Finding Titles by African-American Authors Using Novelist

Need help finding African American book titles and authors? Here are some tips in using the Novelist Database to find them.

To access pre-made lists:

1. Open the Novelist Database
2. On the left hand side of the main page, click on Feature Articles in the Adult Section.
3. Scroll down to Fiction A to Z and click on it.
   
4. The African American Fiction List is the first one.
   

Create your own lists by conducting an Advanced Search:

1. Click Advanced Search from the homepage.
   
2. Select the desired Reading and/or Grade Level from the limiter options.
   
3. Scroll down towards the bottom of the page, and select “African-American” from the Author’s Cultural Identity limiter.
4. Click Search.
5. From the result list, you can Narrow Results by selecting any of the subjects listed. For titles in a specific genre, amend this search by entering the genre, i.e “mystery,” in the first Find bar and selecting GN Genre from the adjacent drop-down. For the most recent additions, sort your result by Date Descending.