The Free Black Women’s Library Reading Challenge 2023 - hosted by readingintothevoid

A book by a revolutionary, community activist, political organizer or abolitionist
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Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement by Tarana Burke

Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement

Tarana Burke

7 hours, 9 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography feminism gender memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness by Da’Shaun Harrison

Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness

Da’Shaun Harrison

109 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ politics race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe

The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer

Janelle Monáe

331 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction short stories emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Crossfire: A Litany for Survival by Staceyann Chin

Crossfire: A Litany for Survival

Staceyann Chin

208 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariame Kaba

We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice

Abolitionist Papers

Mariame Kaba

206 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
On Juneteenth by Annette Gordon-Reed

On Juneteenth

Annette Gordon-Reed

3 hours, 44 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction biography history race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

Audre Lorde

190 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism lgbtqia+ sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center by bell hooks

Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center

bell hooks

180 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

nonfiction feminism informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
We Will Not Cancel Us: And Other Dreams of Transformative Justice by adrienne maree brown

We Will Not Cancel Us: And Other Dreams of Transformative Justice

Emergent Strategy #3

adrienne maree brown

88 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction feminism politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want by Ruha Benjamin

Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want

Ruha Benjamin

13 hours, 24 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir politics race hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced