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

A book on self care, health, lifestyle strategy or personal development
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson

496 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics psychology race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close by Aminatou Sow, Ann Friedman

Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close

Aminatou Sow, Ann Friedman

256 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir sociology emotional reflective slow-paced
The Body is Not an Apology, Second Edition: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor

The Body is Not an Apology, Second Edition: The Power of Radical Self-Love

Sonya Renee Taylor

165 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction feminism health self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Unapologetically Ambitious: Take Risks, Break Barriers, and Create Success on Your Own Terms by Shellye Archambeau

Unapologetically Ambitious: Take Risks, Break Barriers, and Create Success on Your Own Terms

Shellye Archambeau

288 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction business self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Where To Begin: A Small Book About Your Power to Create Big Change in Our Crazy World by Cleo Wade

Where To Begin: A Small Book About Your Power to Create Big Change in Our Crazy World

Cleo Wade

192 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction poetry self help hopeful reflective fast-paced
All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks

All About Love: New Visions

Love Trilogy #1

bell hooks

267 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction essays gender informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish

The Last Black Unicorn

Tiffany Haddish

288 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography essays emotional funny inspiring fast-paced
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad

Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor

Layla F. Saad

256 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body

Roxane Gay

306 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction feminism memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Salvation: Black People and Love by bell hooks

Salvation: Black People and Love

Love Trilogy #2

bell hooks

256 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction feminism race challenging informative reflective medium-paced