#SteepedInBlackLitfromAtoZ

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8 participants (23 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 Secret World of Maggie Grey by Granger .

The Secret World of Maggie Grey

Drew Collins #1

Granger .

450 pages • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

fiction fantasy adventurous emotional medium-paced
A Renaissance of Our Own: A Memoir & Manifesto on Reimagining by Rachel E. Cargle

A Renaissance of Our Own: A Memoir & Manifesto on Reimagining

Rachel E. Cargle

238 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter

The Rage of Dragons

The Burning #1

Evan Winter

545 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous dark tense fast-paced
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

2 hours, 25 minutes • first pub 1963 (editions)

nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Honeysuckle and Bone by Trisha Tobias

Honeysuckle and Bone

Trisha Tobias

320 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

fiction horror young adult
Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell

Sky Full of Elephants

Cebo Campbell

304 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction magical realism science fiction adventurous challenging hopeful slow-paced
Habiba by Razinat T. Mohammed

Habiba

Razinat T. Mohammed

176 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction literary emotional medium-paced
The Unboxing of a Black Girl by Angela Shanté

The Unboxing of a Black Girl

Angela Shanté

160 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction poetry race young adult emotional reflective fast-paced
Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human by Cole Arthur Riley

Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human

Cole Arthur Riley

336 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction religion challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

Akwaeke Emezi

279 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced