12 Books By Black Authors

76 participants (539 books)

01 Jan 202531 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

6h 29m2025 1 edition

fiction young adult emotional hopeful medium-paced

288 pages2019 8 editions

nonfiction biography true crime adventurous funny reflective fast-paced

312 pages1998 23 editions

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced

344 pages2017 6 editions

fiction historical challenging reflective slow-paced

432 pages1964 10 editions

nonfiction biography memoir travel challenging informative reflective medium-paced

379 pages2023 13 editions

fiction contemporary emotional medium-paced

389 pages2020 127 editions

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced

696 pages 1 edition

user-added

nonfiction biography history poetry

12h 22m2021 54 editions

fiction crime mystery thriller dark emotional tense fast-paced

345 pages2023 17 editions

user-added

fiction literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced