#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
Sweetness in the Skin by Ishi Robinson

Sweetness in the Skin

Ishi Robinson

368 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Stepping to a New Day by Beverly Jenkins

Stepping to a New Day

Blessings #7

Beverly Jenkins

304 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional lighthearted medium-paced
Did Everyone Have an Imaginary Friend (or Just Me)?: Adventures in Boyhood by Jay Ellis

Did Everyone Have an Imaginary Friend (or Just Me)?: Adventures in Boyhood

Jay Ellis

7 hours, 25 minutes • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

nonfiction autobiography memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
The Poisons We Drink by Bethany Baptiste

The Poisons We Drink

Bethany Baptiste

453 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary fantasy young adult dark emotional tense medium-paced
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Chain-Gang All-Stars

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

13 hours, 38 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction dystopian lgbtqia+ literary challenging dark tense medium-paced
Vicious Bonds by Shanora Williams

Vicious Bonds

The Tether Series #1

Shanora Williams

460 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Never Saw Me Coming: How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System—and Pocketed $40 Million by Tanya Smith

Never Saw Me Coming: How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System—and Pocketed $40 Million

Tanya Smith

432 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction memoir adventurous emotional informative medium-paced
An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson

An Academy for Liars

Alexis Henderson

452 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Bending The Rules by Christina C. Jones

Bending The Rules

The Wright Brothers #3

Christina C. Jones

238 pages • first pub 2016 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary romance emotional lighthearted slow-paced
The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander

The Door of No Return

Door of No Return #1

Kwame Alexander

297 pages • first pub 2022 (editions) user-added

fiction historical middle grade young adult adventurous sad fast-paced