#SteepedInBlackLitfromAtoZ

booksbythecup's profile picture booksbythecup Host

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
Let the Games Begin by Rufaro Faith Mazarura

Let the Games Begin

Rufaro Faith Mazarura

352 pages • 2024 • 12 editions

fiction contemporary romance sports funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
The Trial of Mrs. Rhinelander by Denny S. Bryce

The Trial of Mrs. Rhinelander

Denny S. Bryce

336 pages • 2024 • 4 editions

fiction historical emotional informative tense medium-paced
A Piece of Mine: Stories by J. California Cooper

A Piece of Mine: Stories

J. California Cooper

144 pages • 1984 • 3 editions

fiction short stories emotional reflective fast-paced
Junie by Erin Crosby Eckstine

Junie

Erin Crosby Eckstine

361 pages • 2025 • 7 editions

fiction historical literary dark emotional tense medium-paced
Needy Little Things by Channelle Desamours

Needy Little Things

Channelle Desamours

320 pages • 2025 • 10 editions

fiction mystery speculative fiction young adult emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Brooklyn by Tracy Brown

Brooklyn

Tracy Brown

320 pages • 2024 • 5 editions

fiction contemporary emotional sad tense fast-paced
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

The Legendborn Cycle #1

Legendborn

Tracy Deonn

512 pages • 2020 • 67 editions

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon

Instructions for Dancing

Nicola Yoon

285 pages • 2021 • 45 editions

fiction contemporary magical realism romance young adult emotional funny hopeful fast-paced
Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Where Sleeping Girls Lie #1

Where Sleeping Girls Lie

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

416 pages • 2024 • 29 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ mystery young adult dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

The Underground Railroad

Colson Whitehead

306 pages • 2016 • 122 editions

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced