Read Black Authors Challenge

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10 participants (77 books)

15 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

I want to increase the black authors I read. This can be done in any format (audio, kindle, paperback or hard-core etc.).  And it can be any language, translated English or your native language. 

Since people have a variety of genres they are interested in. I won't be setting certain authors, you can choose your own authors, and genres, that way you are more likely to finish the challenge as you will be reading books you are more likely interested in.

This is a 12 book challenge. You can either read or listen to one book a month, or you van smash it out quickly. But this number was chosen to be less overwhelming. 

Challenge Books

All books added
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland

Dread Nation

Dread Nation #1

Justina Ireland

11 hours, 56 minutes • audio • 2018

fiction historical horror young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

Binti

Binti #1

Nnedi Okorafor

74 pages • digital • 2015

fiction science fiction adventurous fast-paced
All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks

All About Love: New Visions

Love Trilogy #1

bell hooks

6 hours, 10 minutes • audio • 1999

nonfiction essays feminism gender psychology religion informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Only for the Holidays by Abiola Bello

Only for the Holidays

Abiola Bello

8 hours, 35 minutes • audio • 2023 user-added

fiction romance young adult funny lighthearted medium-paced
Storyteller: 100 Poem Letters by Morgan Harper Nichols

Storyteller: 100 Poem Letters

Morgan Harper Nichols

106 pages • 2017

nonfiction poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron

You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight

Kalynn Bayron

230 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction horror lgbtqia+ young adult dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Children of Anguish and Anarchy by Tomi Adeyemi

Children of Anguish and Anarchy

Legacy of Orïsha #3

Tomi Adeyemi

368 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Children of Blood and Bone

Legacy of Orïsha #1

Tomi Adeyemi

17 hours, 56 minutes • audio • 2018

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

The Fifth Season

The Broken Earth #1

N.K. Jemisin

432 pages • digital • 2015

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

Inheritance Trilogy #1

N.K. Jemisin

11 hours, 48 minutes • audio • 2010

fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced