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01 Feb 2025—28 Feb 2025
Overview
Challenge Ideas:
1. A Classic by a Black Author
- Example: "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison or "Native Son" by Richard Wright.
- Example: "The Vanishing Half" by Brit Bennett or "Such a Fun Age" by Kiley Reid.
- Example: "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou or "The Souls of Black Folk" by W.E.B. Du Bois.
- Example: "The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks" by Gwendolyn Brooks or "The Tradition" by Jericho Brown.
- Example: "Homegoing" by Yaa Gyasi or "The Underground Railroad" by Colson Whitehead.
- Example: "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker or "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston.
- Example: "The Cutting Season" by Attica Locke or "The Last Minority" by Tana French (exploring race and crime).
- Example: "Children of Blood and Bone" by Tomi Adeyemi or "Kindred" by Octavia Butler.
- Example: "Sister Citizen" by Melissa V. Harris-Perry or "We Should All Be Feminists" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
- Example: "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie or "Everything Inside" by Agha Shahid Ali.
- Example: "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas or "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson.
- Example: "The Thing Around Your Neck" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie or "Jesus’ Son" by Denis Johnson (incorporates African-American stories)
12 Books by Black Authors Challenge
18 participants (70 books)
STARTS: 01 Feb 2025ENDS: 28 Feb 2025
Overview
Challenge Ideas:
1. A Classic by a Black Author
- Example: "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison or "Native Son" by Richard Wright.
- Example: "The Vanishing Half" by Brit Bennett or "Such a Fun Age" by Kiley Reid.
- Example: "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou or "The Souls of Black Folk" by W.E.B. Du Bois.
- Example: "The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks" by Gwendolyn Brooks or "The Tradition" by Jericho Brown.
- Example: "Homegoing" by Yaa Gyasi or "The Underground Railroad" by Colson Whitehead.
- Example: "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker or "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston.
- Example: "The Cutting Season" by Attica Locke or "The Last Minority" by Tana French (exploring race and crime).
- Example: "Children of Blood and Bone" by Tomi Adeyemi or "Kindred" by Octavia Butler.
- Example: "Sister Citizen" by Melissa V. Harris-Perry or "We Should All Be Feminists" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
- Example: "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie or "Everything Inside" by Agha Shahid Ali.
- Example: "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas or "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson.
- Example: "The Thing Around Your Neck" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie or "Jesus’ Son" by Denis Johnson (incorporates African-American stories)
Challenge Books
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352 pages • paperback • 2025
ISBN/UID: 9781250906328
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Original Pub Year: 2025
Edition Pub Date: 04 Feb 2025
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
352 pages • 2025
ISBN/UID: 9781250906328
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Original Pub Year: 2025
Edition Pub Date: 04 Feb 2025
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
384 pages • digital • 2025
ISBN/UID: 9780593641446
Format: Digital
Language: English
Original Pub Year: 2025
Edition Pub Date: 25 Mar 2025
Publisher: Berkley
384 pages • 2025
ISBN/UID: 9780593641446
Format: Digital
Language: English
Original Pub Year: 2025
Edition Pub Date: 25 Mar 2025
Publisher: Berkley
453 pages • digital • 2017
ISBN/UID: None
Format: Digital
Language: English
Original Pub Year: 2017
Edition Pub Date: 28 Feb 2017
Publisher: Balzer + Bray
453 pages • 2017
ISBN/UID: None
Format: Digital
Language: English
Original Pub Year: 2017
Edition Pub Date: 28 Feb 2017
Publisher: Balzer + Bray
8h 6m • audio • 2025
ISBN/UID: 9781250381415
Format: Audio
Language: English
Original Pub Year: 2025
Edition Pub Date: 04 Feb 2025
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
8h 6m • 2025
ISBN/UID: 9781250381415
Format: Audio
Language: English
Original Pub Year: 2025
Edition Pub Date: 04 Feb 2025
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
240 pages • digital • 2021
ISBN/UID: 9783841229618
Format: Digital
Language: German
Original Pub Year: 2021
Edition Pub Date: 11 Apr 2022
Publisher: Aufbau Verlage GmbH & Co.
240 pages • 2021
ISBN/UID: 9783841229618
Format: Digital
Language: German
Original Pub Year: 2021
Edition Pub Date: 11 Apr 2022
Publisher: Aufbau Verlage GmbH & Co.
345 pages • paperback • 1993
ISBN/UID: 9781538732182
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Original Pub Year: 1993
Edition Pub Date: 30 Apr 2019
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
345 pages • 1993
ISBN/UID: 9781538732182
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Original Pub Year: 1993
Edition Pub Date: 30 Apr 2019
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
12h 21m • audio • 2023
ISBN/UID: B0BPTKTBB2
Format: Audio
Language: English
Original Pub Year: 2023
Edition Pub Date: 08 Aug 2023
Publisher: Penguin Audio
12h 21m • 2023
ISBN/UID: B0BPTKTBB2
Format: Audio
Language: English
Original Pub Year: 2023
Edition Pub Date: 08 Aug 2023
Publisher: Penguin Audio
321 pages • paperback • 1987
ISBN/UID: 9781400033416
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Original Pub Year: 1987
Edition Pub Date: 08 Jun 2004
Publisher: Vintage
321 pages • 1987
ISBN/UID: 9781400033416
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Original Pub Year: 1987
Edition Pub Date: 08 Jun 2004
Publisher: Vintage
240 pages • paperback • 1992
ISBN/UID: 9780452269651
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Original Pub Year: 1992
Edition Pub Date: 01 Apr 1993
Publisher: Plume
240 pages • 1992
ISBN/UID: 9780452269651
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Original Pub Year: 1992
Edition Pub Date: 01 Apr 1993
Publisher: Plume
10h 6m • audio • 2023
ISBN/UID: 9780063084582
Format: Audio
Language: English
Original Pub Year: 2023
Edition Pub Date: 11 Jul 2023
Publisher: HarperAudio
10h 6m • 2023
ISBN/UID: 9780063084582
Format: Audio
Language: English
Original Pub Year: 2023
Edition Pub Date: 11 Jul 2023
Publisher: HarperAudio