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Men Cry in the Dark Scenes from a Sistah Chocolate Star The Color of Water A Lesson Before Dying A Child Called 'It' She's Come Undone : A Novel The Oath The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom You Belong to Me Gingersnaps Invisible Life Temptation Just as I am If This World Were Mine Abide With Me One Better Single Mom Chances Tryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made One Day My Soul Just Opened Up Makes Me Wanna Holler The Haunted Mesa Tell Me Your Dreams The Tenth Justice Kindred The Wake of the Wind Rosie's Curl & Weave Woman, Thou Art Loosed A Time To Kill Preconceived Notions In Search of Satisfaction Black Genius: African American Solutions to African American Problems Casting the First Stone Tempest Rising Waiting in Vain A Day Late and a Dollar Short Orange Laughter Soulful Serenade If I Could Who Moved My Cheese? Always A Chocolate Affair Master of the Game Potshot

Michael Baisden Lolita Files Sheila Copeland James Mc Bride Ernest J. Gaines David J. Pelzer Wally Lamb Frank E. Peretti Suze Orman Mary Higgins Clark Delorys Welch-Tyson E. Lynn Harris Victoria Christopher Murray E. Lynn Harris E. Lynn Harris E. Lynn Harris Rosalyn McMillan Omar Tyee Jackie Collins Virginia Deberry & Donna Grant Iyanla Vanzant Nathan McCall Louis La'mour Sidney Sheldon Brad Meltzer Octavia E. Butler J. California Cooper Rochelle Alers, Donna Hill, Felicia Mason & Francis Ray T. D. Jakes John Grisham Robyn Williams J. California Cooper Walter Mosley

Legacy Publishing Warner Books St Martin Press (Trade) Riverhead Books Vintage Books Health Communications Pocket Books Word Books Crown Publishers Simon & Schuster One World Doubleday Professional Bus. Consultants Doubleday Doubleday Doubleday Warner Books Simon & Schuster Warner Books -- Reissue Edition St Martins Pr (Trade) Simon & Schuster Random House Bantam Book -- Reissue Edition William Morrow & Co Rob Weisbach Books Beacon Press Doubleday & Company Mass Market Paperback Albury Publishing Doubleday -- Reprint Edition Lushena Books Anchor Books W.W. Norton & Company

1997 1997 1997 1997 1997 1995 1997 1995 1997 1998 1998 1994 1998 1995 1997 1999 1998 1998 1991 1997 1997 1995 1998 1998 1997 1998 1999 1999 1996 1993 1999 1995 2000

Deborah Harvey Connie O'Neal-Bates Vanessa Saffore Theresa Davis Tina Derby Joyce Smith Kathy Dixon Martha Price Book Club Selection Joyce Smith Deborah Harvey Deborah Green Book Club Selection/Book Signing Vanessa Saffore Denice Chukwuma Kathy Dixon Tina Derby Sharon Hollis Connie O'Neal-Bates Theresa Davis Group Selection/Self Help Deborah Harvey Jackie Morgan Vanessa Saffore Kathy Dixon Deborah Green Tina Derby Theresa Davis Connie O'Neal-Bates Ronnie Anderson Kathy Dixon Theresa Davis Jamie Jackson

1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 2001 2001 2001

Kimberly Lawson Roby Diane McKinney-Whetstone Colin Channer Terry McMillan Leone Ross Linda Hudson-Smith Donna Hill Spencer Johnson Timmothy B. McCann Sheila Copeland Sidney Sheldon Robert B. Parker

Kensington Publishing Corp. William Morrow & Company The Ballantine Publishing Group Viking Penguin Farrar Straus & Giroux Mass Market Paperback Kensington Publishing Putnam Pub Group Harper Mass Market Paperbacks B E T Books Warner Books – Reissue Edition Putnam Pub Group

2000 1999 1998 2001 2000 2000 2000 1998 2001 2001 1998 2001

Connie O'Neal-Bates Vanessa Saffore Sharon Hollis Jackie Morgan Deborah Green Theresa Davis/Guest Author Lois Fletcher Vanessa Saffore/Self Help Joyce Smith Vanessa Saffore Theresa Davis Sironnie Clayton

2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002

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No Time to Die The Measure of a Man Cane River A Divine Revelation of Hell More Christian Than African American Married Men The Pact

Grace F. Edwards Sidney Poitier Lalita Tademy Mary K. Baxter Kimberly Cash Tate Carl Weber By Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, & Rameck Hunt

Bantam Books Harper San Francisco Warner Books Whitaker House Daybreak Books, a division of Rodale Press Kensington Pub Corp Riverside Books

2001 2001 2002 1993 1999 2001 2002

Jackie Morgan Kathy Dixon/CoEd Ronnie Anderson Dena Clayton Lois Fletcher Coed Selection Sironnie Clayton

2002 2002 2002 2002 2003 2003 2003

Addicted Lookin’ for Luv Coldest Winter Ever I Know Who Holds Tomorrow Out of the Madness A Prisoner’s Wife Sugar Dead Above Ground The Between

Zane Carl Weber Sister Souljah Francis Ray Jerrold Ladd Asha Bandele Bernice L. McFadden Jervey Tervalon Tananarive Due

Pocket Books Kensington Pub Corp Pocket Books Griffin Trade Paperback Warner Books Pocket Books Plume Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group Harper-Perennial A Division of Harper Collins Publishers

2001 2000 2002 2002 1998 2000 2001 1999 1996

Kathy Dixon Deborah Green Joyce Smith Sharon Hollis Vanessa Saffore Theresa Davis Jackie Morgan Anderson Kathy Dixon Cheryl Olison

2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2004 2004

Gal: A True Life June in Winter God’s Gift to Women Their Eyes Were Watching God Why Can’t We Wait If I Should Die Some Love, Some Pain, Sometime : Stories The Future Has a Past A Better Way To Live Far From The Tree Truth Be Told The Accidental Hunter Misbegotten Hitts & Mrs. Rosa Lee Nice Wives Finish First Lil Mama’s Rules Some People, Some Other Place The Sisters of APF Tick Tock Obsession 101 Push Double Dead The Color Purple Sapphire’s Grave Love on the Dotted Line The Man in My Basement A Love Noire

Ruthie Bolton Patricia Ann Phillips Michael Baisden Zora Neale Hurston Martin Luther King Jr. Grace F. Edwards J. California Cooper J. California Cooper Ogo Mandino Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant Victoria Christopher Murray Nelson George W. James Richardson Lori Bryant-Woolridge Leon Dash Patricia Ann Phillips Sheneska Jackson J. California Cooper Zane Gayle Ramsey Michelle McGriff Sapphire Gary Hardwick Alice Walker Hilda Gurley-Highgate David E Talbert Walter Mosley Erica Simone Turnipseed

Mass Market Paperback, Kensington Mass Market Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group Perennial Signet Classics - Reissue Bantam Books, Incorporated Doubleday & Company, Incorporated Anchor Books Bantam; Reissue edition St. Martin's Paperbacks Touchstone Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group Sterling House Publishers, Incorporated HarperCollins Publishers Plume Kensington Publishing Corporation Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group Doubleday & Company, Incorporated Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group Sug Books Q-Boro Books Vintage; Reprint edition Onyx Books Harvest Books, Anniversary Edition Doubleday Simon & Schuster Little, Brown Amistad

1995 1993 2002 1998 2000 1998 1996 2001 1990 2002 2004 2005 1999 2004 1997 2005 2001 2004 2004 2004 2005 1997 1998 2003 2002 2005 2004 2003

Vanessa Saffore Deborah Harvey Deborah Green Ollie Myles Lois Fletcher Dena Clayton Sironnie Clayton Joyce Smith Sironnie Clayton Ollie Myles Deborah Green Kathy Dixon Lois Fletcher Sharon Hollis Joyce Smith Deborah Harvey Vanessa Saffore Theresa Davis Dena Clayton Sharon Hollis Kathy Dixon Dena Clayton Deborah Harvey Joyce Smith Sironnie Clayton Sharon Hollis Yvonne Sykes Lois Fletcher

2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006

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You Are My Sister Every Reasonable Doubt Skyscraper Cinnamon Kiss The High Price of A Good Man Confessions of a Video Vixen I Know I’ve Been Changed Weapons of Mass Seduction Dying in the Dark Black Boy The Sassy Girl’s Checklist for Living, Loving, & Overcoming

Anfra Boyd Pamela Samuels Young Zane Walter Mosley Debra Phillips Karrine Steffans & Karen Hunter ReShonda Tate Billingsley Lori Bryant-Woolridge Valerie Wilson-Wesley Richard Wright Michelle McKinney Hammond

F.I.G. Publishing Kimani Press Atria Grand Central Publishing-Reprint Edition St. Martin's Griffin 1st Amistad Pbk. Ed edition Pocket Star-Reprint Edition Harlem Moon Random House Publishing Group Harper Perennial Harvest House Publishers

1999 2006 2003 2006 2003 2006 2006 2007 2005 2003 2007

Club Selection Kathy Dixon Joyce Smith Lois Fletcher Sharon Hollis Shante Hill Dena Clayton Deborah Harvey Sironnie Clayton Yvonne Sykes Club Selection

2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2008

Defining Moments Apple Brown Betty The Audacity of Hope Sugar and Spice: A Novel A Piece of Cake Twelve Sharp Delilah’s Revenge Casanegra: A Tennyson Hardwick Story The Secret Life of Bees Forgivin' Ain't Forgettin' Deliver Me From Evil Something On the Side Colored Summer Jewel Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man Infidel Daughter of Fortune: A Novel A Journal for Jordan The Time Traveler's Wife 7th Heaven Chosen The Legs Are the Last to Go: Aging, Acting, Marrying, and Other Things I Learned the Hard Way Sympathy for the Devil: An Angela Bivens Thriller The Shack True Love Getting To Happy The Black Girl Next Door: A Memoir The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Keep the Faith: A Memoir The Darkest Child New England White Shadows The Help

Jacquelin Thomas Phillip Thomas Duck Barack Obama Keith Lee Johnson Cupcake Brown Janet Evanovich S. James Guitard Blair Underwood, Steven Barnes, Tananarive Due Sue Monk Kidd Mata Elliott Mary Monroe Carl Weber Michelle McGriff Beverly Jenkins Steve Harvey Ayaan Hirsi Ali Isabel Allende Dana Canedy Audrey Niffenegger James Patterson Patricia Haley Diahann Carroll

Penguin Group (USA) Kimani Press – A Sepia Novel Three Rivers Press-Reprint Edition Strebor Books Three Rivers Press –Crown Publishing Group St. Martin's Literally Speaking Publishing House Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group Viking - Penguin Books LTD Walk Worthy Press Dafina Kensington Publishing Urban Soul Avon Books Amistad Press, Inc. Free Press HarperCollins Publishers Crown Publishing Group A Harvest Book - Harcourt, Inc. Little, Brown and Company Pocket Books - A Division of Simon and Schuster, Inc. Harper Paperbacks

2006 2007 2007 2003 2006 2006 2007 2007 2003 2006 2007 2008 2007 2008 2009 2007 2006 2008 2004 2008 2009 2009

Sironnie Clayton Yvonne Simpson Sharon Hollis Shante Hill Joyce Smith Kathy Dixon Dena Clayton Bonnie Beasley Kathy Dixon Jackie Anderson Sironnie Clayton Dena Clayton Kathy Dixon Sharon Hollis Joyce Smith Janet Peterson Bonnie Beasley Yvonne Simpson Kathy Dixon Jackie Anderson Sharon Hollis Rochelle Gutierrez

2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010

Christopher Chambers William P. Young Brenda Jackson Terry McMillan Jennifer Baszile Rebecca Skloot Faith Evans with Aliya S. King Delores Phillips Stephen L. Car Debbie R. Reynolds Kathryn Stockett

Crown Publishing Windblown Media; 1st Edition Kimani Press; Reprint edition The Penguin Group Published: Touchstone; Reprint edition Crown; First Edition Grand Central Publishing Soho Press Random House Inc Three Sons' Press; first edition Penguin Group (USA)

2001 2007 2009 2010 2009 2010 2008 2004 2007 2010 2009

Yvonne Simpson Sironnie Clayton Club Selection Bonnie Beasley Kathy Dixon Club Selection Yvonne Simpson Bonnie Beasley Janet Peterson Kathy Dixon Sharon Hollis

2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011

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Foxy: My Life in Three Acts The Right Mistake The Executioner’s Game The Present Buying Time Born of Phyre Who Said It Would Be Easy? Cross Country Perfect Peace Say My Name The Other Wes Moore Covenant Is Marriage For White People? The Little Black Book of Success: Laws of Leadership for Black Women Gypsy's Crossing Queen Pin: A Memoir Murder On the Down Low She Had It Coming Killer Twist The Twelve Tribes of Hattie An Angry Ass Black Woman What Doesn't Kill You Greyhound Healing the Wounds of the Past Nina's Got A Secret

Pam Grier with Andrea Cagan Walter Mosley Gary Hardwick Spencer Johnson Pamela Samuels Young Frank Underwood Jr. Cheryl Faye James Patterson Daniel Black Angie Daniels Wes Moore Brandon Massey Ralph Richard Banks Elaine Meryl Brown, Rhonda Joy McLean, Marsha Haygood

Springboard Press Basic Books HarperTorch Doubleday & Co Goldman House Publishing Xlibris Corporation Strebor Books Little, Brown and Company St. Martin's Griffin Caramel Kisses Publishing Spiegel & Grau Dark Corner Publishing Dutton Adult Random House Publishing Group

2010 2008 2005 2003 2009 2011 2011 2008 2011 2011 2010 2010 2011 2010

Rochelle Gutierrez Jackie Anderson Shante Hill Club Selection Kathy Dixon Yvonne Simpson Abby Thomas Jackie Anderson Keosha Williams Shante Hill Sharon Hollis Janet Peterson Bonnie Beasley Club Selection

2011 2011 2011 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2013

S. L. Mitchell Jemeker Thompson-Hairston, David Ritz, Geoff Martin Pamela Samuels Young Mary Monroe C. A. Larmer Ayana Mathis Karen E Quinones Miller Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant Steffan Piper T. D. Jakes Brian W. Smith

iUniverse, Inc. Grand Central Publishing Goldman House Publishing Kensington Publishing Corporation Larmer Media Knopf; First Edition edition Gallery Books/Karen Hunter Publishing Touchstone AmazonEncore Destiny Image Publishers Strebor Books

2007 2010 2008 2009 2012 2012 2012 2009 2010 2011 2012

Janet Peterson Bonnie Beasley Keosha Williams Abby Thomas Jackie Anderson Kathy Dixon Yvonne Simpson Sharon Hollis Shante Hill Club Selection Shante Hill

2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2014 2014

The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 Rainwater The Goat Woman of Largo Bay If Can't Have You The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man Rules of Prey (Lucas Davenport Series) Composition in Black & White: The Life of Philippa Schuyler South by Southeast Act Like a Success, Think Like a Success Gathering Waters Ruby Momma: Gone Americanah Discovering You The Choir Director A Perfect Place to Pray Slam That Trick

Christopher Paul Curtis Sandra Brown Gillian Royes Mary B. Morrison James Weldon Johnson John Sanford Kathryn M. Talalay

Random House Children's Books Gallery Books Atria Books Kensington Publishing Corporation CreateSpace Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated Oxford University Press, USA

2013 2010 2011 2013 2011 2005 1997

Abby Thomas Janet Peterson Sharon Hollis Keosha Williams Bonnie Beasley Jackie Anderson June Polk

2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014

Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes Steve Harvey Bernice L. McFadden Cynthia Bond Nina Foxx Chimananda N. Adichie Melissa Kean Carl Weber I L Goodwin Kissy Toussaint

Atria Books Amistad Akashic Books Hogarth Brown Girls Publishing Anchor Melissa Kean - eBook Dafina; Reprint edition Genesis Press HardBooks Publishing

2012 2014 2012 2015 2014 2014 2012 2012 2009 2011

Yvonne Simpson Jackie Anderson Sharon Hollis Kathy Dixon Sharon Hollis Janet Peterson Jackie Anderson Patrice Moore Janet Peterson Kathy Dixon

2014 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015

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A Chance in the World Act Like a Success, Think Like a Success The Daughters of Winston Barnett Lawful Deception The Ambassadors Daughter Marrying Up The UnExpected Between the World and Me An Untamed State Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker God's Child The Five Steps of Mr. Washington Grind City Old Man in the Club 40 Acres A Generation of Curses Bring on the Blessings I Left My Back Door Open A Cold Piece of Work The School on 103rd Street

Steve Pemberton Steve Harvey Dara Girard Pamela Samuels Young Harvey J. Williams Nina Foxx L Rosamond Richards Ta-Nehisi Coates Roxane Gay Jennifer Chiaverini Christopher J. Moore Christopher J. Moore Gary Hardwick Curtis Bunn Dwayne Alexander Smith Patricia Bridewell Beverly Jenkins April Sinclair Curtis Bunn Roland S. Jefferson

Thomas Nelson Amistad ILORI Press Books LLC Goldman House Publishing iUniverse William Morrow Paperbacks CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Spiegel & Grau Grove Press, Black Cat Plume Clairvoyant Books Clairvoyant Books HardBooks Publishing Strebor Books Atria Books CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform William Morrow Paperbacks William Morrow Paperbacks Strebor Books W. W. Norton & Company

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Recommended by Abby Thomas Jackie Anderson Nakita Robinson Sharon Hollis Janet Peterson Abby Thomas Jackie Anderson Kathy Dixon Sharon Hollis Jackie Anderson Sharon Hollis Sharon Hollis Jackie Anderson Abby Thomas Sharon Hollis Kathy Dixon Jackie Anderson Janet Peterson Abby Thomas Sharon Hollis

Reading Year 2015 2015 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017

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