Black Lit Matters: The 50 Novel Challenge

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39 participants (458 books)

Overview

Read 50 novels written by Black authors

Black Lit Matters: The 50 Novel Challenge

thelibrarywizard Host

39 participants (458 books)

Overview

Read 50 novels written by Black authors

Challenge Books

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Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America by Ibi Zoboi

Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America
Ibi Zoboi with Brandy Colbert, Dhonielle Clayton, Leah Henderson, Lamar Giles, Varian Johnson, Liara Tamani, Nic Stone, Coe Booth, Renée Watson, Tracey Baptiste, Justina Ireland, Jason Reynolds, Kekla Magoon, Jay Coles, Rita Williams-Garcia, Tochi Onyebuchi

416 pages • digital • 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary race short stories young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America

Ibi Zoboi with Brandy Colbert, Dhonielle Clayton, Leah Henderson, Lamar Giles, Varian Johnson, Liara Tamani, Nic Stone, Coe Booth, Renée Watson, Tracey Baptiste, Justina Ireland, Jason Reynolds, Kekla Magoon, Jay Coles, Rita Williams-Garcia, Tochi Onyebuchi

416 pages • digital • 2019

fiction contemporary race short stories young adult emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Piecing Me Together
Renée Watson

288 pages • paperback • 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary young adult emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

Piecing Me Together

Renée Watson

288 pages • paperback • 2017

fiction contemporary young adult emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

Family Spirit by Diane McKinney-Whetstone

Family Spirit
Diane McKinney-Whetstone

256 pages • hardcover (editions)

fiction speculative fiction

Family Spirit

Diane McKinney-Whetstone

256 pages • hardcover

fiction speculative fiction

Our Stories Carried Us Here by Julie Vang

Our Stories Carried Us Here
Julie Vang with Tom Kaczynski (Illustrator)

180 pages • hardcover • 2021 (editions)

nonfiction comics graphic novel young adult emotional hopeful informative fast-paced

Our Stories Carried Us Here

Julie Vang with Tom Kaczynski (Illustrator)

180 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction comics graphic novel young adult emotional hopeful informative fast-paced

The Mayor of Maxwell Street by Avery Cunningham

The Mayor of Maxwell Street
Avery Cunningham with Bahni Turpin (Narrator)

15 hours, 55 minutes • audio • 2024 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced

The Mayor of Maxwell Street

Avery Cunningham with Bahni Turpin (Narrator)

15 hours, 55 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced

The Neighbor Favor
Greene Sisters #1

Kristina Forest with Keylor Leigh (Narrator), Malik Rashad (Narrator)

10 hours, 7 minutes • audio • 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

The Neighbor Favor

Greene Sisters #1

Kristina Forest with Keylor Leigh (Narrator), Malik Rashad (Narrator)

10 hours, 7 minutes • audio • 2023

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

What Storm, What Thunder by Myriam J.A. Chancy

What Storm, What Thunder
Myriam J.A. Chancy

313 pages • hardcover • 2021 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

What Storm, What Thunder

Myriam J.A. Chancy

313 pages • hardcover • 2021

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Those Beyond the Wall by Micaiah Johnson

Those Beyond the Wall
The Space Between Worlds #2

Micaiah Johnson with Angel Pean (Narrator)

15 hours, 17 minutes • audio • 2024 (editions)

fiction dystopian science fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced

Those Beyond the Wall

The Space Between Worlds #2

Micaiah Johnson with Angel Pean (Narrator)

15 hours, 17 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction dystopian science fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced

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Jay Délise with Jay Délise (Narrator)

42 minutes • audio • 2020 (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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Jay Délise with Jay Délise (Narrator)

42 minutes • audio • 2020

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

The Book That No One Wanted to Read by Richard Ayoade

The Book That No One Wanted to Read
Richard Ayoade with Tor Freeman (Illustrator)

128 pages • hardcover • 2022 (editions)

fiction childrens funny lighthearted fast-paced

The Book That No One Wanted to Read

Richard Ayoade with Tor Freeman (Illustrator)

128 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction childrens funny lighthearted fast-paced

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