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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

All books added
And Then Life Was Beautiful by Asia Monique

Hanson Family #1

And Then Life Was Beautiful

Asia Monique

10h 30m • 2023 • 8 editions

fiction romance emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
The Oath by T.M. Richardson

The Secrets Series #1

The Oath

T.M. Richardson

6h 23m • 2024 • 11 editions

fiction erotica romance emotional medium-paced
The Anti-Greed Gospel: Why the Love of Money Is the Root of Racism and How the Church Can Create a New Way Forward by Malcolm Foley

The Anti-Greed Gospel: Why the Love of Money Is the Root of Racism and How the Church Can Create a New Way Forward

Malcolm Foley

192 pages • 3 editions

nonfiction politics religion medium-paced
Junie by Erin Crosby Eckstine

Junie

Erin Crosby Eckstine

361 pages • 2025 • 9 editions

fiction historical literary dark emotional tense medium-paced
The Last Minute First Lady by Tinia Montford

The Last Minute First Lady

Tinia Montford

322 pages • 2022 • 7 editions

fiction romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
The Day I Fell Off My Island by Yvonne Bailey-Smith

The Day I Fell Off My Island

Yvonne Bailey-Smith

386 pages • 2021 • 5 editions

fiction challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Blade by Blade by Danusha Laméris

Blade by Blade

Danusha Laméris

82 pages • 2024 • 3 editions

user-added

nonfiction poetry medium-paced
Goal by Alexandria House

St Louis Sires #1

Goal

Alexandria House

6h 11m • 2022 • 9 editions

fiction contemporary romance sports emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced
The Friendship Contract by Mia Heintzelman

The Friendship Contract

Mia Heintzelman

7h • 2022 • 3 editions

fiction romance emotional lighthearted fast-paced
Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon

Instructions for Dancing

Nicola Yoon

7h 48m • 2021 • 45 editions

fiction contemporary magical realism romance young adult emotional funny hopeful fast-paced