#SteepedInBlackLitfromAtoZ

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29 participants (297 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read the vast canon of Black Literature  by Black Authors from A to Z.   No requirement to go in alphabetical order from A to Z, but to read all year and document the journey as you go.  

The letter can be the book title or the authors first or last name (I.e., The Street by Ann Petry could be, "A", "P" or "S").  Read intentionally while enjoying the experience of Black Literature.  

Share your books and progress here on Story Graph and use the hashtag on bookstagram. 

Challenge Books

All books added
Black Girls Must Be Magic by Jayne Allen

Black Girls Must Die Exhausted #2

Black Girls Must Be Magic

Jayne Allen

261 pages • 2019 • 7 editions

fiction contemporary emotional reflective slow-paced
There Is Confusion by Jessie Redmon Fauset

There Is Confusion

Jessie Redmon Fauset

288 pages • 1924 • 10 editions

fiction classics literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Finding Me by Viola Davis

Finding Me

Viola Davis

291 pages • 2022 • 29 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Blanche on the Lam: A Blanche White Mystery by Barbara Neely

Blanche White #1

Blanche on the Lam: A Blanche White Mystery

Barbara Neely

204 pages • 1992 • 13 editions

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes

Not Without Laughter

Langston Hughes

304 pages • 1930 • 13 editions

fiction classics historical emotional reflective medium-paced
Will by Will Smith, Mark Manson

Will

Will Smith, Mark Manson

418 pages • 2021 • 31 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris

All Her Little Secrets

Wanda M. Morris

374 pages • 2021 • 9 editions

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson

My Monticello

Jocelyn Nicole Johnson

210 pages • 2021 • 14 editions

fiction literary short stories challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Sankofa by Chibundu Onuzo

Sankofa

Chibundu Onuzo

9h 3m • 2021 • 13 editions

fiction contemporary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Attic Child by Lola Jaye

The Attic Child

Lola Jaye

469 pages • 2022 • 19 editions

fiction historical challenging emotional sad medium-paced