Fiction

A triumphant, cross-generational exploration of Black joy and resilience. Remember frolicking outside during the long, jubilant days of summer? This vibrant collection invites readers to breathe deeply and return to that "carefree" season. From riding...

Named a Most Anticipated Book by Washington Post, People, Time"A beautiful tale." --Jason Reynolds, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Twenty-four Seconds from NowThe New York Times bestselling author of This Will Be My Undoing and Caul Baby...

Evil spreads throughout the Kingdom, and the one woman who can save them may be the key to their survival... or their destruction. Anyi is the gem of the Countless Clans.Their Queens make lifeblood, a magical substance used for everythingfrom medicine to...

From the brutal horrors of Jamaican plantations to the teeming streets of 19th century London, through lavish manor houses and across dangerous seas, escaped enslaved siblings survive the American War of Independence and arrive in London to seek their...

Nothing will stop Mecca on her devious climb to the top, including death or deception. "Trust, I gets what I want...period!" Blessed with beauty and brains, Mecca was destined to shine. At a young age, she had a go-getter mentality that drove men wild...

She built her life on confidence, ambition, and keeping the past exactly where it belongs - behind her.April Jones has worked hard to become the woman she is. Polished. Intentional. In control. But one night out changes everything. When betrayal...

Delia Pitts expertly writes about family, race, class, and grief in her mysteries. Vandy Myrick captured readers' and critics' hearts in Trouble in Queenstown. She returns in Death of an Ex, where Vandy tries to piece together what brought her...

Dominique Morisseau's most radical play yet follows two Black women living more than a century apart as they struggle to define freedom for themselves. Confederates tells the story of two women in what at first appear to be radically different...

In Jazz Age New York, a shocking murder shatters the privileged life of the city's most elite family in a propulsive mystery-thriller debut from author K.M. Colley that spans from Harlem to Long Island's Gold Coast and high society's glittering world of...

A probing essay collection that chronicles one woman's complicated quest to find home in a fractured America, from the award-winning author of Field Study "In Chet'la Sebree's sensitive and tender hands, this book's quest (and question) of home is...