Join us in celebrating black literature! The Texas Book Festival is recognizing Black History Month by highlighting black Texas authors, readers, and contributors to the literary community and asking them to share some of their favorite black-authored works. This sharing of past and current book loves aims to enrich not only our TBR piles, but also our often-too-narrow  canon of black literature.

Read Peggy Terry’s classic, current, and forthcoming picks.

Nicky Drayden recommends books on both Black History and Black Future.

Doreen Boyd introduces five of her favorites, from classics to brand-new.

Evelyn Palfrey shares five books she loves, from romance to sci-fi to nonfiction.

Don Tate takes a deep dive into historical picture books about the Black Wild West.

Dr. Mark Cunningham offers five black-authored must-reads

Dr. Jennifer Wilks gives us five classic and current required reads