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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
Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Dream Count

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

399 pages • digital • 2025

fiction literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions: A Novel in Interlocking Stories by Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi

Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions: A Novel in Interlocking Stories

Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi

256 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction contemporary short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral by Jessie Redmon Fauset

Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral

Jessie Redmon Fauset

408 pages • paperback • 1928

fiction classics literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

The Nightingale

Kristin Hannah

440 pages • hardcover • 2015

fiction historical emotional inspiring sad medium-paced
Firstborn Girls: A Memoir by Bernice L. McFadden

Firstborn Girls: A Memoir

Bernice L. McFadden

400 pages • digital • 2025

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Ghostroots by ‘Pemi Aguda

Ghostroots

‘Pemi Aguda

224 pages • digital • 2024

fiction horror short stories speculative fiction dark emotional mysterious fast-paced
Nine Lives by Tom Barber

Nine Lives

Sam Archer #1

Tom Barber

510 pages • digital • 2012

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Casualties of Truth by Lauren Francis-Sharma

Casualties of Truth

Lauren Francis-Sharma

272 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction literary challenging dark tense medium-paced
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Talents

Earthseed #2

Octavia E. Butler

448 pages • paperback • 1998

fiction dystopian speculative fiction challenging dark emotional medium-paced
When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo

When We Were Birds

Ayanna Lloyd Banwo

304 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction literary magical realism romance emotional mysterious medium-paced