Fiction

Accompanied by the deep beats of Amapiano music, D. Nandi Odhiambo's gritty, high-stakes new novel Amapiano Eyes is a masterful blend of literary fiction and noir--an existential thriller where the past and present collide.When the pandemic abruptly...

We Rode the Rhythms as One offers readers an immersive journey into the life and legacy of one of America's most unorthodox and inspiring poets. More than just a literary analysis, this book captures the pulse of Etheridge Knight's life, weaving together...

Hustle & Honey follows Nyah Carter, a determined North Omaha chef fighting to save her late mother's food-truck legacy, and Quinton "Q" Banks, a tattoo-shop owner with deep street ties trying to leave his past behind. When a local shot-caller threatens...

Set in what may be the future, and centered on six women sharing a space in some sort of crumbling apartment tower, Ruins, Child is remarkable for its irresistible sweep, wit, and prickly splintered truth. Like a precious old mirror that's been dropped,...

A celebration of tardiness through funny, revealing, and deeply thoughtful essays on the nature of time and collective memory In Colored People Time, Manny Fidel explores how race, culture, and history shape not only our lives, but our sense of time...

'An alluring soul-to-soul time-travel love story with danger, destiny and heart.' Tammye Huf. Dani and Jones have been in love before. But they don't know it yet. Dani, a music student at Howard University, finds herself tormented nightly by dreams of...

You both wanted her out of your lives. But is one of you a killer?When Paige Nichols meets her husband's glamorous new colleague at a faculty mixer, she instantly knows they're having an affair. It's the way he looks at her, like she's the only woman in...

The perfect couple. The perfect life. The perfect lie.Clare and Peter Davidson have always looked like they had it all -- college sweethearts turned devoted partners, with two bright children and a picture-perfect home in the tight-knit community of...

From the Marrow collects nine ritual/jazz performance texts by SharonBridgforth, including lovve/rituals & rage, no mo blues, dyke/warrior-prayers, blood pudding, con flama, love conjure/blues, delta dandi, River See, and dat Black Mermaid Man Lady/The...

Dark, Southern gothic tale of homicide detective Raven Burns, with a complicated past and a desperate case to solve. Black Girls Lit recommends the first book, A Killing Fire "to crime fiction and mystery lovers and fans of Ruth Ware and Gillian Flynn."...

"Entertaining. . . . Briscoe folds some perceptive class critiques into her intoxicating blend of romance and suspense. This offers plenty of gothic pleasures."--Publishers WeeklyNew York Times bestselling author Connie Briscoe updates Daphne Du...

An extraordinary crime novel from a rising star, that follows the ripple effects of a tragic shooting throughout a Chicago community from the view of the teachers, police officers, and students impacted "A deeply satisfying story with as much, heart,...