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#SteepedInBlackLitfromAtoZ

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31 participants (325 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
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

216 pages • paperback • 1970

fiction classics historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

Legendborn

The Legendborn Cycle #1

Tracy Deonn

501 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
North King's Unexpected Inevitability by A.E. Valdez

North King's Unexpected Inevitability

Three Kings #3

A.E. Valdez

762 pages • digital • 2025

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett

389 pages • digital • 2020

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Someday, Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli

Someday, Maybe

Onyi Nwabineli

342 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Magic in the Melanin: A Black Fantasy Anthology by The Melanin Library

Magic in the Melanin: A Black Fantasy Anthology

The Melanin Library

485 pages • hardcover • 2025 user-added

fiction fantasy
Sounds Like a Plan by Pamela Samuels Young, Dwayne Alexander Smith

Sounds Like a Plan

Sounds Like a Plan #1

Pamela Samuels Young, Dwayne Alexander Smith

304 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction contemporary mystery romance adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced
The Fallen Fruit by Shawntelle Madison

The Fallen Fruit

Shawntelle Madison

448 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction historical science fiction adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced
Oathbound by Tracy Deonn

Oathbound

The Legendborn Cycle #3

Tracy Deonn

650 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Safe Space II by Tiffany Patterson

Safe Space II

Safe Space #2

Tiffany Patterson

261 pages • paperback • 2017

fiction romance emotional medium-paced