2024 Pocket Books Challenge - hosted by acarter

Black author in a genre you don't normally read
All books added
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

Hidden Figures

Margot Lee Shetterly

349 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history race science informative inspiring slow-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

256 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction sports hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced
Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl by Joya Goffney

Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl

Joya Goffney

368 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance young adult emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev

Dawnie Walton

368 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta by James Hannaham

Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta

James Hannaham

352 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ dark emotional funny medium-paced
The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.

The Prophets

Robert Jones Jr.

378 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary romance challenging emotional sad slow-paced
Vinyl Moon by Mahogany L. Browne

Vinyl Moon

Mahogany L. Browne

176 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction poetry young adult emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

Clap When You Land

Elizabeth Acevedo

5 hours, 32 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary poetry young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Black Love Matters: Real Talk on Romance, Being Seen, and Happy Ever Afters by Jessica P. Pryde

Black Love Matters: Real Talk on Romance, Being Seen, and Happy Ever Afters

Jessica P. Pryde

7 hours, 40 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction essays informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
My Remarkable Journey by Katherine G. Johnson

My Remarkable Journey

Katherine G. Johnson

400 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography history memoir emotional informative inspiring medium-paced