Folktales’ Black Women’s Literary Society Reading List

Folktales Black Women's Literary Society Group Photo

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 American authors. 2025 marks the 33^rd year for the Folktales’ Black Women’s Literary Society.

November 2017 Selection

Cover of I Can’t Make This Up: Life Lessons

I Can’t Make This Up: Life Lessons

October 2017 Selection

Cover of The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues: A Novel

The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues: A Novel

by Edward Kelsey Moore

September 2017 Selection

Cover of The Wide Circumference of Love: A Novel

The Wide Circumference of Love: A Novel

by Marita Golden

August 2017 Selection

Cover of Swing Time

July 2017 Selection

Cover of The Book of Harlan

The Book of Harlan

by Bernice L. McFadden

June 2017 Selection

Cover of Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

May 2017 Selection

Cover of Another Brooklyn: A Novel

Another Brooklyn: A Novel

by Jacqueline Woodson

April 2017 Selection

Cover of The Mothers: A Novel

The Mothers: A Novel

by Brit Bennett

March 2017 Selection

Cover of The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice

The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice

by Patricia Bell-Scott

February 2017 Selection

Cover of Hidden Figures

by Margot Lee Shetterly

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