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If you loved Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Urban & Street Lit, African American & Black, Classics, and Literary.

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A diverse selection of titles that share the core themes and atmosphere of Invisible Man.

The Walls of Jericho — Rudolph Fisher

The Walls of Jericho

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Classics

Mumbo Jumbo — Ishmael Reed

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Classics

Passing — Nella Larsen

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Classics

Long White Con The Biggest Score of His Life — Iceberg Slim

Long White Con The Biggest Score of His Life

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Classics

Home to Harlem — Claude McKay

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Classics

Raunchy (The Cartel Publications Presents) — T. Styles

Raunchy (The Cartel Publications Presents)

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Literary

Paper Chasers — Mark Anthony

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Literary

Gangsta Divas — De’nesha Diamond

Gangsta Divas — De’nesha Diamond

De'nesha Diamond

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Literary

Black Girls Must Have it All A Novel — Jayne Allen

Black Girls Must Have it All A Novel

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Literary

1959 A Novel — Thulani Davis

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Literary

Black Buck — Mateo Askaripour

Mateo Askaripour

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Literary

A Do Right Man — Omar Tyree

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Literary

Mama Black Widow — Iceberg Slim

Mama Black Widow

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Literary

Stories I Wouldn’t Tell Nobody But God Out of Fear Nobody But God Would Understand — Rasheed Clark

Stories I Wouldn’t Tell Nobody But God Out of Fear Nobody But God Would Understand

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Literary

Go Tell It on the Mountain — James Baldwin

Go Tell It on the Mountain

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Literary

The Man Who Lived Underground: A Novel — Richard Wright

The Man Who Lived Underground: A Novel

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Literary

The Short Fiction of Nella Larsen — Nella Larsen

The Short Fiction of Nella Larsen

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Literary

Open City A Novel — Teju Cole

Open City A Novel

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Literary

Black Friday Exposed — Ashley & JaQuavis

Black Friday Exposed

Ashley & JaQuavis

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Literary

A Child of A Crack Head — Shameek a Speight

A Child of A Crack Head

Shameek a Speight

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Literary

The Ace of Diamonds Part III of the Diamond Collection — Vogue

The Ace of Diamonds Part III of the Diamond Collection

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Literary

Sister Mine — Nalo Hopkinson

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Literary

Power — Joy Deja King

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Literary

Go Tell It on the Mountain (Deluxe Edition) A Novel — James Baldwin

Go Tell It on the Mountain (Deluxe Edition) A Novel

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Literary

Fans of Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison will find 24 titles here, all united by Urban & Street Lit, African American & Black, Classics. Authors represented include Rudolph Fisher, Ishmael Reed, Nella Larsen, Iceberg Slim, and others.

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