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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
Finding Me by Viola Davis

Finding Me

Viola Davis

291 pages • hardcover • 2022

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Blanche on the Lam: A Blanche White Mystery by Barbara Neely

Blanche on the Lam: A Blanche White Mystery

Blanche White #1

Barbara Neely

204 pages • paperback • 1992

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes

Not Without Laughter

Langston Hughes

304 pages • paperback • 1930

fiction classics historical emotional reflective medium-paced
Will by Will Smith, Mark Manson

Will

Will Smith, Mark Manson

418 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson

My Monticello

Jocelyn Nicole Johnson

210 pages • hardcover • 2021

fiction literary short stories challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Sankofa by Chibundu Onuzo

Sankofa

Chibundu Onuzo

9 hours, 3 minutes • audio • 2021

fiction contemporary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Attic Child by Lola Jaye

The Attic Child

Lola Jaye

469 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction historical challenging emotional sad medium-paced
Dear Vicky by Octavia Grant

Dear Vicky

Octavia Grant

1 hour, 59 minutes • audio • 2023 user-added

fiction mystery short stories thriller dark tense fast-paced
Tambourines to Glory by Langston Hughes

Tambourines to Glory

Langston Hughes

156 pages • paperback • 1958

fiction classics challenging reflective slow-paced
On the Rooftop by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

On the Rooftop

Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

304 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced