Book Club Kits featuring books written by black authors or specifically on race and racism are currently available for Curbside Pickup at Central Library. Book Club Kits can be requested by calling the reference line at 608-266-6300.
Selected Nonfiction & Memoirs by Black Authors:
The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir by Michele Harper
The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir by Michele Harper
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor's Reflections on Race and Medicine by Damon Tweedy
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor's Reflections on Race and Medicine by Damon Tweedy
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
The Color of Water by James McBride
How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith
How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
The New Jim Crow : Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
Settlin': Stories of Madison's Early African American Families by Muriel Simms
The Warmth of Other Suns: the Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
The New Jim Crow : Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
Settlin': Stories of Madison's Early African American Families by Muriel Simms
The Warmth of Other Suns: the Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
Selected Fiction by Black Authors:
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
A Mercy by Toni Morrison
The Office of Historical Corrections: A Novella and Stories by Danielle Evans
The Office of Historical Corrections: A Novella and Stories by Danielle Evans
Parable of the Sower Octavia E. Butler
Perfect Peace by Daniel Black
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Real Life by Brandon Taylor
Perfect Peace by Daniel Black
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Real Life by Brandon Taylor
The Turner House by Angela Flournoy
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo
Book Club Kits to Learn About Racism:
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson