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 2019 Selection

Cover of Notes from a Young Black Chef: A Memoir

Notes from a Young Black Chef: A Memoir

by Kwame Onwuachi

October 2019 Selection

Cover of The Gone Dead

by Chanelle Benz

September 2019 Selection

Cover of Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America’s Most Powerful Mobster

Invisible: The Forgotten Story of the Black Woman Lawyer Who Took Down America’s Most Powerful Mobster

by Stephen L. Carter

August 2019 Selection

Cover of On The Come Up

by Angie Thomas

July 2019 Selection

Cover of The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother’s Life in the Detroit Numbers

The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother’s Life in the Detroit Numbers

by Bridgett M. Davis

May 2019 Selection

Cover of My Sister, the Serial Killer: A Novel

My Sister, the Serial Killer: A Novel

by Oyinkan Braithwaite

April 2019 Selection

Cover of Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen

Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen

March 2019 Selection

Cover of Becoming

by Michelle Obama

February 2019 Selection

Cover of If Beale Street Could Talk

If Beale Street Could Talk

by James Baldwin

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