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

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Happy Land by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Happy Land

Dolen Perkins-Valdez

356 pages • 2025 • 6 editions

fiction historical literary emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson

Good Dirt

Charmaine Wilkerson

352 pages • 2025 • 14 editions

fiction historical literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murray

Harlem Rhapsody

Victoria Christopher Murray

385 pages • 2025 • 7 editions

fiction historical literary informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

300 pages • 2016 • 88 editions

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Neighbors and Other Stories by Diane Oliver

Neighbors and Other Stories

Diane Oliver

320 pages • 2024 • 13 editions

fiction historical literary short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Masquerade by O.O. Sangoyomi

Masquerade

O.O. Sangoyomi

340 pages • 2024 • 11 editions

fiction historical adventurous dark emotional medium-paced