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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
Glory Daze by Danielle Arceneaux

Glory Daze

A Glory Broussard Mystery #2

Danielle Arceneaux

304 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction mystery medium-paced
One in a Million by Beverley Kendall

One in a Million

Token #2

Beverley Kendall

304 pages • paperback • 2025

fiction contemporary romance emotional lighthearted medium-paced
Someone Like Us: A novel by Dinaw Mengestu

Someone Like Us: A novel

Dinaw Mengestu

8 hours, 10 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction contemporary race medium-paced
This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets by Kwame Alexander

This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets

Kwame Alexander

426 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction poetry emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Remembering Our Black Trailblazers and their legacies by Barbara A. Pierce

Remembering Our Black Trailblazers and their legacies

Remembering Our Black Trailblazers and Their Legac

Barbara A. Pierce

missing page info • digital user-added

nonfiction autobiography biography historical history medium-paced
The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye by Briony Cameron

The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye

Briony Cameron

368 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction historical lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Arella, My Umbrella by Evonne Jordan Mitchell

Arella, My Umbrella

Evonne Jordan Mitchell

30 pages • digital user-added

fiction childrens young adult
Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn

Bloodmarked

The Legendborn Cycle #2

Tracy Deonn

561 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
I'm pregnant…what you telling me for by Yona Pearson

I'm pregnant…what you telling me for

Yona Pearson

184 pages • digital • 2025 user-added

fiction contemporary
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

Clap When You Land

Elizabeth Acevedo

5 hours, 32 minutes • audio • 2020

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ poetry young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced