Oxfam Reading Challenge 2023 - hosted by annrhub

October: A Book by a Black Author (for Black History Month)
All books added
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man

Emmanuel Acho

244 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction race challenging informative reflective 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
My Name is Why by Lemn Sissay

My Name is Why

Lemn Sissay

191 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir challenging emotional sad medium-paced
We Are All Birds of Uganda by Hafsa Zayyan

We Are All Birds of Uganda

Hafsa Zayyan

400 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

Get a Life, Chloe Brown

The Brown Sisters #1

Talia Hibbert

369 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Yaa Gyasi

305 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
An Elegy for Easterly by Petina Gappah

An Elegy for Easterly

Petina Gappah

41 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction short stories emotional medium-paced
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

320 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

fiction classics historical science fiction speculative fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced
Place of Cool Waters by Ndirangu Githaiga

Place of Cool Waters

Ndirangu Githaiga

207 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson

Small Worlds

Caleb Azumah Nelson

259 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced