#20BooksByBlackFolx Challenge 2023 - hosted by melanatedreader

#16 #20BooksbyBlackFolx
This challenge is a reading challenge hosted by @Melanatedreader on all platforms… this one is inclusive to all Black writers! This includes Women, Men, and Non-Binary persons! Please use the hashtag in all posts online! 
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The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin

The Stone Sky

The Broken Earth #3

N.K. Jemisin

445 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid

Lucy

Jamaica Kincaid

176 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective slow-paced
In This Moment by K. Lashaun

In This Moment

K. Lashaun

418 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction romance adventurous emotional slow-paced
To Be Loved by K. Lashaun

To Be Loved

The Things Unseen #2

K. Lashaun

346 pages • missing pub info (editions) user-added

fiction romance
The Duchess Effect by Tracey Livesay

The Duchess Effect

American Royalty #2

Tracey Livesay

346 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction romance emotional lighthearted tense medium-paced
Thicker Than Water: A Memoir by Kerry Washington

Thicker Than Water: A Memoir

Kerry Washington

8 hours, 59 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Only for the Holidays by Abiola Bello

Only for the Holidays

Abiola Bello

352 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction romance young adult funny lighthearted fast-paced
Being Merry by Meka James

Being Merry

Desert Rose Hook-Ups #3

Meka James

98 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ romance lighthearted fast-paced
Blood Dazzler by Patricia Smith

Blood Dazzler

Patricia Smith

90 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction poetry emotional slow-paced
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin

176 pages • first pub 1956 (editions)

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced