Recs if you like The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man...
classic shorties
For when reading a classic feels too daunting. Classics under 200 pages!
Florida Anti-Censorship Reads
Florida books D*santis would hate for you to read
Includes books with BIPOC and/or queer authors or main characters from Florida and books related to topics being censored including history, race, migration, LGBTQIA+, climate change, the environment, etc.
List is a work in progress, please feel free to suggest additions! Non-fiction and fiction welcome.
50 Great Classic Novels Under 200 Pages
As seen on Lithub
Black American Classics
Essential literature by African American authors that changed the world, but somehow none of us were expected to read in school. Note: Most of these are available for free from Project Gutenberg.
Black Classics
A curation of Black classic novels, poems, essays, and more from across the diaspora. Fiction and Non-Fiction. More will be added, recs welcome.
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
I tried to find the latest version (2026).
Black Dandyism
A reading list to explore Black Dandyism, Gender, and style.
One year of Black classics
List of 12 books of Black classics to read in 2026.
Compiled by: ArriChaiReads
Classics I would recommend to you!
My books are my babies, some are more precious than others If I give one to you, that means I think highly of you wink
