Forthcoming Books for 2019 by African-Americans

The adult literary list for books scheduled for US publication in 2019 for those that seek to read stories from a african-american point of view. African-Americans only please. No hood lit, urban lit, erotica, chick lit, ebooks, or self-published. Novels, short stories, and poetry only. English titles only.

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1	We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin (Goodreads Author) 3.62 avg rating — 5,108 ratings score: 1,988, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson (Goodreads Author) 3.49 avg rating — 30,389 ratings score: 989, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 296,401 ratings score: 989, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray (Goodreads Author) 3.63 avg rating — 21,186 ratings score: 792, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates 4.06 avg rating — 117,274 ratings score: 758, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Last Thing You Surrender by Leonard Pitts Jr. (Goodreads Author) 4.65 avg rating — 2,657 ratings score: 690, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	1919 by Eve L. Ewing (Goodreads Author) 4.49 avg rating — 2,666 ratings score: 659, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Alms for Oblivion by William Heath 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 500, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	In West Mills by De'Shawn Charles Winslow 3.90 avg rating — 2,517 ratings score: 493, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Deep by Rivers Solomon (Goodreads Author) 3.77 avg rating — 39,003 ratings score: 489, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Tradition by Jericho Brown 4.23 avg rating — 10,065 ratings score: 456, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Lot by Bryan Washington 3.75 avg rating — 10,233 ratings score: 395, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Magical Negro by Morgan Parker 4.31 avg rating — 2,773 ratings score: 382, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Record Keeper by Agnes Gomillion (Goodreads Author) 3.57 avg rating — 634 ratings score: 380, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	They All Fall Down by Rachel Howzell Hall (Goodreads Author) 2.90 avg rating — 5,991 ratings score: 380, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 82,789 ratings score: 362, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Small Silent Things by Robin Page 3.60 avg rating — 563 ratings score: 275, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Revisioners by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton (Goodreads Author) 3.77 avg rating — 7,136 ratings score: 275, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	A Death in Harlem by Karla F.C. Holloway 3.80 avg rating — 178 ratings score: 271, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Build Yourself a Boat by Camonghne Felix 4.06 avg rating — 1,156 ratings score: 263, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Africaville by Jeffrey Colvin (Goodreads Author) 3.19 avg rating — 1,288 ratings score: 258, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Avery Colt is a Snake, a Thief, a Liar by Ron A. Austin (Goodreads Author) 4.45 avg rating — 75 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Cygnet by Season Butler (Goodreads Author) 3.40 avg rating — 521 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The Travelers by Regina Porter (Goodreads Author) 3.60 avg rating — 3,638 ratings score: 185, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Speaking of Summer by Kalisha Buckhanon (Goodreads Author) 3.25 avg rating — 1,704 ratings score: 181, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Heaven, My Home (Highway 59 #2) by Attica Locke 3.89 avg rating — 9,466 ratings score: 179, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Remembered by Yvonne Battle-Felton (Goodreads Author) 3.65 avg rating — 927 ratings score: 173, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	In the Heat of the Light by Stephen Kearse (Goodreads Author) 2.83 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 169, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Library of Small Catastrophes by Alison C. Rollins 4.12 avg rating — 465 ratings score: 153, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Hollywood Hack (Detective by Day, #3) by Kellye Garrett (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 151, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Felon: Poems by Reginald Dwayne Betts 4.32 avg rating — 2,841 ratings score: 150, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Orion and The Light by Michael Hope 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Exile Blues by Douglas Gary Joseph Freeman 4.21 avg rating — 24 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	One Night in Georgia by Celeste O. Norfleet (Goodreads Author) 3.59 avg rating — 736 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	God's Will and Other Lies by Penny Mickelbury (Goodreads Author) 4.87 avg rating — 15 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Mary Toft; or, The Rabbit Queen by Dexter Palmer 3.73 avg rating — 1,955 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Black From the Future: A Collection of Black Speculative Writing by Stephanie Andrea Allen (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.86 avg rating — 147 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Tonic and Balm by Stephanie Allen (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 53 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	My Darkest Prayer by S.A. Cosby (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 15,639 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Revelation by Bobi Gentry Goodwin 3.79 avg rating — 24 ratings score: 72, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	A Ruin of Shadows by L.D. Lewis (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 271 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Hot August Nights by Teneka Woods (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 70, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	The Divide (Jade Harrington, #3) by J.L. Brown (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 103 ratings score: 68, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	A Bound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing: The Incarceration of African American Women from Harriet Tubman to Sandra Bland by DaMaris B. Hill (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 792 ratings score: 66, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Heed the Hollow: Poems by Malcolm Tariq 4.44 avg rating — 75 ratings score: 62, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Empty Bottles Full of Stories by R.H. Sin (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 6,387 ratings score: 61, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	The Book of Training by Colonel Hap Thompson of Roanoke, VA, 1843: Annotated From the Library of John C. Calhoun by Percival Everett 3.98 avg rating — 86 ratings score: 60, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	A Jazz Funeral for Uncle Tom by Harmony Holiday 4.58 avg rating — 45 ratings score: 59, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	The Sun Weakens Beneath The Skin by Sandra T. (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 58, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Multitude of Visions: Liminal Spaces in 3D by Sandra T. (Goodreads Author) 4.75 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 57, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Daykeeper by Ran Walker (Goodreads Author) 2.92 avg rating — 80 ratings score: 56, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Furious Flower: Seeding the Future of African American Poetry by Joanne V. Gabbin (Editor) 4.45 avg rating — 29 ratings score: 55, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Salt Body Shimmer by Aricka Foreman (Goodreads Author) 4.72 avg rating — 40 ratings score: 54, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Dark // Thing by Ashley M. Jones 4.60 avg rating — 57 ratings score: 53, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Eternity: Selected Poems by Tracy K. Smith 4.08 avg rating — 51 ratings score: 51, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Good Man Gone Bad (Aaron Gunner #7) by Gar Anthony Haywood 3.93 avg rating — 88 ratings score: 50, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Borrowed Time (Cass Raines, #2) by Tracy Clark (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 2,111 ratings score: 49, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	A Killing Fire by Faye Snowden (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 145 ratings score: 48, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

58 books · 65 voters · list created August 1st, 2018 by Addy (votes) .

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message 1: by Addy (new)

Sep 01, 2018 10:33AM

The Lesson by Cadwell Turnbull has been removed because the author is not African-American. I found an interview from Nightmare magazine:
"I grew up in the Caribbean. My family is from the Caribbean. It is home for me. It will always feel like home. I find that even in memory I know it more intimately than anywhere else I’ve been. "
http://www.nightmare-magazine.com/non...

Thanks, but this list is for African-American authors only.

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message 2: by Addy (new)

Dec 12, 2018 06:57PM

The World Doesn't Require You: Stories by Rion Amilcar Scott has been removed because the author is not African-American. From the washingtonian:
"my parents are immigrants from a very unique island in the Caribbean."
https://www.washingtonian.com/2017/05...

Thanks but this list is for African-Americans.

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message 3: by Ms. Woc Reader (new)

Jan 12, 2019 06:00AM

Addy, I see you voted for The Wedding Party . The book is Chick Lit.

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message 4: by Addy (new)

Jan 12, 2019 11:53AM

^^^I see you're right. Thought it was just romance. Removed.

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message 5: by Ms. Woc Reader (new)

Jan 12, 2019 02:20PM

And Hollywood Hack is a cozy mystery that would also fall in the chick lit category

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message 6: by Addy (last edited Jan 12, 2019 03:34PM) (new)

Jan 12, 2019 03:22PM

Divena wrote: "And Hollywood Hack is a cozy mystery that would also fall in the chick lit category"
I disagree. ETA: I have no problems with cozy mysteries, one or two isn't a big deal for me and I've already placed this author on my previous list. And I don't think this is chicklit.

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message 7: by Ms. Woc Reader (new)

Jan 12, 2019 03:28PM

I've read the previous books in the series Hollywood Homicide and Hollywood Ending. Both very much chicklit.

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message 8: by Ms. Woc Reader (last edited Jan 12, 2019 08:44PM) (new)

Jan 12, 2019 03:37PM

Addy wrote: "Divena wrote: "And Hollywood Hack is a cozy mystery that would also fall in the chick lit category"
I disagree. ETA: I have no problems with cozy mysteries, one or two isn't a big deal for me and I..."

Just saying your list excludes chick lit and the previous book was removed from your last list for being chick lit. This series is in the same vein of the Wedding Party serious except the romance is one element of the story alongside the mystery.

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message 9: by Addy (new)

Jan 18, 2019 11:35PM

Divena wrote: "Addy wrote: "Divena wrote: "And Hollywood Hack is a cozy mystery that would also fall in the chick lit category"
I disagree. ETA: I have no problems with cozy mysteries, one or two isn't a big deal..."
I usually don't remove a book of a certain genre unless I see https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1... by a known publisher of that genre or many people shelf the book as "chick-lit" (AND I haven't read the book in question to disagree). This is not the case for this series.

I didn't remove the book from my last list for being chick-lit. I removed it to prove a point, to be honest. Someone was placing an overwhelming amount of rule breakers on my list. If you look at this list, you'll see the first book in this series on the list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

This list isn't for cozy mysteries, but I'll let one or two slip through. I've seen others create "literary" lists as well and they have a MORE than a few rule breakers. I only let in about two, Maybe three. Maybe.

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message 10: by Addy (new)

Feb 10, 2019 10:44AM

Judges: When The Light Lay Still by Charles J. Eskew has been removed because it's not a book. The rules state no ebooks.

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message 11: by Addy (new)

Feb 21, 2019 11:21AM

The following have been remved because the authors are not African-Americans:

The World Doesn't Require You: Stories
by Rion Amilcar Scott

Black Card
by Chris L. Terry

The Haunting of Tram Car 015
by P. Djèlí Clark

A Particular Kind of Black Man
by Tope Folarin

Shades: Detroit Love Stories
by Esperanza M Cintron

The following have been removed because they have been published before 2019:

Negrophobia: An Urban Parable
by Darius James

Blueschild Baby: A Novel
by George Cain

Hue and Cry: Stories
by James Alan McPherson

Country Place: A Novel
by Ann Petry

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message 12: by Reggie (new)

Feb 22, 2019 12:35PM

Absolutely Nothing to Get Alarmed About consists of 3 novels, all of which were published in the 20th century, just like Negrophobia, Blueschild Baby, Hue and Cry & Country Place.

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message 13: by Addy (new)

Mar 10, 2019 08:58AM

Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams and The Old Drift
by Namwali Serpell have been deleted because the authors are not African-Americans.

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message 14: by Addy (new)

Mar 31, 2019 06:08AM

SLAY by Brittney Morris has been removed because this list if not for Young Adult novels.

You can find the book on my other list for YA and MG fiction here:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

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message 15: by Addy (new)

Sep 10, 2019 03:45AM

The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin has been removed and added to the 2020 list. Apparently the publication was pushed back.

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message 16: by Addy (new)

Jul 08, 2020 07:35AM

A Violent Woman: A Novel by Ayana Mathis has been moved to the 2021 list.

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message 17: by Addy (new)

Jul 21, 2020 11:55AM

The Gone Dead by Chanelle Benz has been removed because the author is not African-American.