Black Stories Matter: A Year of Empowering Reads

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20 participants (86 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

The Black Book Reading Challenge is an initiative to celebrate, explore, and immerse ourselves in the rich and diverse literary works by Black authors. This challenge encourages participants to read books across genres, uncover hidden gems, and embrace stories that amplify Black voices, histories, and experiences.

Challenge Books

All books added
The Edge of Yesterday by Rita Woods

The Edge of Yesterday

Rita Woods

288 pages • 2025 • 3 editions

fiction fantasy historical speculative fiction emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced
Yet Here I Am: Lessons from a Black Man's Search for Home by Jonathan Capehart

Yet Here I Am: Lessons from a Black Man's Search for Home

Jonathan Capehart

7h 47m • 2025 • 3 editions

user-added

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir race medium-paced
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Take My Hand

Dolen Perkins-Valdez

359 pages • 2022 • 33 editions

fiction historical literary emotional informative sad medium-paced
Lady Knight by Amalie Howard

The Diamonds #2

Lady Knight

Amalie Howard

10h 45m • 2025 • 3 editions

fiction historical romance young adult adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power by Terry J. Benton-Walker

The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power

Terry J. Benton-Walker

304 pages • 2024 • 6 editions

fiction horror lgbtqia+ short stories young adult dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Counting Descent by Clint Smith

Counting Descent

Clint Smith

84 pages • 2016 • 6 editions

nonfiction poetry race challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
I Think They Love You by Julian Winters

I Think They Love You

Julian Winters

10h 49m • 2025 • 4 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Antonia Hylton

Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum

Antonia Hylton

368 pages • 2024 • 11 editions

nonfiction history race dark informative sad medium-paced
Dear Manny by Nic Stone

Dear Martin #3

Dear Manny

Nic Stone

224 pages • 2025 • 6 editions

fiction contemporary young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson by Tourmaline

Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson

Tourmaline

10h 24m • 2025 • 8 editions

nonfiction biography lgbtqia+ emotional informative inspiring medium-paced