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 Filling Station by Vanessa Miller

The Filling Station

Vanessa Miller

365 pages • 2025 • 4 editions

user-added

fiction historical emotional informative sad medium-paced
Happy Land by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Happy Land

Dolen Perkins-Valdez

368 pages • 2025 • 6 editions

fiction historical literary emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre by Brandy Colbert

Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

Brandy Colbert

5h 24m • 2021 • 5 editions

nonfiction history race young adult challenging emotional informative medium-paced
Long After We Are Gone by Terah Shelton Harris

Long After We Are Gone

Terah Shelton Harris

412 pages • 2024 • 6 editions

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
I'll Be Gone for Christmas by Georgia K. Boone

I'll Be Gone for Christmas

Georgia K. Boone

7h 53m • 2024 • 5 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Somebody's Husband by Robbi Renee

Somebody's Husband

Robbi Renee

8h 58m • 2024 • 3 editions

fiction romance emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
Between Friends & Lovers by Shirlene Obuobi

Between Friends & Lovers

Shirlene Obuobi

11h 3m • 2024 • 11 editions

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
The Race to Be Myself: A Memoir by Caster Semenya

The Race to Be Myself: A Memoir

Caster Semenya

11h 32m • 2023 • 8 editions

nonfiction gender memoir sports informative inspiring medium-paced
Black Girl You Are Atlas by Renée Watson

Black Girl You Are Atlas

Renée Watson

52m • 2024 • 5 editions

nonfiction feminism poetry young adult emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced
Congratulations, The Best Is Over! by R. Eric Thomas

Congratulations, The Best Is Over!

R. Eric Thomas

6h 40m • 2023 • 8 editions

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced