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 Narrative of Sojourner Truth by Sojourner Truth

The Narrative of Sojourner Truth

Sojourner Truth

3h 45m • 1850 • 74 editions

user-added

nonfiction autobiography classics history challenging informative slow-paced
Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems 1988-2000 by Lucille Clifton

Blessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems 1988-2000

Lucille Clifton

144 pages • 2000 • 6 editions

nonfiction feminism poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
Standing Heavy by GauZ'

Standing Heavy

GauZ'

167 pages • 2014 • 14 editions

fiction literary funny reflective fast-paced
In Open Contempt: Confronting White Supremacy in Art and Public Space by Irvin Weathersby Jr.

In Open Contempt: Confronting White Supremacy in Art and Public Space

Irvin Weathersby Jr.

6h 37m • 2025 • 3 editions

nonfiction art history race informative reflective medium-paced
The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson

The Parker Inheritance

Varian Johnson

352 pages • 2018 • 9 editions

fiction historical middle grade mystery mysterious medium-paced
Up Home: One Girl's Journey by Ruth J. Simmons

Up Home: One Girl's Journey

Ruth J. Simmons

6h 52m • 2023 • 6 editions

nonfiction memoir hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Devils Kill Devils by Johnny Compton

Devils Kill Devils

Johnny Compton

288 pages • 2024 • 9 editions

fiction horror challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert by Bob the Drag Queen

Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert

Bob the Drag Queen

4h 18m • 2025 • 10 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ literary funny informative reflective fast-paced
Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby

Blacktop Wasteland

S.A. Cosby

304 pages • 2020 • 26 editions

fiction mystery thriller adventurous dark tense fast-paced
The Between by Tananarive Due

The Between

Tananarive Due

9h 20m • 1995 • 22 editions

fiction fantasy horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced