Beyoncé Reading Challenge - hosted by coralinejones

BROWN SKIN GIRL — black women
books by black women that feature black women as the main characters! — "she need an oscar for that pretty dark skin."
All books added
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 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
Sula by Toni Morrison

Sula

Toni Morrison

174 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Escaping Mr. Rochester by L.L. McKinney

Escaping Mr. Rochester

L.L. McKinney

352 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult mysterious medium-paced
Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert

Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

Talia Hibbert

319 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance young adult emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

The Reformatory

Tananarive Due

576 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical horror dark emotional tense medium-paced
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

The Hate U Give

The Hate U Give #1

Angie Thomas

464 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult emotional 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
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré

The Girl with the Louding Voice

Adunni #1

Abi Daré

384 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston

219 pages • first pub 1937 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced