Lit in the Dark - 52 Reading Prompts - hosted by enchantressreads

A book written by a Black author
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White Is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi

White Is for Witching

Helen Oyeyemi

283 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror magical realism challenging dark medium-paced
Hide and Seeker by Daka Hermon

Hide and Seeker

Daka Hermon

7 hours, 56 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction horror middle grade adventurous fast-paced
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body

Roxane Gay

306 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction feminism memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

The Hate U Give

The Hate U Give #1

Angie Thomas

444 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

295 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

fiction classics historical science fiction speculative fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced
Pride by Ibi Zoboi

Pride

Ibi Zoboi

304 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur

Assata: An Autobiography

Assata Shakur

274 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Du musst verrückt sein, wenn du trotzdem glücklich bist by Tanja Handels, Kopano Matlwa

Du musst verrückt sein, wenn du trotzdem glücklich bist

Tanja Handels, Kopano Matlwa

208 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Merciless Ones by Namina Forna

The Merciless Ones

Deathless #2

Namina Forna

432 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Hell Hath No Sorrow like a Woman Haunted by R. J. Joseph

Hell Hath No Sorrow like a Woman Haunted

R. J. Joseph

243 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction horror challenging emotional reflective medium-paced