Black History Month -- Historical Fiction -- Learn more about Black history from one or more of these awardwinning, critically acclaimed works of historical fiction. An American Marriage by Tayari Jones “[C]onfronts thorny is- sues around race and the criminal justice system”— L.A. Times The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Ernest Gaines Basis for 1974 Emmy Award-winning film starring Cecily Tyson The Book of Harlan by Bernice McFadden Booklist 2016 Top Ten Historical Fiction, Washington Post Notable 2016 Citizens Creek by Lalita Tademy “...draws a tale of courage and family loyalty from a dark corner of American history" — Kirkus Deacon King Kong by James McBride “...sets a new standard for multidimensional fiction about people of color” Booklist Queen Sugar by Natalie Baszile The inspiration for the acclaimed OWN TV series produced by Oprah Winfrey and Ava DuVernay. Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward National Book Award 2017, Time Magazine Best Novel, and New York Times Top 10. Someone Knows My Name by Lawrence Hill “...daring and impres- sive in its geographic, historical and human reach" ―Globe & Mail The Turner House by Angela Flournoy New York Times Nota- ble; Best Book of the Year: O, Entertainment Weekly, and NPR. Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis New York Times Notable, Oprah’s Book Club, NPR Best Books of 2012. The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead National Book Award, Pulitzer Prize winner, Man Booker Longlist 2016 Wench by Dolan Perkins-Valdez “...manages to shed a poetic light on one of the ugliest chapters in American history.” Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson "...unsparing in [its] depiction of the physical, psychological, and spiritual damages wrought by slavery...” Kirkus Thayer Public Library 798 Washington Street Braintree, MA 02184 thayerpubliclibrary.org 781-848-0405, x4430 / [email protected] .