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 15, 2024 Selection
54 Miles: A Novel
by Leonard Pitts Jr.
Agate Bolden (Jul 23, 2024)
Fiction, Paperback, 344 pages
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October 18, 2024 Selection
Redwood Court
by DéLana R. A. Dameron
1-time National Bestseller, Adult Fiction (Hardcover)
List Price: $28.00Dial (Feb 06, 2024)
Fiction, Hardcover, 304 pages
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September, 2024 Selection
Farewell, Amethystine
by Walter Mosley
Mulholland Books (Jun 04, 2024)
Fiction, Hardcover, 336 pages
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August 16, 2024 Selection
James: A Novel
by Percival Everett
18-time National Bestseller, Adult Fiction (Hardcover)
- A 2024 National Bestselling Book – Adult Fiction (Hardcover)
- Best Audiobook 2025: Best Literary Fiction & Classics
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- Kirkus Prize Finalist/Winner 2024
- 2025 BCALA Literary Award
Doubleday Books (Mar 19, 2024)
Fiction, Hardcover, 320 pages
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July 19, 2024 Selection
Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me
by Whoopi Goldberg
7-time National Bestseller, Adult Nonfiction (Hardcover)
- A 2024 National Bestselling Book – Adult Nonfiction (Hardcover)
- Best Audiobook 2025: Narration by the Author
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
Blackstone Publishing (May 08, 2024)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 258 pages
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June 21, 2024 Selection
All the Lonely People
by Mike Gayle
Grand Central Publishing (Aug 02, 2022)
Fiction, Paperback, 400 pages
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May 15, 2024 Selection
The Queen of Sugar Hill: A Novel of Hattie McDaniel
by ReShonda Tate Billingsley
1-time National Bestseller, Adult Fiction (Paperback)
List Price: $19.99William Morrow & Company (Jan 30, 2024)
Fiction, Paperback, 432 pages
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April 19, 2024 Selection
The Reformatory
by Tananarive Due
14-time National Bestseller, Adult Fiction (Hardcover)
- A 2024 National Bestselling Book – Adult Fiction (Hardcover)
- A 2023 National Bestselling Book - Adult Fiction (Hardcover)
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- 2024 BCALA Literary Award
Gallery / Saga Press (Oct 31, 2023)
Fiction, Hardcover, 576 pages
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March 13, 2024 Selection
The House of Eve
by Sadeqa Johnson
2-time National Bestseller, Adult Fiction (Hardcover)
- A 2024 National Bestselling Book – Adult Fiction (Hardcover)
- A 2023 National Bestselling Book - Adult Fiction (Hardcover)
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
Simon & Schuster (Feb 07, 2023)
Fiction, Hardcover, 384 pages
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February 2024 Selection
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
by James McBride
21-time National Bestseller, Adult Fiction (Hardcover)
- A 2024 National Bestselling Book – Adult Fiction (Hardcover)
- A 2023 National Bestselling Book - Adult Fiction (Hardcover)
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- Kirkus Prize Finalist/Winner 2023
Riverhead Books (Aug 08, 2023)
Fiction, Hardcover, 400 pages
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