Books TLC Has Read

1994

Tina McElroy Ansa .. Ugly Ways

Octavia Butler .. Kindred

Bebe Moore Campbell .. Your Blues Ain't Like Mine

Nathan McCall .. Make Me Wanna Holler

Gloria Naylor .. Mama Day

Gloria Naylor .. Bailey's Cafe

April Sinclair .. Coffee Will Make You Black

John E. Wideman .. Brothers And Keepers

Valerie Wilson Wesley .. When Death Comes Stealing

1995

Connie Briscoe .. Sisters And Lovers

Bebe Moore Campbell .. Brothers and Sisters

J. California Cooper .. Some Love, Some Pain, Sometime

James Earl Hardy .. B-Boy Blues

Toni Morrison .. The Bluest Eye

Walter Mosley .. Black Betty

Walter Mosley .. Devil In A Blue Dress

Walter Mosley .. A Red Death

Alice Walker .. The Temple Of My Familiar

Dorothy West .. The Wedding

1996

Eric V. Copage .. Black Pearls, Book Of Love

Ralph Ellison .. Invisible Man

Elaine R. Ferguson .. Echoes Of Mercy, Whispers Of Love

James Weldon Johnson .. The Book Of American Negro Poetry

Terri McMillian .. How Stella Got Her Groove Back

Walter Mosley .. White Butterfly

Gloria Naylor .. Children Of The Night

Valerie Wilson Wesley .. Devil's Gonna Get Him

1997

LaVar Burton .. Aftermath

Ernest J. Gaines .. A Gathering Of Old Men

E. Lynn Harris .. Invisible Life

Patti LaBelle .. Don't Block The Blessings :
Revelations of a Lifetime

Diane McKinney-Whetstone .. Tumbling

Toni Morrison .. Song Of Solomon

Walter Mosley .. A Little Yellow Dog

Walter Mosley .. Gone Fishin'

1998

James Baldwin .. Just Above My Head

BeBe M. Campbell .. Singing In The Comeback Choir

Charles W. Chesnutt .. The House Behind the Cedars

Edwidge Danticat .. Breath, Eyes, Memory

Ernest J. Gaines .. A Lesson Before Dying

Jamaica Kincaid .. My Brother

Walter Mosley .. Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned

1999

Connie Briscoe .. Big Girls Don't Cry

Octavia Butler .. Parable Of The Sower

Octavia Butler .. Parable Of The Talents

Colin Channer .. Waiting in Vain

Pearl Cleage .. What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day

Margaret Cuthbert .. The Silent Cradle

Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant .. Tryin' To Sleep In The Bed You Made

Buchi Emecheta .. Kehinde

Ernest J. Gaines .. Of Love and Dust

Toni Morrison .. Beloved

Pamela Thomas-Graham .. A Darker Shade Of Crimson

2000

Eric Jerome Dickey .. Sister, Sister

Brian Keith Jackson .. The View From Here

James McBride .. The Color of Water

Bernice L. McFadden .. Sugar

Diane McKinney-Whetstone .. Blues Dancing

Karen E. Quinones Miller .. Satin Doll

Sister Souljah .. The Coldest Winter Ever

2001

Edwidge Danticat .. The Farming of Bones

Albert French .. I Can't Wait On God

Hugh Holton .. The Devil's Shadow

Terry McMillan .. A Day Late and a Dollar Short

Toni Morrison .. Sula

Valerie Wilson Wesley .. Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do

Victor Woods and Earl Caldwell .. A Breed Apart

2002

Tananarive Due .. The Living Blood

Tananarive Due .. My Soul to Keep

Percival Everett .. Erasure

Anthony Grooms .. Bombingham

Lalita Tademy .. Cane River

Bil Wright .. Sunday You Learn How to Box

2003

Stephen L. Carter .. The Emperor of Ocean Park

Lolita Files .. Child of God

Brian Keith Jackson .. Queen of Harlem

Bernice L. McFadden .. This Bitter Earth

Bernice L. McFadden .. The Warmest December

BeBe Moore Campbell .. What You Owe Me

Walter Mosley .. Bad Boy Brawley Brown

2004

Maxine Clair .. October Suite

Pearl Cleage .. I Wish I Had a Red Dress

Michael Datcher .. Raising Fences

Walter Mosley .. Six Easy Pieces

Walter Mosley .. Fearless Jones

Walter Mosley .. Fear Itself

Persia Walker .. Harlem Redux

Crystal E. Wilkinson .. Water Street

2005

Bernice L. McFadden .. Camilla's Roses

Bernice L. McFadden .. Loving Donovan

J. California Cooper .. Same People, Some Other Place

J. California Cooper .. Family

J. California Cooper .. Homemade Love

Ursula Inga Kindred & Mirranda Guerin-Williams .. Sister Gumbo

2006

Bernice L. McFadden .. Nowhere is a Place

Walter Mosley .. Cinammon Kiss

Delores Phillips .. The Darkest Child

Walter Mosley .. Little Scarlet

Tonya Lewis Lee & Crystal McCrary Anthony .. Gotham Diaries

Various Authors .. Covenant With Black America

Nella Larsen .. Passing

2007

J. California Cooper .. In Search Of Satisfaction

Nella Larsen .. Quicksand

Edward P. Jones .. The Known World

Walter Mosley .. Killing Johnny Fry

Cupcake Brown .. A Piece Of Cake

W.E.B. DuBois .. The Souls of Black Folks

Various Authors .. Covenant With Black America

2008

Blair Underwood, Steven Barnes, Tananarive Due .. Casanegra

Stephen L. Carter .. New England White

James McBride .. Song Yet Sung

Walter Mosley .. Blonde Faith

James McBride .. Miracle At St.Anna

Toni Morrison .. Love

2009

Toni Morrison .. A Mercy

Abraham Bolden .. The Echo from Dealy Plaza

Walter Mosley .. The Long Fall

Walter Mosley .. The Right Mistake

Stephen L. Carter .. Palace Council

Khaled Hosseini .. The Kite Runner

2010

Kathryn Stockett .. The Help

Lawrence Hill .. Someone Know My Name

Bernice L. McFadden .. Glorious

Walter Mosley .. Fortunate Son

Robert Greer .. Spoon: A Novel

Robert Greer .. The Devil's Hatband

Robert Greer .. The Devil's Backbone

2011

Robert Greer .. First of State

Robert Greer .. The Devil's Red Nickel

Tayari Jones .. The Silver Sparrow

Marian Thomas .. Color Me Jazzmyne

Marian Thomas .. My Father's Colors

Lawrence Otis Graham .. The Senator and The Socialite

2012

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie .. The Things Around Your Neck

2013

Attica Locke .. Black Water Rising

Ayana Mathis .. The 12 Tribes of Hattie

Bernice L. McFadden .. Gathering Of Waters

James McBride .. The Good Lord Bird

Isabel Wilkerson .. The Warmth Of Other Suns

Daniel Black..They Tell Me Of A Home

2014

Albert French..Billie

Daniel Black..Twelve Gates To The City

Daniel Black..Perfect Peace

Daniel Black..The Sacred Place

Ann Petry..The Street

Eleanor Taylor Bland..Whispers In The Dark

Eleanor Taylor Bland..Fatal Remains

Eleanor Taylor Bland..A Cold And Silent Dying

Walter Mosley..Debbie Doesn't Do It Anymore

Ika Hugel-Marshall..Invisible Woman "Growing Up Black In Germany"

Hans J. Massaquoi..Destined To Witness

2015

Stephen L. Carter..Jericho's Fall

Walter Mosley..Disciple

Walter Mosley..Merge

Walter Mosley..Stepping Stone

Walter Mosley..Love Machine

Walter Mosley..The Gift Of Fire

Walter Mosley..On The Head Of A Pine

Walter Mosley..The Tempest Tales

Walter Mosley..Inside A Silver Box

Walter Mosley..Little Green

Walter Mosley..Rose Gold

Walter Mosley..And Sometimes I Wonder About You

2016

Stephen L. Carter..Back Channel

Stephen L. Carter..The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln

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