General Fiction

From an acclaimed playwright comes "an American masterpiece" (Newsweek) about the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Twilight is a stunning work of "documentary theater" that explores the devastating human impact of the five days of riots following the Rodney King...

Born to a white mother and an absent black father, and despised for her dark skin, Helga Crane has long had to fend for herself. As a young woman, Helga teaches at an all-black school in the South, but even here she feels different. Moving to Harlem and...

Bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey's creations "have enough sultry self-confidence to suggest, at their best, a Prince song on paper" (The New York Times). Now, he puts a twist on the love triangle in this sexy, searing, and wise novel. Nicole made a...

A formidable and lasting contribution to American literature. --Chicago TribuneA great American writer. --New York Times Book ReviewSet in the American Deep South, each of the powerful novellas collected here concerns an aspect of the lives of black...

Cleopatra is big, bold & beautiful...Both mentally and physically. She's also single, but that's a story for a different day. Right now, she's concentrating on her bag.[INSERT NEW JOB OPPORTUNITY HERE]Her best friend, Pedra, hooks her up with a job that...

Candy is a vivid and moving story of post-slavery life in the early part of the 20th century. The story takes place on a plantation along the Savannah River in South Carolina. Into the simple lives of the colorful and varied personalities on the...

The story that inspired the major motion picture The Birth of a Nation (2016) In the late summer of 1831, in a remote section of southeastern Virginia, there took place the only effective, sustained revolt in the annals of American Negro slavery... The...

A woman with tragic beginnings finds love and her voice on her way to stardom. Will the spotlight dim her hard-earned shine? From the day Layani Cherise Bell was born, the world was betting against her. Born four months premature, the doctors didn't...

Award-winning author Valerie Wilson Wesley launches a thrilling new mystery series set in New Jersey, featuring a multicultural cast, and starring a caterer-turned-realtor with the gift of second sight... In the first of a thrilling new series, one...

Lapel-grabbing and provocative...Clark writes with purpose, her sense of social justice never venturing into dogma but remaining fully rooted in Raines's actions and personality. - The New York Times Book Review Clark has a unique voice in the P.I...

Jackson Pierce is judge and jury over the people in Clarkston. Watch as they atone for their sins in this riveting suspense thriller. Jackson Pierce, a discharged ex-military marine, is the new RCA at Clarkston, Michigan post office. He quickly moves up...

When a privileged young woman finds herself on the other side of the tracks and addicted to crack, she will have to turn to an unlikely source to save her. Lisa Lennox's debut novel transports us to the heart of the crack era: The South Bronx, New York,...