Booklist Queen's 2023 Reading Challenge - hosted by booklistqueen

By a Black Author
Another way to diversify your reading is to choose books written by diverse authors. For this prompt, pick up a book by a Black Author.
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Living While Black: Portraits of Everyday Resistance by Ajuan Mance

Living While Black: Portraits of Everyday Resistance

Ajuan Mance

128 pages • hardcover

nonfiction art politics race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Hookup Plan by Farrah Rochon

The Hookup Plan

The Boyfriend Project #3

Farrah Rochon

388 pages • paperback • 2022

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
#VERYFAT #VERYBRAVE: The Fat Girl's Guide to Being #Brave and Not a Dejected, Melancholy, Down-in-the-Dumps Weeping Fat Girl in a Bikini by Kim Newmoney, Nicole Byer

#VERYFAT #VERYBRAVE: The Fat Girl's Guide to Being #Brave and Not a Dejected, Melancholy, Down-in-the-Dumps Weeping Fat Girl in a Bikini

Kim Newmoney, Nicole Byer

192 pages • digital • 2020

nonfiction feminism funny reflective fast-paced
The Love Con by Seressia Glass

The Love Con

Seressia Glass

302 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Trees by Percival Everett

The Trees

Percival Everett

320 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction contemporary crime literary mystery dark funny mysterious fast-paced
Read This to Get Smarter: About Race, Class, Gender, Disability, and More by Blair Imani

Read This to Get Smarter: About Race, Class, Gender, Disability, and More

Blair Imani

192 pages • digital • 2021

nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ politics race self help challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

Ibram X. Kendi

592 pages • hardcover • 2016

nonfiction history race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Drunk on Love by Jasmine Guillory

Drunk on Love

Jasmine Guillory

384 pages • paperback • 2022

fiction contemporary romance lighthearted medium-paced
Hunger by Roxane Gay

Hunger

Roxane Gay

306 pages • hardcover • 2017

nonfiction feminism memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Plot Is Murder by V.M. Burns

The Plot Is Murder

Mystery Bookshop #1

V.M. Burns

256 pages • paperback • 2017

fiction mystery mysterious fast-paced