Blackathon 2024 - hosted by katiehicks

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Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

Freshwater

Akwaeke Emezi

229 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
To Be Loved by K. Lashaun

To Be Loved

The Things Unseen #2

K. Lashaun

346 pages • missing pub info (editions) user-added

fiction romance
Plantains and Our Becoming: Poems by Melania Luisa Marte

Plantains and Our Becoming: Poems

Melania Luisa Marte

224 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction poetry emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

Get a Life, Chloe Brown

The Brown Sisters #1

Talia Hibbert

369 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

The Fifth Season

The Broken Earth #1

N.K. Jemisin

498 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

Seven Days in June

Tia Williams

328 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction romance emotional hopeful medium-paced
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Take My Hand

Dolen Perkins-Valdez

384 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional informative sad medium-paced
I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea

I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me

I Feed Her to the Beast #1

Jamison Shea

352 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror lgbtqia+ young adult dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson

Open Water

Caleb Azumah Nelson

176 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Far Sector by N.K. Jemisin

Far Sector

Far Sector #1-12

N.K. Jemisin

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction comics lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous mysterious medium-paced