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12 books to read next

• Black Boy Richard Wright 5.4 h
• Seven Days in June Tia Williams, Mela Lee 6.2 h
• The Norton Anthology of African American Literature Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Valerie Smith, William L. Andrews, Kimberly Benston, Brent Hayes Edwards, Frances Smith Foster, Deborah E. McDowell, Robert G. O'Meally, Hortense J. Spillers, Cheryl A. Wall 29.9 h
• Strength to Love Martin Luther King Jr. 3.1 h
• The Rose That Grew From Concrete Tupac Shakur 2.7 h
• The Heart of a Woman Maya Angelou 5.1 h
• Nobody Knows My Name James Baldwin 4.4 h
• Bone Black bell hooks 3.8 h
• Poems Langston Hughes 5.5 h
• Whispered Promises Brenda Jackson 4.6 h
• Gather Together in My Name Maya Angelou 3.7 h
• Dust Tracks on a Road Zora Neale Hurston, Jesmyn Ward 6.0 h

How long each takes

Black Boy Richard Wright 5.4 h Seven Days in June Tia Williams, Mela Lee 6.2 h The Norton Anthology of African American Literature Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Valerie Smith, William L. Andrews, Kimberly Benston, Brent Hayes Edwards, Frances Smith Foster, Deborah E. McDowell, Robert G. O'Meally, Hortense J. Spillers, Cheryl A. Wall 29.9 h Strength to Love Martin Luther King Jr. 3.1 h The Rose That Grew From Concrete Tupac Shakur 2.7 h The Heart of a Woman Maya Angelou 5.1 h Nobody Knows My Name James Baldwin 4.4 h Bone Black bell hooks 3.8 h Poems Langston Hughes 5.5 h Whispered Promises Brenda Jackson 4.6 h Gather Together in My Name Maya Angelou 3.7 h Dust Tracks on a Road Zora Neale Hurston, Jesmyn Ward 6.0 h

Bar height shows length. Estimated at 250 words a minute.