65 LGBT Books by Black Authors

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In honor of Pride Month obviously, here’s my next list! Please continue to add authors and books to this list! 

1. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
2. Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
3. Another Country by James Baldwin
4. Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone by James Baldwin
5. Invisible Life by E. Lynn Harris
6. Just as I am (Invisible Life #2) by E. Lynn Harris
7. I Say a Little Prayer by E. Lynn Harris
8. Hood Witch by Faylita Hicks
9. You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
10. Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett
11. By Any Means Necessary by Candice Montgomery
12. A Dream so Dark by LL McKinney
13. The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus
14. Build Yourself a Boat by Camonghne Felix
15. Little and Lion by Brandy Colbert
16. Skin Deep Magic by Craig Laurance Gidney
17. The Summer We Got Free by Mia McKenzie
18. Juniper Leaves by Jaz Joyner
19. Queer Africa - Selected Stories
20. The Yellow Brownstone by Lisa K. Stephenson
21. Freedom in This Village by E. Lynn Harris
22. Black Like Us: A Century of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual African American Fiction by Devon W. Carbado
23. In Case You Forgot by Frederick Smith and Chaz Lamar
24. Mogul by Terrance Dean
25. Potomac University Series by Rashid Darden
26. The Secrets of Eden by Brandon Goode
27. Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann
28. Growing Up Girl: An Anthology of Voices from Marginalized Spaces by Michelle Sewell
29. Talking at the Gates: A Life of James Baldwin by James Campbell
30. Black Lesbian in White America by Anita Cornwell**
31. If We Have to Take Tomorrow by Frank Leon, White Roberts, and Marvin K.
32. Brother to Brother: New Writings by Black Gay Men edited by Essex Hemphill
33. In the Life: A Black Gay Anthology by Joseph Beam
34. Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
35. Real Life by Brandon Taylor
36. Here for It by R. Eric Thomas
37. Romance in Marseille by Claude McKay
38. A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
39. Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
40. The House You Pass on the Way by Jacqueline Woodson
41. Black Deutschland by Darryl Pinckney
42. A Visitation of Spirits by Randall Kenan
43. Crossfire: A Litany for Survival by Staceyann Chin
44. The Other Side of Paradise: A Memoir by Staceyann Chin
45. Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
46. Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
47. How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones
48. Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde
49. Don’t Call Us Dead by Danez Smith
50. Lives of Great Men by Chike Frankie Edozien
51. Burnt Men by Oluwasegun Romeo Oriogun**
52. She Called Me Woman edited by Azeenarh Mohammed, Chitra Nagarajan, and Rafeeat Aliyu
53. B-Side and Other Misheard Lyrics by L.M. Bennett
54. For Sizakele by Yvonne “Fly” Onakeme Etaghene
55. Black Power Barbie Volume 1: Love Lives of Heroes by Shay Youngblood
56. Loving Her by Ann Allen Shockley
57. No Telephone to Heaven by Michelle Cliff
58. Something Better than Home by Leona Beasley
59. Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn
60. Yabo by Alexis De Veaux
61. Fragments that Remain by Steven Corbin
62. Vanishing Rooms by Melvin Dixon
63. Blackbird by Larry Duplechan
64. B-Boy Blues Series by James Earl Hardy
65. The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez

**I could not find links to buy both of these books, so if anyone is able to please add them to the post!