The Free Black Women’s Library - 2017 Reading Challenge

The brilliance and imagination of Black women knows no bounds, join me in reading 26 books by Black women this year as follows:

A book from your childhood

A book you had to read in school  

A book by a Caribbean author

A book by an African author

A romance or erotica novel

A memoir or autobiography

A Black feminist/womanist text

An urban fiction story

An Afro Futurist novel (Science Fiction/ Speculative/ Fantasy/Horror)

A collection of poetry or short stories

A book based in spirituality, religion or sacred ideology

A YA novel

A book classified as self help, personal development focusing on things like pleasure, self-care, finances, health, life strategy

A recipe book (attempt to cook 1 to 3 items)

Any book by Toni Morrison

Any book by Alice Walker

Any book by Zora Neale Hurston

Any book by Octavia Butler

A book that would be classified as “Chick Lit”

A book from 100 years ago

A book classified as LGBTQ via its author or content

A book that came out in the last year

A book set in your hometown

A book with a one word title

A book with a person’s name in the title

A book that is (or became) a play or film

Please tag The Free Black Women’s Library in your photos of the books you have chosen and use the hashtags –

#TheFreeBlackwomensLibrary #TFBWLReadingChallenge #TFBWL #26BlackWomen #TFBWL26 #BlackWomanBibliophile