General Fiction

When Gabriel Lynch moves with his mother and brother from a brownstone in Baltimore to a dirt-floor hovel on a homestead in Kansas, he is not pleased. He does not dislike his new stepfather, a former slave, but he has no desire to submit to a life of...

In this highly anticipated sequel from Edgar Award-winning "master of craft and narrative," Walter Mosley, Joe King Oliver is entangled in a dangerous case when he's asked to investigate whether a white nationalist is being unjustly set up. (National...

The memorable men and women of P.G. County are back in Connie Briscoe's wickedly funny and deliciously daring novel of romance and betrayal, dangerous choices and seductive second chances. Barbara Bentley, the grand dame of Prince George's County, an...

After Zola Denise Norwood meets media mogul Davis Vincent McClinton on a New York-bound flight, he makes her a couple of offers before they even land. One is editing his hot new urban style magazine Bling Bling. The other is more personal. As Zola and...

COMING SOON TO HULU - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY - Two estranged siblings delve into their mother's hidden past--and how it all connects to her traditional Caribbean black cake--in this immersive...

17-year old Raven Jamison, and her three best friends, Nia, Jasmine, and Trinity, make up "The Brown Girl Club." The girls spend long carefree days in their bayou town of Lake Lacroix, nestled behind the big city of New Orleans. A dinner time knock at...

From the best-selling author of The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, a searing multi-generational novel--set in the 1980s in racially and politically turbulent Philadelphia and in the tiny town of Bonaparte, Alabama--about a mother fighting for her sanity and...

Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize   A Washington Post Noteworthy Book for September - A Christian Science Monitor Good Summer Reading Pick - A The Root Books By Black Authors We Can't Wait to Read - A The Millions Most...

Two girls' lives are irrevocably intertwined the summer of 1985 in the streets of Brooklyn, New York, and neither will ever be the same in this coming-of-age story that spans decades.In the summer of 1985, Lisa Whitaker is a church kid headed to college...

In her dynamic debut, Halle Hill's Good Women delves into the lives of twelve Black women across the Appalachian South. Featured in People Magazine's Best Books of Fall - One of the Boston Globe's 20 Books We're Excited to Read This Fall - One of...

Winner, Outstanding Fiction Book Prize, National Arts Merit Awards (Zimbabwe)Longlist, 2023 Sunday Times Literary AwardsFrom 2022 Windham Campbell Prize winner Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, the breathtaking conclusion to her multiple award-winning City of Kings...

"Iced is a powerhouse. . . . Ray Shell writes beautifully. The story is heartbreaking. I kept putting it down and picking it up again--it won't let me go."--Maya AngelouA timeless tale of one man's decline into the depths of addiction that is at both a...