Any books with African American heroes?

[thesophisticatedreader]

 I was wondering if there are any other good books like this with an African American hero in a role that would no be expected in this society.

[Geoffrey]

 Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower center's around an young Black woman cast in the role of the defender against a collapsing society.  It's a dystopian novel and quite good.

[Lursa (aka 9MMare)]

Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower center's around an young Black woman cast in the role of the defender against a collapsing society.  It's a dystopian novel and quite good.

Most of James Patterson's main series is a black cop. Definitely the hero. I forget his name off-hand. Odd, cuz I remember the weird name of his early nemesis, Gary Soneji.



OMG! I spoke that author's name that shall not be spaketh! lol

[olefish]

Definitely Octavia Butler.  Check out Wild Seed.

[Debra Purdy Kong]

There's Walter Mosley's series, Easy Rawlings, I think, but it's been years since I read one. I do remember enjoying the book and would happily read another if there weren't so many other authors to read.

[Harry Shannon]

Another vote for Easy Rawlins (Walter Mosley)