Baldwin & Co Monthly Book Club

Join us for our monthly Book Club! Where conversation and literature join forces and minds are opened and stretched.

We are elated to have our monthly meetings back up and running. Join us on the last Saturday of every month to discuss the latest months read with our conversation expert Dr. Jerid P. Woods - @ablackmanreading.

These monthly meetings are open to the public, and books are available for purchase in Baldwin & Co Bookstore. If you are not from the New Orleans area, no worries as we will have a separate meeting at 6pm the following evening (Sunday) on zoom https://galvanize.zoom.us/my/jeridpwoods

If you would like a saved signed copy of the books every month, sign up for our monthly bookclub membership online. This will ensure that every month you will recieve a signed first edition copy of the monthly book title, which can either be picked up in store or mailed directly to you.

Monthly picks for 2026

• January: Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite - A young woman must shake off a family curse and the widely held belief that she is the reincarnation of her dead cousin in this wickedly funny, brilliantly perceptive novel about love, female rivalry, and superstition from the author of the smash hit My Sister, the Serial Killer (“A bombshell of a book... Sharp, explosive, hilarious'--New York Times)
• February: On Morrison by Namwali Serpell - An illuminating, electrifying exploration of the work of Toni Morrison by an award-winning novelist and Harvard professor.
• March: Kin by Tayari Jones - A magnificent new novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of An American Marriage—Tayari Jones has written an unforgettable novel that sparkles with wit and intelligence and deep feeling about two lifelong friends whose worlds converge after many years apart in the face of a devastating tragedy.
• April: Burn Down Masters House by Clay Cane - Inspired by true, long-buried stories of enslaved people who dared to fight back, a searing portrayal of resistance for readers of Colson Whitehead, Jesmyn Ward, and Percival Everett, from Clay Cane, award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author of The Grift.
• May: Chain of Ideas by Ibram X. Kendi - The National Book Award-winning historian of Stamped from the Beginning charts how “great replacement theory” has moved from the margins to become the most dominant political theory of our time—and what we can do to safeguard democracy from this insidious threat.
• June: The Quarter Queen by Kayla Hardy - A Voodoo witch must navigate a magically and radically divided nineteenth century New Orleans to save her mother-and the soul of the city itself-in this lush debut novel inspired by the life of Marie Laveau.
• July: The Fervent Whites by De'Shawn Charles Winslow - Guilt, shame, and suspicion swirl as a small community in upstate New York turns on itself in this moody, propulsive thriller, from the award-winning writer of In West Mills.
• August: Freedom: Essays - Weaving personal reflections with piercing insight and expansive vision across nine brilliant essays, Zinzi Clemmons explores the complexities of the elusive concept of freedom. Clemmons critiques the entrenched inequalities that haunt both countries, from the tragic loss of a childhood friend to the violence that often befalls women who have the audacity to be free.
• September: Take What You Can by Naima Coster - A rich, panoramic exploration of female friendship, class, new motherhood, and independence. A dazzling novel exploring a woman in pursuit of the life she wants.
• October: Dey by Edwidge Danticat - A vivid, timely story, moving from Haiti to Brooklyn to Miami, of a woman whose sense of self and family are called into quesiton when she gets caught in a random act of violence one sunny Florida day.
• November: Every Story is a Love Story by Imbolo Mbue - What do we owe those who have hurt us? Are we defined by our worst moments and our deepest regrets? And, more than anything, can forgiveness ease our suffering? Moving and full of life, Every Story Is a Love Story charts the uneven path from heartbreak to healing.
• December: There Used to be People Here by Kennedy Cole - In 1970s Mississippi, a Black detective and his temporary partner are assigned to a case that shifts from M**der to paranormal conspiracy with life-altering repercussions.