General Fiction

A haunting novel about national identity, race, liberty, loss, dislocation, and surrender, Cole's "Open City" seethes with intelligence. Written in a clear, rhythmic voice that lingers, this is a mature, profound work by an important new author who has...

A stunning debut novel of two girls raised in hardship, separated by fortune, and reunited through tragedy. Fourteen-year-old Audrey Martin, with her Poindexter glasses and her head humming the 3/4 meter of gospel music, knows she ll never get out of...

Set in the first few months following the Confederate surrender and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Sam--a runaway slave who once worked for the Union Army--decides to leave his safe haven in Philadelphia and set out on foot to return to the...

A fiery, inventive, and beautifully crafted novel in the literary tradition of Alice Walker and Toni Morrison.Number 7 on HEY, SMALL PRESS's Best Of 2011 list (heysmallpress.org)! "From the malignant forces of racism and sexism to corruption and...

A provocative novel that upends the history of the transatlantic slave trade,"Blond Roots" reverses and reexamines notions of savagery and civilization asit follows a young woman's journey to freedom.The most provocative debut novel of the year, a...

A "fascinating and vividly rendered" (The Wall Street Journal) mystery featuring one of crime fiction's greatest protagonists--private investigator Easy Rawlins--as he agrees to a dangerous surveillance job. It's 1953 in Red-baiting, blacklisting Los...

Angel, Jaz, Tasha, and Kyra are four girlfriends pulling themselves out of the ghetto--and trying to bring their hearts up to higher ground with them. But when an unwanted guest crashes Angel's wedding, all the rage and bloodlust from the Uhood comes...

When Pamala Bordelon was researching a work on the Florida Federal Writers Project, she discovered writings in the collection that were unmistakably from the hand of Zora Neale Hurston, one of the leading writers of the Harlem Renaissance. Over half of...

The only collaboration between the two brightest lights of the Harlem Renaissance--Zora Neale Hurston and Langston HughesIn 1930, two giants of African American literature joined forces to create a lively, insightful, often wildly farcical look inside a...

Blends the Moses of the Old Testament with Moses of black folklore and song to create a powerful novel of the persecution of slavery, the dream of freedom, and the redemption of the faithful.

A deluxe edition of James Baldwin's groundbreaking novel with a new introduction and a stunning package.   Giovanni's Room is set in the Paris of the 1950s, where a young American expatriate finds himself caught between his repressed desires and...

A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR - FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION - A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK - NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not...

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK - A TIKTOK BOOK CLUB PICK"Sexy, messy and wry, Honey and Spice more than delivers." -- New York Times Book Review"A vibrant debut novel . . . Babalola is incisively funny, capturing the kick and...

A multigenerational saga that traverses the glamour of old Hollywood and the seductive draw of present-day showbiz as secrets split a family tree into Black, white, and something in betweenWhen white silver screen icon Kitty Karr Tate dies and bequeaths...

Love is a game of chance in this romantic suspense novel by New York Times bestselling author and American politician and activist Stacey Abrams, writing under her pen name, Selena Montgomery.   Dr. Raleigh Foster, an operative for a top-secret...