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.

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These Women A Novel
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These Women A Novel

Ivy Pochoda, Bahni Turpin, Frankie Corzo

2020 · 2021 edition

334 pages

Make a Scene
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Make a Scene

Mimi Grace

Published 2020

228 pages

I Am Every Good Thing
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I Am Every Good Thing

Derrick Barnes, Gordon C. James

2020 · 2021 edition

32 pages

Obit
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Obit

Victoria Chang

2020 · 2022 edition

128 pages