Literature
Fiction, memoir, poetry, and essays by and about Black queer women.
Aricka Alexander
Romance · 2026
Da Brat, Jesseca Harris-Dupart
Memoir · 2026
Ericka Hart
Memoir · 2026
J. Vanessa Lyon
Memoir · 2026
Shor Denny
Nonfiction · 2026
Stephanie Andrea Allen
Nonfiction · 2026
Aricka Alexander
Romance · 2025
Fiona Zedde
Romance · 2025
George M. Johnson and Leah Johnson
Young Adult · 2025
Mandii B
Nonfiction · 2025
Aricka Alexander
Romance · 2024
Aricka Alexander
Romance · 2024
Aricka Alexander
Romance · 2024
Briana Lawrence
Nonfiction · 2024
Brittney Griner
Memoir · 2024
Cheryl Clarke
Poetry · 2024
Venita Blackburn
Fiction · 2024
Anita Dolce Vita
Nonfiction · 2023
Cara Page, Erica Woodland
Nonfiction · 2023
Jae Nichelle
Poetry · 2023
Jennifer Mullan
Nonfiction · 2023
Kalynn Bayron
Young Adult · 2023
Liv Little
Fiction · 2023
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy (with Toshio Meronek)
Memoir · 2023
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Fiction · 2023
Angeline Jackson
Memoir · 2022
Janelle Monáe
Speculative Fiction · 2022
Kemi Adeyemi
Nonfiction · 2022
Gina Yashere
Memoir · 2021
Jacqui Lewis
Nonfiction · 2021
Kalynn Bayron
Young Adult · 2021
Mia McKenzie
Fiction · 2021
Rivers Solomon
Speculative Fiction · 2021
Venita Blackburn
Short Stories · 2021
Alicia Garza
Nonfiction · 2020
Arlan Hamilton
Memoir · 2020
Deesha Philyaw
Short Stories · 2020
francesca ekwuyasi
Fiction · 2020
Kalynn Bayron
Young Adult · 2020
Leah Johnson
Young Adult · 2020
Roya Marsh
Poetry · 2020
Skin
Memoir · 2020
adrienne maree brown
Nonfiction · 2019
Bernardine Evaristo
Fiction · 2019
Camonghne Felix
Poetry · 2019
Junauda Petrus
Young Adult · 2019
Kia LaBeija
Nonfiction · 2019
Staceyann Chin
Poetry · 2019
Akwaeke Emezi
Fiction · 2018
Franchesca Ramsey
Nonfiction · 2018
Sonya Renee Taylor
Nonfiction · 2018
Tee Franklin
Graphic Novels · 2018
Yrsa Daley-Ward
Nonfiction · 2018
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Nonfiction · 2017
Koleka Putuma
Poetry · 2017
Rivers Solomon
Speculative Fiction · 2017
Roxane Gay
Memoir · 2017
Venita Blackburn
Short Stories · 2017
Alexis Pauline Gumbs
Essays & Speeches · 2016
Viano Oniomoh
Speculative Fiction · 2016
Angelique V. Nixon
Nonfiction · 2015
Chinelo Okparanta
Fiction · 2015
OmiSoore H. Dryden
Nonfiction · 2015
Pamela Lightsey
Nonfiction · 2015
Yvonne Fly Onakeme Etaghene
Fiction · 2015
Brittney Griner
Memoir · 2014
Jacqueline Woodson
Memoir · 2014
Janet Mock
Memoir · 2014
Mpho Andrea Tutu van Furth
Nonfiction · 2014
Zethu Matebeni
Nonfiction · 2014
Niecy Nash-Betts
Memoir · 2013
Ochy Curiel
Nonfiction · 2013
Sokari Ekine
Nonfiction · 2013
Andrea Ritchie
Nonfiction · 2011
Omise'eke Natasha Tinsley
Nonfiction · 2010
Staceyann Chin
Memoir · 2009
Nisi Shawl
Short Stories · 2008
Kara Keeling
Nonfiction · 2007
Fiona Zedde
Romance · 2005
Unoma Azuah
Fiction · 2005
Yvette Flunder
Nonfiction · 2005
Alexis De Veaux
Biography · 2004
Wanda Sykes
Memoir · 2004
Nalo Hopkinson
Speculative Fiction · 2003
bell hooks
Nonfiction · 2000
Asha Bandele
Nonfiction · 1999
Patricia Powell
Fiction · 1998
Sharon Bridgforth
Poetry · 1998
Jacqueline Woodson
Young Adult · 1997
Dionne Brand
Fiction · 1996
Cheryl Clarke
Poetry · 1993
Jewelle Gomez
Speculative Fiction · 1991
Makeda Silvera
Essays & Speeches · 1991
Dionne Brand
Poetry · 1990
Cheryl Clarke
Poetry · 1989
Audre Lorde
Memoir · 1988
Cheryl Clarke
Poetry · 1986
Audre Lorde
Essays & Speeches · 1984
Barbara Smith (ed.)
Essays & Speeches · 1983
Cheryl Clarke
Poetry · 1983
Alice Walker
Fiction · 1982
Audre Lorde
Memoir · 1982
Audre Lorde
Memoir · 1980
Audre Lorde
Poetry · 1978
Pat Parker
Poetry · 1978
Pat Parker
Poetry · 1978
Combahee River Collective
Essays & Speeches · 1977
Ann Allen Shockley
Fiction · 1974
Gladys Bentley
Essays & Speeches · 1952
Aricka Alexander
Romance
Tuesday Harper
Romance
Tuesday Harper
Romance
Tuesday Harper
Romance
Last updated October 26, 2026