Fiction

[A] scorching treatise on toxic masculinity. Joseph's critiques of the patriarchy... both overt and ingrained are razor-sharp, but it's the clear-eyed reckoning of his own place within it that tethers the soul of his book. --Publishers WeeklyJoseph has...

Reminiscent of the works of Margaret Atwood, Shirley Jackson, and Octavia Butler, a biting social commentary from the acclaimed author of Lakewood that speaks to our times--a piercing dystopian novel about the unbreakable bond between a young woman and...

Recently aged out of the foster care system, Maya moves to New York City for a new start on life. After little success, loneliness and depression, Maya decides to commit suicide when a fateful meeting with Daniel changes her outlook on life.

Do you have any idea what the people you know are capable of? Bestselling author of All My Lies Are True, Dorothy Koomson, asks how well you can really know your neighbors. Fans of Lisa Jewell and Louise Candlish will rip through the pages of this...

How do you ask for a second chance from the person whose world you shattered? How do you make things right?Let Me Make It Right is an intense novel - about love, loss, and second chances - with a little forgiveness on the side.Nathan would rather rip out...

Marvel's stronger-than-steel man of the streets, Luke Cage, partners with the mystic kung fu master Iron Fist in the beginning of one of the greatest teams in comic-book history! Together, Power Man and Iron Fist are heroes for hire, taking on any job,...

"Rich in identity," as he described himself, Randall Kenan wrote widely and profoundly about what it meant to be Black, gay, and Southern. He confessed himself "elusive"--yet revealed himself in astonishing prose--memories of his three mothers...

A Rage in Harlem is a ripping introduction to Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones, patrolling New York City's roughest streets in Chester Himes's groundbreaking Harlem Detectives series. Featuring an introduction by James Ellroy. For love of fine,...

There's a saying that if you come from my part of town, you're from around the way. Around the Way Girls 11 is a fast-paced look at the lives of some street-smart women who think they know it all, but are about to get the lessons of their lives. "Meal...

"Short Stacks" by Treasure Hernandez: Honey has been working them streets for El-Jihad, selling his wares and keeping up her end of the bargain. He warned it was "three strikes and you're out," and she has already come up short twice. Now battered and...

Enthralls to the last twist. --RT Book Reviews When Jessa Bell revealed she was having an affair with one of her best friends' husbands, no one would have predicted she'd soon be playing the part of the reformed mistress--least of all Jessa. But her...

Never underestimate a misfit. All Enzo, aka Shawn Banks, and Bianca Angel Smith wanted to do was leave any evidence of their old life behind them, but the past has a way of coming back to haunt you. When international king pin Damien Orlando was taken...

Get ready for the latest streetwise installment of this off-the-hook street series, with sizzling stories told by three of your favorite authors! In Got Me Twisted, New York diva Ebony Queen heads south after her mother's murder and tries to reinvent...