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

A debut or famous author’s first
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I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown

I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

Austin Channing Brown

3 hours, 54 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
She Memes Well by Quinta Brunson

She Memes Well

Quinta Brunson

293 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir funny reflective medium-paced
The Kindest Lie by Nancy Johnson

The Kindest Lie

Nancy Johnson

464 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

Deesha Philyaw

4 hours, 6 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall

Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts

Rebecca Hall

208 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction feminism graphic novel history race informative reflective medium-paced
Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by Joya Goffney

Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry

Joya Goffney

368 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance young adult emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie

His Only Wife

Peace Adzo Medie

288 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris

All Her Little Secrets

Wanda M. Morris

374 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction mystery dark mysterious tense fast-paced
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

An Unkindness of Ghosts

Rivers Solomon

352 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Walking on Cowrie Shells: Stories by Nana Nkweti

Walking on Cowrie Shells: Stories

Nana Nkweti

176 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction short stories challenging dark reflective slow-paced