12 Books By Black Authors

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67 participants (336 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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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
Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires by Shomari Wills

Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires

Shomari Wills

320 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction biography history medium-paced
The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb

The Violin Conspiracy

Brendan Slocumb

342 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction crime mystery thriller emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Fearless and Free: A Memoir by Josephine Baker

Fearless and Free: A Memoir

Josephine Baker

8 hours, 41 minutes • first pub 1949 (editions)

nonfiction memoir informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Improvisers by Nicole Glover

The Improvisers

Nicole Glover

442 pages • missing pub info (editions) user-added

fiction fantasy historical science fiction adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Dark Neighbourhood by Vanessa Onwuemezi

Dark Neighbourhood

Vanessa Onwuemezi

160 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary short stories challenging dark reflective medium-paced
All the Blues in the Sky by Renée Watson

All the Blues in the Sky

Renée Watson

2 hours, 13 minutes • first pub 2025 (editions)

fiction childrens middle grade
Can't Get Enough by Kennedy Ryan

Can't Get Enough

Skyland #3

Kennedy Ryan

448 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

fiction romance
Sight Unseen by Kasha Thompson

Sight Unseen

Kasha Thompson

10 hours, 4 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced