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

13h 13m2015 13 editions

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious slow-paced

The Attic Child

Lola Jaye

14h 46m2022 19 editions

fiction historical challenging emotional sad medium-paced

177 pages2017 4 editions

fiction contemporary romance informative reflective medium-paced

304 pages2022 27 editions

fiction literary magical realism romance emotional mysterious medium-paced

289 pages2016 93 editions

nonfiction memoir race emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

448 pages2018 107 editions

nonfiction memoir politics hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

368 pages2021 22 editions

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced

272 pages2024 9 editions

fiction literary funny reflective medium-paced

289 pages1969 126 editions

nonfiction autobiography classics emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

8h 6m2025 10 editions

fiction mystery speculative fiction young adult emotional mysterious tense medium-paced