EDC Creations Literary Hallmarks 2009: 100 Adult Power Reads of the Decade
Ella Curry and EDC Creations is proud to announce the 100 Best Books of the Decade. Each book created an impact for readers and the Sankofa Literary Society network. Our literary hallmarks indicate excellence in writing. These are the books we want to showcase to the world.
Readers please take a moment and examine the list below. There is something for all book lovers! The books are NOT listed in any order pertaining to the quality of the literature—they are all 4-5 star reads. Each book on this list will bring something of value to enrich the lives of the readers and to help to strengthen our future generations. ENJOY!
1. America I AM Legends by Smiley Books
2. Audacity of Hope by President Barack Obama
3. Mandela: The Authorized Portrait by PQ Publishers Ltd
4. Chicken Soup for the African American Woman's Soul by Jack Canfield and Lisa Nichols
5. The Covenant with Black America by Tavis Smiley
6. Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
7. You Must Set Forth at Dawn by Wole Soyinka
8. Jewels: 50 Phenomenal Black Women Over 50 by Michael Cunningham and Connie Briscoe
9. Coming Together by Harriette Cole
10. Like Trees Walking by Ravi Howard
11. Tropical Fish: Tales From Entebbe by Doreen Baingana
12. Medical Apartheid by Harriet A. Washington
13. What Becomes of the Brokenhearted: A Memoir by E. Lynn Harris
14. Down the Aisle in Style by Chamein Canton
15. May December Souls by Marissa Monteilh
16. The Measure of a Man by Sidney Poitier
17. Friends: A Love Story by Angela Bassett and Courtney Vance
18. What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day by Pearl Cleage
19. The Baron Son by William R. Patterson
20. Reallionaire by Farrah Gray
21. Girl Get Your Credit Straight by Glinda Bridgeforth
22. Voodoo Season by Jewell Parker Rhodes
23. Standing at the Scratch Line by Guy Johnson
24. All Aunt Hagar's Children by Edward P. Jones
25. The Senator and The Socialite by Lawrence Otis Graham
26. Life is Short But Wide by J. California Cooper
27. Criss Cross by Evie Rhodes
28. Brothers and Sisters by Bebe Moore Campbell
29. Man of Fantasy by Rochelle Alers
30. This Bitter Earth by Bernice L. McFadden
31. Not Easily Broken by T.D. Jakes
32. Cruisin' On Desperation by Pat G'Orge-Walker
33. Big Spankable Asses by Kimberly Kaye Terry
34. Gettin' Buck Wild: Sex Chronicles II by Zane
35. Standing Against the Wind by Traci L. Jones
36. Unconditionally Single by Mary B. Morrison
37. Casanegra by Blair Underwood
38. The Aftermath by Anna J.
39. Them by Nathan McCall
40. Diary of a Mistress by Miasha
41. Growing Up Girl by Michelle Sewell
42. The Hand I Fan With by Tina Mcelroy Ansa
43. Sugar by Bernice L. McFadden
44. A Taste Of Sin by Fiona Zedde
45. Passin' by Karen E. Quinones Miller
46. Living, Breathing Lies by Gloria Mallette
47. Thong on Fire: An Urban Erotic Tale by Noire
48. Dark Sons by Nikki Grimes
49. 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene
50. Nina's Got A Secret by Brian W. Smith
51. Leaving Atlanta by Tayari Jones
52. Open My Eyes, Open My Soul by Yolanda King and Elodia Tate
53. Girl Get Your Child Support by Cathy Middleton
54. Seasons by Bonnie Hopkins
55. The Just Us Girls by Evelyn 'Slim' Lambright
56. Child of God by Lolita Files
57. Can't Get Enough by Connie Briscoe
58. Joplin's Ghost by Tananarive Due
59. Gather Together in My Name by Tracy Price-Thompson
60. Casting The First Stone by Kimberla Lawson Roby
61. The Darkest Child: A Novel by Delores Phillips
62. I Say a Little Prayer by E. Lynn Harris
63. Baby Brother's Blues by Pearl Cleage
64. The Living Blood by Tananarive Due
65. Deadly Sexy by Beverly Jenkins
66. Someone Knows My Name by Lawrence Hill
67. My Sister's Ex: A Novel by Cydney Rax
68. Fifth Born by Zelda Lockhart
69. Divorcing the Devil by Dwan Abrams
70. What Doesn't Kill You: A Novel by Deberry and Grant
71. I Know I've Been Changed by ReShonda Tate Billingsley
72. Watercolored Pearls: A Novel by Stacy Hawkins Adams
73. She Ain't The One by Mary B. Morrison
74. Something On The Side by Carl Weber
75. Dutch by Teri Woods and Kwame Teague
76. Black and Ugly by T. Styles
77. A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
78. The Blacker the Berry by Lena Matthews
79. Gonna Lay Down My Burdens by Mary Monroe
80. Sexual Healing by Jill Nelson
81. A Day Late and a Dollar Short by Terry McMillan
82. The Hotel Alleluia by Lucinda Roy
83. Victoria's Secret by Jason Poole
84. The Prisoner's Wife by Asha Bandele
85. Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
86. Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys by Jawanza Kunjufu
87. Cream by by Solomon Jones
88. Little Ghetto Girl by Danielle Santiago
89. Gutter: A Novel by K'wan
90. No Girl Needs a Husband Seven Days a Week by Nina Foxx
91. A New Kind of Blue by Bettye Griffin
92. Dubious by Tina Brooks McKinney
93. Maneater by Mary B. Morrison and Noire
94. Sweets: Soul Food Desserts and Memories by Patty Pinner
95. On The Run With Love by J. M. Benjamin
96. In Cahootz by Quentin Carter
97. Fearless Jones by Walter Mosley
98. Gabriel's Story by David Anthony Durham
99. Right Side of the Wrong Bed by Frederick Smith
100. Just Us Girls: The Contemporary African American Young Adult Novel by Wendy Rountree
