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12 Books You Should Read This Black History Month and All Year Long

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Did you tell yourself youd read more this year?

Well, theres no time like the present to start tackling that goal!

Scroll down for a list of 15 books to read this Black History Month and beyond!

12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup

Solomon Northup| $9.49

offering a people their own language freshly caught on paper and raised to the heights of poetry.

Jack Hamilton ofSlatecalls it a work of rare beauty and revelatory honesty.

Janet Maslin ofThe New York Timescalls the book a landmark piece of nonfiction.

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston| $16.55

sure to hold many surprises for readers of any race or experience.

that it almost reads as a novel.

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

Ralph Ellison| $14.72

Selected Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks

Gwendolyn Brooks| $13.79

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Ta-Nehisi Coates| $23.92

The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson

Isabel Wilkerson| $16.51

Selected Poems of Langston Hughes by Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes| $14.72

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison| $13.75

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

James Baldwin| $12.83

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

Brit Bennett| $24.84

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs

Harriet Jacobs| $13.75

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou| $17.30

My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson

Jocelyn Nicole Johnson| $15.80

Africa Risen Anthology of Short Stories

Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight| $26.03

My Selma by Willie Mae Brown

Willie Mae Brown| $15.80