Montana Book Company 2024 Reading Challenge - hosted by billyfasig

Read a Black classic author.
All books added
Another Country by James Baldwin

Another Country

James Baldwin

436 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

fiction classics lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley

Roots: The Saga of an American Family

Alex Haley

729 pages • first pub 1976 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional sad slow-paced
In My Father's House by Ernest J. Gaines

In My Father's House

Ernest J. Gaines

224 pages • first pub 1978 (editions)

fiction classics historical emotional reflective slow-paced
Passing by Nella Larsen

Passing

Nella Larsen

4 hours, 8 minutes • first pub 1929 (editions) user-added

fiction classics literary emotional reflective tense medium-paced
A Different Drummer by William Melvin Kelley

A Different Drummer

William Melvin Kelley

6 hours, 35 minutes • first pub 1964 (editions) user-added

fiction historical race challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston

Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

Zora Neale Hurston

193 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography history race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

345 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
Black No More by George S. Schuyler

Black No More

George S. Schuyler

208 pages • first pub 1931 (editions)

fiction classics race science fiction speculative fiction challenging funny reflective medium-paced
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

If Beale Street Could Talk

James Baldwin

7 hours, 7 minutes • first pub 1974 (editions)

fiction classics literary romance emotional medium-paced
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

287 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

fiction classics historical speculative fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced