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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
Drown Me with Dreams by Gabi Burton

Sing Me to Sleep #2

Drown Me with Dreams

Gabi Burton

424 pages • 2024 • 11 editions

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fiction fantasy romance young adult adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Plus Size Player by Danielle Allen

Curve #2

Plus Size Player

Danielle Allen

359 pages • 2025 • 4 editions

fiction contemporary romance funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Can't Get Enough by Kennedy Ryan

Skyland #3

Can't Get Enough

Kennedy Ryan

15h 15m • 2025 • 18 editions

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
All Superheroes Need PR by Elizabeth Stephens

Supers In the City #1

All Superheroes Need PR

Elizabeth Stephens

302 pages • 2025 • 6 editions

fiction fantasy romance adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Half of a Yellow Sun

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

18h 10m • 2006 • 118 editions

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Ms. V's Hot Girl Summer by A.H. Cunningham

Ms. V's Hot Girl Summer

A.H. Cunningham

7h 44m • 2025 • 5 editions

fiction contemporary romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk

Even Though I Knew the End

C.L. Polk

3h 52m • 2022 • 19 editions

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ dark emotional mysterious fast-paced
The Mothers by Brit Bennett

The Mothers

Brit Bennett

275 pages • 2016 • 44 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley

Easy Rawlins #1

Devil in a Blue Dress

Walter Mosley

263 pages • 1990 • 42 editions

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Unlikely Neighbors by Renee Daniel Flagler

Unlikely Neighbors

Renee Daniel Flagler

288 pages • 2025 • 4 editions

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful medium-paced