What to Read After Shadow and act
Readers who loved Shadow and act by Ralph Ellison keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Shadow and act is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after Shadow and act
Notes of a Native Son
Playing in the Dark
The Fire Next Time
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
Create Dangerously
Gorilla, My Love.
Not Without Laughter
The big sea
Nobody Knows My Name
Black Boy
Vermeer
The Nature and Destiny of Man
The Gate of Heavenly Peace
Religion and the Rise of Capitalism
The Mirror and the Lamp
Twelve Million Black Voices
The Taming of Chance
The Liberal Imagination
Spunk
The Rise of the West
Juneteenth
The new Negro
Selected Poems
The Outsider