The Tidy Bookshelf's Diverse Reading Challenge 2022 - hosted by tidybookshelf

A black author (nonfiction)
All books added
The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Color Purple

The Color Purple Collection #1

Alice Walker

298 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

fiction classics historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Girl Gurl Grrrl: On Womanhood and Belonging in the Age of Black Girl Magic by Kenya Hunt

Girl Gurl Grrrl: On Womanhood and Belonging in the Age of Black Girl Magic

Kenya Hunt

5 hours, 39 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction essays challenging reflective medium-paced
Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman

Call Us What We Carry

Amanda Gorman

228 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction poetry politics race emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Consumed: The Need for Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate Change, and Consumerism by Aja Barber

Consumed: The Need for Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate Change, and Consumerism

Aja Barber

286 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction politics informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Women, Race, & Class by Angela Y. Davis

Women, Race, & Class

Angela Y. Davis

271 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history politics race sociology challenging informative medium-paced
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah

289 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced
L'unica persona nera nella stanza by Nadeesha Uyangoda

L'unica persona nera nella stanza

Nadeesha Uyangoda

176 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir race informative reflective medium-paced
Ain't Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds

Ain't Burned All the Bright

Jason Reynolds

37 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction art poetry young adult emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

Bryan Stevenson

336 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Renegade Dreams: Living through Injury in Gangland Chicago by Laurence Ralph

Renegade Dreams: Living through Injury in Gangland Chicago

Laurence Ralph

256 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction politics race challenging informative slow-paced