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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Hold My Girl by Charlene Carr

Hold My Girl

Charlene Carr

432 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional medium-paced
At the Bottom of the River by Jamaica Kincaid

At the Bottom of the River

Jamaica Kincaid

96 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

fiction short stories emotional reflective fast-paced
Wat zou Martin doen? by Nic Stone

Wat zou Martin doen?

Dear Martin #1

Nic Stone

244 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary race young adult challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett

352 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Not the Girl You Marry by Andie J. Christopher

Not the Girl You Marry

The Nolans #1

Andie J. Christopher

8 hours, 26 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional lighthearted slow-paced
The Girl Who Married a Skull: and Other African Stories by Kel McDonald, Kate Ashwin, C. Spike Trotman

The Girl Who Married a Skull: and Other African Stories

Cautionary Fables and Fairytales #1

Kel McDonald, Kate Ashwin, C. Spike Trotman

210 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction comics short stories adventurous medium-paced
Your Black Friend by Ben Passmore

Your Black Friend

Ben Passmore

11 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction comics race reflective medium-paced
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

Black Cake

Charmaine Wilkerson

416 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Attic Child by Lola Jaye

The Attic Child

Lola Jaye

469 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional sad medium-paced
And Still I Rise, Anglais by Maya Angelou

And Still I Rise, Anglais

Maya Angelou

123 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction poetry