2024 Pocket Books Challenge - hosted by acarter

Black author in a genre you don't normally read
All books added
Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark

Ring Shout

P. Djèlí Clark

5 hours, 36 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical horror adventurous dark tense fast-paced
A Renaissance of Our Own: A Memoir & Manifesto on Reimagining by Rachel E. Cargle

A Renaissance of Our Own: A Memoir & Manifesto on Reimagining

Rachel E. Cargle

238 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Tender Beasts by Liselle Sambury

Tender Beasts

Liselle Sambury

408 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction horror thriller young adult dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay

The Book of Delights: Essays

Ross Gay

288 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Ace of Spades

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

422 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ thriller young adult dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name: A Biomythography by Audre Lorde

Zami: A New Spelling of My Name: A Biomythography

Audre Lorde

272 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

nonfiction feminism lgbtqia+ memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

Audre Lorde

190 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism lgbtqia+ sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement

Angela Y. Davis

158 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism politics race informative inspiring reflective medium-paced