Back Down Memory Lane: Books by Authors of Color I Read in High School

Thursday, October 10, 2013

I read many books in high school that were amazing and considered classics: A Catcher in the Rye, The Illiad, The Odyssey, Great Expectations, The Great Gatsby, Beloved, The Merchant of Venice, Things Fall Apart ,Out of Africa ,The Virgin Suicides, and more...

However, I also was blessed to read books by authors of color that many may not have been introduced to in high school or college. Take a chance to read them or encourage your children to read them during their school breaks.

David Guterson - Snow Falling Cedars

Malcolm X & Alex Haley - The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Zora Neale Hurston - Their Eyes Were Watching God

Jamaica Kincaid - Lucy

Barbara Kingsolver - The Bean Trees, Pigs in Heaven

Maxine Hong Kingston - The Warrior Woman

Chang-Rae Lee - Native Speaker

Anne Moody - Coming of Age in Mississippi

Toni Morrison - Sula

Gloria Naylor - Bailey's Cafe, Linden Hill, Mama Day

Jonathan Spence - The Question of Hu

Amy Tan - The Joy Luck Club

Richard Wright - Black Boy, Uncle Tom's Children

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