#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
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
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
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston

Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

Zora Neale Hurston

256 pages • 2018 • 29 editions

nonfiction biography history race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Dream Count

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

399 pages • 2025 • 37 editions

fiction literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions: A Novel in Interlocking Stories by Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi

Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions: A Novel in Interlocking Stories

Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi

256 pages • 2022 • 9 editions

fiction contemporary short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral by Jessie Redmon Fauset

Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral

Jessie Redmon Fauset

408 pages • 1928 • 11 editions

fiction classics literary emotional reflective medium-paced
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