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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Challenge Books

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Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi

Little Rot

Akwaeke Emezi

276 pages • 2024 • 17 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ literary challenging dark tense fast-paced
Worthy by Jada Pinkett Smith

Worthy

Jada Pinkett Smith

405 pages • 2023 • 10 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Looking for Love in All the Haunted Places by Claire Kann

Looking for Love in All the Haunted Places

Claire Kann

416 pages • 2024 • 8 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ romance emotional lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
The Women Could Fly by Megan Giddings

The Women Could Fly

Megan Giddings

283 pages • 2022 • 15 editions

fiction dystopian fantasy lgbtqia+ dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Color Purple Collection #1

The Color Purple

Alice Walker

298 pages • 1982 • 223 editions

fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Archangels of Funk by Andrea Hairston

Cinnamon Jones #2

Archangels of Funk

Andrea Hairston

371 pages • 2024 • 4 editions

fiction fantasy science fiction medium-paced
Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination by Toni Morrison

Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination

Toni Morrison

104 pages • 1992 • 22 editions

nonfiction essays race challenging informative reflective medium-paced