Fiction

Alexander Merchant is flourishing in the social world of Needham Broughton High, when he meets Natalie Agadani and falls in love. Alexander and Natalie are swept into a whirlwind teenage romance, but when Alexander unwittingly commits a crime, Natalie,...

Alexander Merchant is flourishing in the social world of Needham Broughton High, when he meets Natalie Agadani and falls in love. Alexander and Natalie are swept into a whirlwind teenage romance, but when Alexander unwittingly commits a crime, Natalie,...

J-Rite is 100% blackhearted. New to the city of Grand Rapids but not new to making money, she was born a straight gangster. The pint-sized exotic dancer turned street hustler is caught up in living the "Black American Hood Dream." She has no off button...

From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Famished Road, a classic story of doomed love in a country trying to come to terms with its violent past. An epic of daily life, Dangerous Love is one of Ben Okri's most accessible and most disarming novels. ...

From award-winning Eritrean author Haji Jabir comes a profoundly intimate novel about one man's tireless attempt to find his place in the world.Dawoud is on the run from his murky past, aiming to discover where he belongs. He tries to assimilate into...

The classic freewheeling look at race relations through the ages. Mumbo Jumbo is Ishmael Reed's brilliantly satiric deconstruction of Western civilization, a racy and uproarious commentary on our society. In it, Reed, one of our preeminent African...

The Root, "November 2022 Books by Black Authors We Can't Wait to Read"ESSENCE Magazine's, "18 New Books We Can't Wait To Read This Summer"Bustle's, "The Most Anticipated Books Of September 2022"From the award-winning author of Speaking of Summer comes a...

Our Fruiting Bodies collects stories of old growth and fresh decay, of stubborn rebirth and the faint but nonimaginary paths connecting life and nonlife. From the sharp, sweet confessional of their Peter Pan-inspired "Awfully Big Adventure," through the...

When a whirlwind romance leads to a brutal murder and the disappearance of a young Nigerian woman, PI Emma Djan resorts to dangerous undercover work to track her down in Accra. Just as things at work are slowing down for PI Emma Djan, an old friend of...

School's back in session and there's a lot of unfinished business to handle. As Lena prepares for her wedding day, she can't help but think about Denise, her sexy b-ball roommate who almost stole her away. A summer isn't enough time to get over a true...

A stunning and witty debut novel about a young woman's emotional journey through unimaginable loss, pulled along by her tight-knit Nigerian family, a posse of new friends, and the love and laughter she shared with her husband. Onyi Nwabineli is a fresh...

Lyrical, witty, moving and timely, To Fill a Yellow House is a story of community, friendship and the power of creativity and connection.When Kwasi's family moves abruptly from one side of London to the other, Kwasi is both excited by the change--the new...

The Shady Sisters Trilogy In this sexy page-turner from Lutishia Lovely, a conniving seductress embarks on a spectacular finale as her need for revenge--and for the object of her obsession--reaches a boiling point . . . After a nightmarish two years,...

What would you do if someone granted your deepest desire for one tiny favor?​ What would you give up to gain your freedom?​ And, if it came down to it, who would you save: yourself, or a loved one? ​Elizabeth Bathory-Tepes wants to find...

Streetwise and Booksmart. This is the motto that represents fifteen-year-old Kamal Bukhari, nicknamed Knerdie B. He proclaims himself to be the most talented high school basketball player to come out of South Phoenix. Kamal is the only child of immigrant...

Book 1 in the Crescent Crew series They risked it all for the love of the dough, then wrote chart-topping songs about it. But can this crew escape their past? For Reece and Qwess, being rap superstars was the dream, but in real life nothing moved...