African American Booklist

The Detroit Public Library has published its African American Booklist for more than 50 years. This bibliography provides a selected list of books by and/or about African Americans. The works of fiction and nonfiction for adults, children and young adults were reviewed and recommended by librarians of the Detroit Public Library.

2026 African American Booklist
If This World Were Mine: Romance and African American Writers


2024 African American Booklist
We Are Not Invisible: African Americans in the World of Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy

2023 African American Booklist
Beyond the Kitchen: The Culinary Legacy of African Americans

2022 African American Booklist
The Ties that Bind: African Writers and the Black Diaspora




2018 African American Booklist
Knowing and Teaching: African American Children Literature


