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
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James

Black Leopard, Red Wolf

The Dark Star Trilogy #1

Marlon James

24 hours, 2 minutes • audio • 2019

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous challenging dark slow-paced
The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

The City We Became

Great Cities #1

N.K. Jemisin

437 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction contemporary fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Talents

Earthseed #2

Octavia E. Butler

15 hours, 28 minutes • audio • 1998 user-added

fiction dystopian speculative fiction challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

12 hours, 3 minutes • audio • 1993

fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi

Children of Virtue and Vengeance

Legacy of Orïsha #2

Tomi Adeyemi

416 pages • hardcover • 2019

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional fast-paced
If He Loved You by Aseera

If He Loved You

If He Loved You

Aseera

174 pages • paperback

fiction emotional medium-paced
Looking for Love in All the Haunted Places by Claire Kann

Looking for Love in All the Haunted Places

Claire Kann

11 hours, 18 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction lgbtqia+ romance emotional lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Sight Unseen by Kasha Thompson

Sight Unseen

Kasha Thompson

10 hours, 7 minutes • audio • 2023

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Magnolia: A Perfect Love by Asia Monique

Magnolia: A Perfect Love

Flower Sisters #1

Asia Monique

5 hours, 1 minutes • audio • 2020

fiction romance emotional lighthearted fast-paced
And Then Life Was Beautiful by Asia Monique

And Then Life Was Beautiful

Hanson Family #1

Asia Monique

10 hours, 30 minutes • audio • 2023

fiction romance emotional hopeful sad medium-paced