Da_SoulAflame wrote:
I'll try to compress to ten. Props to Bibliophilia...
1. The Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth (BIBLE)
2. Native Son - Richard Wright
3. Mis-Education of the Negro - Carter G. Woodson
4. The Envy of the World: On Being a Black Man in America - Ellis Cose
5. Race Matters - Cornel West
6. Father Found - R.M. Johnson
7. The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison
8. Hush - Jacqueline Woodson
9. Raising Fences: A Black Man's Love Story - Michael Datcher
10. Disappearing Acts - Terry McMillan
11. Tar Baby (yes, I had to take it back, it was the first Black book I ever read haha) - Faith Ringgold
I've only read the highligted one's, but I'll check out some of the others. I've been meaning to read "Race Matters" for some time.
I've read a couple of Terry McMillan books and she always seems to male bash to me, so I wasn't interested in reading Disappearing Acts. The only book by her that I really liked was "A Day Late And A Dollar Short."
Also I read a "Tar Baby" that was written by Toni Morrison, and it did not blow my skirt up, but in the book Toni Morrison used words most magnificently. I loved her descriptive detail, just didn't feel the story itself.
True, McMillan does male bash lol. What'd you think of Day Late? I've been meaning to read that, but always end up passing it over for some reason...
