The Free Black Women's Library Reading Challenge - hosted by emilyhays

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Butter Honey Pig Bread by francesca ekwuyasi

Butter Honey Pig Bread

francesca ekwuyasi

320 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

So You Want to Talk About Race

Ijeoma Oluo

256 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction politics race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson

My Monticello

Jocelyn Nicole Johnson

210 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction literary short stories challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Vulnerable AF by Tarriona Ball

Vulnerable AF

Tarriona Ball

112 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction memoir poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee

The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together

Heather McGhee

448 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain by Phoebe Robinson

You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain

Phoebe Robinson

320 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir funny informative reflective fast-paced
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

Transcendent Kingdom

Yaa Gyasi

268 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

You Should See Me in a Crown

Leah Johnson

7 hours, 18 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
What We Lose by Zinzi Clemmons

What We Lose

Zinzi Clemmons

213 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

Such a Fun Age

Kiley Reid

305 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced