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
James by Percival Everett

James

Percival Everett

320 pages • 2024 • 57 editions

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

The Legendborn Cycle #1

Legendborn

Tracy Deonn

18h 54m • 2020 • 67 editions

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Message

Ta-Nehisi Coates

235 pages • 2024 • 12 editions

nonfiction essays politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

Tia Williams

342 pages • 2024 • 18 editions

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced
I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com by Kimberly Lemming

Cosmic Chaos #1

I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com

Kimberly Lemming

9h 24m • 2025 • 9 editions

fiction fantasy romance science fiction adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Junie by Erin Crosby Eckstine

Junie

Erin Crosby Eckstine

361 pages • 2025 • 7 editions

fiction historical literary dark emotional tense medium-paced
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

The Reformatory

Tananarive Due

570 pages • 2023 • 14 editions

fiction historical horror dark emotional tense medium-paced
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson

Red at the Bone

Jacqueline Woodson

3h 52m • 2019 • 26 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? by Crystal Smith Paul

Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?

Crystal Smith Paul

404 pages • 2023 • 12 editions

fiction historical emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers

They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South

Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers

296 pages • 2019 • 8 editions

nonfiction history race challenging informative slow-paced