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 ▶

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• Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists

List Price: $28.95
University of Georgia Press (Apr 06, 2000)
Fiction, Paperback, 488 pages
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• Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
• 2021 BCALA Literary Award

List Price: $27.00
Crown Publishing Group (Jun 30, 2020)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 272 pages
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18-time National Bestseller, Adult Fiction (Hardcover)

• A 2024 National Bestselling Book – Adult Fiction (Hardcover)
• Best Audiobook 2025: Best Literary Fiction & Classics
• Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
• Kirkus Prize Finalist/Winner 2024
• 2025 BCALA Literary Award

List Price: $28.00
Doubleday Books (Mar 19, 2024)
Fiction, Hardcover, 320 pages
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• Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists

List Price: $21.95
University Press of Kentucky (Aug 06, 2024)
Fiction, Paperback, 158 pages
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• Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists

List Price: $28.00
Ballantine Books (Feb 13, 2024)
Fiction, Hardcover, 320 pages
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1-time National Bestseller, Juvenile Fiction

• Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists

List Price: $8.99
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (May 07, 2024)
Fiction, Paperback, 432 pages
Target Age Group: Middle Grade
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3-time National Bestseller, Adult Fiction (Hardcover)

• A 2024 National Bestselling Book – Adult Fiction (Hardcover)
• Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
• An NAACP Image Award Honored Book

List Price: $27.00
Grove Press (Feb 13, 2024)
Fiction, Hardcover, 272 pages
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9-time National Bestseller, Adult Nonfiction (Hardcover)

• A 2024 National Bestselling Book – Adult Nonfiction (Hardcover)
• Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists

List Price: $28.00
Viking (Jan 23, 2024)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 304 pages
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7-time National Bestseller, Adult Nonfiction (Hardcover)

• A 2024 National Bestselling Book – Adult Nonfiction (Hardcover)
• Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
• An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
• 2025 BCALA Literary Award

List Price: $30.00
Mariner Books (Feb 06, 2024)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 352 pages
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• Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
• Kirkus Prize Finalist/Winner 2023

List Price: $18.99
Atria / 37 Ink (Jul 09, 2024)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 352 pages
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7-time National Bestseller, Adult Fiction (Paperback)

• A 2024 National Bestselling Book – Adult Fiction (Paperback)
• NYT Best Book of the 21st Century
• Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
• Hurston/Wright Honored Book (2002)

List Price: $16.00
Graywolf Press (Oct 25, 2011)
Fiction, Paperback, 272 pages
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• Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists

List Price: $29.00
Viking (Oct 17, 2023)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 352 pages
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