#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
The Perfect Marriage by Kimberla Lawson Roby

The Perfect Marriage

Kimberla Lawson Roby

179 pages • 2013 • 9 editions

fiction emotional reflective fast-paced
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré

Adunni #1

The Girl with the Louding Voice

Abi Daré

384 pages • 2020 • 49 editions

fiction contemporary literary emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Take My Hand

Dolen Perkins-Valdez

359 pages • 2022 • 32 editions

fiction historical literary emotional informative sad medium-paced
The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris

The Other Black Girl

Zakiya Dalila Harris

368 pages • 2021 • 40 editions

fiction literary thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Friday Black

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

194 pages • 2018 • 20 editions

fiction horror short stories speculative fiction challenging dark medium-paced
Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir by Natasha Trethewey

Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir

Natasha Trethewey

214 pages • 2020 • 16 editions

nonfiction memoir true crime emotional reflective sad medium-paced
If We Are Brave: Essays from Black Americana by Theodore R. Johnson

If We Are Brave: Essays from Black Americana

Theodore R. Johnson

208 pages • 2024 • 2 editions

nonfiction autobiography politics race sociology
Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow

Memphis

Tara M. Stringfellow

252 pages • 2022 • 20 editions

fiction historical literary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Colored Television by Danzy Senna

Colored Television

Danzy Senna

272 pages • 2024 • 9 editions

fiction literary funny reflective medium-paced
Night Wherever We Go by Tracey Rose Peyton

Night Wherever We Go

Tracey Rose Peyton

295 pages • 2023 • 13 editions

fiction historical emotional medium-paced