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
Blood Moon by Britney S. Lewis

Blood Moon

Britney S. Lewis

384 pages • 2025 • 2 editions

fiction fantasy romance young adult dark emotional tense medium-paced
Pardon My Frenchie by Farrah Rochon

Pardon My Frenchie

Farrah Rochon

9h 53m • 2024 • 6 editions

fiction contemporary romance funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
The Love Lyric by Kristina Forest

Greene Sisters #3

The Love Lyric

Kristina Forest

10h 48m • 2025 • 8 editions

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert

Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

Talia Hibbert

320 pages • 2023 • 29 editions

fiction contemporary romance young adult emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Confounding Oaths by Alexis Hall

Mortal Follies #2

Confounding Oaths

Alexis Hall

423 pages • 2024 • 12 editions

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ romance adventurous lighthearted slow-paced
Killing Rage: Ending Racism by bell hooks

Killing Rage: Ending Racism

bell hooks

288 pages • 1995 • 6 editions

nonfiction feminism race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett

343 pages • 2020 • 111 editions

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
I'm Black. I'm Christian. I'm Methodist. by Lillian C. Smith, Erin Beasley

I'm Black. I'm Christian. I'm Methodist.

Lillian C. Smith, Erin Beasley

4h 52m • 2 editions

user-added

nonfiction history religion
Monster by Dzifa Benson

Monster

Dzifa Benson

132 pages • 2024 • 2 editions

fiction feminism poetry race emotional reflective medium-paced
The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Thing Around Your Neck

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

218 pages • 2009 • 60 editions

fiction contemporary short stories emotional reflective medium-paced