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Black Reading Challenge - 2024 - hosted by ajax_the_tough

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Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 by Ibram X. Kendi

Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019
Ibram X. Kendi with Keisha N. Blain

14 hours, 2 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays history race challenging informative reflective medium-paced

Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019

Ibram X. Kendi with Keisha N. Blain

14 hours, 2 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays history race challenging informative reflective medium-paced

Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror by Jordan Peele, John Joseph Adams

Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror
Jordan Peele, John Joseph Adams

394 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction horror short stories dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror

Jordan Peele, John Joseph Adams

394 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction horror short stories dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Poemhood: Our Black Revival: History, Folklore & the Black Experience: A Young Adult Poetry Anthology by Amber McBride, Erica Martin, Taylor Byas

Poemhood: Our Black Revival: History, Folklore & the Black Experience: A Young Adult Poetry Anthology
Amber McBride, Erica Martin, Taylor Byas

160 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Poemhood: Our Black Revival: History, Folklore & the Black Experience: A Young Adult Poetry Anthology

Amber McBride, Erica Martin, Taylor Byas

160 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

336 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction short stories young adult adventurous funny inspiring medium-paced

336 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction short stories young adult adventurous funny inspiring medium-paced

Slay: Stories of the Vampire Noire

450 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction horror short stories dark mysterious medium-paced

Slay: Stories of the Vampire Noire

450 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction horror short stories dark mysterious medium-paced

Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves by Glory Edim

Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
Glory Edim with Barbara Smith (Contributor), Jesmyn Ward (Contributor), Lynn Nottage (Contributor), Jacqueline Woodson (Contributor), Gabourey Sidibe (Contributor), Morgan Jerkins (Contributor), Tayari Jones (Contributor), Rebecca Walker (Contributor), Mahogany L. Browne (Contributor), Stephanie Powell Watts (Contributor), Kaitlyn Greenidge (Contributor), Renée Watson (Contributor), Nicole Dennis-Benn (Contributor), N.K. Jemisin (Contributor), Marita Golden (Contributor), Jamia Wilson (Contributor), Zinzi Clemmons (Contributor), Dhonielle Clayton (Contributor), Veronica Chambers (Contributor)

272 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism race informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves

Glory Edim with Barbara Smith (Contributor), Jesmyn Ward (Contributor), Lynn Nottage (Contributor), Jacqueline Woodson (Contributor), Gabourey Sidibe (Contributor), Morgan Jerkins (Contributor), Tayari Jones (Contributor), Rebecca Walker (Contributor), Mahogany L. Browne (Contributor), Stephanie Powell Watts (Contributor), Kaitlyn Greenidge (Contributor), Renée Watson (Contributor), Nicole Dennis-Benn (Contributor), N.K. Jemisin (Contributor), Marita Golden (Contributor), Jamia Wilson (Contributor), Zinzi Clemmons (Contributor), Dhonielle Clayton (Contributor), Veronica Chambers (Contributor)

272 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism race informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

Relations: An Anthology of African and Diaspora Voices by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond

Relations: An Anthology of African and Diaspora Voices
Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond

496 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

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Relations: An Anthology of African and Diaspora Voices

Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond

496 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction essays poetry short stories emotional reflective medium-paced

Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction by Sheree Renée Thomas, Zelda Knight, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki

Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction
Sheree Renée Thomas, Zelda Knight, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki

514 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

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Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction

Sheree Renée Thomas, Zelda Knight, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki

514 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction short stories speculative fiction adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

Black Boy Joy
Kwame Mbalia with Dean Atta (Contributor), P. Djèlí Clark (Contributor), Jay Coles (Contributor), Lamar Giles (Contributor), Don P. Hooper (Contributor), George M. Johnson (Contributor), Varian Johnson (Contributor), Suyi Davies Okungbowa (Contributor), Tochi Onyebuchi (Contributor), Julian Randall (Contributor), Jason Reynolds (Contributor), Justin A. Reynolds (Contributor), Julian Winters (Contributor), B.B. Alston (Contributor), DaVaun Sanders (Contributor), Jerry Craft (Contributor)

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction middle grade short stories hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

Black Boy Joy

Kwame Mbalia with Dean Atta (Contributor), P. Djèlí Clark (Contributor), Jay Coles (Contributor), Lamar Giles (Contributor), Don P. Hooper (Contributor), George M. Johnson (Contributor), Varian Johnson (Contributor), Suyi Davies Okungbowa (Contributor), Tochi Onyebuchi (Contributor), Julian Randall (Contributor), Jason Reynolds (Contributor), Justin A. Reynolds (Contributor), Julian Winters (Contributor), B.B. Alston (Contributor), DaVaun Sanders (Contributor), Jerry Craft (Contributor)

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction middle grade short stories hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

The Black Girl Survives in This One by Saraciea J. Fennell, Desiree S. Evans

The Black Girl Survives in This One
Saraciea J. Fennell, Desiree S. Evans with Tananarive Due (Contributor), Erin E. Adams, Monica Brashears, Charlotte Nicole Davis, Zakiya Dalila Harris, Daka Hermon, Justina Ireland, L.L. McKinney, Brittney Morris, Maika Moulite, Maritza Moulite, Eden Royce, Vincent Tirado

367 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction horror short stories young adult dark mysterious tense fast-paced

The Black Girl Survives in This One

Saraciea J. Fennell, Desiree S. Evans with Tananarive Due (Contributor), Erin E. Adams, Monica Brashears, Charlotte Nicole Davis, Zakiya Dalila Harris, Daka Hermon, Justina Ireland, L.L. McKinney, Brittney Morris, Maika Moulite, Maritza Moulite, Eden Royce, Vincent Tirado

367 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction horror short stories young adult dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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