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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How Far to the Promised Land by Esau McCaulley

How Far to the Promised Land

Esau McCaulley

5h 48m • 2023 • 3 editions

nonfiction memoir race emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Love Simulation by Etta Easton

The Love Simulation

Etta Easton

10h 20m • 2025 • 10 editions

fiction contemporary romance adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Unlikely Thru-Hiker: An Appalachian Trail Journey by Derick Lugo

The Unlikely Thru-Hiker: An Appalachian Trail Journey

Derick Lugo

7h 12m • 2019 • 4 editions

user-added

nonfiction memoir nature travel adventurous fast-paced
skin & bones by Renée Watson

skin & bones

Renée Watson

9h 7m • 2024 • 6 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The 7-10 Split by Karmen Lee

Peach Blossom #1

The 7-10 Split

Karmen Lee

8h 19m • 2024 • 10 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance lighthearted medium-paced
The Relationship Mechanic by Karmen Lee

Peach Blossom #2

The Relationship Mechanic

Karmen Lee

7h 40m • 2025 • 10 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
Miss Me With That: Hot Takes, Helpful Tidbits and a Few Hard Truths by Rachel Lindsay

Miss Me With That: Hot Takes, Helpful Tidbits and a Few Hard Truths

Rachel Lindsay

10h 2m • 2022 • 3 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Reclaiming the Black Body: Nourishing the Home Within by Alishia McCullough

Reclaiming the Black Body: Nourishing the Home Within

Alishia McCullough

12h 19m • 2025 • 5 editions

nonfiction race self help medium-paced
Flirting Lessons by Jasmine Guillory

Flirting Lessons

Jasmine Guillory

368 pages • 2025 • 14 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
Abolition. Feminism. Now. by Gina Dent, Erica Meiners, Beth Richie, Angela Y. Davis

Abolition. Feminism. Now.

Gina Dent, Erica Meiners, Beth Richie, Angela Y. Davis

5h 3m • 2021 • 16 editions

nonfiction feminism race sociology informative reflective medium-paced