The Other Black Girl
By: Zakiya Dalila Harris
3.36
Format: 357 pages, Hardcover
Get Out meets The Stepford Wives in this electric debut about the tension that unfurls when two you…
Want to Read $ 12.99"Locs or no locs, though… you know one of your coworkers is gonna mix you and the new Black girl up at least once. I promise you."-Zakiya Dalila Harris, The Other Black Girl
"Locs or no locs, though… you know one of your coworkers is gonna mix you and the new Black girl up at least once. I promise you."-Zakiya Dalila Harris, The Other Black Girl
"Locs or no locs, though… you know one of your coworkers is gonna mix you and the new Black girl up at least once. I promise you."-Zakiya Dalila Harris, The Other Black Girl
"OBGs. "Other Black Girls," Lynn had dubbed them, "because they're not our kind." They were something else entirely. Something close to alien...."-Zakiya Dalila Harris, The Other Black Girl
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1. In the Wake: On Blackness and Being
By: Christina Sharpe
3.39
Format: 440 pages, Paperback
In this original and trenchant work, Christina Sharpe interrogates literary, visual, cinematic, and… read more
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- race
2. The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
By: Issa Rae
3.07
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In the bestselling tradition of Sloan Crosley's I Was Told There'd Be Cakeand Mindy Kaling's Is Eve… read more
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3. Across That Bridge: A Vision for Change and the Future of America
By: John Lewis
4.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Although it has been decades since the historic social upheavals of the 1960s, Americans continue t… read more
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4. Bright Young Women
By: Jessica Knoll
4.02
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An extraordinary novel inspired by the real-life sorority targeted by America's first celebrity ser… read more
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- mystery thriller
- fiction
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- audiobook
"The truth is something people will go to great lengths to keep for themselves. It shouldn't feel like a gift when you get it, but it is."-Jessica Knoll, Bright Young Women
"Time does not heal all wounds. Grief is just like a sink full of dirty dishes or a pile of soiled laundry. Grief is a chore you have to do, and it's a messy one, at that."-Jessica Knoll, Bright Young Women
"There were men who cracked their knuckles while divulging to me what they would do to the defendant if they got the chance, thinking this was somehow reassuring for me to hear. But all it did was mak…"-Jessica Knoll, Bright Young Women
"Her lips are moving silently around words I recognize. 'I carry you like my own personal Time Machine, as I put on my lipstick, smile, and head out to the party.' It's a line by one of her favourite …"-Jessica Knoll, Bright Young Women
5. Black Girls Must Be Magic
By: Jayne Allen
3.92
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In this highly anticipated second installment in the Black Girls Must Die Exhausted series, Tabitha… read more
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- race
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
6. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
By: James McBride
4.00
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new housing de… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- mystery
- adult
- audiobook
7. Yellowface
By: R.F. Kuang
3.77
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
White lies. Dark humor. Deadly consequences… Bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- audiobook
"The truth is fluid, there is always another way to spin the story."-R.F. Kuang, Yellowface
"They tell authors never to look at Goodreads, but nobody follows that advice—none of us can resist the urge to know how our work is being received."-R.F. Kuang, Yellowface
"Writing is the closest thing we have to real magic. Writing is creating something out of nothing, is opening doors to other lands. Writing gives you power to shape your own world when the real one hu…"-R.F. Kuang, Yellowface
8. Come and Get It
By: Kiley Reid
3.38
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A fresh and provocative story about a residential assistant and her messy entanglement with a profe… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Kennedy hadn't considered it before, that to write something beautiful you just do it regular, and then you pull out a red pen."-Kiley Reid, Come and Get It
"Washing her sheets was another thing she'd failed to do. She washed her clothes—every weekend—but when it came to the bedsheets, she'd get stressed out or she'd forget. And then there was too much ti…"-Kiley Reid, Come and Get It
"Okay, sometimes—just being honest— Millie can be . . . a little ghetto." On the word little, Tyler held two fingers an inch apart. "Nooo. Don't say that. Ah love Millie." "But I'm not saying it like …"-Kiley Reid, Come and Get It
9. In Every Mirror She's Black (In Every Mirror She’s Black #1)
By: Lola Akinmade Åkerström
3.82
Format: 412 pages, Hardcover
An AMAZON Best of the Month Pick Good Morning America (GMA) Book Club Buzz Pick Finalist - 20… read more
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- adult fiction
- race
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Privilege comes in levels, Brit,"-Lola Akinmade Åkerström, In Every Mirror She's Black (In Every Mirror She’s Black #1)
10. This Could Be Us (Skyland, #2)
By: Kennedy Ryan
4.42
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Soledad Barnes has her life all planned out. Because, of course, she does. She plans everything. Sh… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
11. When No One Is Watching
By: Alyssa Cole
3.49
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Rear Window meets Get Out in this gripping thriller from a critically acclaimed and New York Times … read more
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- adult fiction
- mystery thriller
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- horror
- adult
- audiobook
"They can break, but they can't erase. They can build but they can't bury us."-Alyssa Cole, When No One Is Watching
"People bury the parts of history they don't like, pave it over like African cemeteries beneath Manhattan skyscrapers."-Alyssa Cole, When No One Is Watching
"Our kiss is like two drowning people searching for a life preserver, finding each other instead, and deciding that roaring waves aren't so bad if you can fuck in the lulls between them."-Alyssa Cole, When No One Is Watching
"It's the last sorry that breaks me. He's said a few times, but this one finally sinks in. I've gotten so used to apologizing for being too weak to carry my own burdens — I don't know if anyone's ever…"-Alyssa Cole, When No One Is Watching
12. You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
By: Akwaeke Emezi
3.55
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Fresh and seductive novel about a young woman seeking joy while healing from loss. Feyi Adekola … read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"if it's real, the distance won't change it."-Akwaeke Emezi, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
"Get into the rooms you need to be in so your work can do what it needs to do."-Akwaeke Emezi, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
"That she had braids like gold, glittering under the sun. The kind of deep, black skin that always looks perfect, like a goddess"-Akwaeke Emezi, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
"She wanted to take a picture of it but she already knew half the beauty would die inside a camera lens and she'd never quite catch the edges of it."-Akwaeke Emezi, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
13. Before I Let Go (Skyland, #1)
By: Kennedy Ryan
4.36
Format: 376 pages, Paperback
Their love was supposed to last forever. But when life delivered blow after devastating blow, Yasme… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Fuck them ribs."-Kennedy Ryan, Before I Let Go (Skyland, #1)
"We said till death do us part."-Kennedy Ryan, Before I Let Go (Skyland, #1)
"No one in my whole life has ever hurt me like you did."-Kennedy Ryan, Before I Let Go (Skyland, #1)
14. A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
By: Tia Williams
4.04
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An epic love story one hundred years in the making… Leap years are a strange, enchanted time. An… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"And know this: the villain depends on who's telling the story."-Tia Williams, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
"Breeze was a share cropper. His whole family was. He was born in Fallon, South Carolina a dusty wretched town to a long line of men named Ezra Walker. His first son would be named Ezra, too. No clue …"-Tia Williams, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
"To me, love is like listening to an album. Some people skip to their favorite songs and ignore the rest. Other people listen to the entire album over and over until it's familiar and cherished and th…"-Tia Williams, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
15. Black Girls Must Die Exhausted
By: Jayne Allen
3.91
Format: 350 pages, Paperback
The first novel in a captivating three-book series about modern womanhood, in which a young Black w… read more
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- adult fiction
- race
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Not yet, but people get what they don't deserve all of the time. Don't get so hung up on things that don't matter..."-Jayne Allen, Black Girls Must Die Exhausted
"The attempted comforts around death are sometimes the worst part of the experience—the heaviness of the conversations, the expectations of sadness, and the careful word choices."-Jayne Allen, Black Girls Must Die Exhausted
"Eles nunca haviam me oferecido nada antes, nenhuma ajuda com a faculdade, nada. Pelos comentários feitos depois que as filhas deles nasceram, tinha ficado muito claro para mim como os recursos seriam…"-Jayne Allen, Black Girls Must Die Exhausted
16. I Have Some Questions for You
By: Rebecca Makkai
3.61
Format: 438 pages, Hardcover
A successful film professor and podcaster, Bodie Kane is content to forget her past—the family trag… read more
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- adult fiction
- mystery thriller
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- adult
- audiobook
17. Maame
By: Jessica George
4.06
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Shortlisted for the TikTok Book Awards in the Book of the Year, 2023 and the Goodreads Debut and Fi… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"A white person can date a Black person and still be racist."-Jessica George, Maame
"I can't comprehend living to work, but then I'm afraid of working just to live."-Jessica George, Maame
"A white person can date a Black person and still be racist. Because there’s levels to that sh*t. Like a lasagna."-Jessica George, Maame
"It's about what love is. Which is trust, commitment, empathy, and respect. It means really giving a shit about the other person."-Jessica George, Maame
18. Black Cake
By: Charmaine Wilkerson
4.10
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
We can’t choose what we inherit. But can we choose who we become? In present-day California, Ele… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- adult
- audiobook
"But trying to undo the worry is like trying to undo his blackness."-Charmaine Wilkerson, Black Cake
"More people’s lives have been shaped by violence than we like to think. And more people’s lives have been shaped by silence than we think."-Charmaine Wilkerson, Black Cake
"Some people think surfing is a relationship with the sea...but surfing is really a relationship between you and yourself. The sea is going to do whatever it wants."-Charmaine Wilkerson, Black Cake
"Young people had always wanted to do things their own way, and Bert had been no different. Only nowadays, there seemed to be this compulsion to eat up everything that was available to you and to let …"-Charmaine Wilkerson, Black Cake
19. The Other Black Girl
By: Zakiya Dalila Harris
3.36
Format: 357 pages, Hardcover
Get Out meets The Stepford Wives in this electric debut about the tension that unfurls when two you… read more
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- adult fiction
- mystery thriller
- race
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- horror
- adult
- audiobook
"Locs or no locs, though… you know one of your coworkers is gonna mix you and the new Black girl up at least once. I promise you."-Zakiya Dalila Harris, The Other Black Girl
"OBGs. "Other Black Girls," Lynn had dubbed them, "because they're not our kind." They were something else entirely. Something close to alien...."-Zakiya Dalila Harris, The Other Black Girl
"At a historically Black college, Diana had been granted the blessed gift of tunnel vision. She'd been blessed with the ability to forget white people existed, if only for a little while. I had been b…"-Zakiya Dalila Harris, The Other Black Girl
"..eight or nine women and one extremely serious-looking man had decided to spend their Monday evening exercising with a demonic workout instructor n the Flatbush District rather than doing something …"-Zakiya Dalila Harris, The Other Black Girl
20. America's Daughter (Dancing Soul Trilogy, #2)
By: Maria Nhambu
4.30
Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition
In America’s Daughter, the second book of the trilogy, the author arrives in the United States in t… read more
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"How could I live without dancing?"-Maria Nhambu, America's Daughter (Dancing Soul Trilogy, #2)
"Standing up for your human rights is what you must always do."-Maria Nhambu, America's Daughter (Dancing Soul Trilogy, #2)
"It was Cathy who taught me the true meaning of the word “risk."-Maria Nhambu, America's Daughter (Dancing Soul Trilogy, #2)
"There is no such thing as immunity from the joy or pain of the past."-Maria Nhambu, America's Daughter (Dancing Soul Trilogy, #2)
21. Seven Days in June
By: Tia Williams
4.02
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Brooklynite Eva Mercy is a single mom and bestselling erotica writer, who is feeling pressed from a… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Religion. Hmm. I guess it's like fire. In good hands, fire can be used to do positive things, like keep you warm. Make s'mores. In bad hands, it can burn a witch at the stake. Lynch a Black body."-Tia Williams, Seven Days in June
