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. 

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Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband?

Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

384 pages • 2022 • 22 editions

fiction contemporary romance funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Antonia Hylton

Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum

Antonia Hylton

11h 2m • 2024 • 11 editions

nonfiction history race dark informative sad medium-paced
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass

The Autobiographies #1

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

4h 1m • 1845 • 437 editions

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nonfiction autobiography classics emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Up in Smoke by Nick Brooks

Up in Smoke

Nick Brooks

256 pages • 2025 • 7 editions

fiction mystery young adult mysterious tense fast-paced
Glory Daze by Danielle Arceneaux

A Glory Broussard Mystery #2

Glory Daze

Danielle Arceneaux

9h 47m • 2025 • 6 editions

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fiction mystery medium-paced
My Curvy Rival by Leigh Carron

My Curvy Rival

Leigh Carron

166 pages • 2024 • 2 editions

fiction romance lighthearted fast-paced
Body and Soul Food by Abby Collette

A Books & Biscuits Mystery #1

Body and Soul Food

Abby Collette

336 pages • 2021 • 6 editions

fiction mystery adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
Every Tongue Got to Confess: Negro Folk-Tales from the Gulf States by Zora Neale Hurston

Every Tongue Got to Confess: Negro Folk-Tales from the Gulf States

Zora Neale Hurston

320 pages • 2001 • 6 editions

fiction short stories reflective slow-paced
You Are Only Just Beginning: Lessons for the Journey Ahead by Morgan Harper Nichols

You Are Only Just Beginning: Lessons for the Journey Ahead

Morgan Harper Nichols

202 pages • 2023 • 3 editions

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nonfiction poetry hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced
Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid

Annie John

Jamaica Kincaid

148 pages • 1985 • 46 editions

fiction classics literary young adult emotional reflective slow-paced