General Fiction

Sometimes to truly know a person, you have to read between the lines. Isabelle is completely lost. When she first began her career in publishing after college, she did not expect to be twenty-five, still living at home, and the only Black employee at her...

Destiny might be the end of you . . .Frank Morris was born in the desperation of a tenement in New York City's Little Italy. He is orphaned and adopted by the boss of a powerful NY crime family.As a veteran of the Korean war, inmate of Alcatraz...

For fans of Jacqueline Woodson and Brit Bennett, a striking coming-of-age debut about friendship, community, and resilience, set in the housing projects of Chicago during one life-changing summer.Even when we lose it all, we find the strength to rebuild...

"Meet the future of African literature" (Mukoma Wa Ngugi, author of Nairobi Heat) with this "gorgeous, wildly funny, and, above all, profoundly moving and humane" (Peter Orner, author of Am I Alone Here) coming-of-age tale following a young man who is...

Destiny might be the end of you . . .Frank Morris was born in the desperation of a tenement in New York City's Little Italy. He is orphaned and adopted by the boss of a powerful NY crime family.As a veteran of the Korean war, inmate of Alcatraz...

A twisty, voice-driven thriller for fans of Megan Miranda and Jessica Knoll, in which no one bats an eye when a Black reality TV star is found dead in the Bronx--except her estranged half-sister, whose refusal to believe the official story leads her on a...

The author of The Secret Women tells the story of a brave and enduring woman as indomitable as Ernest Gaines' legendary Miss Jane Pittman, in a breathtaking novel that combines the epic romance and adventure of Outlander, the sweeping drama of Roots, and...

A profound allegory of good and evil, and a deep exploration of human interaction, black and white, alternately beautiful and tender, cruel and unsettling.--GuardianAustralia's leading indigenous storyteller makes his American debut with this immersive...

Beware of the company you keep.K'wan's urban fiction coming-of-age novel, Promise Broken, is set in the gritty streets of Newark, New Jersey. The story follows seventeen-year-old Promise Mohammed as she attempts to uphold friendships and new...

"Riveting and transformative...evocative and immersive...by turns vibrant and bold and wise...discovering Dorothy's story is a singular pleasure."--New York Times (Editors' Choice)A remarkable, sweeping historical novel based on the incredible true-life...

Du Bois' foundational investigation of social justice and civil rights by means of essay, poetry, prayer and short science fiction. A new edition with a new introduction, Du Bois' radical text is a rare statement of values formed around the vision of a...

Dodgers is a dark, unforgettable coming-of-age journey that recalls the very best of Richard Price, Denis Johnson, and J.D. Salinger. It is the story of a young LA gang member named East, who is sent by his uncle along with some other teenage...

Aharon Appelfeld is one of the subtlest, most unorthodox, and most exactingly perceptive novelists to make the memory of the Holocaust his abiding project. --Philip Gourevitch, The New Yorker A lonely older man and his devoted young caretaker transform...

Following the death of his wife, Frida, Victor's relationship with his adult son Jean Paul ("JP") is fractured. Their alienation is not an isolated family breakdown; French culture is re-forming from the grassroots up. Knowing JP can't stay in France...