Horse
Geraldine Brooks
Published 2022
401 pages
The most popular black experience books of 2022
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 2022.
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Finding Me
Viola Davis
Published 2022
304 pages
Take My Hand
Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Published 2022
368 pages
The Light We Carry
Michelle Obama
Published 2022
336 pages
Bloodmarked
Tracy Deonn
Published 2022
576 pages
The Violin Conspiracy
Brendan Slocumb
Published 2022
342 pages
Before I Let Go
Kennedy Ryan
Published 2022
391 pages
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty A Novel
Akwaeke Emezi
2022 · 2023 edition
304 pages
Honey and Spice A Novel
Bolu Babalola
2022 · 2023 edition
368 pages
Memphis
Tara M. Stringfellow
Published 2022
252 pages
Chain Gang All Stars A Novel
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
2022 · 2023 edition
384 pages
Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? A Novel
Damilola Blackburn
Published 2022
384 pages
Wahala
Nikki May
2022 · 2023 edition
400 pages
Ain't Burned All the Bright
Jason Reynolds
Published 2022
332 pages
The Weight of Blood
Tiffany D. Jackson
2022 · 2023 edition
432 pages
Drunk on Love
Jasmine Guillory
Published 2022
400 pages
Someday, Maybe A Good Morning America Book Club Pick
Onyi Nwabineli
Published 2022
352 pages
Swim Team
Johnnie Christmas
Published 2022
245 pages
Like a Sister
Kellye Garrett
Published 2022
309 pages
Woman, Eating
Claire Kohda
Published 2022
248 pages
Don't Cry for Me A Novel
Daniel Black
Published 2022
301 pages
What the Fireflies Knew A Novel
Kai Harris
Published 2022
288 pages
Jackal A Novel
Erin E. Adams
Published 2022
336 pages
The Attic Child
Lola Jaye
2022 · 2023 edition
480 pages