2024 Diversity challenge - hosted by theliteraryteapot

February: Black history and heritage month
All books added
So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole

So Let Them Burn

The Divine Traitors #1

Kamilah Cole

391 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

Tia Williams

342 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced
The Mothers by Brit Bennett

The Mothers

Brit Bennett

288 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Black Girl You Are Atlas by Renée Watson

Black Girl You Are Atlas

Renée Watson

52 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction poetry emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced
Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre by Brandy Colbert

Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

Brandy Colbert

224 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history race young adult challenging emotional informative medium-paced
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown

I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

Austin Channing Brown

3 hours, 54 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Color Purple by Alice Walker

The Color Purple

The Color Purple Collection #1

Alice Walker

298 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

fiction classics historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson

476 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction history politics psychology race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Overnight Code: The Life of Raye Montague, the Woman Who Revolutionized Naval Engineering by David Montague, Paige Bowers

Overnight Code: The Life of Raye Montague, the Woman Who Revolutionized Naval Engineering

David Montague, Paige Bowers

240 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction biography informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Heimkehren by Yaa Gyasi

Heimkehren

Yaa Gyasi

416 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced