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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The Trees by Percival Everett

The Trees

Percival Everett

320 pages • 2021 • 30 editions

fiction contemporary crime literary mystery dark funny mysterious fast-paced
My Name Is a Story by Ashanti

My Name Is a Story

Ashanti

40 pages • 2022 • 2 editions

childrens emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Earthseed #1

Parable of the Sower

Octavia E. Butler

311 pages • 1993 • 91 editions

fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
Call Your Boyfriend by Ashley Woodfolk, Olivia A. Cole

Call Your Boyfriend

Ashley Woodfolk, Olivia A. Cole

288 pages • 2025 • 4 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult funny lighthearted medium-paced
Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola

Honey & Spice

Bolu Babalola

358 pages • 2022 • 34 editions

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Sharks Don't Sink: Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist by Jasmin Graham

Sharks Don't Sink: Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist

Jasmin Graham

224 pages • 2024 • 4 editions

nonfiction memoir science informative inspiring medium-paced
I Accidentally Summoned a Demon Boyfriend by Jessica Cage

Accidents Happen #1

I Accidentally Summoned a Demon Boyfriend

Jessica Cage

9h 8m • 2024 • 11 editions

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fiction fantasy romance adventurous funny medium-paced
The Cutting Season by Attica Locke

The Cutting Season

Attica Locke

384 pages • 2012 • 15 editions

fiction historical mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

Hidden Figures

Margot Lee Shetterly

10h 45m • 2016 • 66 editions

nonfiction feminism history mathematics race science informative inspiring slow-paced
We Are All So Good at Smiling by Amber McBride

We Are All So Good at Smiling

Amber McBride

3h 45m • 2023 • 8 editions

fiction fantasy poetry young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced