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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Luca by Grey Huffington

The Eisenberg Effect #1

Luca

Grey Huffington

373 pages • 2022 • 7 editions

user-added

fiction romance emotional tense medium-paced
The Ending Fire by Saara El-Arifi

The Ending Fire Trilogy #3

The Ending Fire

Saara El-Arifi

16h 14m • 2024 • 22 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ dark emotional tense medium-paced
Tristan Strong Keeps Punching by Kwame Mbalia

Tristan Strong #3

Tristan Strong Keeps Punching

Kwame Mbalia

405 pages • 2021 • 10 editions

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry

Hair Love

Matthew A. Cherry

4m • 2019 • 10 editions

fiction childrens emotional lighthearted fast-paced
A Million Aunties: An Emotional, Feel-Good Novel about Friendship, Community and Family by Alecia McKenzie

A Million Aunties: An Emotional, Feel-Good Novel about Friendship, Community and Family

Alecia McKenzie

208 pages • 2020 • 12 editions

fiction contemporary emotional reflective medium-paced
No Pain Like This Body: The forgotten classic masterpiece of Trinidadian literature by Harold Sonny Ladoo
No Pain Like This Body: The forgotten classic masterpiece of Trinidadian literature
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Harold Sonny Ladoo

No Pain Like This Body: The forgotten classic masterpiece of Trinidadian literature

Harold Sonny Ladoo

missing page info • 1 edition

My Name is Maame by Jessica George

My Name is Maame

Jessica George

391 pages • 2023 • 45 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Library Thief: The Spellbinding Debut for Fans of Fingersmith and The Binding by Kuchenga Shenje

The Library Thief: The Spellbinding Debut for Fans of Fingersmith and The Binding

Kuchenga Shenje

400 pages • 2 editions

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

James McBride

385 pages • 2023 • 36 editions

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Sweetness in the Skin by Ishi Robinson

Sweetness in the Skin

Ishi Robinson

368 pages • 2024 • 12 editions

fiction contemporary emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced