General Fiction

"Nikki Payne skillfully spins the tale of a well-known Jane Austen classic and makes it entirely her own. Thoughtful, hilarious, and smolderingly steamy."--Kristina Forest, author of The Partner Plot Two sisters roll up their sleeves to run a dilapidated...

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER - NATIONAL BESTSELLER - This follow-up to The Underground Railroad brilliantly dramatizes another strand of American history through the story of two boys unjustly sentenced to a hellish reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida. - "One...

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]...

The collector's edition of the acclaimed post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror by the visionary Octavia Butler, now with a new introduction by LeVar Burton.   When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early...

A gripping, page-turning novel set in Jim Crow Florida that follows Robert Stephens Jr. as he's sent to a segregated reform school that is a chamber of terrors where he sees the horrors of racism and injustice, for the living, and the dead...

From Lola Akinmade Åkerström, international bestselling author of In Every Mirror She's Black, comes the highly anticipated second novel, focusing on the lives of three Black women as they fight their own personal struggles in one of the most...

You Made Me A Mama is a heartwarming "thank you" from a mother to her child. This book, written in sweet rhyme, takes you inside the intimate moments of motherhood, and tenderly expresses to young children the joy and unconditional love that comes with...

"Reveals on every page how love can persevere and take shape over time and space."--Boston Globe "Transporting and deeply emotional."--Glamour "One of the most inventive and talented stylists of her generation." --Vulture From the award-winning author...

From James McBride, author of the bestselling Oprah's Book Club pick Deacon King Kong and the National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird, a novel about small-town secrets and the people who keep them In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania,...

The Hurston-Wright Award Finalist makes her long-awaited return with this electrifying saga--as moving and indelible as The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, The Turner House, and The Love Songs of W. E. B. DuBois--that explores three generations of a family...

A groundbreaking debut collection portraying the lived experiences of Black Muslims grappling with faith, family, and freedom in America. In Temple Folk, Black Muslims contemplate the convictions of their race, religion, economics, politics, and...

Dr. Kristen L. Harrison's life is good. Loving family, amazing friends, and tenure is one service project away. All according to her plan. But a Friday night outing with her best friend reminds Kristen of the one thing she hasn't been successful at.....