The Bluest Eye (1970) - A young Black girl's yearning for blue eyes reveals the devastating impact of internalized racism in 1940s Ohio.

Sula (1973) - The complex friendship between two Black women unfolds across decades in a small Ohio town.

Song of Solomon (1977) - A young man's journey to discover his family history leads him through the landscape of African American folklore and identity.

Tar Baby (1981) - Class, race, and romance intersect in this story of a fashion model and a fugitive who meet on a Caribbean island.

Beloved (1987) - A former enslaved woman is haunted by the ghost of her infant daughter in post-Civil War Ohio.

Jazz (1992) - A triangle of passion and violence plays out in 1920s Harlem through multiple perspectives.

Paradise (1997) - The story of conflict between an all-black town and a nearby convent housing women seeking refuge.

Love (2003) - Multiple women's lives intersect around their connections to a deceased hotel owner.

A Mercy (2008) - Set in 1680s America, enslaved and free people navigate survival in the early days of the slave trade.

Home (2012) - A Korean War veteran returns to the segregated South to save his sister.

God Help the Child (2015) - A modern tale about a successful woman whose dark skin color has shaped her past and present.

Playing in the Dark (1992) - An examination of whiteness and the literary imagination in American literature.

The Origin of Others (2017) - An exploration of race, borders, and the human impulse to categorize and exclude.

The Source of Self-Regard (2019) - A collection of essays and speeches covering culture, politics, and art.

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