Black History - Fiction

The great thing about historical fiction is that it allows you to experience history as if you were there. That's exactly what these fiction books on Black History do: give you a first-hand glimpse of the everyday struggles and triumphs that African Americans have endured to make America what it is today.

Anderson, Laurie H. – Chains : Seeds of America

Anderson, Laurie H. – Forge

Anderson, M. T. – The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 1: The Pox Party

Draper, Sharon – Copper Sun

Going, K. L. – The Liberation of Gabriel King

Long, Mark – The Silence of Our Friends

Mosley, Walter – 47

Myers, Walter Dean – Riot

Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux – No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller

Schmidt, Gary D – Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy

Smith, Sherri L – Flygirl

Wright, Barbara – Crow