Fiction

She's a preacher's daughter, a runaway bride and now the (not quite) qualified nanny for a sexy tattoo artist with a beautiful daughter--and a dirty mouth. What's a bad boy to do with a woman like her? Everything... Aaliyah Montgomery isn't just...

Revisit the debut novel of one of the "New Negroes" of the Harlem Renaissance filled with Niggerati sensibilities.Disgruntled by the treatment of Black soldiers in the military, Jake Brown heads to Harlem--the Mecca of Black creativity--to rebuild his...

WINNER OF THE 2023 LOS ANGELES TIMES ART SEIDENBAUM AWARD FOR FIRST FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 WILLIAM SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR WRITING   A richly detailed, brilliantly woven debut collection about the lives and lore of one Black...

In this feisty new culinary cozy mystery from Agatha and Edgar Award-nominated author Valerie Burns, social media influencer Maddy Montgomery is adjusting to her new life after moving to small-town Michigan to run a bakery and take care of a gigantic...

The magical island of Chynchin is facing conquerors from abroad and something sinister from within in this entrancing fantasy from the Grand Master Award-winning author Nalo Hopkinson. Veycosi, in training as a griot (an historian and musician), hopes to...

Brilliant essays from the renowned Nation columnist--aka the Mad Law Professor--tackling questions of identity, bioethics, race, surveillance, and more   Beginning with a jaw-dropping rumination on a centuries-old painting featuring a white man...

Learn exactly why Eric Jerome Dickey was renowned for his novels starring "bold, smart women oozing sexuality and vulnerability" (The Atlantic) in this New York Times bestseller. Genevieve is brilliant and beautiful. Her husband has a thriving career...

The end of my marriage was the beginning of my happily ever after.What happens when you hear your husband putting dents in your mattress with another woman?Leave and never look back!Easier said than done when you're a stay-at-home mom, share two kids...

A stunning edition of James Baldwin's timeless novel, with a new introduction by bestselling novelist Brit Bennett   From one of our greatest writers, James Baldwin's If Beale Street Could Talk is a profoundly moving novel about love in the face...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe View cohost and three-time Emmy Award winner Sunny Hostin spirits readers away to the warm beaches of Sag Harbor in the second novel of her bestselling Summer series.Olivia Jones, hard-working and accomplished, has,...