#20BooksByBlackFolx 2024 Challenge - hosted by melanatedreader

#12 Book by a Black Woman, Man, Child, Non-Binary Author
A challenge created by @Melanatedreader
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Rootless by Krystle Zara Appiah

Rootless

Krystle Zara Appiah

351 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
Calamities by Renee Gladman

Calamities

Renee Gladman

144 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir poetry challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Notes from a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi

Notes from a Young Black Chef

Kwame Onwuachi

7 hours, 38 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
One of Us Knows by Alyssa Cole

One of Us Knows

Alyssa Cole

352 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Blood at the Root by LaDarrion Williams

Blood at the Root

Blood at the Root #1

LaDarrion Williams

419 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
What's Coming to Me by Francesca Padilla

What's Coming to Me

Francesca Padilla

336 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction young adult dark emotional medium-paced
Lullaby (for a Black Mother) by Langston Hughes

Lullaby (for a Black Mother)

Langston Hughes

32 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction poetry emotional reflective slow-paced
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America: Essays by Kiese Laymon, Kevin Free

How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America: Essays

Kiese Laymon, Kevin Free

148 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir race emotional reflective medium-paced
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib

There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

Hanif Abdurraqib

334 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir sports emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa

The Worst Best Man

Mia Sosa

359 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance funny lighthearted medium-paced