Ours
By: Phillip B. Williams
3.84
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
An epic novel set in mid-nineteenth-century America about the spiritual costs of a freedom that dem…
Want to Read $ 13.99"In Ours, the grass that grows is sharp. It gleams at its edges, such that when the buttery light of spring falls into it, the light cries out and yellow pours slowly over the earth."-Phillip B. Williams, Ours
"In Ours, the grass that grows is sharp. It gleams at its edges, such that when the buttery light of spring falls into it, the light cries out and yellow pours slowly over the earth."-Phillip B. Williams, Ours
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1. James
By: Percival Everett
4.54
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , both harrowing and f… read more
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- race
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- african american
- audiobook
2. Henry Henry
By: Allen Bratton
3.65
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Henry Henry is a queer reimagining of Shakespeare's Henriad, transposing the legend of Henry V's wa… read more
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- adult
- fiction
"Make life, make life, make life. What sort of life? We can prune and water and weed ourselves, but we can't stop the rot once it gets in."-Allen Bratton, Henry Henry
3. Exhibit
By: R.O. Kwon
3.24
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling author R. O. Kwon, an exhilarating, blazing-hot novel about a woman caught between… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
4. The Blueprint
By: Rae Giana Rashad
3.88
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A captivating debut exploring power imbalances, bodily autonomy, love, and the generational legacy … read more
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- race
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
5. Wandering Stars
By: Tommy Orange
3.89
Format: 315 pages, Hardcover
The eagerly awaited follow-up to Pulitzer Prize-finalist Tommy Orange’s breakout best seller There … read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"And in the year 1924 Indian citizenship will have been granted, even though they will mean to dissolve tribes by giving citizenship, dissolve being another word for disappearance, a kind of chemical …"-Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars
6. Martyr!
By: Kaveh Akbar
4.24
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Kaveh Akbar’s Martyr! is a paean to how we spend our lives seeking meaning—in faith, art, ourselves… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
7. Great Expectations
By: Vinson Cunningham
3.35
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A historic presidential campaign changes the trajectory of a young Black man’s life in the highly a… read more
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- race
- fiction
- historical fiction
- african american
- audiobook
"For him, identity had been a kind of curation or collation—he picked up aspects as he went, freestyle."-Vinson Cunningham, Great Expectations
"It had always struck me as a place to be lost, experienced passage by passage in a series of unfolding images—not something you could take in in one possessive glance."-Vinson Cunningham, Great Expectations
8. Headshot
By: Rita Bullwinkel
3.63
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An electrifying debut novel from an “unusually gifted writer” (Lorrie Moore) about the radical inti… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"The desire to please people is the desire to not be singular."-Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot
"Tanya Maw's sister is two years older, the perfect age gap for wisdom transmission."-Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot
"It can be intoxicating to play a sport that requires one to look in their opponent's eyes."-Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot
"It's a warmth that she'll feel again very few times in her life. It's almost like love, but it has a surer, less desperate edge to it."-Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot
9. Fire Exit
By: Morgan Talty
3.79
Format: 243 pages, Hardcover
The blood that came out of me was blood that ran through her veins. It’s strange: all blood looks t… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"...what's more sacred than laughter at the dinner table?"-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit
"That's my life, though--not knowing, but wishing. [Charles Lamosway]"-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit
"We are made of stories, and if we don't know them--the ones that make us--how can we ever be fully realized? How can we ever be who we really are?"-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit
"...I was thinking and thinking about how, in just the past year, I had just started to know her, but then I began to unknow her, getting farther and farther away like watching a boat drift from the s…"-Morgan Talty, Fire Exit
10. The American Queen
By: Vanessa Miller
4.14
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
In 1869 a kingdom rose in the South. And Louella was its queen. Over the twenty-four years she’s be… read more
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- adult fiction
- race
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- african american
- audiobook
11. Ours
By: Phillip B. Williams
3.84
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
An epic novel set in mid-nineteenth-century America about the spiritual costs of a freedom that dem… read more
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- adult fiction
- race
- magical realism
- historical
- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- african american
- fantasy
- audiobook
"In Ours, the grass that grows is sharp. It gleams at its edges, such that when the buttery light of spring falls into it, the light cries out and yellow pours slowly over the earth."-Phillip B. Williams, Ours
12. Blessings
By: Chukwuebuka Ibeh
4.20
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Moonlight meets Purple Hibiscus in this gay coming-of-age novel from an astonishing young talent, s… read more
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- adult
- fiction
13. Acts of Forgiveness
By: Maura Cheeks
3.73
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this stirring, tender-hearted debut about ambition and inheritance, a family grapples with how m… read more
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- adult fiction
- race
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"You can't tour a plantation and come home to 512 Lewaro without understanding its significance. By walking through the front doors of their home, they were rewriting history."-Maura Cheeks, Acts of Forgiveness
"During moments of national importance, it feels as though bills will be paid and mortgages covered, dreams no longer deferred. It feels as though, maybe, it can be less about money than about honor."-Maura Cheeks, Acts of Forgiveness
14. Swift River
By: Essie J. Chambers
3.54
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
10 hours, 30 minutes A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK | A Most Anticipated Book from… read more
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- historical
- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- african american
- audiobook
"Your hometown makes you and breaks you and makes you again."-Essie J. Chambers, Swift River
15. Neighbors and Other Stories
By: Diane Oliver
4.04
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A bold and haunting debut story collection that follows various characters as they navigate the day… read more
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- race
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- african american
- audiobook
"Sometimes I wonder why more of us ain't dead."-Diane Oliver, Neighbors and Other Stories
"He loved them, he had to. After all, they were his, but sometimes loving became a burden. And if he had met them at the bus station, perhaps they would have become that to him."-Diane Oliver, Neighbors and Other Stories
"By giving woman the exalted position, the man takes away her freedom. By treating her like a goddess, he forces her to act like a goddess... but the man is then free to act like a human being."-Diane Oliver, Neighbors and Other Stories
"He's going to wonder why, and how are we going to tell him we're afraid of them?" Her father's hand clutched the coffee cup. "He's going to be fighting them the rest of his life. He's got to start so…"-Diane Oliver, Neighbors and Other Stories
16. The American Daughters
By: Maurice Carlos Ruffin
3.61
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A gripping historical novel about a spirited young girl who joins a sisterhood of Black women worki… read more
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- adult fiction
- race
- historical
- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- african american
- audiobook
17. 888 Love and the Divine Burden of Numbers
By: Abraham Chang
3.41
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Young Wang has received plenty of wisdom from his beloved uncle: don’t take life too seriously, get… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- audiobook
18. Dinner on Monster Island: Essays
By: Tania De Rozario
4.18
Format: 190 pages, Paperback
“A penetrating series of personal essays… a memoir that scratches a layer deeper than expected. The… read more
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- adult
"No wonder they come to your house looking for ghosts. Ghosts are spilling out of the walls."-Tania De Rozario, Dinner on Monster Island: Essays
"What they do not understand when they come to your house is that you have lived your whole life with ghosts."-Tania De Rozario, Dinner on Monster Island: Essays
"But her smile is vacant. Placid. A Stepford Wife smile. The tears fall but there is nothing behind them. She’s a mannequin crying on command."-Tania De Rozario, Dinner on Monster Island: Essays
"There is nothing like a horror film to reveal the cultural anxieties of one’s time and place. And if horror has taught me anything, it is that nothing has been as enduringly terrifying across time an…"-Tania De Rozario, Dinner on Monster Island: Essays
19. Little Rot
By: Akwaeke Emezi
3.67
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling new novel from the bestselling, award-winning Akwaeke Emezi, about five friends trying … read more
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- adult
- fiction
20. Hombrecito
By: Santiago Jose Sanchez
3.95
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A novel by a brilliant new voice, Hombrecito is a queer coming-of-age story about a young immigrant… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
21. This Great Hemisphere
By: Mateo Askaripour
3.65
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning and bestselling author of Black Buck : A speculative novel about a young wom… read more
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- adult fiction
- fantasy
- fiction
