Lineage Lists

Adult Literary Fiction Published By Black Americans in Decade: 1990s

  1. Juneteenth by Ralph Ellison
  2. Through the Ivory Gate by Rita Dove
  3. Blood Red Blues (Devil Barnett Detective Series, #1) by Teddy Hayes
  4. A Long Way From Home by Connie Briscoe
  5. I Get on the Bus by Reginald McKnight
  6. The Good Negress by A.J. Verdelle
  7. Close to the Bone: A Novel by Jake Lamar
  8. The Last Integrationist by Jake Lamar
  9. Spiral of Guilt by Faye Snowden
  10. The Devil’s Red Nickel by Robert Greer
  11. The Devil’s Hatband by Robert Greer
  12. Divine Days by Leon Forrest
  13. Knowing by Rosalyn McMillan
  14. One Better by Rosalyn McMillan
  15. Blue Collar Blues by Rosalyn McMillan
  16. Jazz by Toni Morrison
  17. Paradise by Toni Morrison
  18. Ten Seconds by Louis Edwards
  19. N: A Romantic Mystery by Louis Edwards
  20. Good Fences by Erika Ellis
  21. Ring around the Moon by Mary Burnett Smith
  22. Miss Ophelia by Mary Burnett Smith
  23. Clover by Dori Sanders
  24. Her Own Place by Dori Sanders
  25. Tumbling by Diane McKinney-Whetstone
  26. Blues Dancing by Diane McKinney-Whetstone
  27. The Men of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor
  28. The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead
  29. A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
  30. Lost in the City by Edward P. Jones
  31. Rails Under My Back: A Novel (Harvest Book) by Jeffery Renard Allen
  32. A War of Eyes: and Other Stories by Wanda Coleman
  33. Home Repairs by Trey Ellis
  34. Right Here, Right Now: A Novel by Trey Ellis
  35. The Seven League Boots by Albert Murray
  36. The Spyglass Tree by Albert Murray
  37. God’s Country by Percival Everett
  38. Glyph by Percival Everett
  39. Stray Dogs by John Ridley
  40. Love Is a Racket by John Ridley
  41. Everybody Smokes in Hell by John Ridley
  42. Japanese by Spring by Ishmael Reed
  43. These Same Long Bones by Gwendolyn M. Parker
  44. Standing at the Scratch Line by Guy Johnson
  45. The Healing by Gayl Jones
  46. Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) by Octavia E. Butler
  47. Parable of the Talents (Earthseed, #2) by Octavia E. Butler
  48. Family by J. California Cooper
  49. The Matter Is Life by J. California Cooper
  50. Some Love, Some Pain, Sometime: Stories by J. California Cooper
  51. Rattlebone by Maxine Clair
  52. Trouble No More by Anthony Grooms
  53. The Richer, the Poorer: Stories, Sketches, and Reminiscences by Dorothy West
  54. The Complete Stories by Zora Neale Hurston
  55. All Stories Are True by John Edgar Wideman
  56. Philadelphia Fire by John Edgar Wideman
  57. Two Cities by John Edgar Wideman
  58. Big Picture by Percival Everett
  59. The Kind of Light That Shines on Texas: Stories by Reginald McKnight
  60. White Boys: Stories by Reginald McKnight
  61. Squabble, And Other Stories by John Holman
  62. Luminous Mysteries by John Holman
  63. Fun & Games: Short Fictions by Clarence Major
  64. Dirty Bird Blues by Clarence Major
  65. Driving Under the Cardboard Pines: And Other Stories by Colleen McElroy
  66. In the Arms of Our Elders by William Henry Lewis
  67. Ibo Landing: An Offering of Short Stories by Ihsan Bracy
  68. Breeder and Other Stories by Eugenia Collier
  69. Flying Home and Other Stories by Ralph Ellison
  70. The Short Stories by Langston Hughes
  71. The African in Me by Howard Gordon
  72. The Sleeper Wakes: Harlem Renaissance Stories by Women by Marcy Knopf
  73. Don’t Erase Me: Stories by Carolyn Ferrell
  74. Iced: A Novel by Ray Shell
  75. The Passion of Joan Paul II. A Pasquinade by J.J. Phillips
  76. The Wedding by Dorothy West
  77. Scenes from a Sistah by Lolita Files
  78. Getting to the Good Part by Lolita Files
  79. Naming the New World by Calvin Baker
  80. Right by My Side by David Haynes
  81. River, Cross My Heart by Breena Clarke
  82. Violent Spring (Ivan Monk #1) by Gary Phillips
  83. Perdition, U.S.A (Ivan Monk #2) by Gary Phillips
  84. Bad Night Is Falling (Ivan Monk #3) by Gary Phillips
  85. Dark Trail by Hiram King
  86. High Prairie by Hiram King
  87. Middle Passage: A Novel by Charles R. Johnson
  88. Dreamer: A Novel by Charles R. Johnson
  89. Devil in a Blue Dress: A Novel by Walter Mosley
  90. A Red Death by Walter Mosley
  91. White Butterfly by Walter Mosley
  92. Black Betty by Walter Mosley
  93. RL’s Dream by Walter Mosley
  94. A Little Yellow Dog by Walter Mosley
  95. Gone Fishin’ by Walter Mosley
  96. Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned by Walter Mosley
  97. Blue Light by Walter Mosley (science fiction)
  98. Walkin’ the Dog by Walter Mosley
  99. Your Blues Ain’t Like Mine: A Novel by Bebe Moore Campbell
  100. Rhode Island Red by Charlotte Carter
  101. The White Boy Shuffle by Paul Beatty
  102. Coffee Will Make You Black by April Sinclair
  103. Ain’t Gonna Be the Same Fool Twice by April Sinclair
  104. Blanche on the Lam: A Novel by Barbara Neely
  105. Blanche Among the Talented Tenth: A Novel by Barbara Neely
  106. Blanche Cleans Up: A Novel by Barbara Neely
  107. My Soul to Keep: A Novel by Tananarive Due
  108. Sister, Sister by Eric Jerome Dickey
  109. Ugly Ways by Tina McElroy Ansa
  110. The Hand I Fan With by Tina McElroy Ansa
  111. City of Light: A Novel by Cyrus Colter