Folktales’ Black Women’s Literary Society’s Complete Reading List

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

November 2023 Selection

The First Ladies
by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray

12-time National Bestseller, Adult Fiction (Hardcover)

List Price: $27.00
Berkley Books (Jun 27, 2023)
Fiction, Hardcover, 352 pages
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October 2023 Selection

Family Lore
by Elizabeth Acevedo

Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List

List Price: $30.00
Ecco (Aug 01, 2023)
Fiction, Hardcover, 384 pages
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September 2023 Selection

Symphony of Secrets
by Brendan Slocumb

List Price: $28.00
Anchor Books (Apr 18, 2023)
Fiction, Hardcover, 448 pages
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August 2023 Selection

Rogue Justice: A Thriller
by Stacey Abrams aka Selena Montgomery

5-time National Bestseller, Adult Fiction (Hardcover)

List Price: $29.00
Doubleday Books (May 23, 2023)
Fiction, Hardcover, 368 pages
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July 2023 Selection

Black Candle Women
by Diane Marie Brown

1-time National Bestseller, Adult Fiction (Hardcover)

List Price: $27.99
Graydon House (Feb 28, 2023)
Fiction, Hardcover, 336 pages
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June 2023 Selection

In Our Shoes: On Being a Young Black Woman in Not-So Post-Racial America
by Brianna Holt

Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List

List Price: $18.00
Plume (Apr 11, 2023)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 304 pages
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May 2023 Selection

All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
by Tiya Miles

List Price: $28.00
Random House (Jun 08, 2021)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 416 pages
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April 2023 Selection

Yellow Wife
by Sadeqa Johnson

List Price: $26.00
Simon & Schuster (Jan 12, 2021)
Fiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
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March 2023 Selection

The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
by Michelle Obama

7-time National Bestseller, Adult Nonfiction (Hardcover)

List Price: $32.50
Crown Publishing Group (Nov 15, 2022)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 336 pages
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February 2023 Selection

Civil Rights Queen
by Tomiko Brown-Nagin

Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List

List Price: $30.00
Pantheon Books (Jan 25, 2022)
Poetry, Hardcover, 512 pages
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Folktales’ Black Women’s Literary Society’s Complete Reading List

November 2023 Selection

The First Ladies by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray

October 2023 Selection

Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo

September 2023 Selection

Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb