The Free Black Women's Library Reading Challenge - hosted by emilyhays

A collection of poetry, short stories, essays or prose
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Blackout by Angie Thomas, Dhonielle Clayton, Ashley Woodfolk, Nic Stone, Nicola Yoon, Tiffany D. Jackson

Blackout

Angie Thomas, Dhonielle Clayton, Ashley Woodfolk, Nic Stone, Nicola Yoon, Tiffany D. Jackson

256 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance short stories young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
Black Imagination by Natasha Marin

Black Imagination

Natasha Marin

2 hours • first pub 2020 (editions) user-added

nonfiction poetry hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Pleasantview by Celeste Mohammed

Pleasantview

Celeste Mohammed

240 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction short stories emotional medium-paced
My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson

My Monticello

Jocelyn Nicole Johnson

210 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction literary short stories challenging dark emotional medium-paced
You Got Anything Stronger?: Stories by Gabrielle Union

You Got Anything Stronger?: Stories

Gabrielle Union

256 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

Bad Feminist

Roxane Gay

11 hours, 47 minutes • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism memoir funny informative reflective medium-paced
At the Bottom of the River by Jamaica Kincaid

At the Bottom of the River

Jamaica Kincaid

82 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

fiction short stories emotional reflective fast-paced
You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain by Phoebe Robinson

You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain

Phoebe Robinson

320 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir funny informative reflective fast-paced
We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariame Kaba

We Do This 'til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice

Abolitionist Papers

Mariame Kaba

206 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women by Maya Angelou

Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women

Maya Angelou

32 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction classics feminism poetry emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced