Beyoncé Reading Challenge - hosted by coralinejones

BROWN SKIN GIRL — black women
books by black women that feature black women as the main characters! — "she need an oscar for that pretty dark skin."
All books added
Sisters with a Side of Greens by Michelle Stimpson

Sisters with a Side of Greens

Michelle Stimpson

368 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction emotional reflective medium-paced
A Bound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing: The Incarceration of African American Women from Harriet Tubman to Sandra Bland by DaMaris B. Hill

A Bound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing: The Incarceration of African American Women from Harriet Tubman to Sandra Bland

DaMaris B. Hill

192 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction feminism poetry race emotional reflective medium-paced
A Spell of Good Things by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀

A Spell of Good Things

Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀

352 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

The Hate U Give

The Hate U Give #1

Angie Thomas

454 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

Legendborn

The Legendborn Cycle #1

Tracy Deonn

511 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

Queenie

Candice Carty-Williams

392 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional funny reflective medium-paced
One Week in Paradise by Anise Starre

One Week in Paradise

Flights and Feelings #1

Anise Starre

222 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction romance funny lighthearted fast-paced
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

216 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris

The Other Black Girl

Zakiya Dalila Harris

368 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction literary thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Sula by Toni Morrison

Sula

Toni Morrison

174 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced