Fiction

From the author of Lore of the Wilds comes the exciting and passionate conclusion, as Lore navigates Fae magic amid looming dangers that threaten to destroy her world.Lore Alemeyu wakes up to discover she's on a ship in the middle of the ocean. Held...

A New York Times Notable Book of 2025An NPR Books We Love pickA New York Times Editors' Choice pick How to Dodge a Cannonball is a razor-sharp satire that dives into the heart of the Civil War, hilariously questioning the essence of the fight, not just...

The stories buried in a Kentucky slave cemetery cultivate a boy's coming of age after his parents separate in this "lovely literary debut" (Library Journal)."Bennett's first novel is beautiful and real; impossible to put down until the final page."...

A piercing short story collection that explores the feverish hunger and dizzying pleasure of girlhood and queer coming-of-age in a small town, from an acclaimed emerging writer "An ode to Black girlhood in all its forms, each story its own messy,...

Mara Brock Akil, the award-winning creator of Girlfriends, Being Mary Jane, Love Is, and Forever, pens an emotionally enthralling debut novel about enduring love, world-shattering secrets, and self-awakening.What happens when one knock at your door...

Mara Brock Akil, the award-winning creator of Girlfriends, Being Mary Jane, Love Is, and Forever, pens an emotionally enthralling debut novel about enduring love, world-shattering secrets, and self-awakening.What happens when one knock at your door...

In this "gorgeously compassionate" (Tayari Jones, New York Times bestselling author of An American Marriage) debut reminiscent of Barry Jenkins's Moonlight, two men in Atlanta reconcile their human dignity against the price of their professional...

A dark, emotionally charged thriller where three sisters, bound by blood and divided by secrets, are forced to confront the violent past that made them. Stormi Feathers learned early that monsters can live inside the people meant to protect you. The...

Portia is the madam of an elite prostitution ring in the hood. It might be time for this circle to meet its demise. Portia grew up in the ass-for-cash game, seeing the best and surviving the worst. At five years old, hungry and huddled near a dumpster,...

As Prohibition era speakeasies and Jazz Age excitement reign supreme throughout a deeply divided country at the height of the Roaring 20s, a young psychic in small town Illinois helps the Black community fight crime and corruption in this thrilling...

A daredevil lawyer meets a gorgeous single mom with a guarded heart in this sizzling second chances romance from New York Times bestselling author Brenda Jackson!After uncovering a slew of family secrets--including his Westmoreland cousins--single dad...

A conspiracy draws Julius Jr. into the brutal streets of South Dallas, where pimping, drug dealing, treachery, and betrayal go hand in hand. Julius Jr.'s childhood is far less than perfect. He is torn between his mother and father, who are going through...