General Fiction

A vivid account of life in New York City for the Black and Irish communities and the events that precipitated--and decided--the Civil War, from the Draft Riots and the the decisive entry of Black soldiers into the Union Army, told through the perspective...

What were we, then, if ' English' was a prize out of our reach and ' Tunisian' was the mask we wore at home? Growing up in London with Tunisian parents, wayward Nessie finds herself caught between cultures. Her parents don't want her becoming too...

Three generations of women learn the hard way not everyone is replaceable. Tonya Peterson is the spoiled daughter of a lower-class family whose father works hard to give her the best of everything. When her father can no longer deal with her mother's...

A TODAY and LGBTQ Reads Most Anticipated Book of 2023 - A Goodreads Buzziest Debut Novel of the New Year - An Electric Lit Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Book of Spring 2023 For fans of Queenie and Such a Fun Age comes a deliciously gritty and strikingly bold...

It's a FDNY firefighter's first--and possibly last--week on the job. Charles Davids is a probationary firefighter working his first week out of the academy. For Charles, quietly battling his lack of confidence is a daily challenge as his new officers...

"A great and engrossing read, Kashana humanizes a way of life that is often made fun of and makes the reader understand why someone would go to such great lengths to prepare for the future, so much so she almost sold me on those Life Preserver soy bars!"...

WINNER BEST ANTHOLOGY, WORLD FANTASY AWARDS "You are bound to be wonderstruck."--Lightspeed Magazine"A must-read."--Locus Magazine"Highly recommended."--The British Fantasy SocietyThe world's first ever "year's best" anthology of African speculative...

Winner of the Oregon Book Award for Fiction. Kesha Ajọsẹ-Fisher's No God Like the Mother follows characters in transition, through tribulation and hope. Set around the world--the bustling streets of Lagos, the arid gardens beside the Red...

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 YEAR""As a fan of Grey's Anatomy (and Chicago Med!), I couldn't put down On Rotation, and you won't be able to, either...

'Fresh, flirty and gloriously escapist.' Alex Brown, #1 bestselling author of A Postcard from Paris Will a tropical escape lead to a perfect romance? It was meant to be the holiday of a lifetime for Samantha: the launch of her travel blog, her best...

The 7 Deadly Sins series that inspired four Lifetime original movies continues with this unputdownable novel following mortgage broker Journee Alexander as she tries to escape the secrets of her past without losing all she has worked to build in the...

In this final installment in the acclaimed Black Girls Must Die Exhausted trilogy, Tabitha is juggling work, relationships, and a newborn baby--but will she find the happy ending she's always wanted?After a whirlwind year, Tabitha Walker's carefully...

"A remarkable feat of literary conjuration." --Jennifer Haigh, nationally bestselling author of Mercy Street The acclaimed author of The Serpent's Gift returns with this gripping and powerful novel of healing, redemption, and love, following a queer...

In this final installment in the acclaimed Black Girls Must Die Exhausted trilogy, Tabitha is juggling work, relationships, and a newborn baby--but will she find the happy ending she's always wanted?After a whirlwind year, Tabitha Walker's carefully...

"A Cinderella story as you've never seen it before." After the untimely passing of her father, Tillar Reed had to grow up quickly and let go of her childish desires for fairytales, romance and true love's first kiss. But when she finds herself back home...