Fiction

Hope and circumstance define a young woman's life in this heartbreaking tale of lost innocence, set in politically volatile 1990s Nigeria, from an exciting and fresh voice in global literature. For as long as she can remember, Patience Adewale, the...

"Enchanting . . . the most surprising, confounding, and oddly insightful couple's trip in recent literary history." --Entertainment Weekly The prize-winning, bestselling author of Gingerbread; Boy, Snow, Bird; and What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours returns...

A brutal homicide sets an ex-cop and his former partner on the hunt for an enigmatic killer in a gripping thriller by the author of Under Color of Law.When former detective Trevor "Finn" Finnegan became a PI, he adopted a new mandate: catch the LAPD's...

***Finalist for the 2022 Kirkus Prize for Fiction***In nine exhilarating stories of queer love in contemporary Nigeria, God's Children Are Little Broken Things announces the arrival of a daring new voice in fiction.A man revisits the university campus...

She's the genius sister of T'Challa, who always believed she was destined to be the Black Panther! And when her brother unexpectedly falls, Shuri may get her chance -- if she can survive it! With Queen Ororo ruling Wakanda while T'Challa recuperates,...

"Bold, iridescent . . . Dazzling and shocking . . . Ross's lyrical, rhythmic writing is something to be savored . . . [Her] voice sings out loud and pure." --Eowyn Ivey, The New York Times Book ReviewAn uproarious, sensual novel, Leone Ross's Popisho...

Stories from the world outside your window, by diverse creators who are making theirs Marvel -- and making their voices heard! Inspired by Marvel's acclaimed podcast series MARVEL'S VOICES, new and established writers and artists share their unique...

Sing Her Name follows two musically gifted women whose lives overlap across the boundaries of time. This third novel by Rosalyn Story, whose critically acclaimed books treat the central role of Black people in American music, is her best and most...

One of the BBC's "100 Novels That Shaped Our World," a much-needed fable that could change how we see ourselves and our reality, from the renowned Booker Prize-winning author. A young man finds himself among invisible beings who have built a world based...

After an unprecedented era of peace and prosperity, the fictional West African nation of Atala is thrust into an era of unrest and dysfunction when their beloved president turns vicious dictator. With the country on the brink of civil war, the...

Ta-Nehisi Coates' complete, acclaimed story of a king who sought to be a hero...a hero who was reduced to a slave...a slave who became a legend! The award-winning author confronts the Black Panther with dramatic upheaval in his homeland -- first with a...

A heartbreaking, lyrical story for all of those who have fantasized about escaping their daily lives and starting over. Michael Kabongo is a British-Congolese teacher living in London on the cusp of two identities. On paper, he seems to have it all: He's...