2009 Reading Selections

January

Half of a Yellow Sun
By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Genre: International

February

Sweet Release: The Last Step to Black Freedom
By Dr. James Davison, Jr.

Genre: Social Commentary

March

The Demise of Luleta Jones
By Mark Allen Boone

Genre: Mystery/Suspense/
Thriller

April

Someone Knows My Name
By Lawrence Hill

Genre: Historical

May

I Got Somebody in Staunton
By William Henry Lewis

Genre: Short Stories

GOG Book Club Selection of the Month: June

Let the Lion Eat Straw
By Ellease Sutherland

Genre: Novel

July

Best African American Fiction 2009
Editors E. Lynn Harris & Gerald Early

Genre: Anthology

August

Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man
By Steve Harvey

Genre: New Author

September

A Mercy
By Toni Morrison

Genre: Novel

October

The Black Girl Next Door: A Memoir
By Jennifer Baszile

Genre: Autobiography
/Biography

November

If He Hollers Let Him Go
By Chester Himes

Genre: Classic

December

Wounded: A Love Story
By Claudia Mair Burney

Genre:
Sci-Fi/Fantasy