Book List
2010
January - Life Is Short But Wide by J. California Cooper
March - The Million Dollar Demise by RM Johnson
January - Too Little, Too Late by Victoria Christopher Murray
February - Midnight: A Gangster Love Story by Sister Souljah
March - The Million Dollar Deception by RM Johnson
April - Bring on the Blessings by Beverly Jenkins
June - Up to No Good by Carl Weber
July - They Tell Me of a Home by Daniel Black
Aug - Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man by Steve Harvey
Sep - Black Water Rising by Attica Locke
Oct - The Shack by William P. Young
2008
January - The Mean Old Yesterday by Stacey Patton
February - Them by Nathan McCall
March - Orange Mint and Honey by Carleen Brice
April - Passin by Karen E. Quinones Miller
July - Song Yet Sung by James McBride
August - Seen it All and Done The Rest by Pearl Cleage
September - Taylor Made by Teresa Seals
October - Going Down South by Bonnie Glover
2007
January - Truth Be Told by Victoria Christopher Murray
February- The Audacity of Hope by Barrack Obama
March- Angel of Harlem by Kuwana Haulsey
April- Do You Take This Woman by RM Johnson
May- The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat
June- Grown Folks Business by Victoria Christopher Murray
July- A Piece of Cake by CupCake Brown
August - Bliss by Gabrielle Pina
September - Chasing Sophea by Gabrielle Pina
October - Getting Some of Her Own - Gwynne Forster
2006
January - Some People, Some Other Place by J. California Cooper
February - Help! I’ve Turned into My Mother! By ReShonda Tate Billingsley
March - Changing Faces by Kimerla Lawson Roby
April - Sunday Golf by Lorraine M. Harris
May - Churchfolk by Andrea Bowen
June - Baby Brother’s Blues by Pearl Cleage
July - The Blackbird Papers by Ian Smith
August -The Sisterhood of Blackberry Corner by Andrea Smith
September -Somewhere Is A Place by Bernice McFadden
October -The Known World by Edward P. Jones
2005
January-The Polished Hoe by Austin Clark
February-Gotham Diaries by Tonya Lewis Lee & Crystal McCrary Anthony
March-The Million Dollar Divorce by RM Johnson
April-Babylon Sisters by Pearl Cleage
May-The Velvet Rope by Brenda L. Thomas
June-Pretenses by Keith Lee Johnson
July-Damaged by Bernadette Conner
August-The Interruption of Everything by Terry McMillan
September-The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
October-Redemption Song by Bertice Berry
2004
January-Some Things I Never Thought I’d Do by Pearl Cleage
February-Hitts & Mrs. by Lori Bryant-Woolridge
March-Book Club by Curtis Bunn
April-The Darkest Child by Delores Phillips
May-No Meeting
June-Laelia by Ruth Miriam Garnett
July-No Meeting
August-Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neal Hurston
September-Living Water by Obery Hendricks
October-The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown
2003
January-God’s Gift to Women by Michael Baisden
February-Sankofa (movie viewing)
March-An Ordinary Woman by Donna Hill
April-Selah’s Bed by Jenoyne Adams
May-Loving Donovan by Bernice McFadden
June-A Man Finds His Way by Freddie L. Johnson III
July-The Harris Men by RM Johnson
August-Dancing on the Edge of the Roof by Sheila Williams
September-Sexual Healing by Jill Nelson
October-The Douglass Women by Jewell Parker Rhodes
2002
January-Some Sunday by Margaret Johnson-Hodge
February-This Bitter Earth by Bernice McFadden
March-Bittersweet by Freddie Lee Johnson III
April-Granddaddy’s Dirt by Brian Egeston
May-Written in Red Ink byKeija Shapodee
June-CaneRiver by Lalita Tademy
July-Child of God by Lolita Files
August-Satin Doll by Karen Quinones Miller
September-The Road South by Shelly Stewart
October-The Emperor of OceanPark by Stephen L. Carter
2001
January- Casting the First Stone by Kimberla Lawson Roby
February-Sugar by Bernice McFadden
March-Reinventing the Woman by Patty Rice
April-Take Me to the River by Al Green
May-A Day Late and a Dollar Short by Terry McMillan
June-Temptation by Victoria C. Murray
July-The Warmest December by Bernice McFadden
August-Will You Be Made Whole by E. R. Iyala
September-It’s A Thin Line by Kimberla Lawson Roby
October-The Hearts of Men by Travis Hunter
2000
July-Maintenance Man by Michael Baisden
August-Sister Secrets by Breggie James
September-Tumbling by Diane McKinney-Whetstone
October-Any Way the Wind Blows by E. Lynn Harris