12 Books By Black Authors

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76 participants (539 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read one book by a Black author a month for the whole year. It doesn’t matter the genre, author’s gender, release date, traditional published or indie. As long as the author is Black it counts! Use #12BooksByBlackAuthors if you post on social media. 

Challenge Books

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The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery: A Novel by Clarence A. Haynes

The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery: A Novel

Clarence A. Haynes

240 pages • 2025 • 3 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+
Sula by Toni Morrison

Sula

Toni Morrison

174 pages • 1973 • 77 editions

fiction classics historical literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Blood at the Root by LaDarrion Williams

Blood at the Root #1

Blood at the Root

LaDarrion Williams

419 pages • 2024 • 9 editions

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Calvin by Vanessa Ford, J.R. Ford
Calvin
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Vanessa Ford, J.R. Ford

Calvin

Vanessa Ford, J.R. Ford

9m • 2021 • 4 editions

fiction childrens lgbtqia+ emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
We Don't Talk About Carol by Kristen L. Berry

We Don't Talk About Carol

Kristen L. Berry

11h 38m • 2025 • 5 editions

fiction thriller emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced
Rebel by Beverly Jenkins

Women Who Dare #1

Rebel

Beverly Jenkins

373 pages • 2019 • 13 editions

fiction historical romance emotional lighthearted slow-paced
I, Medusa by Ayana Gray

I, Medusa

Ayana Gray

336 pages • 2025 • 4 editions

fiction fantasy historical dark emotional sad medium-paced
How to Find a Princess by Alyssa Cole

Runaway Royals #2

How to Find a Princess

Alyssa Cole

10h 48m • 2021 • 7 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Cutthroat by Octavia Grant

Cutthroat

Octavia Grant

131 pages • 2025 • 4 editions

fiction thriller dark tense fast-paced
Grown Women: A Novel by Sarai Johnson

Grown Women: A Novel

Sarai Johnson

320 pages • 4 editions

fiction contemporary literary medium-paced