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#SteepedInBlackLitfromAtoZ

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31 participants (326 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 Trees by Percival Everett

The Trees

Percival Everett

322 pages • digital • 2021 user-added

fiction contemporary crime literary mystery dark funny mysterious fast-paced
Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon

Instructions for Dancing

Nicola Yoon

285 pages • hardcover • 2021

fiction contemporary magical realism romance young adult emotional funny hopeful fast-paced
Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Where Sleeping Girls Lie

Where Sleeping Girls Lie #1

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

416 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ mystery young adult dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

The Underground Railroad

Colson Whitehead

306 pages • hardcover • 2016

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

The Reformatory

Tananarive Due

570 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction historical horror dark emotional tense medium-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

345 pages • paperback • 1993

fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman

Noughts & Crosses

Noughts & Crosses #1

Malorie Blackman

479 pages • paperback • 2001

fiction dystopian romance young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

Ibram X. Kendi

592 pages • hardcover • 2016

nonfiction history race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Missing White Woman by Kellye Garrett

Missing White Woman

Kellye Garrett

324 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction thriller mysterious tense fast-paced
Just as I Am by Cicely Tyson

Just as I Am

Cicely Tyson

432 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction art autobiography memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced