Indigo Reading Challenge 2022 - hosted by busboysandbellhops

A book by a Black author
All books added
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

The Hate U Give

The Hate U Give #1

Angie Thomas

480 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Dating Playbook by Farrah Rochon

The Dating Playbook

The Boyfriend Project #2

Farrah Rochon

368 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional lighthearted medium-paced
You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

You Should See Me in a Crown

Leah Johnson

336 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Feeding the Soul (Because It's My Business): Finding Our Way to Joy, Love, and Freedom by Tabitha Brown

Feeding the Soul (Because It's My Business): Finding Our Way to Joy, Love, and Freedom

Tabitha Brown

288 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction memoir self help hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

Cinderella Is Dead

Kalynn Bayron

400 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous dark hopeful mysterious fast-paced
Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present by Robyn Maynard

Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present

Robyn Maynard

292 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

If Beale Street Could Talk

James Baldwin

7 hours, 7 minutes • first pub 1974 (editions)

fiction classics literary romance emotional medium-paced
Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert

Take a Hint, Dani Brown

The Brown Sisters #2

Talia Hibbert

400 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Orchard of Lost Souls by Nadifa Mohamed

The Orchard of Lost Souls

Nadifa Mohamed

352 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction historical challenging dark reflective medium-paced
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

Deesha Philyaw

179 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary short stories emotional reflective medium-paced