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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Book Picks for 2010 African American Read In


Stumped about what to buy or check out for the upcoming African-American Read In? Here is a quick list of suggestions (click on the book titles for descriptions):


Abouet, Marguerite and Clement Oubrerie/Aya of Yop City

Baszile, Jennifer/The Black Girl Next Door: A Memoir

Brice, Carleen/Orange Mint and Honey

Carson, Ben/Take the Risk: Learning to Identify, Choose and Live with Acceptable Risk

Chisolm, Shirley/Unbought and Unbossed

Coates, Ta-Nehisi/The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood

Conde, Maryse/Segu

Davis, Ossie and Ruby Dee/With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together

Ellis, Normandi/Awakening Osiris: The Egyptian Book of the Dead

Gray, Farrah/Reallionaire: Nine Steps to Becoming Rich from the Inside Out

Lee, Spike/Black Genius: African American Solutions to African American Problems

Luckett, Jacqueline/Searching for Tina Turner

Nunez, Elizabeth/Anna In Between

Perkins-Valdez, Dolen/Wench: A Novel

Pitts, Byron/Step Out on Nothing: How Faith and Family Helped Me Conquer Life's Challenges




Still don't see anything of interest? Click here for a longer book list to browse.




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