Historical Fiction - African Americans

This list contains older classic historical fiction titles and some newer titles. In all of them the main characters and the themes of the book focus on African Americans and their history and culture.

by Morrison, Toni.
Published 1987
Your Tags: fugitive slaves magical realism

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by McDaniel, Tiffany.
Published 2020

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by Randall, Alice, 1959-
Published 2020

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by Walker, Alice, 1944-
Published 1992
Your Tags: racism

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by Collins, Sara.
Published 2019
Your Tags: murder

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by Styron, William, 1925-2006.
Published 1992
Your Tags: slave insurrections

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by McBride, James, 1957-
Published 2020
Your Tags: drug dealers murder

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by McBride, James, 1957-
Published 2013
Your Tags: fugitive slaves

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Your Tags: nigerian civil war

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by Stockett, Kathryn.
Published 2009

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by Gyasi, Yaa.
Published 2016
Your Tags: ghana

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by Baldwin, James, 1924-1987.
Published 2006
Your Tags: false imprisonment

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by Jones, Edward P.
Published 2003
Your Tags: plantations slavery

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by Johnson, Charles, 1948-
Published 2005
Your Tags: slave trade

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by Wright, Richard, 1908-1960.
Published 2005
Your Tags: slums

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by Whitehead, Colson, 1969-
Published 2019
Your Tags: jim crow era

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by Sexton, Margaret Wilkerson.
Published 2019
Your Tags: magical realism

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by Kidd, Sue Monk.
Published 2002

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by Hurston, Zora Neale.
Published 2006

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by Mathis, Ayana.
Published 2012
Your Tags: the great migration

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