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

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Black Don’t Crack… Book Spines Book Club

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January 1999 Selection
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Bloodline: Five Stories
by Ernest J. Gaines

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February 1999 Selection
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What A Woman’s Gotta Do
by Evelyn Coleman

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Imprint: Simon & Schuster (Jan 04, 2020)
Fiction, Paperback, 400 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
ISBN: 9781982153076
March 1999 Selection
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Just Above My Head
by James Baldwin

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Imprint: Delta (Jun 13, 2000)
Fiction, Paperback, 592 pages
Publisher: Delta
ISBN: 9780385334563
April 1999 Selection
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Dreamer: A Novel
by Charles Johnson

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Imprint: Scribner Book Company (Feb 02, 1999)
Fiction, Paperback, 236 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
ISBN: 9780684854434
May 1999 Selection
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Not Without Laughter (Dover Thrift Editions)
by Langston Hughes

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Imprint: Dover Publications (Apr 04, 2008)
Fiction, Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Dover Publications
ISBN: 9780486454481
June 1999 Selection
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Zon
by Gregory K. Morris

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Imprint: 3TG Press (Jul 01, 1994)
Fiction, Paperback, 367 pages
Publisher: 3TG Press
ISBN: 9780964861701
July 1999 Selection
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Something’s Wrong with Your Scale!: A Romantic Comedy
by Van Whitfield

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Imprint: Anchor (Jan 18, 2000)
Fiction, Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780385489362
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August 1999 Selection
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Dummy
by John Gibson

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Imprint: Greenfield Publishing Group (Jan 01, 1997)
Fiction, Mass Market Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: Greenfield Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780965858670
September 1999 Selection
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Ring around the Moon: A Novel
by Mary Burnett Smith

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October 1999 Selection
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Standing at the Scratch Line
by Guy Johnson

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Imprint: Random House (Dec 01, 1998)
Fiction, Hardcover, 548 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780375501586
November 1999 Selection
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Another Good Loving Blues
by Arna Bontemps

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Imprint: Ballantine Books (Jan 18, 1994)
Fiction, Paperback, 212 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780345381033
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December 1999 Selection
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Seraph on the Suwanee: A Novel
by Zora Neale Hurston

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Imprint: Harper Perennial Modern Classics (Dec 02, 2008)
Fiction, Paperback, 416 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780061651113
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