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A Year of Reading: A Month-By-Month Guide to Classics and Crowd-Pleasers for You and Your Book Group - Page 3

This list is taken from Elisabeth Ellington and Jane Freimiller's 2002 guide to literature. Each month is broken down into five categories (Crowd-Pleaser, Classic, Challenge, Memoir, and Potluck) and includes discussion questions for each book. This list includes the main books for each category as well as other books by those authors and read-a-likes.
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Patternmaster (Octavia Butler)
Patternmaster
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Octavia Butler
Mind of My Mind (Octavia Butler)
Mind of My Mind
82
Octavia Butler
Survivor (Octavia E. Butler)
Survivor
83
Octavia E. Butler
Wild Seed (Octavia E. Butler)
Wild Seed
84
Octavia E. Butler
Clay's Ark (Octavia Butler)
Clay's Ark
85
Octavia Butler
Dawn (Octavia Butler)
Dawn
86
Octavia Butler
Adulthood Rites (Octavia Butler)
Adulthood Rites
87
Octavia Butler
Imago (Octavia Butler)
Imago
88
Octavia Butler
Parable of the Sower (Octavia Butler)
Parable of the Sower
89
Octavia Butler
Parable of the Talents (Octavia Butler)
Parable of the Talents
90
Octavia Butler
Bloodchild and Other Stories (Octavia Butler)
Bloodchild and Other Stories
91
Octavia Butler
The Between (Tananarive Due)
The Between
92
Tananarive Due
Brown Girl in the Ring (Nalo Hopkinson)
Brown Girl in the Ring
93
Nalo Hopkinson
Remnant Population (Elizabeth Moon)
Remnant Population
94
Elizabeth Moon
Stigmata (Phyllis Alesia)
Stigmata
95
Phyllis Alesia
The Sparrow (Mary Doria Russell)
The Sparrow
96
Mary Doria Russell
Children of God (Mary Doris Russell)
Children of God
97
Mary Doris Russell
Passing (Nella Larsen)
Passing
98
Nella Larsen
Quicksand (Nella Larsen)
Quicksand
99
Nella Larsen
An Imitation of Things Distant (Charles Larson)
An Imitation of Things Distant
100
Charles Larson
Nella Larsen, Novelist of the Harlem Renaissance (Thadious M. Davis)
Nella Larsen, Novelist of the Harlem Renaissance
101
Thadious M. Davis
The House Behind the Cedars (Charles Chestnutt)
The House Behind the Cedars
102
Charles Chestnutt
Plum Bun
Plum Bun
103
Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (James Weldon Johnson)
Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
104
James Weldon Johnson
Corregidora
Corregidora
105
The Blacker the Berry (Wallace Thurman)
The Blacker the Berry
106
Wallace Thurman
Middle Passage (Charles Johnson)
Middle Passage
107
Charles Johnson
Dreamer (Charles Johnson)
Dreamer
108
Charles Johnson
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Charles Johnson)
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
109
Charles Johnson
Oxherding Tale (Charles Johnson)
Oxherding Tale
110
Charles Johnson
Faith and the Good Thing (Charles Johnson)
Faith and the Good Thing
111
Charles Johnson
Black Humor (Charles Johnson)
Black Humor
112
Charles Johnson
Half-Past Nation Time (Charles Johnson)
Half-Past Nation Time
113
Charles Johnson
Being and Race (Charles Johnson)
Being and Race
114
Charles Johnson
Africans in America (Charles Johnson)
Africans in America
115
Charles Johnson
Black Men Speaking (Charles Johnson)
Black Men Speaking
116
Charles Johnson
I Call Myself an Artist (Rudolph P. Byrd)
I Call Myself an Artist
117
Rudolph P. Byrd
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
118
Ralph Ellison
Benito Cereno (Herman Melville)
Benito Cereno
119
Herman Melville
Philadelphia Fire (John Edgar Wideman)
Philadelphia Fire
120
John Edgar Wideman
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