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

A book that centers relationships between women
All books added
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
Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson

Piecing Me Together

Renée Watson

288 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

Seven Days in June

Tia Williams

328 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction romance emotional hopeful medium-paced
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

Ntozake Shange

80 pages • first pub 1975 (editions)

fiction play poetry challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
Sugar by Bernice L. McFadden

Sugar

Sugar Lacey #1

Bernice L. McFadden

304 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine by Emily Bernard

Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine

Emily Bernard

240 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography essays literary memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism by Lacey Lamar, Amber Ruffin

You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism

Lacey Lamar, Amber Ruffin

5 hours, 21 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions) user-added

nonfiction memoir race emotional funny reflective fast-paced
We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry

We Ride Upon Sticks

Quan Barry

360 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction magical realism adventurous dark funny medium-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
You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

You Should See Me in a Crown

Leah Johnson

7 hours, 18 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced