Fiction

By turns subtle and intense, disturbing and elusive, the stories in this collection are ultimately connected by themes of memory and loss, reality and fabrication, and by a richless of language that rests lightly on its carefully foundation.

"Vibrant. . . . Completely engaging. . . . A unique blend of poetic language and graphic depictions of the injustices suffered by African Americans in the post-Civil War period."-- Booklist (starred review)Diane McKinney-Whetstone's stunning historical...

Once two souls are joined . . . When Adam's soul mate rejected him, there was more at stake than his heart. After seven hundred years of searching, his true match would have ended the curse that keeps his spirit in chains. But beautiful, stubborn Eliza...

Mohammed Hanif delivers a shockingly funny new novel set in steaming Karachi, about second chances, thwarted ambitions and love found in the most unlikely places. The patients of the Sacred Heart Hospital for All Ailments need a miracle. Alice Bhatti may...

FBI agent Tilo Adams is still reeling from her involvement with the now-annihilated Mendoza family in this gripping sequel.Left for dead, Tilo's lover, Victória Mendoza, now wants revenge on the woman that broke her family ... and her heart. Victória is...

[A] scorching treatise on toxic masculinity. Joseph's critiques of the patriarchy... both overt and ingrained are razor-sharp, but it's the clear-eyed reckoning of his own place within it that tethers the soul of his book. --Publishers WeeklyJoseph has...

Reminiscent of the works of Margaret Atwood, Shirley Jackson, and Octavia Butler, a biting social commentary from the acclaimed author of Lakewood that speaks to our times--a piercing dystopian novel about the unbreakable bond between a young woman and...

Recently aged out of the foster care system, Maya moves to New York City for a new start on life. After little success, loneliness and depression, Maya decides to commit suicide when a fateful meeting with Daniel changes her outlook on life.

Do you have any idea what the people you know are capable of? Bestselling author of All My Lies Are True, Dorothy Koomson, asks how well you can really know your neighbors. Fans of Lisa Jewell and Louise Candlish will rip through the pages of this...

How do you ask for a second chance from the person whose world you shattered? How do you make things right?Let Me Make It Right is an intense novel - about love, loss, and second chances - with a little forgiveness on the side.Nathan would rather rip out...

Marvel's stronger-than-steel man of the streets, Luke Cage, partners with the mystic kung fu master Iron Fist in the beginning of one of the greatest teams in comic-book history! Together, Power Man and Iron Fist are heroes for hire, taking on any job,...

"Rich in identity," as he described himself, Randall Kenan wrote widely and profoundly about what it meant to be Black, gay, and Southern. He confessed himself "elusive"--yet revealed himself in astonishing prose--memories of his three mothers...

A Rage in Harlem is a ripping introduction to Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones, patrolling New York City's roughest streets in Chester Himes's groundbreaking Harlem Detectives series. Featuring an introduction by James Ellroy. For love of fine,...

There's a saying that if you come from my part of town, you're from around the way. Around the Way Girls 11 is a fast-paced look at the lives of some street-smart women who think they know it all, but are about to get the lessons of their lives. "Meal...