A 2021 RAD Reading Challenge - hosted by alltheradreads

A book by a Black author
All books added
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
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
The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris

The Other Black Girl

Zakiya Dalila Harris

368 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction literary thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory

The Wedding Date

The Wedding Date #1

Jasmine Guillory

8 hours, 28 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

Legendborn

The Legendborn Cycle #1

Tracy Deonn

501 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church's Complicity in Racism by Jemar Tisby

The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church's Complicity in Racism

Jemar Tisby

missing duration info • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history race religion adventurous medium-paced
Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert

Act Your Age, Eve Brown

The Brown Sisters #3

Talia Hibbert

400 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams

While Justice Sleeps

Avery Keene #1

Stacey Abrams

14 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction thriller mysterious tense medium-paced
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

With the Fire on High

Elizabeth Acevedo

7 hours, 26 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Lara Love Hardin, Anthony Ray Hinton

The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row

Lara Love Hardin, Anthony Ray Hinton

9 hours, 11 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring sad medium-paced