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Asayi An Autistic Teen’s Journey in Medieval Japan
By James · 2 posts · 8 views

last updated Sep 17, 2025 07:58AM

I'm an author looking for Conversation/Friends
By Chauna-lea · 16 posts · 57 views

last updated Aug 07, 2025 07:23AM

Are you writing on Kindle Vella?
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last updated Jun 22, 2022 04:20PM

Bookstagramming and Goals
By Stephanie · 5 posts · 47 views

last updated Feb 23, 2022 02:18AM

How Was Your January?
By Stephanie · 7 posts · 32 views

last updated Feb 13, 2022 12:29PM

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2024 Group Reads

* Jul-Sept '24 GR: The Wake of the Wind
By Shaylah · 44 posts · 88 views

last updated Feb 23, 2025 03:40PM

Feb '24 GR: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
By Shaylah · 56 posts · 77 views

last updated May 18, 2025 09:55AM

Apr/May '24 GR: How to Say Babylon
By Shaylah · 74 posts · 128 views

last updated Jan 20, 2025 05:49PM

Mar '24 GR: The Weight of Blood
By Shaylah · 113 posts · 109 views

last updated Apr 06, 2024 10:24AM

Jan '24 GR: The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store
By Shaylah · 103 posts · 229 views

last updated Mar 03, 2024 12:27PM

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2024 Group Read Suggestions

* October (2024) Group Read Suggestions
By Shaylah · 5 posts · 37 views

last updated Nov 23, 2024 06:27AM

May (2024) Group Read Suggestions
By Shaylah · 26 posts · 140 views

last updated Jul 05, 2024 01:42PM

April (2024) Group Read Suggestions
By Shaylah · 19 posts · 36 views

last updated Apr 03, 2024 01:08PM

March (2024) Group Read Suggestions
By Shaylah · 17 posts · 41 views

last updated Mar 03, 2024 12:14PM

February (2024) Group Read Suggestions
By Shaylah · 14 posts · 51 views

last updated Feb 03, 2024 12:35PM

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2023 Group Read Suggestions

December (2023) Group Read Suggestions
By Shaylah · 33 posts · 47 views

last updated Dec 11, 2023 03:35PM

October (2023) Group Read Suggestions
By Shaylah · 28 posts · 49 views

last updated Oct 08, 2023 09:10AM

September (2023) Group Read Suggestion
By Shaylah · 37 posts · 38 views

last updated Sep 05, 2023 07:26PM

August (2023) Group Read Suggestion
By Shaylah · 28 posts · 42 views

last updated Aug 05, 2023 06:24PM

June (2023) Group Read Recommendations/Suggestion
By Shaylah · 25 posts · 51 views

last updated May 28, 2023 10:48AM

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2023 Group Reads

Dec ‘23 GR: Lost Daughters
By Shaylah · 56 posts · 48 views

last updated Feb 08, 2024 12:49PM

Oct/Nov '23 GR: Mama Ruby
By Shaylah · 98 posts · 60 views

last updated Dec 17, 2023 07:15AM

Dec '23 GR: You Make It Feel Like Christmas
By Shaylah · 46 posts · 47 views

last updated Dec 12, 2023 12:53PM

Oct/Nov '23 GR: Did You Hear About Kitty Karr?
By Shaylah · 96 posts · 95 views

last updated Nov 26, 2023 02:21PM

September ‘23 GR: Just As I Am
By Shaylah · 87 posts · 43 views

last updated Oct 13, 2023 01:02PM

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2022 Group Reads

Nov '22 GR: Murder In G Major (Gethsemane Brown Mysteries Series)
By Lulu , The Book Reader who could. · 51 posts · 76 views

last updated Mar 13, 2024 09:55AM

Oct '22 GR: Song Yet Sung
By Lulu , The Book Reader who could. · 59 posts · 58 views

last updated Nov 07, 2022 09:30AM

Aug '22 GR: Your Blues Ain't Like Mine
By Lulu , The Book Reader who could. · 8 posts · 54 views

last updated Oct 09, 2022 11:57AM

Jul '22 GR: Savvy Sheldon Feels Good as Hell (1)
By Lulu , The Book Reader who could. · 21 posts · 32 views

last updated Jul 29, 2022 04:36PM

Jul '22 GR: A Lowcountry Bride (2)
By Lulu , The Book Reader who could. · 23 posts · 34 views

last updated Jul 13, 2022 12:16PM

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General

What are you currently reading......
By kisha , The Clean Up Lady · 1915 posts · 1311 views

last updated Nov 17, 2025 12:15AM

BOOKS about Black people (past and present) who have lived outside of Africa and North America
By KOMET · 20 posts · 63 views

last updated Sep 15, 2025 04:18PM

ARC Readers Wanted: Raw, Emotional Sisterhood Story
By Taheerah · 9 posts · 24 views

last updated Jun 01, 2025 01:17PM

Recommendations
By kisha , The Clean Up Lady · 151 posts · 384 views

last updated Nov 27, 2024 03:43PM

Review Bombings Gone Wrong
By Shaylah · 16 posts · 66 views

last updated Dec 27, 2023 03:07PM

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Games & Contests

one word
By kisha , The Clean Up Lady · 19257 posts · 879 views

last updated Jul 03, 2024 01:09AM

Spell It Forward
By Loverofbooks … · 1802 posts · 256 views

last updated Jun 20, 2024 09:02AM

what time is it and what are you doing?
By kisha , The Clean Up Lady · 538 posts · 240 views

last updated May 09, 2024 06:58PM

This or That
By kisha , The Clean Up Lady · 854 posts · 243 views

last updated Apr 26, 2024 07:50AM

ABC's (books)
By kisha , The Clean Up Lady · 200 posts · 175 views

last updated Jun 29, 2023 01:09PM

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Book Buzz

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
By Lulu , The Book Reader who could. · 4 posts · 71 views

last updated Apr 19, 2020 12:57PM

Nella Larsen's Passing is Being made into amovie
By Olivia · 6 posts · 17 views

last updated Oct 24, 2019 08:30AM

FREE BOOK GIVEAWAY - African Fantasy/ Fiction
By E.O. · 8 posts · 25 views

last updated Sep 12, 2019 01:15AM

Cover Reveal: Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi
By Lulu , The Book Reader who could. · 3 posts · 27 views

last updated Apr 19, 2019 11:21AM

Have you read Becoming by Michelle Obama?
By kisha , The Clean Up Lady · 4 posts · 11 views

last updated Apr 09, 2019 09:22AM

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Let's Blog About It!

Why aren't there more books about .... ??
By Londa · 65 posts · 125 views

last updated Sep 16, 2020 05:09AM

Thailand Whitening Cream Commercial
By kisha , The Clean Up Lady · 21 posts · 55 views

last updated Jul 15, 2020 12:43PM

Roots Miniseries
By kisha , The Clean Up Lady · 15 posts · 28 views

last updated Jul 03, 2016 11:34AM

Civil War memorabilia
By Helen · 39 posts · 18 views

last updated Jan 05, 2016 12:43PM

What do you do when you have...Readers block?
By kisha , The Clean Up Lady · 12 posts · 27 views

last updated Sep 14, 2015 08:56AM

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New Members

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* Reminder to Authors
By Anastasia Kin… · 2 posts · 231 views

last updated Feb 25, 2019 04:21AM

* Introduce Yourself!
By kisha , The Clean Up Lady · 995 posts · 1063 views

last updated Feb 19, 2023 08:39AM

New cat!
By Marcus · 4 posts · 107 views

last updated Jul 11, 2019 11:38PM

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Authors

* AUTHORS PLEASE READ
By kisha , The Clean Up Lady · 73 posts · 365 views

last updated Dec 11, 2021 06:48PM

Free ebook Oct 11 & 12!
By Lashonda · 1 post · 7 views

last updated Oct 11, 2025 12:05PM

Free ebook 8/31 & 9/1!
By Lashonda · 2 posts · 11 views

last updated Aug 31, 2024 11:42AM

Christmas at Starbucks A Holiday Novelette
By B.M. · 5 posts · 12 views

last updated Nov 13, 2023 04:52PM

New Novella Alert - The Secret Lives of Mothers
By B.M. · 1 post · 10 views

last updated Jul 27, 2023 12:01AM

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Monthly book nominations

* July Group Read Nominations: Harlem Renaissance
By kisha , The Clean Up Lady · 10 posts · 93 views

last updated Dec 18, 2019 04:05PM

* June 2019 -- Group Read Nominations
By Lulu , The Book Reader who could. · 14 posts · 65 views

last updated May 10, 2019 07:37AM

* April book nominations
By kisha , The Clean Up Lady · 6 posts · 38 views

last updated Apr 15, 2019 10:46AM

* 2018 African-American Historical Fiction Book Nominations
By capsaicine · 40 posts · 147 views

last updated Aug 25, 2018 11:32AM

* December 2017 International Slavery
By capsaicine · 3 posts · 47 views

last updated Nov 17, 2017 11:43PM

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Buddy Reads

* Blind Buddies: How it Works
By Londa · 1 post · 223 views

last updated Dec 01, 2013 03:09PM

Feb BBR: Black Girl in Paris
By Lulu , The Book Reader who could. · 3 posts · 21 views

last updated Feb 27, 2020 03:18PM

Feb BBR: The Cross of Redemption
By Lulu , The Book Reader who could. · 4 posts · 17 views

last updated Feb 19, 2020 08:56AM

February 2020 Buddy Read Sign Up
By Lulu , The Book Reader who could. · 12 posts · 27 views

last updated Feb 05, 2020 02:39AM

Jan BBR: Little Fires Everywhere
By Lulu , The Book Reader who could. · 3 posts · 25 views

last updated Jan 11, 2020 09:26AM

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Reading Challenges

* Author Challenges
By Londa · 28 posts · 131 views

last updated Apr 15, 2020 10:21AM

Fall '18
By Anastasia Kin… · 1 post · 29 views

last updated Jun 30, 2018 06:39AM

Spring '18 Challenge
By Anastasia Kin… · 8 posts · 47 views

last updated Apr 28, 2018 11:07AM

December '17 Challenge
By Anastasia Kin… · 11 posts · 26 views

last updated Jan 11, 2018 07:45AM

November '17 Challenge
By Anastasia Kin… · 9 posts · 23 views

last updated Dec 01, 2017 06:19PM

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Questions for the Group

* Suggestion Box
By kisha , The Clean Up Lady · 9 posts · 38 views

last updated Jul 02, 2013 09:35PM

Historical Figures
By Lulu , The Book Reader who could. · 28 posts · 131 views

last updated Dec 21, 2021 08:15AM

Question to the group about an author's voice.
By Charmer (+ Vi… · 7 posts · 15 views

last updated Dec 03, 2020 10:27PM

Laurence Hill - The Book of Negroes
By Jennifer · 5 posts · 62 views

last updated Apr 19, 2020 07:28AM

What is your top 10
By Jaz · 4 posts · 21 views

last updated Apr 17, 2019 05:11PM

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Very Good Quotes

* Add a quote
By kisha , The Clean Up Lady · 40 posts · 83 views

last updated Apr 25, 2017 07:32AM

Paradise by Toni Morrison
By kisha , The Clean Up Lady · 8 posts · 77 views

last updated Dec 22, 2015 05:08AM

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Monthly Person of Empowerment

Sidney Poitier
By kisha , The Clean Up Lady · 8 posts · 22 views

last updated Jan 06, 2015 06:47AM

MPE Sept: Mary Fields
By kisha , The Clean Up Lady · 5 posts · 14 views

last updated Sep 02, 2014 09:00AM

July MPE: Maya Angelou
By kisha , The Clean Up Lady · 5 posts · 18 views

last updated Aug 01, 2014 02:25PM

June MPOE: Assata Shakur
By kisha , The Clean Up Lady · 5 posts · 13 views

last updated May 26, 2014 07:24AM

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2021 Group Reads

Aug '21 GR: The Girl at the Back of the Bus
By Lulu , The Book Reader who could. · 59 posts · 82 views

last updated Aug 23, 2021 07:21PM

Jul '21 GR: The Wedding
By Lulu , The Book Reader who could. · 71 posts · 58 views

last updated Jul 25, 2021 02:12PM

Jun '21 GR: Libertie
By Lulu , The Book Reader who could. · 35 posts · 63 views

last updated Jul 10, 2021 10:10AM

Jun '21 GR: His Only Wife
By Lulu , The Book Reader who could. · 85 posts · 83 views

last updated Jul 10, 2021 10:02AM

Apr '21 GR: Tell Me Your Secret
By Lulu , The Book Reader who could. · 42 posts · 92 views

last updated May 08, 2021 12:38PM

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2020 Group Reads

Aug/Sept Group Read: Homegoing
By Lulu , The Book Reader who could. · 69 posts · 87 views

last updated Oct 01, 2020 10:35PM

Aug/Sept Group Read: The Vanishing Half
By Lulu , The Book Reader who could. · 117 posts · 88 views

last updated Sep 22, 2020 06:02AM

June Group Read: Slave Play
By Lulu , The Book Reader who could. · 46 posts · 85 views

last updated Jul 07, 2020 04:24PM

June Group Read: Conjure Women
By Lulu , The Book Reader who could. · 102 posts · 143 views

last updated Jul 07, 2020 04:20PM

April Group Read: Deacon King Kong
By Lulu , The Book Reader who could. · 63 posts · 101 views

last updated May 29, 2020 06:50PM

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2019 Group Reads

Ernest J. Gaines
By Olivia · 2 posts · 14 views

last updated Nov 17, 2019 09:31AM

October 2019: Fledgling - Octavia Butler
By Lulu , The Book Reader who could. · 79 posts · 73 views

last updated Nov 02, 2019 07:37PM

August 2019: Rebel by Beverly Jenkins
By Lulu , The Book Reader who could. · 82 posts · 91 views

last updated Sep 15, 2019 07:15AM

July 2019 Group Read: Passing
By kisha , The Clean Up Lady · 95 posts · 106 views

last updated Sep 07, 2019 07:52AM

June 2019 Group Read: The Book of Night Women by Marlon James
By Lulu , The Book Reader who could. · 36 posts · 76 views

last updated Jul 08, 2019 02:03PM

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2018 Group Reads

December 2018: Michelle Obama's "Becoming"
By Lulu , The Book Reader who could. · 35 posts · 102 views

last updated Apr 09, 2019 11:59AM

June 2018 Read: The Autobiography of Malcolm X
By capsaicine · 59 posts · 71 views

last updated Jan 11, 2019 09:06AM

October Read: Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
By Anastasia Kin… · 5 posts · 40 views

last updated Nov 02, 2018 11:01AM

August 2018: House of Erzulie
By Anastasia Kin… · 31 posts · 33 views

last updated Sep 06, 2018 08:51PM

May '18: Whiskey & Ribbons
By Lulu , The Book Reader who could. · 39 posts · 92 views

last updated Aug 02, 2018 06:34AM

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2017 Group Reads

October '17: No One is Coming to Save Us
By Lulu , The Book Reader who could. · 23 posts · 65 views

last updated Nov 22, 2017 12:58PM

Aug '17: What We Lose
By Lulu , The Book Reader who could. · 22 posts · 97 views

last updated Oct 25, 2017 02:47PM

Sept 2017 Read: Daddy was a Number Runner
By capsaicine · 7 posts · 27 views

last updated Oct 11, 2017 11:24AM

Group Reads' Schedule 2017
By capsaicine · 1 post · 38 views

last updated Aug 19, 2017 01:18PM

July '17: The Summer We Got Free
By Lulu , The Book Reader who could. · 59 posts · 90 views

last updated Aug 08, 2017 09:11AM

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2016 Group Reads

* October Read: The Bluest Eye
By capsaicine · 34 posts · 51 views

last updated Nov 03, 2016 09:28AM

* Island Beneath the Sea: November group read
By kisha , The Clean Up Lady · 81 posts · 49 views

last updated Nov 23, 2016 12:47PM

December Group Read (AA Memoir): Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina -- Misty Copeland
By Lulu , The Book Reader who could. · 53 posts · 34 views

last updated Feb 09, 2017 11:51AM

October Quarterly Read
By capsaicine · 12 posts · 24 views

last updated Dec 13, 2016 05:16AM

September Group Read: Like Trees, Walking
By Anastasia Kin… · 24 posts · 40 views

last updated Oct 10, 2016 08:31AM

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2015 Group Reads

Black by Joan Vassar ; Sept group read
By kisha , The Clean Up Lady · 116 posts · 83 views

last updated Sep 12, 2016 02:02AM

July Group Read: Someone Knows my Name by Lawrence HIll
By kisha , The Clean Up Lady · 52 posts · 85 views

last updated Jul 19, 2016 10:58AM

The Darkest Child: December HF read
By kisha , The Clean Up Lady · 17 posts · 43 views

last updated Jan 26, 2016 06:27AM

The Fishermen: December New Author GR:
By kisha , The Clean Up Lady · 28 posts · 52 views

last updated Dec 29, 2015 09:03AM

November's HF: Wench
By kisha , The Clean Up Lady · 48 posts · 40 views

last updated Dec 04, 2015 07:52PM

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2014 Group Reads

Kindred: January HF official discussion thread
By kisha , The Clean Up Lady · 36 posts · 70 views

last updated Apr 10, 2016 09:26PM

Abraham's Well: September 1 -- September 30
By Londa · 38 posts · 40 views

last updated Mar 06, 2015 10:11AM

Black Orchid Blues: December 1 -- Dember 31
By Londa · 77 posts · 31 views

last updated Jan 09, 2015 12:14PM

Dark Genesis (The Darkling Trilogy Book 1): December 15 - January 15
By Lulu , The Book Reader who could. · 39 posts · 31 views

last updated Jan 08, 2015 08:47AM

Book Blast: Dark Genesis (The Darkling Trilogy Book 1) (Spoilers Possible)
By Lulu , The Book Reader who could. · 4 posts · 12 views

last updated Jan 08, 2015 08:21AM

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2013 Group Reads

The Book of Night Women
By kisha , The Clean Up Lady · 44 posts · 219 views

last updated Apr 28, 2022 10:25AM

March: This Child's Gonna Live
By kisha , The Clean Up Lady · 10 posts · 18 views

last updated Mar 01, 2014 04:23AM

February Memoir: I Put a Spell on You: the Autobiography of Nina Simone
By kisha , The Clean Up Lady · 14 posts · 28 views

last updated Feb 10, 2014 07:36AM

Kindred: January Historical Fiction pre-discussion
By kisha , The Clean Up Lady · 12 posts · 35 views

last updated Jan 01, 2014 03:40PM

The Blacker the Berry: Pre-Discussion
By kisha , The Clean Up Lady · 18 posts · 25 views

last updated Jan 01, 2014 09:50AM

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