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.
November 2017 Selection
I Can’t Make This Up: Life Lessons
by Kevin Hart
Atria / 37 Ink (Jun 06, 2017)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 400 pages
More Info ▶
October 2017 Selection
The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues: A Novel
by Edward Kelsey Moore
Henry Holt & Company (Jun 20, 2017)
Fiction, Hardcover, 320 pages
More Info ▶
September 2017 Selection
The Wide Circumference of Love: A Novel
by Marita Golden
Arcade (Mar 28, 2017)
Fiction, Hardcover, 300 pages
More Info ▶
August 2017 Selection
Swing Time
by Zadie Smith
Penguin Press (Nov 15, 2016)
Fiction, Hardcover, 464 pages
More Info ▶
July 2017 Selection
The Book of Harlan
by Bernice L. McFadden
Akashic Books (May 03, 2016)
Fiction, Paperback, 400 pages
More Info ▶
June 2017 Selection
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
by Trevor Noah
1-time National Bestseller, Adult Nonfiction (Hardcover)
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
- 2019 Children’s Africana Book Award Winner or Honoree
- A New York Times Notable Book for 2017
Spiegel & Grau (Nov 15, 2016)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 304 pages
More Info ▶
May 2017 Selection
Another Brooklyn: A Novel
by Jacqueline Woodson
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- 2017 BCALA Literary Award
- A New York Times Notable Book for 2016
Amistad (Aug 09, 2016)
Fiction, Hardcover, 192 pages
More Info ▶
April 2017 Selection
The Mothers: A Novel
by Brit Bennett
Riverhead Books (Oct 10, 2017)
Fiction, Paperback, 304 pages
More Info ▶
March 2017 Selection
The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice
by Patricia Bell-Scott
Alfred A. Knopf (Feb 02, 2016)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 480 pages
More Info ▶
February 2017 Selection
Hidden Figures
by Margot Lee Shetterly
William Morrow (Sep 06, 2016)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 352 pages
More Info ▶