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#SteepedInBlackLitfromAtoZ

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31 participants (324 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
Nowhere Is a Place by Bernice L. McFadden

Nowhere Is a Place

Bernice L. McFadden

319 pages • paperback • 2006

fiction historical reflective medium-paced
Black on Black: On Our Resilience and Brilliance in America by Daniel Black

Black on Black: On Our Resilience and Brilliance in America

Daniel Black

256 pages • hardcover • 2023

nonfiction lgbtqia+ race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Their Vicious Games by Joelle Wellington

Their Vicious Games

Joelle Wellington

416 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction thriller young adult dark mysterious tense fast-paced
This Cursed House by Del Sandeen

This Cursed House

Del Sandeen

374 pages • hardcover • 2024

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 • hardcover • 2023

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

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 • hardcover • 2019

nonfiction history race challenging informative slow-paced
Hold My Girl by Charlene Carr

Hold My Girl

Charlene Carr

432 pages • digital • 2023

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 • hardcover • 2022

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

Out of Body

Nia Davenport

272 pages • digital • 2024

fiction mystery thriller young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced