African American fiction
The following books concern African American issues and/or have African American main characters. They are appropriate for teenage readers.
Chains by Laurie H. Anderson
The Pox Party (The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing v. 1) by M.T. Anderson
The Kingdom on the Waves (The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing v. 2) by M. T. Anderson
Kendra by Coe Booth
Tyrell by Coe Booth
Black Angels by Linda Brown
Mare's War by Tanita Davis
Copper Sun by Sharon Draper
Fire From the Rock by Sharon Draper
Forged By Fire by Sharon Draper
Just Another Hero by Sharon Draper
Begging for Change by Sharon Flake
America by E.R. Frank
The Liberation of Gabriel King by K. L. Going
Dark Sons by Nikki Grimes
Pemba's Song: A Ghost Story by Hegamin, Tonya
New Boy by Julian Houston
The First Part Last by Angela Johnson
Payback (Bluford High) by Paul Langan
Day of Tears by Julius Lester
Guardian by Julius Lester
Time's Memory by Julius Lester
The Contender by Robert Lipsyte
The Rock and the River by Magoon, Kekla
Unsigned Hype: A Novel by Booker Mattison
Twists and Turns by Janet McDonald
Shooting Star by Frederick McKissack
The Baptism by Shelia Moses
The Legend of Buddy Bush by Shelia Moses
47 by Walter Mosley
Amiri and Odette: A Love Story by Walter Dean Myers
Dope Sick by Walter Dean Myers
Game by Walter Dean Myers
Riot by Walter Dean Myers
Sunrise Over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers
What They Found by Walter Dean Myers
A Summer of Kings by Han Nolan
Someone To Love Me (Bluford High) by Anne Schraff
Flygirl by Sherri Smith
If I Grow Up by Todd Strasser
Black and White by Paul Volponi
Becoming Billie Holiday by Carole Weatherford
Life Is Fine by Allison Whittenberg
Jumped by Rita Williams-Garcia
Like Sisters on the Homefront by Rita Williams-Garcia
After Tupac & D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson
Behind You by Jacqueline Woodson
Hush by Jacqueline Woodson
I Hadn't Meant To Tell You This by Jacqueline Woodson
When the Black Girl Sings by Bill Wright
Rosa Parks: My Story by Rosa Parks
Getting Away With Murder by Chris Crowe
Running Back to Ludie by Angela Johnson
Bad Boy: A Memoir by Walter Dean Myers
Marching For Freedom by Elizabeth Patridge
A Hope In the Unseen by Ron Suskind
The New York Public Library African American Desk Reference