#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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Happy Land by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Happy Land

Dolen Perkins-Valdez

356 pages • 2025 • 6 editions

fiction historical literary emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Everything Is Not Enough by Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström

Everything Is Not Enough

Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström

416 pages • 2023 • 16 editions

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

797 pages • 2021 • 33 editions

fiction historical literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Peaces by Helen Oyeyemi

Peaces

Helen Oyeyemi

256 pages • 2021 • 16 editions

fiction contemporary fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Conjure Women by Afia Atakora

Conjure Women

Afia Atakora

400 pages • 2020 • 18 editions

fiction fantasy historical literary magical realism dark emotional sad slow-paced
Neighbors and Other Stories by Diane Oliver

Neighbors and Other Stories

Diane Oliver

320 pages • 2024 • 13 editions

fiction historical literary short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

Black Cake

Charmaine Wilkerson

385 pages • 2022 • 56 editions

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby

Blacktop Wasteland

S.A. Cosby

320 pages • 2020 • 26 editions

fiction mystery thriller adventurous dark tense fast-paced
What's Done in the Shadows by Monique Elise

What's Done in the Shadows

Monique Elise

260 pages • 1 edition

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives by Cynthia Goodman, Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

Cynthia Goodman, Henry Louis Gates Jr.

159 pages • 2003 • 2 editions

nonfiction history memoir informative reflective fast-paced