General Fiction

The follow-up to his bestselling memoir "Monster," Shakur's vicious, heart-wrenching, and true-to-life novel is a powerful and gripping exploration of the terror of gang life and one man's attempt to free himself. The follow up to his best-selling memoir...

The Reverend Curtis Black is turning over a new leafor is he? From "New York Times"-bestselling author Kim Lawson Roby comes a novel featuring her beloved, rascally reverend. Will he be able to live a life without sin?A man who once thrived on wickedness...

Based on the author's experiences working with offenders of domestic violence, an extraordinary novel about one woman's courageous journey to discover her voice, strength, and dignity after drowning in an abusive marriage. After suffering under years of...

With the same erotic force as "Killing Johnny Fry," but grounded in a far darker vision of human nature, "Diablerie" is a transfixing new novel from a powerful writer.In this icy noir from a master of American fiction, the darkest secrets are the ones we...

James Langston Hughes (1902 -- 1967) With a career that spanned the Harlem Renaissance of the twenties and Black Arts movement of the sixties, Langston Hughes was the most prolific Black poet of his era. Between 1926, when he published his pioneering...

Now in paperback, following the phenomenal success of Dirty Red, Essence bestselling author Vickie Stringer is back with a sizzling sequel filled with the notorious cast of characters--Red, Bacon, and Q--who made Dirty Red a smash hit. Vickie Stringer...

Written in prison and based on real-life experiences, the novel that launched the writing and publishing career of the bestselling author of Still Dirty, Dirty Red, and Imagine This..."the reigning queen of urban fiction" (Publishers Weekly). Let That Be...

LargeprintBrady Bledsoe and his mother, Carmyn, have a strong relationship. A single mother, faithful churchgoer, and the owner of several successful Atlanta beauty salons, Carmyn has devoted herself to her son and his dream of becoming a professional...

"Streets Of New York Volume 1" takes readers into the turbulent lives of Promise, Squeeze, Show, and Pooh, four young men from the rough-and-tumble streets of Brook-nam. Big, brash, and bold, the four are modern-day gangstas who take the law into their...

From "Essence" bestselling author Murray comes a page-turner about four women attempting to heal their broken hearts by joining a church prayer group. When tragedy strikes their group, they will be forced to examine their lives, choices, and...

From an acclaimed, award-winning novelist comes this brilliant hybrid of reportage, fiction, and historical fact: the stories of three black men whose tragic lives speak resoundingly to the problem of race in British society. With his characteristic...

Nearly a century after his birth in Joplin, Missouri, Langston Hughes is, in a sense, coming home. The University of Missouri Press is proud to announce the publication of The Collected Works of Langston Hughes, a compilation of the novels, short...