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Black Writers Challenge 2022

How many books by black writers & illustrators have you read this year? We'd love to know!
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Abolition. Feminism. Now. (Angela Y Davis)
Abolition. Feminism. Now.
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Angela Y Davis
African and Caribbean Folktales, Myths and Legends (Wendy Shearer)
African and Caribbean Folktales, Myths and Legends
2
Wendy Shearer
African Town (Irene Latham)
African Town
3
Irene Latham
Africa Is Not a Country: Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa (Dipo Faloyin)
Africa Is Not a Country: Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa
4
Dipo Faloyin
Akata Woman (Nnedi Okorafor)
Akata Woman
5
Nnedi Okorafor
The Attic Child (Lola Jaye)
The Attic Child
6
Lola Jaye
Aziza's Secret Fairy Door and the Mermaid's Treasure (Lola Morayo)
Aziza's Secret Fairy Door and the Mermaid's Treasure
7
Lola Morayo
Baby, Sleepy Baby (Atinuke (Author) Angela Brooksbank (Illustrator))
Baby, Sleepy Baby
8
Atinuke (Author) Angela Brooksbank (Illustrator)
Baker Street Mysteries 1: Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder (Valerie Burns)
Baker Street Mysteries 1: Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder
9
Valerie Burns
Ballad of Perilous Graves (Alex Jennings)
Ballad of Perilous Graves
10
Alex Jennings
Beasts of Prey (Ayana Gray)
Beasts of Prey
11
Ayana Gray
Bet on It (Jodie Slaughter)
Bet on It
12
Jodie Slaughter
A Black Boy at Eton (Dillibe Onyeama)
A Black Boy at Eton
13
Dillibe Onyeama
Black British History: New Perspectives - Blackness in Britain (Hakim Adi)
Black British History: New Perspectives - Blackness in Britain
14
Hakim Adi
Black Cake (Charmaine Wilkerson)
Black Cake
15
Charmaine Wilkerson
The Black Curriculum Legacies (Lania Narjee, the Black Curriculum CIC, Chante T)
The Black Curriculum Legacies
16
Lania Narjee, the Black Curriculum CIC, Chante T
Black Futures (Kimberly Drew, Jenna Wortham Eds.)
Black Futures
17
Kimberly Drew, Jenna Wortham Eds.
Black Ghost of Empire: The Long Death of Slavery and the Failure of Emancipation (Kris Manjapra)
Black Ghost of Empire: The Long Death of Slavery and the Failure of Emancipation
18
Kris Manjapra
Black in Time : The Most Awesome Black Britons From Yesterday to Today (Alison Hammond)
Black in Time : The Most Awesome Black Britons From Yesterday to Today
19
Alison Hammond
Black Love Matters: Real Talk on Romance, Being Seen, and Happily Ever Afters (Various Authors)
Black Love Matters: Real Talk on Romance, Being Seen, and Happily Ever Afters
20
Various Authors
Black Man Listen: The Life of JR Ralph Casimir (Kathy Casimir MacLean)
Black Man Listen: The Life of JR Ralph Casimir
21
Kathy Casimir MacLean
Black Poppies: The Story of Britain's Black Community in the First World War (Stephen Bourne)
Black Poppies: The Story of Britain's Black Community in the First World War
22
Stephen Bourne
Black Resistance to British Policing - Racism, Resistance and Social Change (Adam Elliott-Cooper)
Black Resistance to British Policing - Racism, Resistance and Social Change
23
Adam Elliott-Cooper
Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head (Warsan Shire)
Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head
24
Warsan Shire
Blood Scion (Deborah Falaye)
Blood Scion
25
Deborah Falaye
Blood to Poison (Mary Watson)
Blood to Poison
26
Mary Watson
Booked: Graphic Novel (Kwame Alexander (Author) Dawud Anyabwile (Illus))
Booked: Graphic Novel
27
Kwame Alexander (Author) Dawud Anyabwile (Illus)
Breaking the Maafa Chain (Anni Domingo)
Breaking the Maafa Chain
28
Anni Domingo
Breath Better Spent: Living Black Girlhood (Damaris B. Hill)
Breath Better Spent: Living Black Girlhood
29
Damaris B. Hill
A Brief History of Black British Art (Rianna Jade Parker)
A Brief History of Black British Art
30
Rianna Jade Parker
Britons Through Negro Spectacles (ABC Merriman-Labor)
Britons Through Negro Spectacles
31
ABC Merriman-Labor
By the Book (Jasmine Guillory)
By the Book
32
Jasmine Guillory
Cameron Battle and the Hidden Kingdoms (Jamar J Perry)
Cameron Battle and the Hidden Kingdoms
33
Jamar J Perry
Carolina Built (Kianna Alexander)
Carolina Built
34
Kianna Alexander
Claude McKay: The Making of a Black Bolshevik (Winston James)
Claude McKay: The Making of a Black Bolshevik
35
Winston James
Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl (Joya Goffney)
Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl
36
Joya Goffney
Daddy Do My Hair: Beth's Twists (Tola Okogwu (Author) Chante Timothy (Illustrator))
Daddy Do My Hair: Beth's Twists
37
Tola Okogwu (Author) Chante Timothy (Illustrator)
Dazzling (Chikodili Emelumadu)
Dazzling
38
Chikodili Emelumadu
Dearest One (Arielle Dance (Author), Jenny Duke (Illustrator))
Dearest One
39
Arielle Dance (Author), Jenny Duke (Illustrator)
Don't Ask the Dragon (Lemn Sissay)
Don't Ask the Dragon
40
Lemn Sissay
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