12 Books by Black Chicago Women 2025

blackgirlsreadchi Host

37 participants (50 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Join us for the 12 Books by Black Chicago Women Reading Challenge for 2025!

Whether you participated in the inaugural challenge or are participating for the first time—welcome! This year, let’s continue to celebrate the depth, diversity, and dopeness of Chicago’s Black women writers. Read at least 12 books by Black women from Chicago. The books can be in any genre, on any topic, and from any time period.

Follow along here and on our Instagram page @blackgirlsreadchi, and use the hashtags #12BooksByBlackChicagoWomen and #12BooksByBlackWomenChi to share your progress.

If you need a few more suggestions to get you started, check out our book list on Bookshop.org.

12 Books by Black Chicago Women 2025

blackgirlsreadchi Host

37 participants (50 books)

STARTS: 01 Jan 2025ENDS: 31 Dec 2025

Overview

Join us for the 12 Books by Black Chicago Women Reading Challenge for 2025!

Whether you participated in the inaugural challenge or are participating for the first time—welcome! This year, let’s continue to celebrate the depth, diversity, and dopeness of Chicago’s Black women writers. Read at least 12 books by Black women from Chicago. The books can be in any genre, on any topic, and from any time period.

Follow along here and on our Instagram page @blackgirlsreadchi, and use the hashtags #12BooksByBlackChicagoWomen and #12BooksByBlackWomenChi to share your progress.

If you need a few more suggestions to get you started, check out our book list on Bookshop.org.

Challenge Books

All books added

Maud Martha by Gwendolyn Brooks

Maud Martha
Gwendolyn Brooks

180 pages • 1953 • 13 editions

fiction classics literary poetry reflective fast-paced

fiction classics literary poetry reflective fast-paced

Maud Martha by Gwendolyn Brooks

Maud Martha

Gwendolyn Brooks

180 pages • 1953 • 13 editions

fiction classics literary poetry reflective fast-paced

fiction classics literary poetry reflective fast-paced

Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor

Remote Control
Nnedi Okorafor with Adjoa Andoh (Narrator)

4h 7m • audio • 2021 • 8 editions

fiction science fiction adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

fiction science fiction adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor

Remote Control

Nnedi Okorafor with Adjoa Andoh (Narrator)

4h 7m • 2021 • 8 editions

fiction science fiction adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

fiction science fiction adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

Ironheart, Vol. 1: Those with Courage by Eve Ewing

Ironheart (2018) #1

Ironheart, Vol. 1: Those with Courage
Eve Ewing

136 pages • paperback • 2019 • 3 editions

fiction comics young adult adventurous medium-paced

fiction comics young adult adventurous medium-paced

Ironheart, Vol. 1: Those with Courage by Eve Ewing

Ironheart (2018) #1

Ironheart, Vol. 1: Those with Courage

136 pages • 2019 • 3 editions

fiction comics young adult adventurous medium-paced

fiction comics young adult adventurous medium-paced

A Season of Light by Julie Iromuanya

A Season of Light
Julie Iromuanya with Yinka Ladeinde (Narrator), Leo Anifowose (Narrator)

7h 43m • audio • 2025 • 5 editions

fiction literary medium-paced

fiction literary medium-paced

A Season of Light by Julie Iromuanya

A Season of Light

Julie Iromuanya with Yinka Ladeinde (Narrator), Leo Anifowose (Narrator)

7h 43m • 2025 • 5 editions

fiction literary medium-paced

fiction literary medium-paced

Broken Places by Tracy Clark

Broken Places
Tracy Clark with Shari Peele (Narrator)

12h 58m • audio • 2018 • 9 editions

user-added

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious tense fast-paced

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Broken Places by Tracy Clark

Broken Places

Tracy Clark with Shari Peele (Narrator)

12h 58m • 2018 • 9 editions

user-added

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious tense fast-paced

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious tense fast-paced

I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times by Taylor Byas

I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times
Taylor Byas

1h 51m • audio • 2023 • 3 editions

user-added

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times by Taylor Byas

I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times

1h 51m • 2023 • 3 editions

user-added

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

1919 by Eve L. Ewing

1919
Eve L. Ewing with Eve L. Ewing (Narrator)

1h 5m • audio • 2019 • 8 editions

nonfiction history poetry race emotional informative reflective fast-paced

nonfiction history poetry race emotional informative reflective fast-paced

1919 by Eve L. Ewing

1919

Eve L. Ewing with Eve L. Ewing (Narrator)

1h 5m • 2019 • 8 editions

nonfiction history poetry race emotional informative reflective fast-paced

nonfiction history poetry race emotional informative reflective fast-paced

The Mayor of Maxwell Street by Avery Cunningham

The Mayor of Maxwell Street
Avery Cunningham

508 pages • hardcover • 2024 • 6 editions

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced

The Mayor of Maxwell Street by Avery Cunningham

The Mayor of Maxwell Street

Avery Cunningham

508 pages • 2024 • 6 editions

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced

Hide by Tracy Clark

Detective Harriet Foster #1

Hide
Tracy Clark

369 pages • paperback • 2023 • 9 editions

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Hide by Tracy Clark

Detective Harriet Foster #1

Hide

369 pages • 2023 • 9 editions

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced

The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation by Natalie Y. Moore

The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation
Natalie Y. Moore

272 pages • hardcover • 2016 • 6 editions

nonfiction history politics sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced

nonfiction history politics sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced

The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation by Natalie Y. Moore

The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation

Natalie Y. Moore

272 pages • 2016 • 6 editions

nonfiction history politics sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced

nonfiction history politics sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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