Black Lit Matters: The 50 Novel Challenge

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7 participants (56 books)

Overview

Read 50 novels written by Black authors

Challenge Books

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Theft: By the Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature by Abdulrazak Gurnah

Theft: By the Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

Abdulrazak Gurnah

240 pages • 2025 • 10 editions

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

An American Marriage

Tayari Jones

306 pages • 2018 • 52 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby

King of Ashes

S.A. Cosby

13h 18m • 2025 • 7 editions

fiction crime thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Dixon, Descending by Karen Outen

Dixon, Descending

Karen Outen

10h 42m • 2024 • 5 editions

fiction contemporary adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
The Women Could Fly by Megan Giddings

The Women Could Fly

Megan Giddings

283 pages • 2022 • 15 editions

fiction dystopian fantasy lgbtqia+ dark emotional reflective medium-paced
James by Percival Everett

James

Percival Everett

303 pages • 2024 • 57 editions

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin

The Broken Earth #3

The Stone Sky

N.K. Jemisin

416 pages • 2017 • 76 editions

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin

The Broken Earth #2

The Obelisk Gate

N.K. Jemisin

410 pages • 2016 • 80 editions

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous dark medium-paced
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

The Broken Earth #1

The Fifth Season

N.K. Jemisin

498 pages • 2015 • 80 editions

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The World We Make by N.K. Jemisin

Great Cities #2

The World We Make

N.K. Jemisin

357 pages • 2022 • 17 editions

fiction contemporary fantasy adventurous medium-paced