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The ZORA Canon

Some of the greatest books written by Black women, according to ZORA on Medium.

Their Eyes Were Watching God: A Novel
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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
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The Third Life of Grange Copeland
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Directed by Desire: The Collected Poems of June Jordan
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, 10th Anniversary Edition
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Moses, Man of the Mountain
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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
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Salvage the Bones: A Novel
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The Color Purple
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Sing, Unburied, Sing: A Novel
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White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
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Parable of the Sower
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Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo: A Novel
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Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica
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For colored girls who have considered suicide/When the rainbow is enuf
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Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision
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Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism 2nd Edition
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Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval
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Meridian
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In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Prose
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All Bound Up Together: The Woman Question in African American Public Culture, 1830-1900
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Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?: Stories
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Native Guard
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Sweat (TCG Edition)
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Things I Should Have Told My Daughter: Lies, Lessons & Love Affairs
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The House of Dies Drear
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Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools
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Blue-Chip Black: Race, Class, and Status in the New Black Middle Class
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The Ethnic Project: Transforming Racial Fiction into Ethnic Factions
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Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman
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Ugly Ways
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Linden Hills: A Novel
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Oreo
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Coming of Age in Mississippi
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Passing
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The ZORA Canon

Their Eyes Were Watching God: A Novel

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

The Third Life of Grange Copeland

Directed by Desire: The Collected Poems of June Jordan

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, 10th Anniversary Edition

Moses, Man of the Mountain

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

Salvage the Bones: A Novel

The Color Purple

Sing, Unburied, Sing: A Novel

White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide

Parable of the Sower

Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo: A Novel

Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica

For colored girls who have considered suicide/When the rainbow is enuf

Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision

Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism 2nd Edition

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval

Meridian

In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Prose

All Bound Up Together: The Woman Question in African American Public Culture, 1830-1900

Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?: Stories

Native Guard

Sweat (TCG Edition)

Things I Should Have Told My Daughter: Lies, Lessons & Love Affairs

The House of Dies Drear

Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools

Blue-Chip Black: Race, Class, and Status in the New Black Middle Class

The Ethnic Project: Transforming Racial Fiction into Ethnic Factions

Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman

Ugly Ways

Linden Hills: A Novel

Oreo

Coming of Age in Mississippi

Passing