Celebrate Black History Month with these NAACP Image Award-winning and nominated books!

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Celebrate Black History Month with these NAACP Image Award-winning and nominated books!

By Eric Kettunen

The most important works of literature from and for the Black Community in 2020, according to the NAACP

Out of Darkness, Shining Light: A Novel

1 Out of Darkness, Shining Light: A Novel

Petina Gappah

Red at the Bone

2 Red at the Bone

Jacqueline Woodson

The Water Dancer

3 The Water Dancer

Ta-Nehisi Coates

American Spy

4 American Spy

Lauren Wilkinson

Such a Fun Age

5 Such a Fun Age

Kiley Reid

The Farm

6 The Farm

Joanne Ramos

New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent

7 New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent

Margaret Busby

The Revisioners: A Novel

8 The Revisioners: A Novel

Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

Breathe: A Letter to My Sons

9 Breathe: A Letter to My Sons

Imani Perry

The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations

10 The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations

Toni Morrison

A Bound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing: The Incarceration of African American Women from Harriet Tubman to Sandra Bland

11 A Bound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing: The Incarceration of African American Women from Harriet Tubman to Sandra Bland

DaMaris Hill

Felon: Poems

12 Felon: Poems

Reginald Dwayne Betts

Honeyfish

13 Honeyfish

Lauren K. Alleyne

Mistress

14 Mistress

Chet’la Sebree

The Tradition

15 The Tradition

Jericho Brown

Around Harvard Square

16 Around Harvard Square

C. J. Farley

Hot Comb

17 Hot Comb

Ebony Flowers

I'm Not Dying with You Tonight

18 I'm Not Dying with You Tonight

Kimberly Jones

The Forgotten Girl

19 The Forgotten Girl

India Hill Brown

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