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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

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Women, Race, & Class by Angela Y. Davis

Women, Race, & Class

Angela Y. Davis

271 pages • 1981 • 46 editions

nonfiction feminism history politics race sociology challenging informative medium-paced
Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga

Nervous Conditions #1

Nervous Conditions

Tsitsi Dangarembga

204 pages • 1988 • 42 editions

fiction classics historical literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

Song of Solomon

Toni Morrison

337 pages • 1977 • 77 editions

fiction classics literary magical realism challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah

Paradise

Abdulrazak Gurnah

256 pages • 1994 • 66 editions

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Desertion by Abdulrazak Gurnah

Desertion

Abdulrazak Gurnah

272 pages • 2005 • 26 editions

fiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

Transcendent Kingdom

Yaa Gyasi

290 pages • 2020 • 56 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Bless the Blood: A Cancer Memoir by Walela Nehanda

Bless the Blood: A Cancer Memoir

Walela Nehanda

400 pages • 2024 • 4 editions

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir poetry young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto by Charles M. Blow

The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto

Charles M. Blow

6h 9m • 3 editions

nonfiction biography history memoir challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Where Sleeping Girls Lie #1

Where Sleeping Girls Lie

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

416 pages • 2024 • 37 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ mystery young adult dark mysterious tense medium-paced
I Won't Shut Up: Finding Your Voice When the World Tries to Silence You by Ally Henny

I Won't Shut Up: Finding Your Voice When the World Tries to Silence You

Ally Henny

356 pages • 2019 • 4 editions

user-added

nonfiction adventurous emotional medium-paced