Folktales’ Black Women’s Literary Society’s Complete Reading List
Folktales’ Black Women’s Literary Society meets the 3rd Friday of each month from February – November primarily at the George Washington Carver Museum. We are a group of Black women reading African America authors. 2025 marks the 33rd year for the Folktales’ Black Women’s Literary Society.
October 17, 2025 Selection
The Dark Maestro
by Brendan Slocumb
1-time National Bestseller, Adult Fiction (Hardcover)
List Price: $29.00Doubleday Books (May 13, 2025)
Fiction, Hardcover, 416 pages
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September 19, 2025 Selection
Coded Justice: A Thriller
by Stacey Abrams aka Selena Montgomery
Doubleday Books (Jul 15, 2025)
Fiction, Hardcover, 384 pages
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August 15, 2025 Selection
Firstborn Girls: A Memoir
by Bernice L. McFadden
Dutton (Mar 04, 2025)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 400 pages
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July 18, 2025 Selection
Good Dirt
by Charmaine Wilkerson
9-time National Bestseller, Adult Fiction (Hardcover)
List Price: $30.00Ballantine Books (Jan 28, 2025)
Fiction, Hardcover, 368 pages
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June 20, 2025 Selection
Dream Count
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
7-time National Bestseller, Adult Fiction (Hardcover)
List Price: $32.00Knopf Publishing Group (Mar 04, 2025)
Fiction, Hardcover, 416 pages
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May 16, 2025 Selection
Harlem Rhapsody
by Victoria Christopher Murray
9-time National Bestseller, Adult Fiction (Hardcover)
List Price: $29.00Berkley Books (Feb 04, 2025)
Fiction, Hardcover, 400 pages
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April 18, 2025 Selection
Never Saw Me Coming: How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System—And Pocketed $40 Million
by Tanya Smith
Little, Brown and Company (Aug 13, 2024)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 432 pages
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March 21, 2025 Selection
The Message
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
6-time National Bestseller, Adult Nonfiction (Hardcover)
List Price: $30.00One World (Oct 01, 2024)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 256 pages
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February 21, 2025 Selection
Lovely One: A Memoir
by Ketanji Brown Jackson
2-time National Bestseller, Adult Nonfiction (Hardcover)
- A 2024 National Bestselling Book – Adult Nonfiction (Hardcover)
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
Random House (Sep 03, 2024)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 432 pages
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