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.

12 Books By Black Authors

shellysbookcorner Host

76 participants (539 books)

STARTS: 01 Jan 2025ENDS: 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

All books added

Another Word for Love: A Memoir by Carvell Wallace

Another Word for Love: A Memoir
Carvell Wallace with Carvell Wallace (Narrator)

6h 6m • audio • 2024 • 4 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Another Word for Love: A Memoir by Carvell Wallace

Another Word for Love: A Memoir

Carvell Wallace with Carvell Wallace (Narrator)

6h 6m • 2024 • 4 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Darling: New & Selected Poems by Jackie Kay

Darling: New & Selected Poems
Jackie Kay

240 pages • paperback • 2007 • 5 editions

nonfiction poetry emotional reflective medium-paced

nonfiction poetry emotional reflective medium-paced

Darling: New & Selected Poems by Jackie Kay

Darling: New & Selected Poems

240 pages • 2007 • 5 editions

nonfiction poetry emotional reflective medium-paced

nonfiction poetry emotional reflective medium-paced

Rogue Magic by N.R. Hairston

World Breaker #1

Rogue Magic
N.R. Hairston

388 pages • digital • 2017 • 2 editions

fiction fantasy adventurous fast-paced

fiction fantasy adventurous fast-paced

Rogue Magic by N.R. Hairston

World Breaker #1

Rogue Magic

388 pages • 2017 • 2 editions

fiction fantasy adventurous fast-paced

fiction fantasy adventurous fast-paced

Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rowser

Wash Day Diaries
Jamila Rowser with Robyn Smith (Illustrator)

192 pages • paperback • 2022 • 7 editions

fiction contemporary graphic novel lgbtqia+ emotional funny reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary graphic novel lgbtqia+ emotional funny reflective medium-paced

Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rowser

Wash Day Diaries

Jamila Rowser with Robyn Smith (Illustrator)

192 pages • 2022 • 7 editions

fiction contemporary graphic novel lgbtqia+ emotional funny reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary graphic novel lgbtqia+ emotional funny reflective medium-paced

Crowned with Glory: How Proclaiming the Truth of Black Dignity Has Shaped American History by Jasmine L. Holmes

Crowned with Glory: How Proclaiming the Truth of Black Dignity Has Shaped American History
Jasmine L. Holmes

6h • audio • 2023 • 3 editions

user-added

nonfiction race religion

nonfiction race religion

Crowned with Glory: How Proclaiming the Truth of Black Dignity Has Shaped American History by Jasmine L. Holmes

Crowned with Glory: How Proclaiming the Truth of Black Dignity Has Shaped American History

Jasmine L. Holmes

6h • 2023 • 3 editions

user-added

nonfiction race religion

nonfiction race religion

Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon

Sorrowland
Rivers Solomon with Karen Chilton (Narrator)

12h 2m • audio • 2021 • 19 editions

fiction horror lgbtqia+ science fiction dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

fiction horror lgbtqia+ science fiction dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon

Sorrowland

Rivers Solomon with Karen Chilton (Narrator)

12h 2m • 2021 • 19 editions

fiction horror lgbtqia+ science fiction dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

fiction horror lgbtqia+ science fiction dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories and Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown by Kenan Thompson

When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories and Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown
Kenan Thompson with Kenan Thompson (Narrator)

7h 58m • audio • 2023 • 6 editions

nonfiction essays memoir funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

nonfiction essays memoir funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories and Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown by Kenan Thompson

When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories and Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown

Kenan Thompson with Kenan Thompson (Narrator)

7h 58m • 2023 • 6 editions

nonfiction essays memoir funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

nonfiction essays memoir funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Crimes of Passion by Jack Harbon

Crimes of Passion
Jack Harbon with Ron Butler (Narrator), Kevin Free (Narrator)

2h 41m • audio • 2022 • 2 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ romance funny lighthearted fast-paced

fiction lgbtqia+ romance funny lighthearted fast-paced

Crimes of Passion by Jack Harbon

Crimes of Passion

Jack Harbon with Ron Butler (Narrator), Kevin Free (Narrator)

2h 41m • 2022 • 2 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ romance funny lighthearted fast-paced

fiction lgbtqia+ romance funny lighthearted fast-paced

All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris

All Her Little Secrets
Wanda M. Morris with Susan Dalian (Narrator)

11h 40m • audio • 2021 • 9 editions

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced

All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris

All Her Little Secrets

Wanda M. Morris with Susan Dalian (Narrator)

11h 40m • 2021 • 9 editions

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Coming Home by Kennedy Ryan

Coming Home
Kennedy Ryan with Wesleigh Siobhan (Narrator), Jakobi Diem (Narrator)

2h 40m • audio • 2023 • 3 editions

fiction romance funny lighthearted fast-paced

fiction romance funny lighthearted fast-paced

Coming Home by Kennedy Ryan

Coming Home

Kennedy Ryan with Wesleigh Siobhan (Narrator), Jakobi Diem (Narrator)

2h 40m • 2023 • 3 editions

fiction romance funny lighthearted fast-paced

fiction romance funny lighthearted fast-paced

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