Memorial Drive A Daughter's Memoir
Natasha Trethewey
2020 · 2021 edition
240 pages
The most popular black experience books of 2020
These books tell the stories of Black people in Africa and across the diaspora. History, family, music, struggle and joy fill novels, memoirs, poetry and essays, written by some of the finest authors at work. There are classics, and the new voices shaping literature today. This list shows the ones first published in 2020.
Results
Catherine House
Elisabeth Thomas
Published 2020
320 pages
The Boyfriend Project
Farrah Rochon
Published 2020
358 pages
Punching the Air
Ibi Aanu Zoboi, Yusef Salaam
2020 · 2021 edition
386 pages
A Song of Wraiths and Ruin
Roseanne A. Brown
2020 · 2021 edition
496 pages
Dear Justyce
Nic Stone
2020 · 2022 edition
288 pages
Lakewood
Megan Giddings
Published 2020
288 pages
Conjure Women
Afia Atakora
2020 · 2021 edition
416 pages
Before the Ever After
Jacqueline Woodson
Published 2020
176 pages
A Song Below Water
Bethany C. Morrow
2020 · 2021 edition
304 pages
How Beautiful We Were
Imbolo Mbue
2020 · 2022 edition
364 pages
Just As I Am
Cicely Tyson, Viola Davis, Robin Miles
2020 · 2022 edition
432 pages
From the Desk of Zoe Washington
Janae Marks
2020 · 2021 edition
291 pages
Here for it Or, how to Save Your Soul in America
R. Eric Thomas
Published 2020
264 pages
Blackout
Candace Owens
2020 · 2045 edition
320 pages
Butter Honey Pig Bread
Francesca Ekwuyasi
Published 2020
317 pages
We Are Not Free
Traci Chee
2020 · 2022 edition
400 pages
Black Brother, Black Brother
Jewell Parker Rhodes
2020 · 2021 edition
239 pages
Real Men Knit
Kwana Jackson
2020 · 2021 edition
368 pages
Clean Getaway
Nic Stone
2020 · 2021 edition
240 pages
This Is My America
Kim Johnson
2020 · 2022 edition
416 pages
The Chiffon Trenches
André Leon Talley
2020 · 2021 edition
304 pages
A Deadly Inside Scoop
Abby Collette
Published 2020
384 pages
Homie
Danez Smith
Published 2020
112 pages