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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Mainline Mama by Keeonna Harris

Mainline Mama

Keeonna Harris

224 pages • 2025 • 3 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Somadina by Akwaeke Emezi

Somadina

Akwaeke Emezi

300 pages • 2025 • 6 editions

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced
Lush by Tinia Montford

Lush

Tinia Montford

417 pages • 1 edition

romance
The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation by Anna Malaika Tubbs

The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation

Anna Malaika Tubbs

6h 51m • 2021 • 11 editions

nonfiction biography feminism history race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

Such a Fun Age

Kiley Reid

400 pages • 2019 • 69 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Onyeka and the Heroes of the Dawn by Tolá Okogwu

Onyeka #3

Onyeka and the Heroes of the Dawn

Tolá Okogwu

336 pages • 2024 • 7 editions

fiction fantasy middle grade medium-paced
Onyeka and the Rise of the Rebels by Tọlá Okogwu

Onyeka #2

Onyeka and the Rise of the Rebels

Tọlá Okogwu

7h 11m • 2023 • 9 editions

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun by Tọlá Okogwu

Onyeka #1

Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun

Tọlá Okogwu

7h 36m • 2022 • 11 editions

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous fast-paced
The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

The Death of Vivek Oji

Akwaeke Emezi

7h 38m • 2020 • 41 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

288 pages • 1979 • 80 editions

fiction classics historical speculative fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced