Fenton’s Black History Month Reading List

At Fenton, we firmly believe that one of the best ways to increase our shared empathy as a society is to read, support and engage with authors who encourage us all to expand our world views. If you’re looking to further educate yourself about the countless contributions people of color have made to building this nation, here are some of the Fenton team’s top books to lose yourself in this Black History Month and beyond…

• • “A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier” by Ishmael Beah
    • Recommended by Emily Rudder
  • “Americanah” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
    • Recommended by Heba Hasan
  • “Assata: An Autobiography” by Assata Shakur
    • Recommended by Trish Garrity
  • “Bad Feminist” by Roxane Gay
    • Recommended by Taylor Tringali
  • “Becoming” by Michelle Obama
    • Recommended by Aparna Balakumar
  • “Beloved” by Toni Morrison
    • Recommended by Laura Gomez

• • “Between the World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates
    • Recommended by Heba Hasan
  • “Go Tell It on the Mountain” by James Baldwin
    • Recommended by Trish Garrity
  • “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou
    • Recommended by Laura Gomez
  • “Kindred” by Octavia Butler
    • Recommended by Rachel Kassenbrock
  • “Love Poems” by Nikki Giovanni
    • Recommended by Trish Garrity
  • “Notes of a Native Son” by James Baldwin
    • Recommended by Max Gumbel
  • “On Beauty” by Zadie Smith
    • Recommended by Heba Hasan

• “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison
  • Recommended by Laura Gomez
• “The New Jim Crow” by Michelle Alexander
  • Recommended by Sophie Deixel
• “The Sellout” by Paul Beatty
  • Recommended by Olivia Idris
• “The Underground Railroad” by Colson Whitehead
  • Recommended by Danielle Bastow
• “What We Lose” by Zinzi Clemmons
  • Recommended by Rachel Kassenbrock