Promise
By: Rachel Eliza Griffiths
4.02
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Two Black sisters growing up in small-town New England fight to protect their home, their bodies, a…
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1. Last House
By: Jessica Shattuck
3.64
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
"An ambitious historical epic that doubles as an intimate family saga. Jessica Shattuck captures an… read more
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- coming of age
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2. Let Us Descend
By: Jesmyn Ward
3.70
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From Jesmyn Ward—the two-time National Book Award winner, youngest winner of the Library of Congres… read more
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"You must leap. You must do as your people did. You must sink in order to rise."-Jesmyn Ward, Let Us Descend
3. 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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4. The Spoiled Heart
By: Sunjeev Sahota
3.82
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Nayan Olak is a man with a past. Haunted by the sudden death of his young son and his mother and dr… read more
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5. Double Lives
By: Mary Monroe
4.23
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe returns with an outrageous new tale of … read more
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- historical
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"Life is a gift. You need to live."-Mary Monroe, Double Lives
6. How to Say Babylon
By: Safiya Sinclair
4.47
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
With echoes of Educated and Born a Crime, How to Say Babylon is the stunning story of the author’s … read more
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- adult
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"As I grew older, I knew I would never be his perfect Rasta daughter. I was too headstrong, too curious. Too much of myself, and not enough of him."-Safiya Sinclair, How to Say Babylon
7. Coleman Hill
By: Kim Coleman Foote
3.83
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Coleman Hill is the exhilarating story of two American families whose fates become intertwined in t… read more
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8. This Strange Eventful History
By: Claire Messud
3.63
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
An immersive, masterful story of a family born on the wrong side of history, from one of our finest… read more
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"Literature... Now, that's a religion I can believe in. That is perhaps my God."-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History
"Family life, like playing chess, involved always thinking several steps ahead."-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History
"... she'd been a fool, enamored of a figment, had created the soul of a man who never existed -"-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History
"All-U-Can Hi-way 4-Sale Thru. This American English thrilled him - its energy, its freedom, its carelessness."-Claire Messud, This Strange Eventful History
9. 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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"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
10. Holler, Child: Stories
By: LaToya Watkins
4.14
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An extraordinary and unforgettable short story collection about community, home, betrayal, and forg… read more
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11. 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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"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
12. 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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13. Promise
By: Rachel Eliza Griffiths
4.02
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Two Black sisters growing up in small-town New England fight to protect their home, their bodies, a… read more
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- literary fiction
- race
- coming of age
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- african american
- audiobook
14. One Blood
By: Denene Millner
4.14
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Homegoing meets The Mothers where three women are tied together by blood, love, and family secrets … read more
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15. Sweetness in the Skin
By: Ishi Robinson
4.29
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
“A delightful coming-of-age story set in Jamaica, amid heartbreak, hopefulness, and mirth.”—Charmai… read more
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16. The Glassmaker
By: Tracy Chevalier
4.00
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling historical novelist, a rich, transporting story that follows a family of glass… read more
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"...you never recover from losing someone; you just learn to accommodate the hole it makes in you."-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker
"People who make things also have an ambiguous relationship with time. Painters, writers, wood-carvers, knitters, weavers and, yes, glassmakers: creators often enter an absorbed state that psychologis…"-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker
17. Dominoes
By: Phoebe Mcintosh
3.76
Format: 329 pages, Paperback
A tender and provocative debut novel about a mixed-race British woman who makes the shocking discov… read more
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18. The Bookshop Sisterhood
By: Michelle Lindo-Rice
3.42
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
“ This drama-packed page turner will warm your heart!” —Eliza Knight, USA Today bestselling author … read more
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19. Trinity
By: Zelda Lockhart
3.86
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The Hurston-Wright Award Finalist makes her long-awaited return with this electrifying saga—as movi… read more
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20. Someone Like Us
By: Dinaw Mengestu
3.66
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
After abandoning his once promising career as a journalist in search of a new life in Paris, Mamush… read more
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"Sometimes I look at you and think that things go right through you. You're like a donut. There's a hole in the middle, where something solid should be"-Dinaw Mengestu, Someone Like Us
