2002 Edition

February               August

March        September

April                 October

May            November 

June            December

July

February

When Twilight Comes
Gwynne Forster
February 2002 - Dafina

 Say You Need Me
Kayla Perrin
February 2002 - HarperCollins

 Resurrecting Mingus
Jenoyne Adams
(Trade Paperback)
February 2002 - Simon & Schuster

 Twilight
Billy Dee Williams, Elizabeth Atkins Bowman
February 2002 - St. Martin's Press

 Four Guys and Trouble
Marcus Major
(Mass Market Paperback)
February 2002

 Nyagra Falls
Michelle Valentine
February 2002 - Strebor Books International

 This Bitter Earth
Bernice L. McFadden
February 2002 - Dutton

 Shackling Water
Adam Mansbach
February 2002 - Doubleday

 No Compromise
Rochelle Alers
February 2002 - Arabesque/BET

 Killing Time Between Buses
Basil Warner
February 2002 - Highbridge Press

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March

Love Don't Live Here Anymore
Nick Chiles and Denene Millner
March 2002 - Dutton

 I Know Who Holds Tomorrow
Francis Ray
March 20, 2002 - St. Martin's Press

 Journey to TimBookTu
Edited by Memphis Vaughn, Jr.
March 2002 - Sadorian

 Prayer of Prey
Tony Lindsay
March 2002 - BlackWords

 The Princess of Kaya
Dorothy A. Atabong
March 2002 - Sadorian Publications

 Princess Sister
Sheila Copeland
March 2002 - St. Martin's Press

 May December Souls
Marissa Monteilh
March 5, 2002 - HarperCollins

 Someone to Catch My Drift
Jacqueline Powell
March 2002 - Warner

 Let the Church Say Amen
ReShonda Tate Billingsley
March 2002

 Meant to Be
Rita Coburn Whack
March 2002 - Random House

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April

Emotions
Timmothy B. McCann
Spring 2002 - Dafina 

A Song Flung Up to Heaven
Maya Angelou
April 2, 2002 - Random House

 The Prodigal Husband
Jacquelin Thomas
April 2002 - BET Books

 Growing Up X
Ilyasah Shabazz with Kim McClarin
April 2002 - One World

 The Queen of Harlem
Brian Keith Jackson
April 16, 2001 - Doubleday

Sittin' in the Front Pew
Parry "EbonySatin" Brown
April 2002 - Random House/Villard

This Side of Eternity
Rosalyn McMillan
(Mass Market Paperback)
April 2002 - Pocket Books

You Know Better
Tina McElroy Ansa
April 2002 - Morrow

The Scheme of Things
R. Barri Flowers
April 2002 - Sadorian

Cane River
Lalita Tademy
(Trade Paperback)
April 2002 - Warner

Singsation
Jacquelin Thomas
(Trade Paperback)
April 2002 - Warner

Something Real
J. J. Murray
Spring 2002 - Kensington

Mighty Love
Anita Diggs
2002 - Dafina Books

Belle and the Beau
Beverly Jenkins
April 2002 - William, Morrow & Co.

Book of Mean People
Toni Morrison
April 2002 - Hyperion

Chocolate Thai
Tracy Grant
2002

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May

Draw Me in With Love
Shonell Bacon and JDaniels
May 2002 - Strebor Books International

Don't Believe Your Lying Eyes: A Darryl Billups Mystery
Blair S. Walker
May 2002 - One World

Someone's in the Kitchen
Eric E. Pete
May 2002 - E-fect Publishing

Mr. Potter
Jamaica Kincaid
May 2002 - Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Everybody Got Issues
V. Anthony Rivers
May 2002 - Strebor Books International

 Perfect Timing
Brenda Jackson
May 2002 - Dafina

 Rush Home Road
Lori Lansens
May 2002 - Little, Brown and Company

 Island Interlude
Linda Hudson Smith
May 2002 - BET/Arabesque

 Showing Mary
Renita J. Weems
May 2002 - Walk Worthy Press/Warner

 Married but Still Looking
Travis Hunter
May 2002 - Villard

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June

The Emperor of Ocean Park
Stephen L. Carter
June 2002 - Knopf

 Harlem Redux
Persia Walker
June 2002 - Simon and Schuster

 Renee and Jay
(Mass market paperback)
J.J. Murray
June 2002 - Kensington

 Getting Our Breath Back
Shawne Johnson
June 2002 - Dutton

 No Regrets
Patricia Haley
June 2002 - BET/New Spirit

 Awakening Mercy
Angela Benson
June 2002 - BET/New Spirit

 Another Man's Wife
Shonda Cheekes
Summer 2002 - Strebor Books International

 Turkey Stuffer
Mark Crockett
Summer 2002 - Strebor Books International

 In the Arms of the One Who Loves Me
Jacqueline Jones LaMon
June 2002 - One World

The Heat Seekers
Zane
June 2002 - Pocketbooks

Renee and Jay
(Mass market paperback)
J.J. Murray
June 2002 - Kensington

Shattered Vessels
Nancy Flowers Wilson
June 2002 - Flowers in Bloom Publishing

Wisdom
Heather Neff
June 2002 - One World

A Conversation With the Mann
John Ridley
May 2002 - Warner

BookClub
Curtis Bunn
June 1, 2002 - Upstream Publications

Promises to Keep
Gloria Mallette
June 2002 - Villard Books

Cubicles
Camika Spencer
June 2002 - Villard

Only Son
John Johnson
June 2002 - Warner

Testimony
Felicia Mason
June 2002 - Kensington

Roadrunner
Trisha R. Thomas
Summer 2002 - Crown Publishing Group

Church Folk
Michele Andrea Bowen
(Trade Paperback)
June 2002 - Walk Worthy Press/Warner 

A Little Piece of Sky
Nicole Bailey-Williams
Summer 2002 - Harlem Moon

 Yo Yo Love
Daaimah S. Poole
Summer 2002 – Dafina

 Sex and the Single Sister: Five Novellas
Mary Ann Reid
(Mass Market Paperback)
June 2002 - St. Martin's Press

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July

A Love of My Own
E. Lynn Harris
July 2002 - Doubleday

Any Way the Wind Blows
E. Lynn Harris
(Trade Paperback)
July 2002 - Doubleday

 Just Say No!
Omar Tyree
(Trade Paperback)
July 2002 - Simon and Schuster

 Echoes of a Distant Summer: A Novel
Guy Johnson
July 2002 - Random House

 Twilight
Billy Dee Williams, Elizabeth Atkins Bowman
July 2002 - St. Martin's Press

 Casting the First Stone
(Mass market paperback)
Kimberla Lawson Roby
July 2002 - Kensington

 Bad Boy Brawly Brown
Walter Mosley
July 2002 - Little, Brown and Company

 Dream in Color
(Trade Paperback)
Darlene Johnson
July 2002 - Villard Books

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August

Candy Don't Come in Gray
Roslyn Carrington
August 2002 - Dafina

Coming Home
Roberta Gayle
August 2002 - BET/Arabesque

Everything In Its Place
Evelyn Palfrey
August 2002 - Scribner

A Family Affair
Shirley Hailstock
August 2002 - BET/Sepia

Fifth Born
Zelda Lockhart
August 2002 - Pocket Books

From This Day Forward
Bettye Griffin
August 2002 - BET/Arabesque

I'm Telling
Karen E. Quinones Miller
August 2002 - Simon & Schuster

Just Say No!
(Trade paperback)
Omar Tyree
August 2002 - Scribner

Ladies in Waiting
Linda Hudson Smith
August 2002 - BET/New Spirit

Leaving Atlanta
Tayari Jones
August 2002 - Warner

Leslie: A Novel
Omar Tyree
August 2002 - Simon & Schuster

Never Again Once More
Mary B. Morrison
August 2002 - Kensington

Reaching Back
Nea Anna Simone
August 2002 - BET/Sepia

Satin Doll
(Trade paperback)
Karen E. Quinones Miller
August 2002 - Scribner

What Looks Like Crazy On An Ordinary Day
Pearl Cleage
August 2002 - Harper

Yo Yo Love
Daaimah S. Poole
August 2002 – Dafina

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September

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October

A Little Piece of Sky
Nicole Bailey-Williams
October 2002 - Broadway Books

Dancing on the Sun
Victoria Christopher Murray
October 2002 - Walk Worthy Press

Love Frustration
RM Johnson
October 2002 - Simon and Schuster

Neva Hafta
Edwardo Jackson
October 2002 - Villard

One Moment In Time
Linda Hudson Smith
October 2002 - BET/Arabesque (Kwanzaa)

Southern Comfort
Sheneska Jackson
October 2002 - Simon and Schuster

True Lies
Margaret Johnson-Hodge
October 2002 - Dafina

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November

An Ordinary Woman
Donna Hill
October 2002 - St. Martin's Press

Meeting of the Waters
(Trade Paperback)
Kim McLarin
November 2002 - HarperPerennial

Taken for Granted
Earl Sewell
November 2002 - BET Books

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December

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