General Fiction

"A powerful and wholly original American saga." --San Francisco Chronicle Bich Minh Nguyen's previous books--the acclaimed memoir Stealing Buddha's Dinner and the American Book Award-winning novel Short Girls--established her talents as a writer of keen...

In this unorthodox tale of power plays, love affairs, and betrayal, two ambitious sisters learn that everything comes at a price--and what may feel good isn't always good for you. Pink lips can be a sign of grace, class, and beauty, but for sisters...

Ten years after her picture on a magazine cover made her nationally famous as The Darling of Kandahar, Irina moves up North hoping that new experiences would allow old wounds to finally heal. Yet, in the land of darkness and polar bears, she learns that...

Twan, a recent high school dropout, does what he must to survive in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Life isn't easy, but he makes it work, even though he's not a d-boy or a gangster. Twan takes a different route. Pimpin' is his game. He doesn't believe there's...

Pieces. And Me. The Stuff That Wakes Me Up At Night is a re-released edition of E. Claudette Freeman's first published work. She made her debut in contemporary fiction with a collection of short stories that ring with vibrance and character. Throughout...

Most people know where they belong. As an outcast, even among misfits, I'm not that lucky. It's fine. I don't need them. These walls I've built keep me safe. Until they don't anymore. With the rebellion under way, I have enough on my hands gaining my...

By the time she was eight, Lundyn knew that important things get broken. She spent years trying to forget the missing fragments until she realized that restoration, or just the attempt, is necessary. She learned that scattered pieces can take years to...

Have you ever wished for a time machine to start over? What would you do if offered the chance to correct your life altering mistake?The Grant family has a secret mission: to transport people back in time - through photographs - which allows the...

Phoenix is an explosive crime thriller that is packed with drama, love, and deceit where four friends growing up on Chicago's south side are stuck right in the midst of it all. NuNu, a high school football star with a scholarship to Ohio State. His life...

Philadelphia streets were never silent. Gangs wars on corners, screeching cars on avenues, and squealing steel trolley tires on tracks kept you alert for the next confrontation. Philadelphia playgrounds were sometimes silent. These were sanctuaries where...

Philadelphia's kingpin is a queen with a tragic past, this is her story of survival and strength from the beginning... Just as every superhero has an origin story, so does every drug dealer who holds the title kingpin.Before all of the hood fame, fancy...

One of John Wideman's most ambitious and celebrated works, the lyrical masterpiece and PEN/Faulkner winner inspired by the 1985 police bombing of the West Philadelphia row house owned by black liberation group Move. In 1985, police bombed a West...