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This is NOT by any means an exhaustive list. These are books that I've read, some multiple times, enjoyed, and learned from. Feel free to leave any of your favs in the comments.

Start with Alice Walker's essay, "In Search of Our Mother's Gardens." It's a powerful look at Black creativity.

A selection of fiction I've read and loved by Black and Indigenous authors:

Gloria Naylor: The Women of Brewster Place, Mama Day, & Linden Hills

Toni Morrison: Song of Solomon, Sula, The Bluest Eye, & Beloved

Alice Walker: The Color Purple

Maya Angelou: I know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Jamaica Kincaid: Annie John & Lucy

Octavia Butler: Kindred

Ralph Ellison: Invisible Man

Richard Wright: Native Son

Louise Ehrdrich: Love Medicine

Alexie Sherman: The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven & The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian

My to Read List:

Louise Erdrich:  The Plague of Doves & The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse

Terri McMillan's newest book I Almost Forgot About You

Yaa Gyasi: Homegoing

Angie Thomas: The Hate You Give

Tayari Jones: An American Marriage

Zinzi Clemmons: What We Lose

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