Fiction

"The Darker Mask" is a collection of original prose stories recalling the derring-do of the beings called Superheroes and the worlds they fight to save.Expanding on the concept behind Byron Preiss's "Weird Heroes" from the 1970s, George R. R. Martin's...

Set in the first few months following the Confederate surrender and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Sam--a runaway slave who once worked for the Union Army--decides to leave his safe haven in Philadelphia and set out on foot to return to the...

A fiery, inventive, and beautifully crafted novel in the literary tradition of Alice Walker and Toni Morrison.Number 7 on HEY, SMALL PRESS's Best Of 2011 list (heysmallpress.org)! "From the malignant forces of racism and sexism to corruption and...

A provocative novel that upends the history of the transatlantic slave trade,"Blond Roots" reverses and reexamines notions of savagery and civilization asit follows a young woman's journey to freedom.The most provocative debut novel of the year, a...

Simone, a shockingly beautiful teen, is on the downward spiral of destruction as she battles incest and self-hatred; she finds cutting to be the only way to relieve her pain. Jessica lives the upscale lifestyle of a refined society matron. She strives to...

A "fascinating and vividly rendered" (The Wall Street Journal) mystery featuring one of crime fiction's greatest protagonists--private investigator Easy Rawlins--as he agrees to a dangerous surveillance job. It's 1953 in Red-baiting, blacklisting Los...

When Pamala Bordelon was researching a work on the Florida Federal Writers Project, she discovered writings in the collection that were unmistakably from the hand of Zora Neale Hurston, one of the leading writers of the Harlem Renaissance. Over half of...

The only collaboration between the two brightest lights of the Harlem Renaissance--Zora Neale Hurston and Langston HughesIn 1930, two giants of African American literature joined forces to create a lively, insightful, often wildly farcical look inside a...

Blends the Moses of the Old Testament with Moses of black folklore and song to create a powerful novel of the persecution of slavery, the dream of freedom, and the redemption of the faithful.

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK - A TIKTOK BOOK CLUB PICK"Sexy, messy and wry, Honey and Spice more than delivers." -- New York Times Book Review"A vibrant debut novel . . . Babalola is incisively funny, capturing the kick and...

"A moving portrait . . . funny and touching, intellectually and emotionally stimulating. There's pride and prejudice, family drama, and a love story. I loved this book. You will too."--Victor LaValle, author of The ChangelingDarrin Bell was six years old...

Love is a game of chance in this romantic suspense novel by New York Times bestselling author and American politician and activist Stacey Abrams, writing under her pen name, Selena Montgomery.   Dr. Raleigh Foster, an operative for a top-secret...

Set in a Harlem high rise, a stunning debut about a tight-knit cast of characters grappling with their own personal challenges while the forces of gentrification threaten to upend life as they know it. Like Gloria Naylor's The Women of Brewster Place and...

A Best Book of 2021: NPR - Kirkus - Marie Claire - PopSugar - New York Public Library - Bustle - Reader's Digest - Literary Hub A Best Book of the Summer: Harper's Bazaar - Oprah Daily - Shondaland - The Los Angeles Times - CBS News - PureWow - Good...

New edition of Delany's classic pre US Civil war slavery tale which follows an escaped slave who tries to ignite insurrection against the de-humanizing institutions of depravation. New edition with a new introduction. Delany's tale of Blake, an escaped...

"A heart-pounding roller coaster ride."--Tami Hoag, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boy   *A Crime Reads Most Anticipated Book of 2021*   A serial killer and his copycat are locked in a violent game of cat and mouse. Can DI Anjelica...