GREAT FICTION BY AFRICAN-AMERICAN WRITERS: A STARTER LIST

Selected from a bibliography compiled by the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County

Classics Mystery/Suspense Urban Women

James Baldwin Eleanor Taylor Bland Toni Cade Bambara Pearl Cleage Paul Laurence Dunbar Barbara Hambly Paul Beatty J. California Cooper Ralph Ellison Hugh Holton Wahida Clark Benilde Little Langston Hughes Norman Kelley Nelson George Sheneska Jackson Chester Himes Jake Lamar Brenda Jackson Bernice L. McFadden Julius Lester Penny Mickelbury Meesha Mink Diane McKinney-Whetstone Toni Morrison Walter Mosley Mary Monroe Terry McMillan Dorothy West Barbara Neely Vickie Stringer Kimberla Lawson Roby Richard Wright Kris Nelscott Omar Tyree Ntozake Shange Valerie Wilson Wesley Carl Weber Alice Walker

Romance Modern Life Historical Men

Rochelle Alers Parry Brown Barbara Hambly Michael Baisden Anita Richmond Bunkley Bebe Moore Campbell Charles Johnson Eric Jerome Dickey Gwynne Forster Stephen Carter Julius Lester E. Lynn Harris Shirley Harrison Lorene Cary Toni Morrison Brian Keith Jackson Donna O. Hill Edwidge Danticat Kenji Jasper Brenda Jackson Eric Jerome Dickey Marcus Major Terry McMillan Ernest J. Gaines Sci-Fi/Fantasy C. Kelly Robinson Kayla Perrin Jamaica Kincaid Van Whitfield Angela Winters Diane McKinney-Whetstone Steven Barnes Clarence Major Octavia Butler Toni Morrison Tananarive Due The South Gloria Naylor Colson Whitehead Ernest J. Gaines Clarence Major