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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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Their Vicious Games by Joelle Wellington

Their Vicious Games #1

Their Vicious Games

Joelle Wellington

416 pages • 2023 • 19 editions

fiction thriller young adult dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murray

Harlem Rhapsody

Victoria Christopher Murray

385 pages • 2025 • 7 editions

fiction historical literary informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Motor City Witches: The Goddess Within by Jade Aurora

Motor City Witches: The Goddess Within

Jade Aurora

216 pages • 1 edition

fiction
The Battle Drum by Saara El-Arifi

The Ending Fire Trilogy #2

The Battle Drum

Saara El-Arifi

18h 13m • 2023 • 21 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Feminism is for Everybody by bell hooks

Feminism is for Everybody

bell hooks

123 pages • 2000 • 34 editions

nonfiction feminism politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Erased: What American Patriarchy Has Hidden from Us by Anna Malaika Tubbs

Erased: What American Patriarchy Has Hidden from Us

Anna Malaika Tubbs

384 pages • 2025 • 4 editions

nonfiction gender sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The First Family (Drew Collins Book 2) by Granger

Drew Collins #2

The First Family (Drew Collins Book 2)

Granger

517 pages • 2024 • 5 editions

fiction fantasy mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Black Women Taught Us: An Intimate History of Black Feminism by Jenn M. Jackson

Black Women Taught Us: An Intimate History of Black Feminism

Jenn M. Jackson

368 pages • 2024 • 3 editions

nonfiction history politics race informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar by Robin R. Means Coleman, Mark H. Harris

The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar

Robin R. Means Coleman, Mark H. Harris

320 pages • 2023 • 4 editions

nonfiction horror race funny informative reflective medium-paced
An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson

An Academy for Liars

Alexis Henderson

452 pages • 2024 • 28 editions

fiction fantasy horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced