Fiction

For readers of Victor LaValle, Tananarive Due, Stephen Graham Jones, and Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad, this ingenious reimagining of the vampire origin story set during the early days of American slavery blends alternate history with...

Take a ride with this trio of bad girls as their lives spiral out of control, and it seems like there's no way out. Will they have each other's backs like before, or do they fold and become one another's enemies? Cincinnati, Ohio, is known as home to bad...

Set in Soweto, the urban heartbeat of South Africa, Innards tells the intimate stories of everyday black folks processing the savagery of apartheid with grit, wit, and their own distinctive bewildering humor. Rich with the thrilling textures of township...

When two best friends' hobby of crashing weddings takes a deadly turn, they're forced to embark on a road trip of survival in this addictive thriller. "The hairpin turns and killer twists of this propulsive bad-girls-gone-worse thriller will have you...

Welcome to the Hidden District - where justice is cooked low and slow, and revenge is always plated hot.Cassandra Boucher, known as Zandra to the few she trusts, was born with a sharp mind, a sharper blade, and a past lined with silence. Raised between...

Spanning from the Civil War to the near present, Cora and Martha and Other Stories follows Black protagonists from all walks of life-yard children, urban bootleggers, domestic servants, barbers, seminarians, teachers, soldiers, truck drivers, and even...

Kilo the Godfather: Betrayal is a gritty, high-stakes crime thriller that dives deep into the underworld of High Bank, Florida. Written by King David Smith II, this novel follows Keylon "Kilo" Richards, a disciplined ex-soldier turned ruthless crime...

Billionaire Elliott Kantor, who ruled over a mammoth real estate portfolio in Chicago, was a creature of habit. His trainer came to his house three mornings every week for a five-thirty workout. By six-thirty he was in the car and his driver drove him...

With Trouble in Queenstown, Delia Pitts introduces private investigator Vandy Myrick in a powerful mystery that blends grief, class, race, and family with thrilling results. Evander "Vandy" Myrick became a cop to fulfill her father's expectations. After...

It was just a birthday. Then everything in her asked, what if.Simone Harris has always known how to hold it down. For her son. For her clients. For the sports agency she built from scratch. She keeps things running, keeps herself moving, and keeps her...

A NATIONAL BESTSELLER A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK A WASHINGTON POST TOP 10 BOOK OF THE YEAR A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2024 "A laugh-out-loud cultural comedy... This is the New Great American Novel, and Danzy Senna has set the standard."...