Fiction

LaQuette's debut sexy romantic comedy Vanessa Jared's Got a Man tells the story of a woman getting her groove back and getting a second chance at love. Vanessa Jared, a 40-something divorcee, decided that the best way to pull herself out of their...

In a fantastical version of New Orleans where music is magic, a battle for the city's soul brews between two young mages, a vengeful wraith, and one powerful song in this vibrant and imaginative debut. Nola is a city full of wonders. A place of sky...

ONE OF TEEN VOGUE'S 25 BOOKS BY BLACK AUTHORS THEY CAN'T WAIT TO READ THIS YEARONE OF BETCHES' 22 BOOKS YOU NEED TO READ THIS YEARAs a fan of Grey's Anatomy (and Chicago Med!), I couldn't put down On Rotation, and you won't be able to, either. Shirlene...

This essential one-volume collection brings together some of the most influential and significant works by African-American writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Included herein are such classics as Frederick Douglass's Narrative of the Life...

The author of the "brazenly hilarious, tell-it-like-it-is first novel" (Oprah Daily) Queenie returns with another witty and insightful novel about the power of family--even when they seem like strangers. If you could choose your family...you wouldn't...

A stunning debut from a new voice in Nigerian literature: a mesmerizing, Kafkaesque narrative, informed by the life of musical superstar Fela Kuti. The day a stained brown envelope arrives from Lagos, the exiled musician Taduno knows that the time has...

Jaslyn Davenport is doing her best to get over her ex-boyfriend, Sampson Tate. However, he is hard to forget, especially when Sampson seems to show up everywhere she turns! After one night of passion, Jaslyn must decide if a relationship with Sam is...

The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement that saw an explosion of Black art, music and writing, yet few female creatives are remembered alongside their male counterparts. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound,...

"Gayl Jones's work represents a watershed in American literature.--Imani Perry Legendary writer Gayl Jones returns with a stunning new novel about Black American artists in exile Gayl Jones, the novelist Toni Morrison discovered decades ago and Tayari...

For fans of Jacqueline Woodson and Brit Bennett, a striking coming-of-age debut about friendship, community, and resilience, set in the housing projects of Chicago during one life-changing summer.Toya Wolfe is a storyteller of the highest order. Last...

Harlem is a beautiful, smart, and funny seventeen-year-old. She lives in the projects with her drug-addicted parents. They are so far gone that Harlem must fend for herself and at times do a little hustling of her own to feed their habit. As if things...

FINALIST FOR THE 2022 LA TIMES ART SEIDENBAUM AWARD FOR FIRST FICTION. "The electrifying fiction debut that has been called 'a modern Mrs. Dalloway.'"--THE ATLANTIC "Mind-bending and utterly original."--Brandon Taylor "Slim in the hand, but its impact is...

Joylynn M. Jossel's When Souls Mate is the sexy, drama filled sequel to The Root of All Evil What wouldn't you do for love? While serving time in prison for the murder of her ex-husband Reo Laroque's child, Klarke Taylor has lost everything, including...

2022 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Fiction A NPR BOOKS WE LOVE 2021 Selection A New York Times "Biggest New Books Coming Out in September" Selection - A New York Times Book Review Editors Choice Pick - A Guardian "50 Biggest Books of Autumn 2021" Selection...

Trust no man. Every action has a reaction and sometimes that reaction is...death Lust, Lies, and Betrayal Scarred by the one you love... Ananda is on her way to the top. A frail heart and mistrust of men once took her soul to the bottom. Her sassy...