Black Lit is Lit Anniversary Readathon - hosted by dee_dee_reads

A Caribbean Author - whether from the Diaspora or from the region
All books added
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

Black Cake

Charmaine Wilkerson

400 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
When Life Gives You Mangoes by Kereen Getten

When Life Gives You Mangoes

Kereen Getten

224 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary middle grade emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
House of Whispers Vol. 1: The Power Divided by Neil Gaiman, Nalo Hopkinson

House of Whispers Vol. 1: The Power Divided

House of Whispers (2018) #1-6

Neil Gaiman, Nalo Hopkinson

200 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction comics fantasy adventurous mysterious slow-paced
Community as Rebellion: A Syllabus for Surviving Academia as a Woman of Color by Lorgia García Peña

Community as Rebellion: A Syllabus for Surviving Academia as a Woman of Color

Lorgia García Peña

120 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Jumbie God's Revenge by Tracey Baptiste

The Jumbie God's Revenge

The Jumbies #3

Tracey Baptiste

272 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon

Instructions for Dancing

Nicola Yoon

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary magical realism romance young adult emotional funny hopeful fast-paced
What Storm, What Thunder by Myriam J.A. Chancy

What Storm, What Thunder

Myriam J.A. Chancy

11 hours, 8 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Rise of the Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste

Rise of the Jumbies

The Jumbies #2

Tracey Baptiste

272 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey

The Mermaid of Black Conch

Monique Roffey

7 hours, 47 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
Cereus Blooms at Night by Shani Mootoo

Cereus Blooms at Night

Shani Mootoo

249 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ magical realism dark emotional sad medium-paced