Kerry Washington hits the subway in Manhattan to hand out copies of her new book Thicker Than Water and take selfies with fans

With just one day to go until her new memoir Thicker Than Water debuted, Kerry Washington took to the New York City subway to promote it.

The 46-year-old actress shared a new video on Instagram Monday evening in which she handed out copies of her book to fans and took selfies with them.

Based on the exit signs in the subway station, it appears that Washington was at Manhattan’s 5 Avenue/53rd Street Station, which serves the E and F lines.

“Give the F train some reading material,” Washington said in the caption, along with an open book emoji.

#ThickerThanWater releases TOMORROW! Pre-order now!’ she concluded in the post, which received nearly 12,000 likes just an hour after she posted it to her 7.3 million Instagram followers.

Selfie: The 46-year-old actress took to Instagram on Monday night and shared a new video of herself handing out copies of her book to fans and taking selfies with them

The video – set to The King Khan and BBQ Show’s Love You So – showed Washington in a sleeveless white dress with ruffles walking through the F train station handing out books to fans.

She was also seen taking selfies both on the train itself and at the station, a day before the book was due to be released.

The actress and author kicked off her book tour this weekend with a performance at Kip Bays Boys & Girls Club in the Bronx.

She will continue the tour on Tuesday with a Q&A at the Perelman Performing Arts Center in Manhattan featuring a conversation with Vanity Fair’s Radhika Jones.

Washington then goes to Washington DC on Wednesday, Chicago on Thursday, Dallas on Friday, Atlanta on Saturday and Los Angeles on Sunday.

The writer is taking a few weeks off from tour in October before heading to London on Saturday, October 20, Manchester on Sunday, October 21, a virtual event on Tuesday, October 24 and a final stop in Miami on Sunday, November 12.

She’ll also have some special guests along the way, with her Scandal co-star Tony Goldwyn joining her in DC, Tyler Perry in Atlanta and Reese Witherspoon for the virtual event.

The book description reveals that Washington was driving in Los Angeles on a “seemingly average afternoon” when she received a text message “that would send her on a life-changing journey.”

Kerry and fans: The video – set to The King Khan and BBQ Show’s Love You So – showed Washington in a sleeveless white dress with ruffles walking through the F train station handing out books to fans

Selfies: She was also seen taking selfies both on the train itself and at the station, a day before the book was released

Tour: She will continue the tour Tuesday with a Q&A at the Perelman Performing Arts Center in Manhattan with a conversation with Vanity Fair’s Radhika Jones

Guests: She’ll also have some special guests along the way, with her Scandal co-star Tony Goldwyn joining her in DC, Tyler Perry in Atlanta and Reese Witherspoon for the virtual event

She revealed in the memoir that she had an abortion in her early 20s due to an unplanned pregnancy, not long after landing the lead role in Spike Lee’s 2004 film She Hate Me.

“At first I had a lot of trouble deciding whether or not to include my abortion story… But I started to feel like it was really important for me to share it,” she said.

“This story had so much to do with my understanding of myself and the world as my career unfolded,” she said.

“It’s so important to me that abortion isn’t a bad word, and that my abortion isn’t something on the list of things I’m ashamed of,” she added.