2024 Pocket Books Challenge - hosted by acarter

Black author in a genre you don't normally read
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The New Testament by Jericho Brown

The New Testament

Jericho Brown

110 pages • paperback • 2014

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry reflective slow-paced
Spectral Evidence: Poems by Gregory Pardlo

Spectral Evidence: Poems

Gregory Pardlo

128 pages • hardcover

nonfiction poetry medium-paced
A Little Kissing Between Friends by Chencia C. Higgins

A Little Kissing Between Friends

Chencia C. Higgins

303 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Black Girl You Are Atlas by Renée Watson

Black Girl You Are Atlas

Renée Watson

96 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction feminism poetry young adult emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced
If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery

If I Survive You

Jonathan Escoffery

260 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side by Eve L. Ewing

Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side

Eve L. Ewing

240 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction education race sociology reflective medium-paced
The Slow AF Run Club: The Ultimate Guide for Anyone Who Wants to Run by Martinus Evans

The Slow AF Run Club: The Ultimate Guide for Anyone Who Wants to Run

Martinus Evans

5 hours, 55 minutes • audio • 2023

nonfiction sports hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced
The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Message

Ta-Nehisi Coates

235 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction essays politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

176 pages • hardcover • 2015

nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Chain-Gang All-Stars

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

13 hours, 38 minutes • audio • 2023

fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ literary challenging dark tense medium-paced