Black Stories Matter: A Year of Empowering Reads

bookishlyariel Host

16 participants (26 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

The Black Book Reading Challenge is an initiative to celebrate, explore, and immerse ourselves in the rich and diverse literary works by Black authors. This challenge encourages participants to read books across genres, uncover hidden gems, and embrace stories that amplify Black voices, histories, and experiences.

Challenge Books

All books added
Trail Sisters: Freedwomen in Indian Territory, 1850-1890 by Linda Williams Reese
Trail Sisters: Freedwomen in Indian Territory, 1850-1890
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Linda Williams Reese

Trail Sisters: Freedwomen in Indian Territory, 1850-1890

Plains Histories

Linda Williams Reese

426 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history emotional informative medium-paced
Don't Cry for Me by Daniel Black

Don't Cry for Me

Daniel Black

304 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Great Expectations: A Novel by Vinson Cunningham

Great Expectations: A Novel

Vinson Cunningham

6 hours, 52 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction literary reflective medium-paced
The Women Could Fly by Megan Giddings

The Women Could Fly

Megan Giddings

283 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction dystopian fantasy lgbtqia+ dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Kiss Countdown by Etta Easton

The Kiss Countdown

Etta Easton

336 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert

Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

Talia Hibbert

319 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance young adult emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert

Act Your Age, Eve Brown

The Brown Sisters #3

Talia Hibbert

400 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-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
The Princess Trap by Talia Hibbert

The Princess Trap

Midnight Heat #1

Talia Hibbert

301 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced
The Roommate Risk by Talia Hibbert

The Roommate Risk

Midnight Heat #2

Talia Hibbert

258 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional lighthearted medium-paced