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

All books added
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor

Death of the Author

Nnedi Okorafor

435 pages • 2025 • 18 editions

fiction literary science fiction thriller adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
Binti: The Complete Trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor

Binti #1-3

Binti: The Complete Trilogy

Nnedi Okorafor

358 pages • 2019 • 15 editions

fiction science fiction adventurous emotional medium-paced
Out There Screaming by Jordan Peele, John Joseph Adams

Out There Screaming

Jordan Peele, John Joseph Adams

386 pages • 2023 • 20 editions

fiction horror short stories dark mysterious tense medium-paced
This Cursed House by Del Sandeen

This Cursed House

Del Sandeen

11h 21m • 2024 • 8 editions

fiction historical horror dark mysterious sad fast-paced
Native Son by Richard Wright

Native Son

Richard Wright

504 pages • 1940 • 53 editions

fiction classics race challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead

Harlem #1

Harlem Shuffle

Colson Whitehead

318 pages • 2021 • 50 editions

fiction crime historical literary adventurous tense medium-paced
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys

Colson Whitehead

224 pages • 2019 • 93 editions

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

The Underground Railroad

Colson Whitehead

306 pages • 2016 • 122 editions

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty by Eudora Welty

The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty

Eudora Welty

622 pages • 1980 • 18 editions

fiction classics short stories reflective medium-paced
Zone One by Colson Whitehead

Zone One

Colson Whitehead

259 pages • 2010 • 26 editions

fiction horror literary science fiction dark tense slow-paced