By a Black Author

Booklist Queen's 2023 Reading Challenge - hosted by booklistqueen

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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When No One Is Watching
Alyssa Cole

352 pages • paperback • 2020 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced

When No One Is Watching

Alyssa Cole

352 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced

The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin

106 pages • paperback • 1963 (editions)

nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

106 pages • paperback • 1963

nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced

The Cancer Journals
Audre Lorde

104 pages • paperback • 1980 (editions)

nonfiction feminism memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

The Cancer Journals

Audre Lorde

104 pages • paperback • 1980

nonfiction feminism memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe

The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer
Janelle Monáe with Danny Lore (Contributor), Yohanca Delgado (Contributor), Alaya Dawn Johnson (Contributor), Sheree Renée Thomas (Contributor), Eve L. Ewing (Contributor)

331 pages • hardcover • 2022 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction short stories emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer

Janelle Monáe with Danny Lore (Contributor), Yohanca Delgado (Contributor), Alaya Dawn Johnson (Contributor), Sheree Renée Thomas (Contributor), Eve L. Ewing (Contributor)

331 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction short stories emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Bloodchild
Octavia E. Butler

31 pages • digital • 1984 (editions)

fiction horror science fiction short stories challenging dark tense fast-paced

Bloodchild

Octavia E. Butler

31 pages • digital • 1984

fiction horror science fiction short stories challenging dark tense fast-paced

Someday, Maybe
Onyi Nwabineli

342 pages • hardcover • 2022 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Someday, Maybe

Onyi Nwabineli

342 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Wild Seed
Patternist #1

Octavia E. Butler

288 pages • digital • 1980 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Wild Seed

Patternist #1

Octavia E. Butler

288 pages • digital • 1980

fiction science fiction adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Royal Holiday
The Wedding Date #4

Jasmine Guillory

295 pages • hardcover • 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance lighthearted medium-paced

Royal Holiday

The Wedding Date #4

Jasmine Guillory

295 pages • hardcover • 2019

fiction contemporary romance lighthearted medium-paced

You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

You Should See Me in a Crown
Leah Johnson

324 pages • hardcover • 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

You Should See Me in a Crown

Leah Johnson

324 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Black Buck
Mateo Askaripour with Zeno Robinson (Narrator)

11 hours, 13 minutes • audio • 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary race challenging dark funny fast-paced

Black Buck

Mateo Askaripour with Zeno Robinson (Narrator)

11 hours, 13 minutes • audio • 2021

fiction contemporary race challenging dark funny fast-paced

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