The Coffee Will Make You Black (1998 - 2019) Reading List

AALBC’s Book Club is now The Black Don’t Crack… Book Spines Book Club

Black Don’t Crack… Book Spines Book Club

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January 2019 Selection
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The Power of Presence
by Joy Thomas Moore

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February 2019 Selection
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Charcoal Joe: An Easy Rawlins Mystery
by Walter Mosley

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March 2019 Selection
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The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother’s Life in the Detroit Numbers
by Bridgett M. Davis

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Imprint: Little, Brown and Company (Jan 29, 2019)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
ISBN: 9780316558730
April 2019 Selection
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Parable of the Sower
by Octavia E. Butler

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May 2019 Selection
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New Kid
by Jerry Craft

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June 2019 Selection
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The Origin of Others
by Toni Morrison

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July 2019 Selection
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Sag Harbor
by Colson Whitehead

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Imprint: Vintage (Jun 15, 2015)
Fiction, Paperback, 352 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780307455161
August 2019 Selection
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To Funk and Die in L.A.
by Nelson George

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September 2019 Selection
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I Do Love You Still
by Mary B. Morrison

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Imprint: Dafina (Jul 30, 2019)
Fiction, Hardcover, 304 pages
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
ISBN: 9781496710871
October 2019 Selection
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The Complete Muhammad Ali
by Ishmael Reed

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Imprint: Baraka Books (Jul 16, 2015)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 448 pages
Publisher: Baraka Books
ISBN: 9781771860406
November 2019 Selection
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We Cast a Shadow: A Novel
by Maurice Carlos Ruffin

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Imprint: One World (Jan 29, 2019)
Fiction, Hardcover, 336 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780525509066
December 2019 Selection
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The Water Dancer
by Ta-Nehisi Coates

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Imprint: One World (Sep 24, 2019)
Fiction, Hardcover, 432 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780399590597

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