2024 Pocket Books Challenge - hosted by acarter

Black author in a genre you don't normally read
All books added
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib

They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us

Hanif Abdurraqib

291 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

Legendborn

The Legendborn Cycle #1

Tracy Deonn

18 hours, 54 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Wow, No Thank You. by Samantha Irby

Wow, No Thank You.

Samantha Irby

10 hours, 4 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir funny reflective medium-paced
Mouths of Rain: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought by Briona Simone Jones

Mouths of Rain: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought

Briona Simone Jones

363 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Library Thief by Kuchenga Shenjé

The Library Thief

Kuchenga Shenjé

11 hours, 7 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction historical mystery dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle

The Ballad of Black Tom

Victor LaValle

160 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical horror dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The House of Hidden Meanings by RuPaul

The House of Hidden Meanings

RuPaul

239 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler by Ibi Zoboi

Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler

Ibi Zoboi

128 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction biography middle grade poetry informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman

Call Us What We Carry

Amanda Gorman

228 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction poetry politics race emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Trees by Percival Everett

The Trees

Percival Everett

7 hours, 48 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction literary mystery dark mysterious tense fast-paced