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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Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark

Ring Shout

P. Djèlí Clark

5 hours, 36 minutes • audio • 2020

fiction fantasy historical horror adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Real Life by Brandon Taylor

Real Life

Brandon Taylor

336 pages • digital • 2020

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou's Autobiography #1

Maya Angelou

10 hours, 12 minutes • audio • 1969

nonfiction autobiography classics feminism race emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Jumătate de soare galben by Justina Bandol, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Jumătate de soare galben

Justina Bandol, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

508 pages • hardcover • 2006

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Will by Will Smith, Mark Manson

Will

Will Smith, Mark Manson

418 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

We Should All Be Feminists

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

45 minutes • audio • 2014

nonfiction essays feminism informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron

You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight

Kalynn Bayron

230 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction horror lgbtqia+ young adult dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man

Emmanuel Acho

4 hours, 26 minutes • audio • 2020

nonfiction race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Wow, No Thank You. by Samantha Irby

Wow, No Thank You.

Samantha Irby

10 hours, 4 minutes • audio • 2020

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir funny reflective medium-paced
Hurricane Summer by Asha Bromfield

Hurricane Summer

Asha Bromfield

384 pages • hardcover • 2021

fiction contemporary romance young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced