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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Untethered by Angela Jackson-Brown

Untethered

Angela Jackson-Brown

400 pages • 2024 • 5 editions

fiction historical emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
We Alive, Beloved: Poems by Frederick Joseph

We Alive, Beloved: Poems

Frederick Joseph

128 pages • 2024 • 4 editions

user-added

nonfiction poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
Hood Wellness: Tales of Communal Care from People Who Drowned on Dry Land by Tamela J. Gordon

Hood Wellness: Tales of Communal Care from People Who Drowned on Dry Land

Tamela J. Gordon

312 pages • 2024 • 3 editions

nonfiction health memoir race informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon

Heavy: An American Memoir

Kiese Laymon

6h 17m • 2018 • 18 editions

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Tiana's Perfect Plan by Anika Noni Rose

Tiana's Perfect Plan

Anika Noni Rose

48 pages • 2024 • 1 edition

fiction childrens adventurous inspiring lighthearted fast-paced
Go Higher: Five Practices for Purpose, Success, and Inner Peace by Big Sean

Go Higher: Five Practices for Purpose, Success, and Inner Peace

Big Sean

5h 55m • 2025 • 2 editions

user-added

nonfiction self help medium-paced
Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Dream Count

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

19h 5m • 2025 • 37 editions

fiction literary emotional reflective medium-paced
South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation by Imani Perry

South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation

Imani Perry

16h 32m • 2021 • 8 editions

nonfiction history memoir challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Gather Me by Glory Edim

Gather Me

Glory Edim

8h 6m • 2024 • 4 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Xeni: A Marriage of Inconvenience by Rebekah Weatherspoon

Loose Ends #2

Xeni: A Marriage of Inconvenience

Rebekah Weatherspoon

292 pages • 2019 • 8 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced