Recently Reviewed Books

Each month The BLK Bestsellers List celebrates America’s bestselling books by Black writers — the top 20 titles in 8 different categories — 160 different books.  Most are books on the list including Worse than a Lie by Ben Crump (#1 Hardcover Fiction), The Bible in 52 Weeks by Kimberly D. Moore (the #1 bestseller overall), and Kin by Tayari Jones; are available as audiobooks.

Recently Reviewed Books
A Dream Deferred: Jesse Jackson and the Fight for Black Political Power by Abby Phillip
“Phillip, a wordsmith expert in presidential politics, the Congress, and political campaigns, paints a vivid picture of a person who was ‘…the ultimate celebrity candidate, someone who understood the media on a profound level’ with a penchant of his own agenda.” Read Robert Fleming’s review ▶

Echoes of Cabrini-Green: Letters to My Mother by Rudolph Elliot Willis

“…Willis writes letters to his late mother, narrating the events of his childhood leading up to the demolition of the Chicago Cabrini-Green public housing projects where they once called home. What emerges from these letters is not simply a memoir of upward mobility, but also a meditation on faith, identity, grief, and the enduring architecture of a mother’s love.” Read Eryka Parker’s review ▶

The Black Don’t Crack… Book Spines Book Club
Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell Discussion: Sunday, March 29, 2026, at 2 p.m. eastern
I’m almost finished, and I think this is a remarkable book! I’m really looking forward to learning what others think. Join us!
Also, check out an article about our Book Club’s History at So Booking Cool.

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