2024 Pocket Books Challenge - hosted by acarter

Black author in a genre you don't normally read
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The Women Could Fly by Megan Giddings

The Women Could Fly

Megan Giddings

283 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction dystopian fantasy lgbtqia+ dark emotional reflective medium-paced
So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole

So Let Them Burn

The Divine Traitors #1

Kamilah Cole

391 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris

The Other Black Girl

Zakiya Dalila Harris

13 hours, 33 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction literary thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou's Autobiography #1

Maya Angelou

10 hours, 11 minutes • first pub 1969 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

10 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 1979 (editions)

fiction classics historical speculative fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

Such a Fun Age

Kiley Reid

9 hours, 58 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
One Summer in Savannah by Terah Shelton Harris

One Summer in Savannah

Terah Shelton Harris

416 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional fast-paced
Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis

Finding Me: A Memoir

Viola Davis

9 hours, 15 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

The City We Became

Great Cities #1

N.K. Jemisin

437 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

Isabel Wilkerson

640 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history race challenging informative slow-paced