12 Books By Black Authors

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66 participants (330 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

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Knucklehead by Tony Keith Jr.

Knucklehead

Tony Keith Jr.

128 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ poetry young adult
Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi

Gingerbread

Helen Oyeyemi

372 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy magical realism challenging mysterious slow-paced
Black Disability Politics by Sami Schalk

Black Disability Politics

Sami Schalk

232 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction feminism health politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care by Kelly Hayes, Mariame Kaba

Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care

Kelly Hayes, Mariame Kaba

220 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction feminism politics race hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates

We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy

Ta-Nehisi Coates

359 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction essays history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Witchmark by C.L. Polk

Witchmark

The Kingston Cycle #1

C.L. Polk

318 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ mystery romance adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

Seven Days in June

Tia Williams

328 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction romance emotional hopeful medium-paced
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

The Underground Railroad

Colson Whitehead

10 hours, 43 minutes • first pub 2016 (editions) user-added

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Audre and Bash Are Just Friends by Tia Williams

Audre and Bash Are Just Friends

Tia Williams

384 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance young adult medium-paced
Just Our Luck by Denise Williams

Just Our Luck

Denise Williams

384 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance