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| DATE | BOOK | AUTHOR | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | |||
| February | Some Love, Some Pain, Sometime | J. California Cooper | |
| March | Flight of the Blackbird | Faye McDonald Smith | |
| April | Only Twice I've Wished For Heaven | Dawn Turner Trice | |
| May | Moments of Grace | Patrice Gaines | |
| June | 13 Ways of Looking At A Black Man The Assasination of the Black Male Image | Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Earl Ofari Hutchinson | |
| July | Tumbling | Diane McKinney-Whetstone | |
| August | Lil Mama's Rules | Sheneska Jackson | |
| September | If This World Were Mine | E. Lynn Harris | |
| October | Men Cry In The Dark | Michael Baisden | |
| November | Value In The Valley | Iyanla Vanzant | |
| December | A Lesson Before Dying | Ernest Gaines | |
| 1998 | |||
| January | Trying To Sleep In The Bed You Made | Virginia DeBerry and Donna Grant | |
| February | How To Love A Black Man | Dr. Ronn Elmore | |
| March | The Wedding | Dorothy West | |
| April | Behind Closed Doors | Kimberla Lawson Roby | |
| May | Temptation | Victoria C. Murray | |
| June | Tempest Rising | Diane McKinney-Whetstone | |
| July | Daughters of the King | Gail M. Hayes | |
| August | The Whole Nine | Sean Maddox | |
| September | Blessings | Sheneska Jackson | |
| October | Their Eyes Were Watching God | Zora Neale Hurston | |
| November | Kindred | Octavia Butler | |
| December | In the Meantime | Iyanla Vanzant | |
| 1999 | |||
| January | Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood | Rebecca Wells | |
| February | Rendevous The Best is Yet To Come | Bridget Anderson | |
| March | Miss Ophelia | Mary Burnett Smith | |
| April | The Time Has Come | Xavier Dicks | |
| May | Mama Day | Gloria Naylor | |
| June | The Gospel of Good Success | Kirbyjon Caldwell | |
| July | Seasons of Beento Blackbird | Akousa Busia | |
| August | Abide With Me | E. Lynn Harris | |
| September | Waiting In Vain | Colin Channer | |
| October | Picking Up The Pieces | Sungee | |
| November | Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do | Valerie Wilson-Wesley | |
| December | Mama Stalks The Past Mama Rocks The Empty Cradle | Nora Deloach Nora Deloach | |
| 2000 | |||
| January | Preconceived Notions | Robyn Williams | |
| February | Mr. Dream Merchant | Erroll J. Bailey | |
| March | Kinfolks | Kristin H. Lattany | |
| April | River Cross My Heart | Breena Clarke | |
| May | Passing By Samaria | Sharon Foster | |
| June | The Coldest Winter Ever | Sistah Souljah | |
| July | No Weapons Formed Against Me | Rebecca Nails-Pierce | |
| August | Sugar | Bernice L. McFadden | |
| September | Dream in Color | Darlene Johnson | |
| October | The Harris Men | R.M. Johnson | |
| November | Casting the First Stone | Kimberla Lawson Roby | |
| December | Think and Grow Rich: A Black Choice | Dennis Kimbro and Napolean Hill | |
| 2001 | |||
| January | Twist of Fate | Robyn Williams | |
| February | Endless Love Commitments | Carmen Green Carmen Green | |
| March | Rich Dad, Poor Dad | Robert T. Kiyosaki | |
| April | A Day Late and a Dollar Short | Terry McMillan | |
| May | Far From the Tree | Virginia DeBerry Donna Grant | |
| June | Something's Wrong with Your Scale! | Van Whitfield | |
| July | It's A Thin Line | Kimberla Lawson Roby | |
| August | All the Joy You Can Stand | Debrena Jackson Gandy | |
| September | The Color of Justice | Leon Pridgen | |
| October | The Book Club | Mary Alice Monroe | |
| November | October Suite | Maxine Clair | |
| December | The Future Has A Past | J. California Cooper | |
| 2002 | |||
| January | Child of God | Lolita Files | |
| February | Redemption Song | Bertice Berry | |
| March | Joy | Victoria Christopher Murray | |
| April | I Thought About You Today | Vincent Tyler | |
| May | One Better | Rosalyn McMillan | |
| June | The Twelfth Man Standing | Michael Holmes | |
| July | Girl,Get Your Money Straight | Glinda Bridgforth | |
| August | Butterscoth Blues | Margaret Johnson-Hodge | |
| September | The Prayer of Jabez | Bruce Wilkinson | |
| October | Sisters of Theta Phi Kappa | Kayla Perrin | |
| November | For Love and Grace | Kendra Norman-Bellamy | |
| December | Sarah's Psalm | Florence Ladd | |
| 2003 | |||
| January | God's Gift To Women | Michael Basiden | |
| February | Gumbo: A Celebration of African American Writing | Marita Golden (Editor), E. Lynn Harris (Editor) | |
| March | The Upper Room | Mary Monroe | |
| April | The Warmest December | Bernice McFadden | |
| May | The Hatwearer's Lesson | Yolanda Joe | |
| June | Faith, Courage and Wisdom: A Journey to Manhood | Nevlynn Johnson | |
| July | The Justus Girls | Slim Lambright | |
| August | Sexual Healing | Jill Nelson | |
| September | Cover Girls | T. D. Jakes | |
| October | Living Water | Obery Hendricks | |
| November | The Red Tent | Anita Diamant | |
| December | Family Curse | Magdalene Breaux | |
| 2004 | |||
| January | A Change is Gonna Come | Jacquelin Thomas | |
| February | Pen Pals | Olivia Goldsmith | |
| March | Some Things I Never Thought I'd Do | Pearl Cleage | |
| April | On the Eighth Day She Rested | J. D. Mason | |
| May | Rhythms | Donna Hill | |
| Jun | Drop | Mat Johnson | |
| July | Truth Be Told | Victoria Christopher Murray | |
| August | Getting Mother's Body | Suzan-Lori Parks | |
| September | The Good House | Tananarive Due | |
| October | Blackgammon | Heather Neff | |
| November | The Known World | Edward P. Jones | |
| December | A Love So Strong | Kendra Norman-Bellamy | |
| 2005 | |||
| January | The Blackbird Papers | Ian Smith | |
| February | Forbidden Fruit: Love Stories from the Underground Railroad | Betty De Ramus | |
| March | The Secret Life of Bees | Sue Monk Kidd | |
| April | The Color of Family | Patrica Jones | |
| May | Leaving Cecil Street | Diane McKinney-Whetstone | |
| June | Railroaded! | Whitfield Grant | |
| July | Better Than I Know Myself | Virgina DeBerry & Donna Grant | |
| August | Babylon Sisters | Pearl Cleage | |
| September | A Woman's Worth | Tracy Price-Thompson | |
| October | Promises To Keep | Gloria Mallette | |
| November | 72 Hour Hold | Bebe Moore Campbell | |
| December | Dancing on the Edge of the Roof | Sheila Williams | |
| 2006 | |||
| January | Douglass' Women | Jewell Parker Rhodes | |
| February | Passion's Fool | Francine Craft | |
| March | Grown Folks Business | Victoria Christopher Murray | |
| April | My Heart Cries Tears Of Black: A Collection Of Poetry And Shorts | Cynthia Roby | |
| May | Nowhere Is A Place | Bernice McFadden | |
| June | They Tell Me Of A Home | Daniel Black | |
| July | Kite Runner | Khaled Hosseini | |
| August | Leaving Atlanta | Tayari Jones | |
| September | As Real as it Gets & From Here to Forever | Monica McKayhan | |
| October | The Man in My Basement | Walter Mosley | |
| November | Zora's Cry | Tia McCollors | |
| December | Do You Take this Woman? | RM Johnson | |
| 2007 | |||
| January | The Memory Keeper's Daughter | Kim Edwards | |
| February | Every Reasonable Doubt & In Firm Pursuit | Pamela Samuels-Young | |
| March | Shifting Through Neutral | Bridgett M. Davis | |
| April | What's Done in the Dark | Gloria Mallette | |
| May | The Sisterhood of Blackberry Corner | Andrea Smith | |
| June | Granddaddy's Dirt | Brian Egeston | |
| July | Another Man's Bed | Francis Ray | |
| August | The Sacred Place | Daniel Black | |
| September | The Alchemist | Paulo Coelho | |
| October | Cotton | Christopher Wilson | |
| November | My Sister's Keeper | Jodi Picoult | |
| December | My Soul Cries Out | Sherri Lewis | |
| 2008 | |||
| January | Third Girl from the Left | Martha Southgate | |
| February | The Memoirs of Sara Harvey | Shauna Austin Grice | |
| March | A Thousand Splendid Suns | Khaled Hosseini | |
| April | Seen it All & Done the Rest | Pearl Cleage | |
| May | Without a Map | Meredith Hall | |
| June | Them | Nathan McCall | |
| July | Trading Dreams at Midnight | Diane McKinney-Whetstone | |
| August | Change of Heart | Jodi Picoult | |
| September | Misjudged | Susan Washington | |
| October | Zeus: The Avenger | Reginald Beal | |
| November | Unburnable | Marie-Elena John | |
| December | The Shack | William P. Young | |
| 2009 | |||
| January | Gather Together in My Name | Tracy Price-Thompson | |
| February | Blood on the Leaves | Jeff Stetson | |
| March | Orange, Mint & Honey | Carleen Brice | |
| April | Lovestoned | T.P. Carter | |
| May | Life is Short but Wide | J. California Cooper | |
| June | Same Kind of Different as Me | Ron Hall, Denver Moore | |