#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

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The Love Lyric by Kristina Forest

Greene Sisters #3

The Love Lyric

Kristina Forest

384 pages • 2025 • 8 editions

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Cool. Awkward. Black. by Karen Strong

Cool. Awkward. Black.

Karen Strong

336 pages • 2023 • 3 editions

fiction short stories young adult adventurous funny inspiring medium-paced
The Streets Have No Queen by JaQuavis Coleman

The Streets Have No Queen

JaQuavis Coleman

3h 39m • 2019 • 6 editions

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Amina's Third Eye: A Children's Story on Manifestation Through Meditation by Dynast Amir

Amina's Third Eye: A Children's Story on Manifestation Through Meditation

Dynast Amir

56 pages • 1 edition

fiction
The Accidental Pinup by Danielle Jackson

Buxom Boudoir #1

The Accidental Pinup

Danielle Jackson

304 pages • 2022 • 6 editions

fiction contemporary romance funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
I Don't Belong to You by Keke Palmer

I Don't Belong to You

Keke Palmer

missing duration info • 2017 • 4 editions

nonfiction biography memoir self help emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced
Can't Get Enough by Kennedy Ryan

Skyland #3

Can't Get Enough

Kennedy Ryan

419 pages • 2025 • 18 editions

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
The Book of Azrael by Amber V. Nicole

Gods & Monsters #1

The Book of Azrael

Amber V. Nicole

493 pages • 2022 • 73 editions

fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Countess by Suzan Palumbo

Countess

Suzan Palumbo

163 pages • 2024 • 7 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Everything's Fine by Cecilia Rabess

Everything's Fine

Cecilia Rabess

336 pages • 2023 • 23 editions

fiction literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced