Fiction

"A debut of enormous ambition" spanning eight generations of a Black family in West Tennessee as they are repeatedly visited by the Devil (Nathan Harris, New York Times bestselling author of The Sweetness of Water) Yetunde awakens aboard a slave ship en...

His cello made him famous. His father made him a target. Curtis Wilson is a cello prodigy, growing up in the Southeast D.C. projects with a drug dealer for a father. But through determination and talent, and the loving support of his father's girlfriend,...

Best Book of May 2024 by New York Post. Finalist for the 2024 Westport Prize for Literature. A plus-size single mother struggles to fit into spaces not made for her in this soulful, lyrical novel that explores what ultimately gets passed down from one...

Named by Essence as One of the 50 Most Impactful Black Books of the Last 50 Years From NAACP Award-winning author Omar Tyree--the iconic New York Times bestselling coming-of-age novel that follows the original Flyy Girl, Tracy Ellison, from childhood...

"A deeply soulful novel that comprehends love and cruelty, and separates the big people from the small of heart, without ever losing sympathy for those unfortunates who don't know how to live properly. . . . Hurston believed in the transformative power...

A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK A National Bestseller Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize One of The Washington Post's Best Books of 2024 An NPR Best Book of 2024 An Elle Best Book of 2024 A Boston Globe Best Book of...

A debut collection of surreal, skin-piercing stories about the boundless longing of queer Black women.A runaway seeks shelter from violence with a pack of wild coyotes. A young woman falls into a hypocritical crew of white Christian YouTube influencers...

A speculative comedy comprised of a carousel of Black and Queer voices being pushed further underground by urban prosperity. New Stockholm, a metropolis like any other across North America, is unofficially divided between two worlds. Its upwardly mobile...

Six talented but dangerously toxic personalities in the entertainment hotbed of Atlanta push their psychologist to her own vulnerable limits - and maybe beyond - in this enthralling, knife-edged thriller from NAACP Image Award-winning author Omar Tyree...

When a determined reporter and his homicide detective sister link the disappearance of a missing Black woman to the highly publicized case of a vanished suburban housewife, they uncover a terrifying criminal conspiracy in this gripping crime thriller...

When love and loyalty collide, truth alone can reunite two long-lost loves in this royal second-chance romance. Royal advisor Baas never stopped loving the woman he was forced to send away. When Shaya unexpectedly returns, he sees his chance at...

Trinidad Velasquez plays by the rules. Now she has one chance--one sizzlin' Carnival weekend--to leave it all behind. Go on, get spicy... For the last sixteen years, Trinidad Velasquez has done everything right. Raised her twin sons on her own, worked...

The Edge of Yesterday is a haunting contemporary speculative novel about time travel and finding yourself from award-winning author Rita Woods. Greer Coffey is a principal dancer with a renowned Harlem company. Sebastian Coffey is an architect with a...

Reign's life seems perfect if you're on the outside looking in, but the reality is far from it. She is full of secrets. As they begin to reveal themselves, she is abruptly separated from her family. Reign was born into a life of chaos. When she loses her...

When a hood prince is tasked with protecting a pampered princess, street life can get in the way of a fated romance. What happens when one night of havoc changes your life forever? When the only life you've ever known comes crashing down, and there's...