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

368 pages2020 10 editions

fiction historical emotional informative slow-paced

448 pages1998 45 editions

fiction dystopian speculative fiction challenging dark emotional medium-paced

285 pages2021 62 editions

user-added

fiction romance emotional hopeful medium-paced

320 pages2021 4 editions

fiction contemporary romance emotional medium-paced

352 pages2019 20 editions

fiction fantasy romance young adult adventurous medium-paced

368 pages2024 13 editions

fiction historical mystery dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

13h 18m2025 8 editions

fiction crime thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced

219 pages1937 102 editions

fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced

368 pages2025 2 editions

fiction young adult

384 pages2025 2 editions

fiction thriller young adult dark mysterious tense fast-paced