Blackoweenathon 2022 Reading Challenge - hosted by locdbooktician

A Book in the diaspora
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In Every Mirror She's Black by Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström

In Every Mirror She's Black

Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström

416 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi

Gingerbread

Helen Oyeyemi

288 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy magical realism challenging mysterious slow-paced
From the Lost Diary of TreeFrog7 by Nnedi Okorafor

From the Lost Diary of TreeFrog7

Nnedi Okorafor

missing page info • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction science fiction short stories adventurous challenging medium-paced
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

Pet

PET #1

Akwaeke Emezi

204 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult dark emotional reflective fast-paced
The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins

The Confessions of Frannie Langton

Sara Collins

384 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ mystery dark emotional medium-paced
Malika: Warrior Queen Volume 1 by Raphael Kazeem, Roye Okupe, Godwin Akpan, Chima Kalu

Malika: Warrior Queen Volume 1

Malika: Warrior Queen #1

Raphael Kazeem, Roye Okupe, Godwin Akpan, Chima Kalu

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction comics fantasy historical adventurous emotional medium-paced
Beasts of Prey by Ayana Gray

Beasts of Prey

Beasts of Prey #1

Ayana Gray

496 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Midnight Hour: A Chilling Anthology of Crime Fiction from 20 Authors of Color by Stephen Mack Jones, Marla Bradeen, Various, E.A. Aymar, Frankie Bailey, Elizabeth Wilkerson, Jennifer Chow, Christopher Chambers, Stella Ogni, Tina Kashian, Gigi Pandian, Richie Narvaez, Tracy Clark, Faye Snowden, David Heska Wanbli Weiden, Raquel V. Reyes, M.C. Chan, Abby L. Vandiver, Delia C. Pitt

Midnight Hour: A Chilling Anthology of Crime Fiction from 20 Authors of Color

Stephen Mack Jones, Marla Bradeen, Various, E.A. Aymar, Frankie Bailey, Elizabeth Wilkerson, Jennifer Chow, Christopher Chambers, Stella Ogni, Tina Kashian, Gigi Pandian, Richie Narvaez, Tracy Clark, Faye Snowden, David Heska Wanbli Weiden, Raquel V. Reyes, M.C. Chan, Abby L. Vandiver, Delia C. Pitt

missing duration info • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction crime mystery short stories dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen

Skin of the Sea

Of Mermaids and Orisa #1

Natasha Bowen

309 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced
Second-Class Citizen by Buchi Emecheta

Second-Class Citizen

Buchi Emecheta

224 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

fiction classics challenging emotional reflective slow-paced