Fiction

Langston Hughes's debut novel, a moving portrait of African American family life in 1930s Kansas, newly reissued for Union Square & Co.'s Herald Classics line. Originally published in 1930, Not Without Laughter follows Sandy Rogers as a boy living in...

"A ferociously talented writer. Scholfield writes with insight, beauty, and the wildness of real art." --Victor LaValle, author of Lone Women In this sinister and surreal Southern Gothic debut, a woman escapes into the uncanny woods of southern Georgia...

This heart-pounding Southern gothic horror debut from Beatrice Winifred Iker, takes readers to Bricksbury University, the oldest and most storied HBCU in the nation. But as one student is about to find out, a long history comes with a legacy of secrets. ...

Exploring new black literature, following the success of Black Sci-Fi and First Peoples Shared Stories. The National Museum of African American History and Culture characterises Afrofuturism (as distinct from Africanfuturism) as expressing "notions of...

WINNER OF THE EISNER AWARD - The first comic ever created by African Americans, for African Americans. Three quarters of a century ago, Orrin C. Evans lead a team of cartoonists to create the first comic book anthology of original Black characters...

"Taj McCoy's writing positively crackles with energy, wit and humor." --Jayci Lee, author of Booked on a FeelingIn this spicy new rom-com, an ambitious entrepreneur working to get her speakeasy supper club off the ground is pushed off balance when her...

Set in the universe Africanfuturist luminary Nnedi Okorafor first introduced in the World Fantasy Award-winning Who Fears Death, The Daughter Who Remains is the breathtaking conclusion to the She Who Knows trilogy Featuring Najeeba, now older and wiser...

Discover the powerful story of Bob Marley, the legendary reggae musician and cultural icon, in this 22-page comic book biography from TidalWave Comics. Follow Marley's journey from his childhood in Jamaica to his rise as a global music phenomenon. With...

Family trauma, race, and the destiny of a nation corrupted by slavery, cast in the light of epic myth: "More than a saga of Black revitalization . . . Part vision, part parable, it is a story for all America." (The New York Times Book Review) The Snowdon...

In this companion to Jason Reynolds's award-winning and New York Times bestselling Track series, meet Coach as a boy striving to come into his own as a track star while facing upheaval at home. Before Coach was the man who gave caring yet...

A prescient new thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling Avery Keene series, by nationally renowned author and leader Stacey Abrams, Coded Justice follows Avery down a dark rabbit hole into the breathtaking--and dangerously...

In this taut Southern family drama, the sins of a favorite son rock a small Mississippi town. Reverend Sabre Winfrey, shepherd of the Seven Seals Baptist Church, believes in God, his own privilege, and enterprise. Besides the barbershop and radio station...