Read On Book Club

We are all about bringing together people who love to read and who want to build a community focused on discovering and celebrating the literature of Black Writers.  

Please join us on the last Monday of the month for amazing conversations about amazing books.

January 27, 2025

What You Leave Behind: A Novel  by Wanda M. Morris

This is a haunting thriller following a lawyer who, after  the mysterious disappearance of a local landowner, uncovers a conspiracy that dates back to Reconstruction and persists in half the United States today.

February 24, 2025

Lovely One  by Ketanji Brown Jackson

The first Black woman ever appointed to the Supreme Court of the United  States, chronicles her life story and her extraordinary path to becoming a jurist on America’s highest court in this intimate memoir.

March 31, 2025

Wild Rain  by Beverly Jenkins

USA Today Bestselling Author Beverly Jenkins continues to captivate Readers with Women Who Dare series with female ranchers who forge their own paths.  Meet Spring Lee banished by her grandfather at age eighteen, and survived scandal to claim her own slice of Paradise, Wyoming. She is unwilling to share it with a stranger!

April 28, 2025

Control  by Omar Tyree

This psychological thriller set in Atlanta delivers a gripping, twisty tale of one psychologist and six talented but dangerously toxic clients who push her to her own vulnerable limits.

May 19, 2025 * third Monday *

Bent but Not Broken (A Lexington, Alabama Novel)  by Mary Monroe

Unpredictable twists and scandals in the latest depression-era of Alabama.  The New York Times Best-selling Author Mary Monroe tells of a mistreated wife who finally finds the love she’s longed for, only to be plunged into deceit, betrayal, and murder.

June 30, 2025

The Talented Rib Kings: A Novel  by Ladee Hubbard 

Meet John Ribkins, he has just one week to come up with the money he stole from his mobster boss or else. Inspired by W.E.B. Du Bois’s famous essay “The Talented Tenth”, and the author’s imagination, Hubbard has created a novel about race, class, politics, and the unique gifts that, while they may cause some problems from time to time, bind a family together. 

July 28, 2025

Where There’s Smoke  by Kiki Swinson

Volunteer Virginia Beach firefighter Alayna Curry used to pride herself on saving lives.  But now, determined to conceal her part in an arson-for-insurance scam gone bad, she’s using her skills to have the scheme’s leader, her ex-love interest to be shot dead, claiming it was a robbery.

August 25, 2025

Love After Midnight  by Sister Souljah

Winter Santiaga is back! “Love After Midnight picks up where Winter Santiaga left off, diving deeper into her world.  After a soul stirring death experience, Winter finds herself grappling with the ultimate questions of life and the afterlife.  But amidst all the chaos, she’s still chasing after her deepest desires for love, money, revenge, and fame.

September 29, 2025

Curvy Girl Summer  by Danielle Allen

Bridget Jones’s Diary meets Survival of the Thickest.  Curvy Girl Summer is a hilarious novel about the uncertainty of online dating.

October 27, 2025

Tainted Liberties  by L.R. Jackson

Two contrasting families collide amidst disturbing revelations that threaten to shatter their beliefs and marital vows in this raw and reflective romantic drama. 

November & December – Holiday Breaks / No Meetings