The Awkward Black Man
By: Walter Mosley
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning author Walter Mosley, a brilliant collection of stories featuring unlikely heroe…
Want to Read $ 12.99"I always keep thinkin' that maybe I could find a place where you nevah have to get mad, and then I'd be cool. My daddy told me before he died that that place was called Dead ."-Walter Mosley, The Awkward Black Man
"I found out a lot about my father as he regaled my wife. He'd learned how to be a potter in a small village in Bolivia. There, working on a kick-wheel in a shack the size of an outhouse, he started thinking about the few novels he'd read."-Walter Mosley, The Awkward Black Man
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1. Keep The Faith
By: Faith Evans , Aliya S. King
4.28
Format: 353 pages, Hardcover
It's been over ten years since Big was killed. I grieved for him for a very long time. And then, as… read more
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- african american
2. The Real Cool Killers (Harlem Cycle, #2)
By: Chester Himes
4.00
Format: 202 pages, Paperback
When Harlemites set about each other with knives, it's an everyday kind of happening. But when a wh… read more
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- african american
- fiction
3. Five-Carat Soul
By: James McBride
4.17
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Exciting new fiction from James McBride, the first since his National Book Award-winning novel The … read more
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- literary fiction
- short stories
- fiction
- contemporary
- african american
- audiobook
4. A Rage in Harlem (Harlem Cycle, #1)
By: Chester Himes
4.06
Format: None pages, Paperback
A Rage in Harlemis a ripping introduction to Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones, patrolling N… read more
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- african american
- fiction
5. Burning Angel (Dave Robicheaux, #8)
By: James Lee Burke
4.51
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
The Fontenot family has lived as sharecroppers on Bertrand land for as long as anyone in New Iberia… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
6. Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir
By: Eddie Huang
4.19
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
"Long before I met him, I was a fan of his writing, and his merciless wit. He's bigger than food."-… read more
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- audiobook
7. The Ways of White Folks
By: Langston Hughes
3.53
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
In these acrid and poignant stories, Hughes depicted black people colliding--sometimes humorously, … read more
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8. The Crazy Kill (Harlem Cycle, #3)
By: Chester Himes
3.44
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Love and jealousy erupt into violence in The Crazy Kill, a classic thriller in Chester Himes's trai… read more
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9. The October List
By: Jeffery Deaver
3.85
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Gabriela waits desperately for news of her abducted daughter. At last, the door opens. But it's not… read more
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10. A Bookshop of One’s Own: How a group of women set out to change the world
By: Jane Cholmeley
4.25
Format: 375 pages, Kindle Edition
The captivating true story of an underdog business – a feminist bookshop founded in Thatcher’s Brit… read more
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11. 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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- literary fiction
- race
- fiction
- african american
- audiobook
12. Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
By: Michael Harriot
4.59
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly… read more
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- race
- african american
- audiobook
13. Love in the Red Zone
By: Love Belvin
4.31
Format: 370 pages, Paperback
Can you tell the difference between a distraction and a blessing? It should be simple, but sometime… read more
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- audiobook
- african american
- fiction
- contemporary
14. Glory Be (Glory Broussard Mystery, #1)
By: Danielle Arceneaux
3.81
Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition
The first in a crime series set in the Louisiana bayou, introducing the uncensored amateur sleuth G… read more
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- audiobook
- african american
- fiction
- contemporary
15. Summer on Highland Beach (Summer Beach, #3)
By: Sunny Hostin
4.00
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The View cohost and three-time Emmy Award winner Sunny Hostin transports readers to Highland Beach… read more
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- audiobook
- african american
- fiction
- contemporary
16. Wild Rain (Women Who Dare, #2)
By: Beverly Jenkins
4.14
Format: 355 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The second novel in USA Today bestselling author Beverly Jenkins’ compelling new Women Who Dare ser… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
17. Milk Blood Heat
By: Dantiel W. Moniz
4.04
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Set among the cities and suburbs of Florida, each story in Milk Blood Heat delves into the ordinary… read more
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- literary fiction
- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"She vomited casually into the toilet…"-Dantiel W. Moniz, Milk Blood Heat
"Sometimes you must consume the damaged body, digest it cell by cell, to taste the new beginning."-Dantiel W. Moniz, Milk Blood Heat
"Three days ago the doctor had put her at six weeks and no one knew except Liam and her best friend Pia. Maybe the dog."-Dantiel W. Moniz, Milk Blood Heat
"Love requires a bareness, a certain pliability, and I didn't thrill at the possibility of being transformed or wiped away."-Dantiel W. Moniz, Milk Blood Heat
18. Telephone
By: Percival Everett
3.98
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Zach Wells is a perpetually dissatisfied geologist-slash-paleobiologist. Expert in a very narrow ar… read more
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- literary fiction
- literature
- fiction
- contemporary
- african american
- audiobook
19. Rebellion: How Antiliberalism Is Tearing America Apart--Again
By: Robert Kagan
4.48
Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition
A chilling and clear-eyed warning about the threats to our democracy posed by the increasing radica… read more
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20. The Man Who Lived Underground
By: Richard Wright
3.96
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Fred Daniels, un jeune homme noir, se fait arrêter par la police à la fin d’une journée de travail,… read more
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- literary fiction
- race
- literature
- short stories
- fiction
- african american
- audiobook
"Jesus, take me to your blessed home above and wrap me in the bosom of thy love..."-Richard Wright, The Man Who Lived Underground
"This tendency of freely juxtaposing totally unrelated images and symbols and then tying them into some overall concept, mood, feeling, is a trait of Negro thinking and that has always fascinated me."-Richard Wright, The Man Who Lived Underground
"Yes, the only being who could possibly gaze down upon such a hopeless spectacle and encompass its meaninglessness would have to be a god. That was it! Maybe men had invented gods to feel what they co…"-Richard Wright, The Man Who Lived Underground
"What was this sense of guilt so seemingly innate, so easy to come by, to think, to feel, so verily physical? It seemed that when one felt this guilt one was but retracing in one’s living a faint patt…"-Richard Wright, The Man Who Lived Underground
21. Boys Come First
By: Aaron Foley
3.88
Format: 386 pages, Hardcover
Suddenly jobless and single after a devastating layoff and a breakup with his cheating ex, advertis… read more
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- race
- fiction
- contemporary
22. The Awkward Black Man
By: Walter Mosley
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning author Walter Mosley, a brilliant collection of stories featuring unlikely heroe… read more
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- literary fiction
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- literature
- anthologies
- short stories
- essays
- fiction
- contemporary
- african american
- audiobook
"I always keep thinkin' that maybe I could find a place where you nevah have to get mad, and then I'd be cool. My daddy told me before he died that that place was called Dead ."-Walter Mosley, The Awkward Black Man
"I found out a lot about my father as he regaled my wife. He'd learned how to be a potter in a small village in Bolivia. There, working on a kick-wheel in a shack the size of an outhouse, he started t…"-Walter Mosley, The Awkward Black Man
23. The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto
By: Charles M. Blow
4.30
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A New York Times Editor’s Choice | A Kirkus Best Nonfiction Book … read more
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- race
- african american
- audiobook
"Racism doesn't wither, but is trained when to advance or retreat. It becomes self-regulating."-Charles M. Blow, The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto
"Protesting is a form of direct democracy, but in America national policy is made of representative democracy."-Charles M. Blow, The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto
"It took centuries for America to hone its instruments of oppression. Every time part of it fell, it simply re-emerged in a more elegant form. Battling racism in this country is like cutting heads off…"-Charles M. Blow, The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto
"The same year that the Civil War ended, the two states among those with the largest percentage of Black people – Mississippi, with 54 percent in the 1870 census, and South Carolina, with 59 percent –…"-Charles M. Blow, The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto
24. Gaslight (Philip Taiwo #2)
By: Femi Kayode
4.01
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
In this follow-up to Kayode's "action-packed and spirited debut" Philip Taiwo returns to solve a mi… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- contemporary
25. Homelessness Is a Housing Problem: How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns
By: Gregg Colburn
4.23
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
Using rich and detailed data, this groundbreaking book explains why homelessness has become a crisi… read more
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- audiobook
26. It Ends with Knight (Nena Knight #3)
By: Yasmin Angoe
4.29
Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition
In this thrilling conclusion of the Nena Knight series, the trained assassin will have to confront … read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
27. And Then We Rise: A Guide to Loving and Taking Care of Self
By: Common
3.82
Format: 205 pages, Kindle Edition
Listening Length = 6 hours and 12 minutes From the multi-award-winning performer, author, and ac… read more
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- audiobook
28. Viper's Dream
By: Jake Lamar
3.87
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
For fans of Colson Whitehead and Wild Women and the Blues , Viper's Dream is a gritty, daring look … read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
29. The Rib King
By: Ladee Hubbard
3.50
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
Upstairs, Downstairs meets Parasite: The acclaimed author of The Talented Ribkins deconstructs pain… read more
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- literary fiction
- race
- fiction
- african american
- audiobook
30. No Heaven for Good Boys
By: Keisha Bush
4.27
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
In this evocative debut novel, two boys in the bustling city of Dakar, Senegal, band together again… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
31. The Body Myth
By: Rheea Mukherjee
3.60
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
Mira is a teacher living in the heart of Suryam, a modern bustling in city India, and the only plac… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
