Where did the #BlackPublishingPower #BlackOutBestSellerList start?
Check out this article in Publisher’s Weekly about the movement.
If you want to be a part of the #BlackPublishingPower BlackOutBestSellerList movement but don’t know where to start, here are a few of MANY Black authors in genres in which I most often write/read. I’ve read most of these authors and even know some of them. Please purchase and enjoy their books! They deserve it, and so do you.
Romance Authors
- Alexa Martin
- Alyssa Cole
- Beverly Jenkins
- Cheris Hodges
- Denise Williams (debut up for pre-order)
- Farrah Rochon
- G.S. Carr
- Kennedy Ryan
- Kenya Goree-Bell ( also writes as Karis Bell)
- Kianna Alexander
- LaQuette
- Naima Simone
- Nana Malone
- Pepper Pace
- Piper Huguley
- Talia Hibbert
- Theodora Taylor
- Twyla Turner
- Vanessa Riley
Women’s Fiction* (and Adult Literature)
- Alice Walker*
- Brooke Blander*
- Colson Whitehead
- Denny S. Bryce*
- Kimberla Lawson-Roby
- Maurice Carlos Ruffin
- Nancy Johnson*
- Stephanie Powell-Watts
- Tayari Jones
- Tanehisi Coates
- Terry McMillan*
- Yaa Gyasi*
YA ( and Comics*)
- Angie Thomas
- Jason Reynolds*
- Justin A. Reynolds
- Nic Stone*
- Nicola Yoon
- Tomi Adeyemi
Sci-fi/Fantasy
- Marlon James
- N.K. Jemisin
- Octavia E. Butler