Black History Month
Black History Month (Books for Adults)
Fiction
- Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Roots by Alex Haley
- Beloved by Toni Morrison
- Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
- Swing Time by Zadie Smith
- The Help by Kathryn Stockett
- Go Tell It On The Mountain by James Baldwin
- The Lonely Londoners by Samuel Selvon
- Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
- Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
- Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi
- The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
- The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
- Their Eyes are Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
- Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
- Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
- Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi
- Ayiti by Roxane Gay
- Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
- Tell Me Your Secret by Dorothy Koomson
- Ruby by Cynthia Bond
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker
- Down the River Unto the Sea by Walter Mosley
- A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
- Bluebird, Bluebird: A Novel by Attica Locke
- Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo
- The Sellout by Paul Beatty
- Here Comes The Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn
- An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
- The Freedom Artist by Ben Okri
Non-fiction
- Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation by Jeff Chang
- Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire by Akala
- The World's War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire by David Olusoga
- Bob Marley: The Untold Story by Chris Salewicz
- Black Poppies: Britain's Black Community and the Great War by Stephen Bourne
- I Can't Breathe: The Killing that Started a Movement by Matt Taibbi
- Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
- Windrush: The Irresistable Rise of Multi-Racial Britain by Mike Phillips
- Abolitionism: A Very Short Introduction by Richard S. Newman
- Africa's Long Road to Independence: The Many Histories of a Continent by Keith Somerville
- Forgotten: The Untold Story of D-Day's Black Heroes, at Home and at War by Linda Hervieux
- I Am Not Your Negro by James Baldwin
- Grime Kids: The Inside Story of the Global Grime Takeover by DJ Target
- Black and Britain: A Forgotten History by David Olusoga
- Back to Black: Retelling Black Radicalism for the 21st Century by Kehunde Andrews
- The Making of Black Lives Matter: A Brief History of an Idea by Christophe Lebron
- The Good Immigrant by Nikesh Shukla
- They Can't Kill Us All: The Story of Black Lives Matter byWesley Lowery
- Born a Crime and Other Stories by Trevor Noah
- This is Grime by Hattie Collins
- Chuck D presents This Day in Rap and Hip-Hop History by Chuck D
- Rise Up: The Merky Story So Far by Stormzy
- The Penguin Atlas of African History by Colin McEvedy
- Eskiboy by Wiley
- The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah: The Autobiography by Benjamin Zephaniah
- A Short History of Slavery by James Walvin
- Inner City Pressure: The Story of Grime by Dan Hancox
- Island People: The Caribbean and the World by Joshua Jelly-Schapiro
- Black British History: New Perspectives by Hakim Adi
- Sounds Like London: 100 Years of Black Music in the Capital by Lloyd Bradley
- Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson by Geoffrey C. Ward
- Notes from Africa: A Musical Journey with Youssou N'Dour by Jenny Cathcart
- Black, Listed: Black Culture Explored by Jeffrey Boakye
- Bloody Foreigners: The Story of Immigration to Britain by Robert Winder
- Arthur Ashe: A Life by Raymond Arsenault
- Voices of the Windrush Generation: The Real Story Told By The People Themselves by David Matthews
- Kumukanda by Kayombo Chingonyi
- Afropean: Notes from Black Europe by Johny Pitts
- Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution by Simon Schama
- The Oxford Companion to Black British History by David Dabydeen
- Ali: The Fight America Didn't Want by Russell Routledge
- Memphis 68: The Tragedy of Southern Soul by Stuart Cosgrove
- Hidden Figures: The Untold Story of the African American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
- Homecoming: Voices of the Windrush Generation by Colin Grant
- They Don't Teach This by Eniola Aluka
- Lady Sings the Blues by Billie Holiday
- Negro with a Hat: The Rise and Fall of Marcus Garvey by Colin Grant
- Black Artists in British Art: A History from 1950 to the Present by Eddie Chambers
- The Making of Black Working Class Britain by Ron Ramedin
- The Heart of the Race: Black Women's Lives in Britain by Beverley Bryan
- Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles by Richard Dowden
- I & I: Marley, Tosh and Wailer by Colin Grant
- Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama by David J. Garrow
- Dare Not Linger: The Presidential Years by Nelson Mandela
- Harlem 69: The Future of Soul by Stuart Cosgrove
- The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr by Martin Luther King Jr
- There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack: The Cultural Politics of Race and Nation by Paul Gilroy
- The Three Degrees by Paul Rees
- Black Britain: A Photographic History by Paul Gilroy
- Bass Culture: When Reggae Was King by Lloyd Bradley
- Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigation of Lifetime by Ron Stallworth
- The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race by Jesmyn Ward
- Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
- Maya Angelou: The Complete Poetry by Maya Angelou
- England's Other Countrymen: Black Tudor Society by Onyeka Nubia
- Hip Hop Raised Me by DJ Semtex
- Motown: The Sound of Young America by Adam White
- Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain by Peter Fryer
- Becoming by Michelle Obama
Black History Month (Books for Young People)
Fiction
- Black Enough: Stories of Being Young and Black in America by Ibi Aanu Zoboi
- Noughts + Crosses by Malorie Blackman
- Crossfire by Malorie Blackman
- Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
- The Sun is also a Star by Nicola Yoon
- The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
- On The Come Up by Angie Thomas
- Nothing But the Truth by Dick Lehr
- Oh My Gods by Alexandra Sheppard
- Indigo Donut by Patrice Lawrence
- The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
- The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton
- Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds
- Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
- Becoming Dinah by Kit De Waal
- Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
Black History Month (Books for Children)
Fiction
- Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
- Look Up! by Nathan Bryon
- How High The Moon by Karyn Parsons
- Hair Love by Matthew Cherry
- Billy and the Dragon by Nadia Shireen
- No Longer Alone by Joseph Coelho
- Baby Goes to Market by Atinuke
- Julian the Mermaid by Jessica Love
- The Tunnels Below by Nadine Wild-Palmer
- Astro Girl by Ken Wilson-Max
- Mira's Curly Hair by Maryam Al Serkal
- Patina by Jason Reynolds