Fiction

Walter Mosley's return to noir fiction with a new series featuring the most engaging hero since Easy Rawlins is now in paperback.In L.A. of the 1950s, bookshop owner Paris Milton finds himself in a heap of trouble thanks to a beautiful woman. Paris needs...

In the sequel to Payback is a Mutha, old scores are settled and before long, new tensions arise. Still recovering from the suicide of her best friend, Shan now pregnant by a married man is forced to make major decisions in her life. Ready to leave the...

Hailed as a masterpiece-the finest work yet by an American novelist of the first rank-this is the mysterious story of a young black man who agrees to an unusual bargain to save the home that has belonged to his family for generations. The man at Charles...

Kenny "Ken-Ken" Greene left his days as a hustler behind him when his wife was killed during a scam gone bad, leaving him with a baby daughter. Now he's a cab driver, doing what he can to put food on the table and give his daughter, Destiny, everything...

A powerful tragedy distilled into a jewel of a masterpiece by the Nobel Prize-winning author of Beloved and, almost like a prelude to that story, set two centuries earlier. In the 1680s the slave trade was still in its infancy. In the Americas, virulent...

"With a thoughtful introduction by Mikki Kendall, it will remind you why she was loved, honored, challenged and respected." - Ms. Magazine "This new collection is essential reading for both longtime readers of hooks and new fans seeking to learn more...

"The Blueprint is an astounding work, an unflinching portrait of misogyny and racism in a speculative world terrifyingly close to our own. Rae Giana Rashad chronicles the generational ghosts of womanhood, and how we understand ourselves through the...

The paths of three young Black women in pre-Civil War Philadelphia unexpectedly--and dangerously--collide in this debut novel inspired by the explosive history of a divided city. Philadelphia, 1837. After Charlotte escaped from the crumbling White Oaks...

Winner of the 2023 World Fantasy Award for Best AnthologyWinner of the 2023 Locus Award for Best Anthology A 2023 NAACP Image Award NomineeA 2023 British Fantasy Award NomineeA NPR Best of the Year pickA Book Riot Best SFF of the Year pick "[A]...

From beloved and bestselling author Roxane Gay, "a strikingly fresh cultural critic" (Washington Post) comes an exhilarating collection of her essays on culture, politics, and everything in between. Since the publication of the groundbreaking Bad...

Two strong-willed sisters fight their way to forgiveness in this feel-good Southern fiction, for fans of Terry McMillan and KJ Dell'Antonia's The Chicken Sisters.Sisters Rose Tillman and Marvina Nash haven't spoken in decades--not since Rose sent Marvina...

From celebrated Black writers, creators, and thinkers--and with a foreword by John Legend--comes a collection of letters and original illustrations on the subject of Black love, a powerful and heartfelt celebration of Blackness in all its many forms. In...

In this stirring, tender-hearted debut about ambition and inheritance, a family grapples with how much of their lineage they're willing to unearth in order to participate in the nation's first federal reparations program. Every American waits with baited...

"Amazing...I was completely surprised by the ending of this beautifully told and written book." --Reese Witherspoon   "A triumph of historical fiction" (The Washington Post), an instant New York Times bestseller, and a Reese's Book Club pick, set...