12 Books By Black Authors

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67 participants (335 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
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
New Kid by Jerry Craft

New Kid

New Kid #1

Jerry Craft

256 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary graphic novel middle grade funny hopeful reflective fast-paced
The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church's Complicity in Racism by Jemar Tisby

The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church's Complicity in Racism

Jemar Tisby

8 hours, 22 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history race religion adventurous medium-paced
The Selected Works of Audre Lorde by Audre Lorde

The Selected Works of Audre Lorde

Audre Lorde

8 hours, 11 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism lgbtqia+ poetry race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
You Got Anything Stronger?: Stories by Gabrielle Union

You Got Anything Stronger?: Stories

Gabrielle Union

8 hours, 8 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad slow-paced
One of Our Kind by Nicola Yoon

One of Our Kind

Nicola Yoon

270 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced