12 Books By Black Authors

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74 participants (436 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read one book by a Black author a month for the whole year. It doesn’t matter the genre, author’s gender, release date, traditional published or indie. As long as the author is Black it counts! Use #12BooksByBlackAuthors if you post on social media. 

Challenge Books

All books added
Misfits: A Personal Manifesto by Michaela Coel

Misfits: A Personal Manifesto

Michaela Coel

1 hour, 35 minutes • audio • 2021

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced
Out There Screaming by Jordan Peele, John Joseph Adams

Out There Screaming

Jordan Peele, John Joseph Adams

14 hours, 1 minutes • audio • 2023

fiction horror short stories dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Okra Stew: A Gullah Geechee Family Celebration by Natalie Daise

Okra Stew: A Gullah Geechee Family Celebration

Natalie Daise

23 pages • digital user-added

fiction childrens medium-paced
Pray Or Be Prey II by Zita Grant

Pray Or Be Prey II

Zita Grant

182 pages • digital user-added

fiction fantasy science fiction
The Filling Station by Vanessa Miller

The Filling Station

Vanessa Miller

365 pages • paperback • 2025 user-added

fiction historical emotional informative sad medium-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

5 hours, 24 minutes • audio • 2021

nonfiction history race young adult challenging emotional informative medium-paced
Long After We Are Gone by Terah Shelton Harris

Long After We Are Gone

Terah Shelton Harris

412 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
I'll Be Gone for Christmas by Georgia K. Boone

I'll Be Gone for Christmas

Georgia K. Boone

7 hours, 53 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Somebody's Husband by Robbi Renee

Somebody's Husband

Robbi Renee

8 hours, 58 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction romance emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
Between Friends & Lovers by Shirlene Obuobi

Between Friends & Lovers

Shirlene Obuobi

11 hours, 3 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced