The Free Black Women's Library Reading Challenge - hosted by emilyhays

A book set in your hometown
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The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

The City We Became

Great Cities #1

N.K. Jemisin

16 hours, 12 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Afraid of the Dark by Guyleigh Johnson

Afraid of the Dark

Guyleigh Johnson

missing page info • first pub 2018 (editions)

challenging emotional reflective fast-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
Frying Plantain by Zalika Reid-Benta

Frying Plantain

Zalika Reid-Benta

272 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law by Haben Girma

Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law

Haben Girma

288 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction memoir hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
Greenville County, South Carolina by Leola Clement Robinson-Simpson

Greenville County, South Carolina

Black America

Leola Clement Robinson-Simpson

127 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history medium-paced
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

Deesha Philyaw

179 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
Do Better: Spiritual Activism for Fighting and Healing From White Supremacy by Rachel Ricketts

Do Better: Spiritual Activism for Fighting and Healing From White Supremacy

Rachel Ricketts

9 hours, 49 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy race self help challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus

The Stars and the Blackness Between Them

Junauda Petrus

320 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult challenging emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced
Blackout by Angie Thomas, Dhonielle Clayton, Ashley Woodfolk, Nic Stone, Nicola Yoon, Tiffany D. Jackson

Blackout

Angie Thomas, Dhonielle Clayton, Ashley Woodfolk, Nic Stone, Nicola Yoon, Tiffany D. Jackson

272 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance short stories young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced