Diverse Reads Reading Challenge - hosted by caira

Written by a Black author
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Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

Freshwater

Akwaeke Emezi

240 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Becoming by Michelle Obama

Becoming

Michelle Obama

19 hours • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir politics hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

Queenie

Candice Carty-Williams

392 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert

Take a Hint, Dani Brown

The Brown Sisters #2

Talia Hibbert

400 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa

The Worst Best Man

Mia Sosa

371 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers

Honey Girl

Morgan Rogers

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael W. Twitty

The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South

Michael W. Twitty

464 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink history informative reflective slow-paced
Sankofa by Chibundu Onuzo

Sankofa

Chibundu Onuzo

304 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional reflective medium-paced
Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Notes on Grief

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

67 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

The Sun Is Also a Star

Nicola Yoon

344 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction romance young adult emotional lighthearted fast-paced