Readalikes: If you enjoyed June's selection . . .

If you enjoyed Denmark Vesey's Garden: Slavery and Memory in the Cradle of the Confederacy by Ethan J. Kytle and Blain Roberts, then you might also enjoy these books recommended by our discussion group members:

• Our Man in Charleston: Britain's Secret Agent in the Civil War South by Christopher Dickey
• Charleston's Avery Center: From Education and Civil Rights to Preserving the African American Experience by Edmund L. Drago with Marvin Dulaney
• Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston
• America's Longest Siege: Charleston, Slavery, and the Slow March towards Civil War by Joseph Kelly
• The Origin of Others by Toni Morrison, with a forward by Ta-Nehisi Coates
• Black Charlestonians: A Social History 1822-1885 by Bernard E. Powers