The Booktenders Reading Challenge 2023 - hosted by thebooktenders

Written by a Black author.
All books added
Finding Me by Viola Davis

Finding Me

Viola Davis

304 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Long Fall by Walter Mosley

The Long Fall

Leonid McGill #1

Walter Mosley

306 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction crime mystery mysterious medium-paced
The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

The City We Became

Great Cities #1

N.K. Jemisin

437 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose Utomi

The Lies of the Ajungo

Forever Desert #1

Moses Ose Utomi

96 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools by Monique W. Morris

Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools

Monique W. Morris

256 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction education race challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

224 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

Akwaeke Emezi

279 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou's Autobiography #1

Maya Angelou

289 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Gideon the Ninth

The Locked Tomb #1

Tamsyn Muir

16 hours, 50 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C. Ford

Somebody's Daughter

Ashley C. Ford

212 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced