2024 Pocket Books Challenge - hosted by acarter

Black author in a genre you don't normally read
All books added
Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Antonia Hylton

Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum

Antonia Hylton

11 hours, 2 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction history race dark informative sad medium-paced
What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition by Emma Dabiri

What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition

Emma Dabiri

176 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Above Ground by Clint Smith

Above Ground

Clint Smith

107 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction poetry emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
In My Grandmother's House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit by Yolanda Pierce

In My Grandmother's House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit

Yolanda Pierce

208 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction religion emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Dr. No by Percival Everett

Dr. No

Percival Everett

262 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction literary dark funny mysterious medium-paced
All American Boys by Brendan Kiely, Jason Reynolds

All American Boys

Brendan Kiely, Jason Reynolds

7 hours, 29 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
A Place for Us: A Memoir by Brandon J. Wolf

A Place for Us: A Memoir

Brandon J. Wolf

209 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir race emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon

Instructions for Dancing

Nicola Yoon

285 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary magical realism romance young adult emotional funny hopeful fast-paced
Electric Arches by Eve L. Ewing

Electric Arches

Eve L. Ewing

94 pages • first pub 2017 (editions) user-added

fiction poetry race emotional reflective medium-paced
The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory

The Wedding Date

The Wedding Date #1

Jasmine Guillory

310 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance funny lighthearted medium-paced