The Free Black Women’s Library Reading Challenge 2025 - hosted by thefreeblackwomenslibrary

A book on body politics, body trauma, liberation, freedom or autonomy
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Harriet Ann Jacobs

176 pages • paperback • 1861

nonfiction classics memoir race dark emotional sad medium-paced
Weightless: Making Space for My Resilient Body and Soul by Evette Dionne

Weightless: Making Space for My Resilient Body and Soul

Evette Dionne

272 pages • hardcover • 2022

nonfiction essays memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race by Jesmyn Ward

The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race

Jesmyn Ward

240 pages • digital • 2016

nonfiction essays poetry race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Broken Places Outer Spaces: Finding Creativity in the Unexpected by Nnedi Okorafor

Broken Places Outer Spaces: Finding Creativity in the Unexpected

Nnedi Okorafor

2 hours, 18 minutes • audio • 2019

nonfiction memoir challenging reflective slow-paced
Reclaiming the Black Body: Nourishing the Home Within by Alishia McCullough

Reclaiming the Black Body: Nourishing the Home Within

Alishia McCullough

12 hours, 19 minutes • audio • 2025

nonfiction race self help medium-paced
Hood Wellness by Tamela J. Gordon

Hood Wellness

Tamela J. Gordon

300 pages • paperback • 2024

nonfiction health memoir race informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Imagination: A Manifesto by Ruha Benjamin

Imagination: A Manifesto

Ruha Benjamin

192 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction essays politics sociology informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Black Woman's Guide to Coping with Stress: Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Skills to Create a Life of Joy and Well-Being by Cheryl Giscombe
The Black Woman's Guide to Coping with Stress: Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Skills to Create a Life of Joy and Well-Being
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Cheryl Giscombe

The Black Woman's Guide to Coping with Stress: Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Skills to Create a Life of Joy and Well-Being

Cheryl Giscombe

missing page info

medium-paced
Black Disability Politics by Sami Schalk

Black Disability Politics

Sami Schalk

210 pages • digital • 2022

nonfiction feminism health politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

Queenie

Candice Carty-Williams

392 pages • digital • 2019

fiction contemporary emotional funny reflective medium-paced