\n

A historical novel about three women, told through three timelines\u2014present day Ohio, 1791 Haiti and 1857 New Orleans.
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16. The Girl with the Louding Voice<\/em> by Abi Dar\u00e9<\/h3>\n

A 14-year-old Nigerian girl trapped in servitude longs for education to get a \u2018louding voice\u2019 that is the voice to be heard and make her own choices.
\nBuy<\/a> | Goodreads<\/a>. This has gotten rave reviews from fellow readers and I am very keen to pick a copy.<\/p>\n

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17. The Sound of Stars<\/em> by Alechia Dow<\/h3>\n

After an Ilori (alien) invasion in New York, all forms of creative expression like art, books and music are banned. A black girl runs a secret library that can get her killed. An Ilori alien, raised to be emotionless, finds himself drawn to music. \u201cCan a girl who risks her life for books and an alien who loves forbidden pop music work together to save humanity?\u201d
\nGoodreads<\/a><\/p>\n

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More books by Black authors in 2020<\/h2>\n

This section is a jumble. There\u2019s literary fiction, romance, YA books and everything else.<\/p>\n

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18. The Vanishing Half<\/em> by Brit Bennett<\/h3>\n

The Vignes twins run away from home and lead different lives. One raises a black kid. The other lives as a white woman. Having read Bennett\u2019s Mothers<\/em>, I am curious to see what she offers next.<\/p>\n

Buy<\/a> | Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n

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Read <\/em><\/strong> : Mothers<\/em> by Brit Bennett isa about scandals in small town America<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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19. The Death of Vivek Oji<\/em> by Awkaweke Emezi<\/h3>\n

Vivek Oji is raised by a distant father and over protective mother but has his bouts of sadness and emotional crisis. This is \u201cthe tumultuous, heart-wrenching story of one family\u2019s struggle to understand a child whose spirit is both gentle and mysterious\u201d. The Death of Vivek Oji is one of my most anticipated books by black authors in 2020.<\/p>\n

Buy<\/a> | Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n

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20. These Ghosts Are Family<\/em> by Maisy Card<\/h3>\n

These Ghosts Are Family<\/em> explores and illuminates the complexities of race and lineage in Jamaica and the United States.\u201d There are fake deaths, stolen identities and secrets.
\nGoodreads<\/a><\/p>\n

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21. Transcendant Kingdom<\/em> by Yaa Gyasi<\/h3>\n

I loved Yaa Gyasi\u2019s Homegoing<\/em>, a historic family epic in 300 pages. Her new novel Transcendent Kingdom<\/em> \u201cis a deeply moving portrait of a family of Ghanain immigrants ravaged by depression and addiction and grief–a novel about faith, science, religion, love.\u201d
\nGoodreads<\/a><\/p>\n

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Read <\/em><\/strong> : Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing<\/em> is an ambitious debut in 300 pages<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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22. Felix Ever After by Kacen Kallender<\/h3>\n

Felix is black, queer, and transgender. He fears he is too marginalized for a happily-ever-after. \u201cWhen an anonymous student begins sending him transphobic messages\u2014after publicly posting Felix\u2019s deadname alongside images of him before he transitioned\u2014Felix comes up with a plan for revenge. What he didn\u2019t count on: his catfish scenario landing him in a quasi\u2013love triangle\u201d
\nGoodreads<\/a><\/p>\n

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23. The City We Became<\/em> by N. K. Jemisin<\/h3>\n

The first book in Great City series. Five New Yorkers must come together and defend their city from an ancient power stirring beneath.
\nBuy<\/a> | Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n

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24. Riot Baby<\/em> by Tochi Onyebuchi<\/h3>\n

Ella has the power of seeing the future. \u201cWhen her brother, Kev, is incarcerated for the crime of being a young black man in America, she\u2014through visits both mundane and supernatural\u2014tries to show him the way to a revolution that could burn it all down.\u201d
\nBuy<\/a> | Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n

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25. Ikenga <\/em>by Nnedi Okorafor<\/h3>\n

Twelve year old Nnamdi wants to avenge his father\u2019s death. He is believed to be killed by the most powerful criminal in the city. But then Nnamdi has some newfound powers which might aid his mission.
\nBuy<\/a> | Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n

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26. Party of Two<\/em> by Jasmine Guillory<\/h3>\n

Olivia who owns a law firm and Max, a hotshot junior senator find themselves on clandestine dates and disguised meet ups. But when they go public, the media is set to dig her past and debate her suitability as a trophy girlfriend.<\/p>\n

Buy<\/a> | Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n

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27. The Boyfriend Project<\/em> by Farrah Rochon<\/h3>\n

In a live tweet of a date incident that goes viral, Samiah realises that she has been catfished by her three-timing boyfriend. The three women become best friends and vow to focus on themselves. But a new work colleague, the handsome Daniel, might spoil her plans.<\/p>\n

Buy<\/a> | Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n

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28. Take a Hint, Dani Brown<\/em> by Talia Hibbert<\/h3>\n

When a security guard, Zafir Ansari, heroically saves the PhD student, Dani, from a workplace drill go wrong, they go viral on the internet. They agree to fake date for a while.<\/p>\n

Buy<\/a> | Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n

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29. Ties that Tether<\/em> by Jane Igharo<\/h3>\n

Azere has promised her father that she will only marry a Nigerian man. But when a one night stand with a white man grows into something more series, she wonders if the romance makes her any less Nigerian.
\nBuy<\/a> | Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n

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30. It\u2019s Not All Downhill from Here<\/em> by Terry McMillan<\/h3>\n

Loretha Curry is 68 years old and bent on proving to her mother and twin sister that age is a mere number. She has \u201ca booming beauty supply empire, a gaggle of lifelong friends, and a husband who’s still got moves that surprise.\u201d But an unexpected loss breaks her world.
\nGoodreads<\/a><\/p>\n

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31. The Only Black Girls in Town<\/em> by Brandy Colber<\/h3>\n

A middle grade novel \u201cabout the only two black girls in town who discover a collection of hidden journals revealing shocking secrets of the past.\u201d
\nGoodreads<\/a><\/p>\n

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32. Every Body Looking<\/em> by Candice Iloh<\/h3>\n

Every Body Looking<\/em> is a heavily autobiographical novel told in verse. It is about childhood memories, abuse, Ada\u2019s mother\u2019s \u201cdecent into addiction and her father’s attempts to create a home for his American daughter more like the one he knew in Nigeria.\u201d
\nGoodreads<\/a><\/p>\n

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33. Saving Savannah<\/em> by Tonya Bolden<\/h3>\n

Savannah, the daughter of an upper class African American family in Washington D.C. meets Nell, a working-class girl who introduces her to the suffragette and socialist movements, inspiring her to fight for a change.
\nGoodreads<\/a><\/p>\n

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34. Dear Justyce by Nic Stone<\/h3>\n

An incarcerated Quan writes letters to Justyce (protagonist of Stone\u2019s Dear Martin). The novel \u201ctakes an unflinching look at the flawed practices and ideologies that discriminate against African American boys and minorities in the American justice system.\u201d
\nBuy<\/a> | Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n

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35. Deacon King Kong<\/em> by James Mc Bride<\/h3>\n

A cranky old deacon, Sportcoat, opens gunfire at a drug dealer. In 1960s New York, \u201cMcBride brings to vivid life the people affected by the shooting: the victim, the African-American and Latinx residents who witnessed it, the white neighbors, the local cops assigned to investigate, the members of the Five Ends Baptist Church where Sportcoat was deacon, the neighborhood’s Italian mobsters, and Sportcoat himself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Buy<\/a> | Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n

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36. Clap When You Land<\/em> by Elizabeth Acevedo<\/h3>\n

Separated by distance (Dominican Republic and America) and a man’s secrets, “two girls are forced to face a new reality in which their father is dead and their lives are forever altered”.<\/p>\n

Buy<\/a> | Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n

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Short Story Books by Black Authors in 2020<\/h2>\n

Short stories are always lovely to keep on the bedside. Quick reads, I call them. Here are a few books written or edited by black authors and published this year.<\/p>\n

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37. Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick<\/em> by Zora Neale Hurston<\/h3>\n

With a foreward by Tayari Jones, this collection includes stories \u201cabout love and migration, gender and class, racism and sexism that proudly reflect African American folk culture.\u201d It also includes eight Harlem stories that were found in periodicals and archives<\/p>\n

Buy<\/a> | Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n

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38. So We can Glow<\/em> by Leesa Cross-Smith<\/h3>\n

\u201cFrom Kentucky to the California desert, these forty-two short stories expose the glossy and matte hearts of girls and women in moments of obsessive desire and fantasy, wildness and bad behavior, brokenness and fearlessness.\u201d<\/p>\n

Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n\"so<\/p>\n

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39. The Secret Life of Church Ladies<\/em> by Deesha Philyaw<\/h3>\n

\u201cThe nine stories in this collection feature four generations of characters grappling with who they want to be in the world, caught as they are between the church’s double standards and their own needs and passions\u201d<\/p>\n

Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n

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40. A Phoenix First Must Burn<\/em> Edited by Patrice Caldwell<\/h3>\n

Sixteen stories of black girl magic, resistance and hope. Authors include Elizabeth Acevedo, Charlotte Davis, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Ashley Woodfolk, Ibi Zoboi and more. Through witches, scientists, A Phoenix First Must Burn<\/em>\u00a0will take you on a journey from folktales retold to futuristic societies and everything in between.<\/p>\n

Buy<\/a> | Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n

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Update<\/strong> : This list has been edited because one of the authors mentioned was not black. Said book and author (#7) have been removed from the list. (Thank you Abbie Weil for bringing this to my attention)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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