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.

12 Books By Black Authors

shellysbookcorner Host

76 participants (539 books)

STARTS: 01 Jan 2025ENDS: 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

Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan

Before I Let Go
Kennedy Ryan

391 pages • paperback • 2022 • 41 editions

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan

Before I Let Go

391 pages • 2022 • 41 editions

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Feed by Aveda Vice

Feed
Aveda Vice

62 pages • digital • 2021 • 7 editions

fiction erotica fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous dark fast-paced

fiction erotica fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous dark fast-paced

Feed by Aveda Vice

Feed

62 pages • 2021 • 7 editions

fiction erotica fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous dark fast-paced

fiction erotica fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous dark fast-paced

Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson

Rise to the Sun
Leah Johnson with Lexi Underwood (Narrator), Alaska Jackson (Narrator)

7h 33m • audio • 2021 • 11 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson

Rise to the Sun

Leah Johnson with Lexi Underwood (Narrator), Alaska Jackson (Narrator)

7h 33m • 2021 • 11 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
Clint Smith with Clint Smith (Narrator)

10h 7m • audio • 2021 • 18 editions

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

Clint Smith with Clint Smith (Narrator)

10h 7m • 2021 • 18 editions

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced

A Deadly Inside Scoop by Abby Collette

An Ice Cream Parlor Mystery #1

A Deadly Inside Scoop
Abby Collette with Chandra Skyye (Narrator)

9h 51m • audio • 2020 • 4 editions

fiction mystery lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

fiction mystery lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

A Deadly Inside Scoop by Abby Collette

An Ice Cream Parlor Mystery #1

A Deadly Inside Scoop

Abby Collette with Chandra Skyye (Narrator)

9h 51m • 2020 • 4 editions

fiction mystery lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

fiction mystery lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

Clap When You Land
Elizabeth Acevedo with Melania-Luisa Marte (Narrator), Elizabeth Acevedo (Narrator)

5h 32m • audio • 2020 • 32 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ poetry young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ poetry young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

Clap When You Land

Elizabeth Acevedo with Melania-Luisa Marte (Narrator), Elizabeth Acevedo (Narrator)

5h 32m • 2020 • 32 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ poetry young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ poetry young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Noor by Nnedi Okorafor

Noor
Nnedi Okorafor

214 pages • hardcover • 2021 • 4 editions

fiction science fiction adventurous tense fast-paced

fiction science fiction adventurous tense fast-paced

Noor by Nnedi Okorafor

Noor

214 pages • 2021 • 4 editions

fiction science fiction adventurous tense fast-paced

fiction science fiction adventurous tense fast-paced

Twenty-Four Seconds From Now by Jason Reynolds

Twenty-Four Seconds From Now
Jason Reynolds

4h 27m • audio • 2024 • 14 editions

fiction romance young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

fiction romance young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Twenty-Four Seconds From Now by Jason Reynolds

Twenty-Four Seconds From Now

4h 27m • 2024 • 14 editions

fiction romance young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

fiction romance young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

The Blueprint by Rae Giana Rashad

The Blueprint
Rae Giana Rashad

304 pages • hardcover • 2024 • 7 editions

fiction dystopian literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced

fiction dystopian literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced

The Blueprint by Rae Giana Rashad

The Blueprint

Rae Giana Rashad

304 pages • 2024 • 7 editions

fiction dystopian literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced

fiction dystopian literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced

I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com by Kimberly Lemming

Cosmic Chaos #1

I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com
Kimberly Lemming

287 pages • paperback • 2025 • 11 editions

fiction fantasy romance science fiction adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

fiction fantasy romance science fiction adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com by Kimberly Lemming

Cosmic Chaos #1

I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com

Kimberly Lemming

287 pages • 2025 • 11 editions

fiction fantasy romance science fiction adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

fiction fantasy romance science fiction adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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