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What We're Reading
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- PAST READING LISTS
- November, 2023 - Flipping Boxcars, by Kimberla Lawson Roby
- October, 2023 - Summer on Sag Harbor, by Sunny Hostin
- September, 2023 - The Reverend's Wife, by Kimberly Lawson Roby
- August, 2023 - Seven Days in June, by Tia Williams
- June, 2023 - Don't Cry for Me, by Daniel Black
- May, 2023 - Wahala, by Nikki May
- April, 2023 - Take My Hand, by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
- March, 2023 - The Last Nomad, by Shugri Said Salh
- February, 2023 - Drunk on Love, by Jasmine Gullory
- November, 2022 - Sister Friends Forever, by Kimberla Lawson Roby
- October, 2022 - Summer on the Bluffs, by Sunny Hostin
- September, 2022 - Memphis, by Tara M. Stringfellow
- August, 2022Nightcrawling, by Leila Mottley
- June, 2022 - Caul Baby, by Morgan Jenkins
- May, 2022 - Nobody's Magic, by Destiny O. Birdsong
- April, 2022 - Black Cake, by Charmaine Wilkerson
- March, 2022 - The Personal Librarian, by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
- February, 2022 - Sing Unburied Sing, by Jesmyn Ward
- October, 2021 - The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues, by Edward Kelsey Moore
- September, 2021 - Fifty Words for Rain, by Asha Lemmie
- August, 2021 - The Other Black Girl, by Zakiya Dalila Harris
- June, 2021 - This Close To Okay, by Leesa Cross-Smith
- May, 2021 - The Last Thing You Surrender by Leonard Pitts, jr
- April, 2021 - Deacon King Kong, by James McBride
- March, 2021 - One of the Good Ones, by Maika Moulite
- February, 2021 - Seeking Sarah, by ReShonda Tate Billingsley
- November, 2020 - - Royal Holiday, by Jasmine Guillory
- October, 2020 - Such a Fun Age, by Kiley Reid
- September, 2020 - The Vanishing Half, by Brit Bennet
- August, 2020 - On the Corner of Hope and Main, by Beverly Jenkins
- June, 2020 - The Girl with the Louding Voice, by Abi Dare
- May, 2020 - Lagoon, by Nnedi Okorafor
- April, 2020 - An American Spy, by Lauren Wilkinson
- March, 2020 - An Ordinary Woman, by Donna Hill
- November, 2019 - The Water Dancer, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- October, 2019 - Sula, by Toni Morrison
- July, 2019 - The Last Black Unicorn, by Tiffany Haddish
- May, 2019 - Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
- April, 2019 - Whiskey and Ribbons, by Leesa Cross-Smith
- March, 2019 - Becoming, by Michele Obama
- February, 2019 - Stay With Me,by Ayobami Adebayo
- January, 2019 - Praise Song for the Butterflies, by Bernice McFadden
- October, 2018 - John Woman, by Walter Mosley
- September, 2018 - Bluebird, Bluebird, by Attica Locke
- August, 2018 - The Wide Circumference of Love, by Marita Golden
- June, 2018 - Halsey Street, by Naima Coster
- May, 2018 - An American Marriage, by Tayari Jones
- April, 2018 - Born a Crime, Stories from a South African Childhood, by Trevor Noah
- March, 2018 - Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
- January 2018 - When Twilight Comes, by Gwynne Forster
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- November, 2017 - Who Owns the Ice House?: Eight Life Lessons from an Unlikely Entrepreneur, by Clifton Taulbert and Gary Schoeniger
- October, 2017 - Dorothy Must Die, by Danielle Paige
- September, 2017 - Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race, by Margot Lee Shetterly
- July, 2017 - Breathless, by Beverly Jenkins
- June, 2017 - Writing my Wrongs by Shaka Senghor
- May, 2017 - The Summer of my Fifteenth Year, by Geri Spencer Hunter
- April, 2017 - Allegedly, by Tiffany D. Jackson
- March, 2017 - Swing Time, by Zadie Smith
- February, 2017 - Grace: A Novel, by Natashia Deon
- January 2017 - The Book of Harlan, by Bernice L. McFadden
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- October, 2015 - Bedrock Faith, by Eric May
- September, 2015 - Ruby, by Cynthia Bond
- June, 2015 - Yellow Crocus, by Laila Ibrahim
- May, 2015 - Half of a Yellow Sun, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- April, 2015 - The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat, by Edward Kelsey Moore
- March, 2015 - An Untamed State, by Roxanne Gay
- February, 2015 - Destiny's Embrace , by Beverly Jenkins
- January, 2015 - Boy, Snow, Bird, by Helen Oyeyemi
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| 2014 Meetings |
| Month |
Book |
| November, 2014 |
Queen Sugar, byNatalie Baszile |
| October, 2014 |
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, by Isabel Wilkerson - remainder of book |
| September, 2014 |
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, by Isabel Wilkerson - up to the end of the "Divisions" chapter (The North and West, 1915 to the 1970s) |
| August, 2014 |
The Third Life of Grange Copeland, by Alice Walker |
| July, 2014 |
Things I Should Have Told My Daughter: Lies, Lessons & Love Affairs , by Pearl Cleage |
| May, 2014 |
Saint Monkey, by Jacinda Townsend |
| April, 2014 |
The Secret of Magic by Deborah Johnson |
| March, 2014 |
Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life, by Tony Dungy |
| February, 2014 |
Adé: A Love Story , by Rebecca Walker |
| January, 2014 |
Silver Sparrow, by Tayari Jones |
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| 2013 Reading List |
| Month |
Book |
Author |
| January, 2013 |
Love on the Run |
Zuri Day |
| February, 2013 |
Keeping the Secret 2 |
RM Johnson |
| March, 2013 |
Fish and Grits |
Tina Smith - Brown |
| April, 2013 |
Twelve Tribes of Hattie |
Ayana Mathis |
| May, 2013 |
My Name is Butterfly" |
Bernice McFadden |
| June, 2013 |
Running from Solace |
Nakia R. Laushaul |
| August, 2013 |
Decadence |
Eric Jerome Dickey |
| September, 2013 |
Little Green |
Walter Mosley |
| 2012 Reading List |
| Month |
Book |
Author |
Our Rating |
| January, 2012 |
Weapons of Mass Seduction |
Lori Bryant-Woolridge |
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| February, 2012 |
All I Did Was Shoot My Man |
Walter Mosley |
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| March, 2012 |
12 Gates to the City |
Daniel Black |
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| April, 2012 |
No One in the World |
E. Lynn Harris and R.M. Johnson |
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| May, 2012 |
The Gathering of Waters |
Bernice McFadden |
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| June,2012 |
The Gathering of Waters |
Bernice McFadden |
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| July, 2012 |
Island for Two: Hawaii Magic\Fiji Fantasy |
Beverly Jenkins \ Elaine Overton |
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| September, 2012 |
Them |
Nathan McCall |
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| October, 2012 |
Ada's Rules |
Alice Randall |
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| November, 2012 |
The Family Business |
Carl Weber / Eric Pete |
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| 2011 Reading List |
| Month |
Book |
Author |
Our Rating |
| January, 2011 |
The Last Days of Ptolemy Gray |
Walter Mosley |
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| February, 2011 |
32 Candles |
Ernessa Carter |
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| March, 2010 |
Jericho's Fall |
Stephen Carter |
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| April, 2010 |
Perfect Peace |
Daniel Black |
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| May, 2010 |
Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family |
Condoleezza Rice |
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| June, 2011 |
The Last Confession |
Solomon Jones |
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| September, 2011 |
The Other Wes Moore |
Wes Moore |
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| October, 2011 |
Passing |
Nella Larsen |
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| November, 2011 |
Sister Citizen |
Melissa v.Harris-Perry |
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| 2010 Reading List |
| Month |
Book |
Author |
Our Rating |
| January, 2010 |
Something Like Beautiful: One Signle Mother's Story |
Asha Bandele |
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| February, 2010 |
Total Eclipse of The Heart |
Zane |
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| March, 2010 |
Before I Forget |
Leonard Pitts, Jr. |
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| April, 2010 |
The Silent Cradle |
Margaret Cuthbert |
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| May, 2010 |
Till You Hear from Me |
Pearl Cleage |
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| June, 2010 |
In the Night of the Heat |
Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due, and Steven Barnes |
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| August, 2010 |
Letters to a Young Brother: MANifest Your Destiny |
Hill Harper |
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| October, 2010 |
Getting to Happy |
Terry McMillan |
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| November, 2010 |
Black Gold |
Anita Richmond Bunkley |
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| December, 2010 |
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| 2009 Reading List |
| Month |
Book |
Author |
Our Rating |
| January, 2009 |
A Mercy |
Toni Morrison |
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| February, 2009 |
Bring on the Blessings |
Beverly Jenkins |
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| March, 2009 |
Someone Knows My Name |
Lawrence |
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| April, 2009 |
Orange, Mint, and Honey |
Carleen Brice |
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| May, 2009 |
Life is Short but Wide |
J. California Cooper |
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| June, 2009 |
Push |
Sapphire |
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| July, 2009 |
Let's Get It On |
Jill Nelson |
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| August, 2009 |
Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man |
Steve Harvey |
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| September, 2009 |
Deliver Us From Evil |
Mary Monroe |
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| October, 2009 |
The Right Mistake |
Walter Mosley |
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| 2008 Reading List |
| Month |
Book |
Author |
Our Rating |
| January, 2008 |
The Women Who Raised Me |
Victoria Rowell |
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| February, 2008 |
Deadly Sexy |
Beverly Jenkins |
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| March, 2008 |
Nappily Ever After |
Trisha R. Thomas |
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| April, 2008 |
The Dying Ground |
Nichelle D. Tramble |
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| May, 2008 |
Song Yet Sung |
James McBride |
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| June, 2008 |
The Tempest Tales |
Walter Mosley |
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| July, 2008 |
Seen It All and Done the Rest |
Pearl Cleage |
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| September, 2008 |
Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust |
Immaculee Ilibagiza |
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| October, 2008 |
Douglass' Women |
Jewel Parker Rhodes |
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| 2007 Reading List |
| Month |
Book |
Author |
Our Rating |
| January, 2007 |
Fortunate Son |
Walter Mosley |
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| February, 2007 |
Sexy / Dangerous |
Beverly Jenkins |
5 |
0 |
| March, 2007 |
Purple Hibiscus |
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie |
4 |
1 |
| April, 2007 |
Killing Johnny Fry |
Wlater Mosley |
4 |
3 |
| May, 2007 |
Murder, Mayhem, And a Fine Man: An Amanda Bell Brown Mystery |
Claudia Mair Burney |
6 |
2 |
| June, 2007 |
Dancing on the Edge of the Roof |
Sheila Williams |
5 |
0 |
| August, 2007 |
Babylon Sisters |
Pearl Cleage |
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| September, 2007 |
The Way Forward is With a Broken Heart |
Alice Walker |
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| October, 2007 |
The Man in my Basement |
Walter Mosley |
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| November, 2007 |
The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography |
Sidney Poitier |
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| 2006 Reading List |
| Month |
Book |
Author |
Our Rating |
| January, 2006 |
Fledgling |
Octavia Butler |
5 |
1 |
| February, 2006 |
Something Like Love |
Beverly Jenkins |
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0 |
| March, 2006 |
The Dew Breaker |
Edwidge Danticat |
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7 |
| April, 2006 |
Baby Brother's Blues |
Pearl Cleage |
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0 |
| May, 2006 |
Forty Acres |
Phyllis R. Dixon |
5 |
0 |
| June, 2006 |
Standing at the Scratch Line |
Guy Johnson |
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0 |
| August, 2006 |
Wild Stars Seeking Midnight Suns |
J. California Cooper |
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0 |
| September, 2006 |
If I Knew Then |
Michelle Metoyer |
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2 |
| October, 2006 |
The Shade of My Own Tree |
Sheila Williams |
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0 |
| November, 2006 |
The Senator and the Socialite: The True Story of America's First Black Dynasty |
Lawrence Otis Graham |
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| 2005 Reading List |
| Month |
Book |
Author |
| January, 2005 |
Some People, Some Other Place |
J California Cooper |
| February, 2005 |
Shades of Retribution |
Chandra Adams
(meeting guest) |
| March, 2005 |
Blood on the Leaves |
Jeff Stetson |
| April, 2005 |
A Love Noire |
Ercia Simone Turnipseed |
| May, 2005 |
The Gotham Diaries |
Tonya Lee Lewis and Crystal McCrary Anthony |
| June, 2005 |
Jim and Louella's Homemade Heart-fix Remedy |
Bertice Berry |
| August, 2005 |
Second Sunday |
Michele Andrea Bowen |
| September, 2005 |
The Interruption of Everything |
Terry McMillan |
| October, 2005 |
72 Hour Hold |
Bebe More Campbell |
| November, 2005 |
The Darkest Child |
Delores Phillips |
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| 2004 Reading List |
| Month |
Book |
Author |
| January, 2004 |
Love |
Toni Morrison |
| February, 2004 |
The Edge of Midnight |
Beverly Jenkins |
| March, 2004 |
I may be wrong,but I doubt it |
Charles Barkley |
| April, 2004 |
The Other Woman |
Eric Jerome Dickey |
| May, 2004 |
Someone to catch my drift |
by Jacqueline Powell |
| July, 2004 |
On the Down Low: A Journey Into the Lives of Straight Black Men Who Sleep with Men |
J.L. King |
| August, 2004 |
Erasure |
Percival Everett |
| September, 2004 |
The Blackbird Papers : A Novel |
Ian Smith |
| October, 2004 |
The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream |
Sampson, Md. Davis, George, Md. Jenkins, Rameck, Md. Hunt |
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| 2003 Reading List |
| Month |
Book |
Author |
| January, 2003 |
Joy |
Victoria Christopher Murray |
| February, 2003 |
A Chance at Love |
Beverly Jenkins |
| March, 2003 |
Bad Boy Brawly Brown |
Walter Mosley |
| April, 2003 |
Emotions |
Timmothy B. McCann |
| May, 2003 |
More Like Wrestling |
Danyel Smith |
| July, 2003 |
And on the eigth day she rested |
J. D. Mason |
| August, 2003 |
God's Gift to Women |
Michael Baisden |
| October, 2003 |
No One is Innocent |
Gayle Tiller
(meeting guest) |
| November, 2003 |
Church Folk |
Michele Andrea Bowen |
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| 2002 Reading List |
| Month |
Book |
Author |
| January, 2002 |
Hot Johnny (And the Women who loved him) |
Sandra Jackson-Opoku |
| February, 2002 |
Before the Dawn |
Beverly Jenkins |
| March, 2002 |
Dangerous Dilemmas |
Evelyn Palfrey |
| April, 2002 |
This Bitter Earth |
Bernice McFadden |
| May, 2002 |
Blessings |
Sheneska Jackson |
| July, 2002 |
You Know Better |
Tina McElroy Ansa |
| August, 2002 |
October Suite |
Maxine Clair |
| September, 2002 |
Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones |
Quincy Jones |
| October, 2002 |
I Wish I had a Red Dress |
Pearl Cleage |
| November, 2002 |
Plain Brown Wrapper |
Karen Grigsby Bates |
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| 2001 Reading List |
| Month |
Book |
Author |
| January, 2001 |
The Debt |
Randall Robinson |
| February, 2001 |
Brown Sugar |
Carol Taylor |
| A Cup of Love |
Franklin White |
| March, 2001 |
Sula |
Toni Morrison |
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| April, 2001 |
Father Found |
RM Harris |
| May, 2001 |
The Haunting of Hip Hop |
Bertice Berry |
| June, 2001 |
Resurrecting Mingus |
Jenyson Adams |
| August, 2001 |
Men Cry In the Dark |
Michael Baisden |
| September, 2001 |
Shades of Jade |
Gloria Mallette |
| October, 2001 |
Cane River |
Lalita Tademy |
| November, 2001 |
Wildseed |
Octavia Butler |
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| 2000 Reading List |
| Month |
Book |
Author |
| January, 2000 |
The Farming of Bones |
Edwidge Danticat |
| February, 2000 |
The Taming of Jessi Rose |
Beverly Jenkins |
| March, 2000 |
The White Boy Shuffle |
Paul Beatty |
| April, 2000 |
Plum Bum |
Jessie Redmon Fauset |
| May, 2000 |
Sugar |
Bernice L. McFadden |
| June, 2000 |
Water Marked |
Helen Elaine Lee |
| July, 2000 |
Redemption Song |
Bertice Berry |
| August, 2000 |
Liars Game |
Eric Jerome Dickey |
| September, 2000 |
The Prisoner's Wife |
Asha Bandele |
| October, 2000 |
The Invisible Man |
Ralph Ellison |
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| 1999 Reading List |
| Month |
Book |
Author |
| January, 1999 |
Defending the Spirit |
Randall Robinson |
| February, 1999 |
Friends and Lovers |
Eric Jerome Dickey |
| Paradise |
Courtni Wright |
| March, 1999 |
The Devils Red Nickel |
Robert Greer |
| April, 1999 |
The Street |
Ann Petry |
| May, 1999 |
The Big Picture |
Ben Carson |
| June, 1999 |
The Healing |
Gayl Jones |
| August, 1999 |
Abide With Me |
E.Lynn Harris |
| September, 1999 |
The Parable of the Sower |
Octavia Butler |
| October, 1999 |
The Coldest Winter |
Sista Souljah |
| November, 1999 |
Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do |
Valerie Wilson Wesley |
| December, 1999 |
Recipes to Sing About |
Patti LaBelle |
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| 1998 Reading List |
| Month |
Book |
Author |
| 1998 |
Caught Up in the Rapture |
Sheneska Jackson |
| 1998 |
Simple Wisdom For Rich Living |
Oseola McCarty |
| 1998 |
Topaz |
Beverly Jenkins |
| 1998 |
Trying to Sleep in the Bed You Made |
Virginia Deberry and Donna Grant |
| 1998 |
Straight, No Chaser |
Leslie Gourse |
| 1998 |
Whats Going On |
Nathan Mc Call |
| 1998 |
Seasons of the Blackbird |
Akosua Busia |
| 1998 |
Paradise |
Toni Morrison |
| August, 1998 |
Breath, Eyes, Memories |
Edwidge Danticat |
| September, 1998 |
Finding Makeba |
Alexs Pate. |
| October, 1998 |
Tempest Rising |
Diane Wheatstone |
| November, 1998 |
The Wake of the Wind |
J California Cooper |
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