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
Home Is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo

Home Is Not a Country

Safia Elhillo

3h 11m • 2021 • 8 editions

fiction contemporary poetry young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
Great Black Hope by Rob Franklin

Great Black Hope

Rob Franklin

320 pages • 2025 • 6 editions

user-added

fiction literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler by Ibi Zoboi

Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler

Ibi Zoboi

112 pages • 2022 • 5 editions

nonfiction biography middle grade poetry informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston

Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

Zora Neale Hurston

3h 50m • 2018 • 29 editions

nonfiction biography history race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Red Clay by Charles B. Fancher

Red Clay

Charles B. Fancher

381 pages • 2025 • 6 editions

fiction historical challenging dark reflective fast-paced
Such a Beautiful Thing to Behold by Umar Turaki

Such a Beautiful Thing to Behold

Umar Turaki

256 pages • 2022 • 4 editions

fiction literary speculative fiction dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Dangerous Ones by Lauren Blackwood

The Dangerous Ones

Lauren Blackwood

11h 6m • 2024 • 8 editions

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark medium-paced
Ace of Spades Sneak Peek by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Ace of Spades Sneak Peek

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

415 pages • 2021 • 6 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ young adult emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Forest Demands Its Due by Kosoko Jackson

The Forest Demands Its Due

Kosoko Jackson

418 pages • 2023 • 11 editions

fiction fantasy horror lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Light for the World to See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope by

Light for the World to See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope

13m • 2020 • 5 editions

nonfiction poetry race emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced