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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The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

224 pages • 1970 • 111 editions

fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Beloved by Toni Morrison

Beloved Trilogy #1

Beloved

Toni Morrison

321 pages • 1987 • 182 editions

fiction classics historical literary magical realism dark emotional sad slow-paced
Where the Line Bleeds by Jesmyn Ward

Bois Sauvage #1

Where the Line Bleeds

Jesmyn Ward

230 pages • 2006 • 13 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead

Harlem #2

Crook Manifesto

Colson Whitehead

319 pages • 2023 • 28 editions

fiction crime historical literary adventurous funny tense fast-paced
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

Bois Sauvage #3

Sing, Unburied, Sing

Jesmyn Ward

206 pages • 2017 • 60 editions

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fiction literary magical realism dark emotional sad medium-paced
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Half of a Yellow Sun

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

543 pages • 2006 • 113 editions

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced