#20BooksByBlackFolx 2024 Challenge - hosted by melanatedreader

#9 Book by a Black Woman, Man, Child, Non-Binary Author
A challenge created by @Melanatedreader
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On the Rooftop by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

On the Rooftop

Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

304 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Ten Bridges I've Burnt: A Memoir in Verse by Brontez Purnell

Ten Bridges I've Burnt: A Memoir in Verse

Brontez Purnell

144 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir poetry dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Butterfly Hotel by Roger Robinson

The Butterfly Hotel

Roger Robinson

70 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction poetry reflective medium-paced
Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

Monday's Not Coming

Tiffany D. Jackson

10 hours, 7 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary mystery young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
James by Percival Everett

James

Percival Everett

7 hours, 49 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
Kenya's Escape by Eva O'Hare, Eva O'Hare

Kenya's Escape

Eva O'Hare, Eva O'Hare

73 pages • missing pub info (editions)

mysterious slow-paced
The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae

The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl

Issa Rae

224 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir funny reflective medium-paced
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

James McBride

400 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Things Fall Apart

The African Trilogy #1

Chinua Achebe

208 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

fiction classics historical challenging dark reflective medium-paced
12 Years a Slave by Solomon Northup

12 Years a Slave

Solomon Northup

132 pages • first pub 1853 (editions)

nonfiction classics history memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced