Center for Black Literature Monthly Book Club Complete Reading List
Center for Black Literature Monthly Book Club meets, via Zoom, on the last Wednesday of each month. Launched in 2022, they discuss the books of Black Authors throughout the African Diaspora. Visit their site to learn more ▶
January 27, 2021 Selection
Confessions in B-Flat
by Donna Hill
Sideways Books (Nov 24, 2020)
Fiction, Hardcover, 400 pages
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February 24, 2021 Selection
The Man Who Cried I Am (2023)
by John A. Williams
Library of America (Nov 07, 2023)
Fiction, Paperback, 500 pages
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March 31, 2021 Selection
The Nickel Boys: A Novel
by Colson Whitehead
10-time National Bestseller, Adult Fiction (Hardcover)
- A 2024 National Bestselling Book – Adult Fiction (Hardcover)
- A 2023 National Bestselling Book - Adult Fiction (Hardcover)
- 1 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- Kirkus Prize Finalist/Winner 2019
- 2020 BCALA Literary Award
Doubleday (Jul 30, 2019)
Fiction, Hardcover, 208 pages
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April 28, 2021 Selection
The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir
by Wayétu Moore
Graywolf Press (Jun 02, 2020)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 272 pages
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May 26, 2021 Selection
The Freedom Artist
by Ben Okri
- 1 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- Hurston/Wright Honored Book (2021)
Akashic Books (Feb 04, 2020)
Fiction, Hardcover, 336 pages
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June 30, 2021 Selection
Girl, Woman, Other: A Novel
by Bernardine Evaristo
Black Cat (Nov 05, 2019)
Fiction, Paperback, 464 pages
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