What to Read After Maud Martha
Readers who loved Maud Martha by Gwendolyn Brooks keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Maud Martha 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 Maud Martha
The Street
The ways of white folks
Brown girl, brownstones.
Going to Meet the Man
Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo
Corregidora
The blacker the berry ...
Gorilla, my love
Plum bun
Not without laughter
The salt eaters
The Living Is Easy
Moses
Home to Harlem
Eva's man
Juneteenth
Mules and Men (P.S.)
Cane
Passing
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman
Bone black
In search of satisfaction
The Debt