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Read Black Authors Challenge

krissy_'s profile picture krissy_ Host

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

The Dark Star Trilogy #1

Black Leopard, Red Wolf

Marlon James

24h 2m • 2019 • 50 editions

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

Great Cities #1

The City We Became

N.K. Jemisin

437 pages • 2020 • 58 editions

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

Earthseed #2

Parable of the Talents

Octavia E. Butler

15h 28m • 1998 • 45 editions

user-added

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

Earthseed #1

Parable of the Sower

Octavia E. Butler

12h 3m • 1993 • 91 editions

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

Legacy of Orïsha #2

Children of Virtue and Vengeance

Tomi Adeyemi

416 pages • 2019 • 60 editions

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 • 5 editions

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

11h 18m • 2024 • 8 editions

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

Sight Unseen

Kasha Thompson

10h 7m • 2023 • 5 editions

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

Flower Sisters #1

Magnolia: A Perfect Love

Asia Monique

5h 1m • 2020 • 5 editions

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

Hanson Family #1

And Then Life Was Beautiful

Asia Monique

10h 30m • 2023 • 8 editions

fiction romance emotional hopeful sad medium-paced