Horror

Black History Month with Books for Black Kids

Black History Month with Books for Black Kids: Horror

Looking for books full of mystery, terror, and a bit of symbolism along the way? Without the typical horror tropes we’ve grown to expect from mainstream media? Then you’ll enjoy this edition of BHM with BFBK dedicated to horror books.

For more books about horror with Black authors and Black protagonists, visit Books for Black Kids directory. You may also want to check out “thriller and suspense”: Horror

Books listed here:

📚All These Sunken Souls: A Black Horror Anthology edited by Circe Moskowitz

📚The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass

📚The White Guy Dies First 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power edited by Terry J. Benton-Walker

📚The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez

📚The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

📚The Black Girl Survives in This One: Horror Stories edited by Desiree S. Evans and Saraciea J. Fennell

📚Black Magic Women: Terrifying Tales by Scary Sisters edited by Nicole Givens Kurtz, Crystal Connor, and Sumiko Saulson

📚The Keeper by Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes

📚You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron

📚Model Home by Rivers Solomon

📚The Forest Demands Its Due by Kosoko Jackson