20 Books by Black Woman Authors in 2025

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39 participants (287 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

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Swing Time by Zadie Smith

Swing Time

Zadie Smith

453 pages • 2016 • 55 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine

Citizen: An American Lyric

Claudia Rankine

1h 37m • 2014 • 24 editions

nonfiction essays poetry race challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
Shut Up You're Pretty by Téa Mutonji

Shut Up You're Pretty

Téa Mutonji

4h 18m • 2019 • 9 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Assembly by Natasha Brown

Assembly

Natasha Brown

112 pages • 2021 • 32 editions

fiction contemporary literary challenging reflective fast-paced
A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera

Las Léonas #1

A Caribbean Heiress in Paris

Adriana Herrera

358 pages • 2022 • 14 editions

fiction historical romance emotional lighthearted medium-paced
Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care by Mariame Kaba, Kelly Hayes

Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care

Mariame Kaba, Kelly Hayes

220 pages • 2023 • 8 editions

nonfiction feminism politics race hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

224 pages • 1970 • 118 editions

fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke by Adriana Herrera

Las Léonas #3

A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke

Adriana Herrera

424 pages • 2025 • 12 editions

fiction historical romance adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
An Island Princess Starts a Scandal by Adriana Herrera

Las Léonas #2

An Island Princess Starts a Scandal

Adriana Herrera

384 pages • 2023 • 12 editions

fiction historical lgbtqia+ romance lighthearted medium-paced
So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole

The Divine Traitors #1

So Let Them Burn

Kamilah Cole

391 pages • 2024 • 22 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous emotional tense medium-paced