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

An award winning novel and/or classic
All books added
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

206 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Nightwood by Djuna Barnes

Nightwood

Djuna Barnes

6 hours, 15 minutes • first pub 1936 (editions)

fiction classics lgbtqia+ challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Living is Easy by Dorothy West

The Living is Easy

Dorothy West

376 pages • first pub 1948 (editions)

fiction classics historical reflective fast-paced
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett

352 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
How Long 'til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisin

How Long 'til Black Future Month?

N.K. Jemisin

416 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction short stories adventurous medium-paced
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

Salvage the Bones

Bois Sauvage #2

Jesmyn Ward

271 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction contemporary historical literary emotional sad tense medium-paced
The Perfect Nanny by Leïla Slimani

The Perfect Nanny

Leïla Slimani

288 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Eva's Man by Gayl Jones

Eva's Man

Gayl Jones

177 pages • first pub 1976 (editions)

fiction race challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

Binti

Binti #1

Nnedi Okorafor

90 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction science fiction adventurous fast-paced
Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases by Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases

Ida B. Wells-Barnett

56 pages • first pub 1892 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced