Read Black Authors Challenge

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10 participants (48 books)

15 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

I want to increase the black authors I read. This can be done in any format (audio, kindle, paperback or hard-core etc.).  And it can be any language, translated English or your native language. 

Since people have a variety of genres they are interested in. I won't be setting certain authors, you can choose your own authors, and genres, that way you are more likely to finish the challenge as you will be reading books you are more likely interested in.

This is a 12 book challenge. You can either read or listen to one book a month, or you van smash it out quickly. But this number was chosen to be less overwhelming. 

Challenge Books

All books added
Only for the Holidays by Abiola Bello

Only for the Holidays

Abiola Bello

8 hours, 35 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

fiction romance young adult funny lighthearted medium-paced
Storyteller: 100 Poem Letters by Morgan Harper Nichols

Storyteller: 100 Poem Letters

Morgan Harper Nichols

106 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
Children of Anguish and Anarchy by Tomi Adeyemi

Children of Anguish and Anarchy

Legacy of Orïsha #3

Tomi Adeyemi

368 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

Children of Blood and Bone

Legacy of Orïsha #1

Tomi Adeyemi

17 hours, 56 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin

The Fifth Season

The Broken Earth #1

N.K. Jemisin

432 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

Inheritance Trilogy #1

N.K. Jemisin

427 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland

Deathless Divide

Dread Nation #2

Justina Ireland

576 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical horror young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland

Dread Nation

Dread Nation #1

Justina Ireland

451 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction historical horror young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James

Black Leopard, Red Wolf

The Dark Star Trilogy #1

Marlon James

620 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous challenging dark slow-paced
The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

The City We Became

Great Cities #1

N.K. Jemisin

437 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous mysterious medium-paced