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Black Stories Matter: A Year of Empowering Reads

bookishlyariel Host

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.

Black Stories Matter: A Year of Empowering Reads

bookishlyariel Host

20 participants (86 books)

STARTS: 01 Jan 2025ENDS: 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

Chaos King by Kacen Callender

Infinity Alchemist #2

Chaos King
Kacen Callender

384 pages • hardcover • 2025 • 5 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult emotional medium-paced

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult emotional medium-paced

Chaos King by Kacen Callender

Infinity Alchemist #2

Chaos King

Kacen Callender

384 pages • 2025 • 5 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult emotional medium-paced

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult emotional medium-paced

32 Candles by Ernessa T. Carter

32 Candles
Ernessa T. Carter

352 pages • hardcover • 2010 • 6 editions

fiction contemporary literary romance emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary romance emotional reflective medium-paced

32 Candles by Ernessa T. Carter

32 Candles

Ernessa T. Carter

352 pages • 2010 • 6 editions

fiction contemporary literary romance emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary literary romance emotional reflective medium-paced

Zeal by Morgan Jerkins

Zeal
Morgan Jerkins

416 pages • hardcover • 2025 • 3 editions

fiction historical literary race emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction historical literary race emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Zeal by Morgan Jerkins

Zeal

416 pages • 2025 • 3 editions

fiction historical literary race emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction historical literary race emotional reflective sad medium-paced

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin with Jesse Martin (Narrator)

2h 25m • audio • 1963 • 77 editions

nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced

nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin with Jesse Martin (Narrator)

2h 25m • 1963 • 77 editions

nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced

nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler

317 pages • digital • 1993 • 91 editions

fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced

fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Octavia E. Butler

317 pages • 1993 • 91 editions

fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced

fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced

Mouths of Rain: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought by Briona Simone Jones

Mouths of Rain: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought
Briona Simone Jones

363 pages • paperback • 2021 • 4 editions

nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ race challenging informative reflective slow-paced

nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ race challenging informative reflective slow-paced

Mouths of Rain: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought by Briona Simone Jones

Mouths of Rain: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought

Briona Simone Jones

363 pages • 2021 • 4 editions

nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ race challenging informative reflective slow-paced

nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ race challenging informative reflective slow-paced

Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Chain-Gang All-Stars
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah with Lee Osorio (Narrator), Shayna Small (Narrator), Michael Crouch (Narrator), Aaron Goodson (Narrator)

13h 38m • audio • 2023 • 66 editions

fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ literary challenging dark tense medium-paced

fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ literary challenging dark tense medium-paced

Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Chain-Gang All-Stars

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah with Lee Osorio (Narrator), Shayna Small (Narrator), Michael Crouch (Narrator), Aaron Goodson (Narrator)

13h 38m • 2023 • 66 editions

fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ literary challenging dark tense medium-paced

fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ literary challenging dark tense medium-paced

Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture by Sherronda J. Brown

Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture
Sherronda J. Brown with Yu-Li Alice Shen (Narrator)

6h 54m • audio • 2022 • 7 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced

nonfiction lgbtqia+ race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced

Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture by Sherronda J. Brown

Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture

Sherronda J. Brown with Yu-Li Alice Shen (Narrator)

6h 54m • 2022 • 7 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced

nonfiction lgbtqia+ race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced

My Rainbow by Deshanna Neal, Trinity Neal

My Rainbow
Deshanna Neal, Trinity Neal with Art Twink (Illustrator)

32 pages • hardcover • 2020 • 5 editions

childrens lgbtqia+ emotional fast-paced

childrens lgbtqia+ emotional fast-paced

My Rainbow by Deshanna Neal, Trinity Neal

My Rainbow

Deshanna Neal, Trinity Neal with Art Twink (Illustrator)

32 pages • 2020 • 5 editions

childrens lgbtqia+ emotional fast-paced

childrens lgbtqia+ emotional fast-paced

Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert by Bob the Drag Queen

Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert
Bob the Drag Queen

240 pages • hardcover • 2025 • 10 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ literary funny informative reflective fast-paced

fiction lgbtqia+ literary funny informative reflective fast-paced

Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert by Bob the Drag Queen

Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert

Bob the Drag Queen

240 pages • 2025 • 10 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ literary funny informative reflective fast-paced

fiction lgbtqia+ literary funny informative reflective fast-paced

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