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Black Stories Matter: A Year of Empowering Reads

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20 participants (50 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

The Black Book Reading Challenge is an initiative to celebrate, explore, and immerse ourselves in the rich and diverse literary works by Black authors. This challenge encourages participants to read books across genres, uncover hidden gems, and embrace stories that amplify Black voices, histories, and experiences.

Challenge Books

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The Kiss Countdown by Etta Easton

The Kiss Countdown

Etta Easton

336 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted 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 Princess Trap by Talia Hibbert

The Princess Trap

Midnight Heat #1

Talia Hibbert

301 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced
The Roommate Risk by Talia Hibbert

The Roommate Risk

Midnight Heat #2

Talia Hibbert

258 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional lighthearted medium-paced
A Love Like the Sun by Riss M. Neilson

A Love Like the Sun

Riss M. Neilson

368 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional slow-paced
Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert

Take a Hint, Dani Brown

The Brown Sisters #2

Talia Hibbert

400 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Curvy Girl Summer by Danielle Allen

Curvy Girl Summer

Curve #1

Danielle Allen

368 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow by Damilare Kuku

Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow

Damilare Kuku

272 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Where Sleeping Girls Lie

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

400 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ mystery young adult dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Red Clay by Charles B. Fancher

Red Clay

Charles B. Fancher

381 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

fiction historical challenging dark reflective fast-paced