Fiction

Fresh and startling thoughts on the progress and backlash that is reality for African Americans today. Trapped in a confusing maze of contradictions, there is still a measured hope for living, working, and loving alongside those who embrace equality...

Inspired by the 15th century morality play Everyman, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' new work follows Everybody (played by one of five actors selected by lottery at the beginning of each performance) as he or she travels down a road toward life's greatest...

Two Black sisters growing up in small-town New England fight to protect their home, their bodies, and their dreams as the Civil Rights Movement sweeps the nation in Promise, a "magical, magnificent novel" (Marlon James) from "a startlingly fresh voice"...

When their love is put to the ultimate test and their foundation is cracked, can they repair the damages to their covenant, or will their life together be over as quickly as it began? Young and deeply in love, Mone't and Austin have the world at their...

A neat freak Scrooge and a Christmas-loving ball of chaos must coexist for a week, and the friction and separation that ensue make the most magical time of the year highly remarkable. After pumping her hard-earned savings into a business plan that...

Meet Black British expat Greg Abimbola - a seemingly mild-mannered Russian language teacher with terrifying secrets - in this stunning mystery set in Pittsburgh, the City of Bridges: Agatha Christie meets John le Carr�. Greg Abimbola is many...

This is the third volume in this highly praised series (the first won the World Fantasy Award). Previous works been praised for their eclectic mix of stories, offering a panorama of themes and styles. For instance, the 2021 edition included a story about...

A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK!Recommended by The New York Times - Vogue - People - NPR - Vulture - The Guardian - Cosmopolitan - Rolling Stone - Publishers Weekly - The Sunday Times - and many more!In this sensational, page-turning debut novel, a...

In formally adventurous stories rooted in Zambian literary tradition, Obligations to the Wounded explores the expectations and burdens of womanhood in Zambia and for Zambian women living abroad. The collection converses with global social problems...

As a playwright, director, and performer, Robbie McCauley has been an influential presence in the American avant-garde theatre for many decades. In her work, she consistently confronts uncomfortable truths about race and racism in America with a sharp...

Two lives spiral into a chaotic, fatal pas de deux during a weekend of sex, alcohol and violence--from the acclaimed author of the Harlem Detectives series Years ago, Jesse Robinson and Kriss Cummings had a passionate weekend in Chicago, but they haven't...

International Booker-nominated satirist GauZ' returns with a panoramic journey into the colonization of the African interior.In an attempt to avoid life as a factory worker, Dabilly, a young white man in late nineteenth-century France, seeks colonial...

A prominent romance author has a slump in her love life and book sales, but a chance encounter with a hot firefighter helps her reignite her muse in this swoony holiday romance, perfect for book romantics. Saira Wright is a prominent Black romance author...

Old flames are reunited with the burden of their past and a love that still lingers in this heartfelt holiday romance by Jahquel J. Being known as the daughter of the Sageport's town drunk always left Faith Stone defending her mother and herself. Her...

What if toxic pollutants traveled up the socioeconomic ladder rather than down it? A Black biochemist provides an answer in this wildly original novel of pollution, poison, and dark pleasure In Atlanta, Kenny Bomar is a...

Blake Karrington once again takes you on a Southern literary ride with his latest criminal romance. In Deeper than Love, find out what happens when Ciara and Sabrina fail to realize that the answers they seek to close the biggest case of their careers...