#SteepedInBlackLitfromAtoZ

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23 participants (175 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 Life of Herod the Great by Zora Neale Hurston

The Life of Herod the Great

Zora Neale Hurston

334 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

fiction classics historical reflective medium-paced
Wild Women and the Blues by Denny S. Bryce

Wild Women and the Blues

Denny S. Bryce

384 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical reflective medium-paced
Black Girls Must Die Exhausted by Jayne Allen

Black Girls Must Die Exhausted

Black Girls Must Die Exhausted #1

Jayne Allen

368 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

Transcendent Kingdom

Yaa Gyasi

268 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Black Girls Must Be Magic by Jayne Allen

Black Girls Must Be Magic

Black Girls Must Die Exhausted #2

Jayne Allen

261 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional reflective slow-paced
There Is Confusion by Jessie Redmon Fauset

There Is Confusion

Jessie Redmon Fauset

288 pages • first pub 1924 (editions)

fiction classics informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Finding Me by Viola Davis

Finding Me

Viola Davis

291 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

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 • first pub 1992 (editions)

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

Not Without Laughter

Langston Hughes

304 pages • first pub 1930 (editions)

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

Will

Will Smith, Mark Manson

418 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective medium-paced