Fiction

A Nigerian psychologist travels to a remote southern border town to uncover the truth about the murder of three university students in this "original and fast-paced thriller" (Lauren Wilkinson, author of American Spy). When Dr. Philip Taiwo is...

"Master of craft and narrative" Walter Mosley returns with this crowning achievement in the Easy Rawlins saga, in which the iconic detective's loyalties are tested on the sun-soaked streets of Southern California (National Book Foundation) It is 1969,...

Butterfly is the first novel in an all new series by New York Times bestselling author Ashley Antoinette and an instant USA Today bestseller! "Run away from the boy that gives you butterflies, he's going to break your heart." Morgan Atkins had been told...

A RECOMMENDED BOOK OF 2019 FROMVanity Fair * Vogue * The Huffington PostA stunning collection of fiction, diary entries, screenplays, and scripts by the brilliant African-American artist and filmmakerRelatively unknown during her life, the artist,...

Blending experience with imagination helped formulate the basis of, and inspired the author, T. H. Moore, to write The End Justifies the Means. The novel is uniquely creative fiction, but an equally honest representation of his life and challenges. The...

Now a Lifetime movie event! From the NAACP Image award winner and national bestselling author of The Personal Librarian, a novel inspired by the seven deadly sins about a woman caught between an entertainment mogul with a shady past and his childhood...

Following the breakout success of his previous novel, "Freeman," Leonard Pitts, Jr. returns with an even more complex, suspenseful, and intricate story that takes on the past 45 years of US race relations through the stories of two veteran journalists, a...

"Stunning, suspenseful, and unforgettably evocative, Jason Overstreet s debut novel glitters with the vibrant dreams and dangerous promise of the 1920s Harlem Renaissance, as one man crosses the perilous lines between the law, loyalty, and deadly lies...

A Finalist for the 2016 National Book AwardNew York Times Bestseller A SeattleTimes pick for Summer Reading Roundup 2017The acclaimed New York Times bestselling and National Book Award-winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming delivers her first adult novel...

Dillon hadn't been called by anyone. He'd called himself and he wasn't ashamed of it. But no good can come from . . . Two years ago, to everyone's surprise, Dillon Whitfield Black, the secret son of Reverend Curtis Black, boldly moved back home, married...

Now back in print, The Vulture is the first novel by the legendary poet, musician, and so-called godfather of rap Gil Scott-Heron, written while he was still a university student. First published in 1970 and digging the rhythms of the street, where the...

When four men vie for her attention, an ambitious personal chef has to figure out how to keep the heat contained in the kitchen in this delectable new novel from the bestselling author of the sexy kitchen romance ("Publishers Weekly") "Recipe for Love...

Secrets abound in this scintillating, drama-fuelled novel about a love triangle between a multi-millionaire baseball star, his wife, and the groupie who's trying to ruin their marriage--if a long-held secret doesn't destroy it first.  Cheryl Blanton...

"I can't wait to see what Trice Hickman does next!" --Mary Monroe, "New York Times "bestselling author  Two couples, two unhappy spouses--one shocking solution. . .  Five years into her happy marriage, Geneva Mayfield is devastated to find that...

Twelve-year-old Cole's behavior causes his mother to drive him from Detroit to Philadelphia to live with a father he has never known, but who soon has Cole involved with a group of African-American "cowboys" who rescue horses and use them to steer youths...

After overcoming the shock of her lottery win, things finally begin to turn around for Lena. As her life comes together, Lena notices that the things she has held dear are beginning to fall apart and she wonders if her life really has changed for the...