12 Books By Black Authors

76 participants (539 books)

01 Jan 202531 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

311 pages2020 19 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ literary thriller dark mysterious slow-paced

387 pages2017 17 editions

fiction mystery young adult dark emotional tense medium-paced

400 pages2020 51 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous dark hopeful mysterious fast-paced

281 pages2023 12 editions

fiction fantasy historical horror lgbtqia+ dark mysterious tense medium-paced

272 pages2023 12 editions

fiction horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced

388 pages2021 7 editions

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced

310 pages2022 7 editions

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced

313 pages2023 6 editions

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced

288 pages2020 21 editions

fiction literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

213 pages2019 101 editions

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced