(* denotes the Author joined our book discussion.)
WiiRED Thru Books Rating System.
“HOT” WiiRED — A must read book!!
“CROSSED” WiiRED — Liked some parts of book and didn’t like some parts.
“TANGLED” WiiRED — Don’t bother reading the book.
| WiiRED reads in 2025 | |||||
| Book # Month | Selection | Author WiiRED Rating | Words from WiiRED | ||
| 1 | Jan | The Women | Kristin Hannah “HOT” WiiRED | “Great story line and history lesson about the Vietnam war.” | |
| 2 | Feb | Nana | Brandon Massey * “HOT” WiiRED | “The discussion was engaging and hearing directly from Brandon on certain details about the characters in the book was icing on the cake!” | |
| 3 | Mar | Flying On Broken Wings | Phyllis Bivins-Hudson* “HOT” WiiRED | “Phyllis’ story was riveting! Her presentation style for the discussion was informative and inspiring!” | |
| 4 | Apr | All We Left Unsaid | Natalie K Martin “HOT” WiiRED | “A very engaging and thought provoking read. It reminds us of the need to mend fences as soon as possible as time waits for no one. Claim your role and seek forgiveness and freely forgive others.” | |
| 5 | May | All Sinners Bleed | S. A. Cosby | ||
| 6 | Jun | 24 Seconds from Now | Jason Reynolds | ||
| 7 | Sep | The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell | SRobert Dugoni | ||
| 8 | Oct | The Unkind Hours | Dwayne Alexander Smith | ||
| 9 | Nov | Dapper Dan Made In Harlem | Daniel R. Day |
| WiiRED reads in 2024 | |||||
| Book # Month | Selection | Author WiiRED Rating | |||
| 1 | Jan | Laws of Depravity (Martyr Maker, 1) | Eriq La Salle “HOT” WiiRED | ||
| 2 | Feb | The Alchemist | Paul Coelho “HOT” WiiRED | ||
| 3 | Mar | Share My Life: A Journey of Love, Faith and Redemption | Kem “CROSSED” WiiRED | ||
| 4 | Apr | Heavy: An American Memoir | Kiese Laymon “CROSSED” WiiRED | ||
| 5 | May | One Day I Saw A Black King | J.D. Mason “CROSSED” WiiRED | ||
| 6 | Jun | The Light We Carry | Michelle Obama “HOT” WiiRED | ||
| 7 | Sep | The House of Eve | Sadequa Johnson “HOT” WiiRED | ||
| 8 | Oct | Dominicana | Angie Cruz “CROSSED” WiiRED | ||
| 9 | Nov | Lush Lives | J. Vanessa Lyon “TANGLED” WiiRED |
| WiiRED reads in 2023 | |||
| Book # Month | Selection | Author | |
| 1 | Jan | Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo | Taylor Jenkins Reid |
| 2 | Feb | Scenes from My Life | Michael K. Williams |
| 3 | Mar | Envy: A Seven Deadly Sins Series | Victoria Christopher Murray |
| 4 | Apr | The Sweetness of Water | Nathan Harris |
| 5 | May | The Truth is in the Wine | Curtis Bunn* |
| 6 | Jun | The Personal Librarian | Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher |
| 7 | Sep | Where The Crawdads Sing | Delia Owens |
| 8 | Oct | Finding Me | Viola Davis |
| 9 | Nov | Harlem Shuffle | Collin Whitehead |
| Book # Month | WiiRED reads in 2022 | ||
| Selection | Author | ||
| 1 | Jan | Just As I Am: A Memoir | Cicely Tyson |
| 2 | Feb | Dark Money | Jane Mayer |
| 3 | Mar | A Man Most Worthy | Marcus Major |
| 4 | Apr | The Cutting Season | Attica Locke |
| 5 | May | Seen It All and Done the Rest | Pearl Cleage |
| 6 | Jun | Will | Will Smith |
| 7 | Sep | Caste | Isabel Wilkerson |
| 8 | Oct | Our Own Worst Enemy | Tom Nichols |
| 9 | Nov | Lust: A Seven Deadly Sins Novel | Victoria Christopher Murray |
| WiiRED reads in 2021 | |||
| Book # Month | Selection | Author | |
| 1 | Jan | The Wedding Date | Jasmine Guillory |
| 2 | Feb | Love is the Way | Bishop Michael Curry |
| 3 | Mar | Provenance: A Novel | Donna Drew Sawyer* |
| 4 | Apr | Blanche on the Lam | Barbara Neely |
| 5 | May | The Seasons of Beento Blackbird | Akosua Busia |
| 6 | Jun | The Vanishing Half | Brit Bennett |
| 7 | Sep | A Promises Land Vol 1 | President Barack Obama |
| 8 | Oct | Life After Death | Sister Souljah |
| 9 | Nov | The Handmaids Tale | Margaret Atwood |
| WiiRED reads in 2020 | |||
| Book # Month | Selection | Author | |
| 1 | Jan | Becoming | Michelle Obama |
| 2 | Feb | A Song for you | Robin Crawford |
| 3 | Mar | Patsy | Nicole Dennis- Bern |
| 4 | Apr | We’re Going to Need More Wine | Gabrielle Union |
| 5 | May | Pressure | Malik Wade |
| 6 | Jun | That was Then, This is Now | Curtis Bunn* |
| 7 | Sep | Educated A Memoir | Tara Westover |
| 8 | Oct | The Treason of Mary Louvestre | My Haley |
| 9 | Nov | Water Dancer | Ta-Nehisi Coates |
| WiiRED reads in 2019 | |||
| Book # Month | Selection | Author | |
| 1 | Jan | The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues | Edward Kelsey Moore* |
| 2 | Apr | Sing, Unburied, Sing | Jesmyn Ward |
| 3 | May | American Marriage | Tayari Jones |
| 4 | Jun | Born A Crime | Trevor Noah |
| 5 | Sep | Children of Blood and Bone | Tomi Adeyemi |
| 6 | Nov | Lazaretto | Diane McKinney-Whetstone |
| WiiRED reads in 2018 | ||
| Selection | Author | |
| 1 | Brock’s Redemption | E J Brock |
| 2 | Vengeance | Lee Child |
| 3 | Before I Forget | B. Smith & Dan Gasby |
| 4 | Abuse of Discretion | Pamela Samuels Young |
| 5 | Welcome To My World | Curtis Bunn * |
| 6 | Small Great Things | Jodi Picoult |
| 7 | Echoes of a Distant Summer | Guy Johnson |
| 8 | The Hand She Played | Sheryl Mallory * |
| 9 | Better Late Than Never | Kimberla Lawson Roby * |
| WiiRED reads in 2017 | ||
| Selection | Author | |
| 1 | The Twelve Gates To the City | Daniel Black |
| 2 | Rare Bird | Anna Whiston-Donaldson * |
| 3 | Ellen Foster | Kaye Gibbons |
| 4 | NewsLady | Carole Simpson |
| 5 | Queen Sugar | Natalie Baszile |
| 6 | The Secret Lives of Cheating Wives | Curtis Bunn* |
| 7 | Tears We Cannot Stop | Michael Eric Dyson |
| 8 | I Almost Forgot About You | Terri McMillan |
| 9 | Before I Forget | B. Smith & Dan Gasby |
| 10 | Killers of the Flower Moon | David Grann |
| WiiRED reads in 2016 | ||
| Selection | Author | |
| 1 | Standing At The Scratch Line | Guy Johnson |
| 2 | Stand Your Ground | Victoria Christopher Murray * |
| 3 | The Kitchen House | Kathleen Grissom * |
| 4 | The Wedding Gift | Marlen Suyapa Bodden* |
| 5 | The Bridges Of Madison County | Robert James |
| 6 | Let The Church Say Amen | ReShonda Tate Billingsley* |
| 7 | Americanah | Ngozi Adichie |
| 8 | Honest Illusions | Nora Roberts |
| 9 | Seize The Day | Curtis Bunn* |
| WiiRED reads in 2015 | ||
| Selection | Author | |
| 1 | Sweetest Hallelujah | Elaine Hussey* |
| 2 | Forty Acres | Dwayne Alexander* |
| 3 | Open Door Marriage | Naleighna Kai* |
| 4 | King Peggy | Peggielene Barteis and Eleanor Herman |
| 5 | The Man in 3B | Carl Webber |
| 6 | On the 7th Day | T. D. Jakes |
| 7 | They Tell Me Of A Home | Daniel Black* |
| 8 | Homeport | Nora Roberts |
| 9 | A Pinch of Ooh La La! | Renee Swindle* |
| WiiRED reads in 2014 | ||
| Selection | Author | |
| 1 | An Accidental Affair | Eric Jerome Dickey |
| 2 | The Returned | Jason Mott |
| 3 | Jemima | Jane Green |
| 4 | Perfect Peace | Daniel Black* |
| 5 | The Darkest Child | Delores Phillips |
| 6 | The Supremes At Earl’s All You Can Eat | Edward Kelsey Moore* |
| 7 | The Prodigal Son | Kimberla Lawson Roby* |
| 8 | Shotgon Lovesongs | Nicholas Butler |
| 9 | How the Poor Can Save Capitalism | John Hope Bryant |
| WiiRED reads in 2013 | ||
| Selection | Author | |
| 1 | The Immortal Live of Henrietta Lacks | Rebecca Skloot |
| 2 | Homecoming Weekend | Curtis Bunn* |
| 3 | South by Southeast | Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due & Steve Barnes |
| 4 | Children of the Water | Carleen Brice |
| 5 | The Perfect Marriage | Kimberla Lawson Roby* |
| 6 | Gone Girl | Jillian Flynn |
| 7 | The Twelve Tribes of Hattie | Ayanna Mathis |
| 8 | The Last Days of Ptolemy Gray | Walter Mosely |
| WiiRED reads in 2012 | ||
| Selection | Author | |
| 1 | A Cold Piece of Work | Curtis Bunn* |
| 2 | The Coldest Winter Ever | Sistah Souljah |
| 3 | Deadly Reigns II | Teri Woods |
| 4 | Homemade Love | J. California Cooper |
| 5 | The Five People You Meet in Heaven | Mitch Albom |
| 6 | Life is So Good | Mr. George Dawson & Richard Glaubman |
| 7 | From Cape Town Town with Love | Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due & Steve Barnes |
| 8 | Too Many Lies | Daphine Glenn Robinson |
| WiiRED reads in 2011 | ||
| Selection | Author | |
| 1 | The Black Rose | Tananarive Due |
| 2 | Cane River | Lolita Taldemy |
| 3 | Deadly Reins | Teri Woods |
| 4 | Orange, Mint and Honey | Carleen Brice |
| 5 | In the Heat of the Night | Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due & Steve Barnes |
| 6 | In Search of Satisfaction | J. California Cooper |
| 7 | Temptation | Victoria Christopher Murray* |
| WiiRED reads in 2010 | ||
| Selection | Author | |
| 1 | Casanegra | Blair Underwood |
| 2 | Gather Together in My Name | Tracy Price-Thompson* |
| 3 | The Blackbird Papers | Dr. Ian Smith |
| 4 | Momma Dearest | E. Lynn Harris |
| 5 | My Sister’s Keeper | Jody Picoult |
| 6 | The Midnight Ride of Jonathan Luna | William Keisling |
| 7 | Kindred | Octavia Butler |
| 8 | Basketball Jones | E. Lynn Harris |