#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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This Cursed House by Del Sandeen

This Cursed House

Del Sandeen

374 pages • 2024 • 8 editions

fiction historical horror dark mysterious sad fast-paced
When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era by Donovan X. Ramsey

When Crack Was King: A People's History of a Misunderstood Era

Donovan X. Ramsey

448 pages • 2023 • 6 editions

nonfiction history sociology informative reflective sad medium-paced
What Truth Sounds Like: Robert F. Kennedy, James Baldwin, and Our Unfinished Conversation About Race in America by Michael Eric Dyson

What Truth Sounds Like: Robert F. Kennedy, James Baldwin, and Our Unfinished Conversation About Race in America

Michael Eric Dyson

306 pages • 2018 • 6 editions

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers

They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South

Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers

296 pages • 2019 • 8 editions

nonfiction history race challenging informative slow-paced
Glory Be by Danielle Arceneaux

A Glory Broussard Mystery #1

Glory Be

Danielle Arceneaux

336 pages • 2023 • 4 editions

fiction mystery medium-paced
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston

219 pages • 1937 • 102 editions

fiction classics historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Hold My Girl by Charlene Carr

Hold My Girl

Charlene Carr

432 pages • 2023 • 13 editions

fiction contemporary emotional medium-paced
Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want by Ruha Benjamin

Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want

Ruha Benjamin

373 pages • 2022 • 5 editions

nonfiction memoir politics race hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
Out of Body by Nia Davenport

Out of Body

Nia Davenport

272 pages • 2024 • 4 editions

fiction mystery thriller young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
What's Mine and Yours by Naima Coster

What's Mine and Yours

Naima Coster

341 pages • 2021 • 13 editions

fiction contemporary emotional reflective medium-paced