General Fiction

In a charming new chapter-book series by a social-change advocate, young Frankie emulates her journalist mama by reporting on household news with the help of her sister and an unlikely news crew.   Frankie's mama is leaving to cover a breaking...

In this spellbinding romantic comedy from a series about a family of witches, a lovelorn small-town witch helps a handsome prince break free from a curse--all while trying not to let their feelings for each other bubble to the surface. A witch without a...

Four-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K. Jemisin crafts a glorious tale of identity, resistance, magic and myth. All is not well in the city that never sleeps. Even though the avatars of New York City have temporarily...

Her mission is to find a killer. His job is to keep a secret... When a body is found on a deserted road, Detective Yara Thomas isn't convinced it's suicide. The victim's cell phone is missing. And why is Brandon West's business card in the dead woman's...

In this follow-up to Kayode's "action-packed and spirited debut" Philip Taiwo returns to solve a missing-persons case, and in so doing, uncovers dark secrets the church has worked tirelessly to hide (Oyinkan Braithwaite, author of My Sister, the Serial...

Between the betrayals, lies, and relentless body drops, everything is on the line in national bestselling author and urban lit superstar Kiki Swinson's explosive new series set in South Beach and featuring the gritty, fierce, unforgettable Kira from...

A beautiful collector's edition of the acclaimed post-apocalyptic follow-up to Parable of the Sower by the visionary Octavia Butler, with a new introduction by the New York Times bestselling author Akwaeke Emezi. In 2032, Lauren Olamina has survived...

When several of Diamond's people turn up dead, things become more complicated when her police contact tells her that her own alter ego, Alexis, is a person of interest in one of their deaths. It causes her to question which life is real--or if it is all...

Roy Glenn returns with another action-packed saga in the Mike Black universe, which launched over two decades ago.   The war with the Troka Clan, an Albanian mafia organization, is over. Still, Shy is convinced that the gang's American partner,...

Twenty years after Ashley and JaQuavis made their fiction debut with Dirty Money, Urban Books is proud to introduce this classic from the New York Times bestselling duo to a new generation of urban fiction fans. Ashley and JaQuavis tell the story of a...

For the first time in more than a decade, Kenyatta's Last Hist is now back in print, along with the previous titles in the series, with a whole new look to attract new readers as well as long-time fans of the legendary godfather of urban lit. The OG...

Four lifelong friends find their bonds tested when personality differences and relationship issues threaten to pull them apart. What happens when you fall in love with the right man at the wrong time? Rashida Haughton finds out firsthand when she meets...

To help her granddaughter accept the risks of loving, Sadie Watson mines her memory for the tale of the unquenchable love of her life, Jim. Sadie's Jim was an ambitious young slave and seer who, when faced with the prospect of being sold, escaped down...

Selling weed and then running her own robbing crew that targeted drug dealers was how Tori Phillips gained her entry into the Atlanta drug market. Their motto was, "Why buy drugs when you can steal them?" While Tori and her crew are celebrating in South...

Ride along with Carl Weber and C. N. Phillips for this fresh, enthralling spin off to the Family Business series as the heir to a crime family finds himself targeted by an enemy and he'll need more than his family by blood to save him... Nevada Duncan is...