20 must-read fiction books like The Black Girls Left Standing by Juliana Goodman

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The Black Girls Left Standing

By: Juliana Goodman

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Sixteen-year-old Beau Willet has dreams of being an artist and one day leaving the Chicago projects…

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1. Real Love (Love After #3)

By: Alexandria House

4.43

Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition

Outspoken and more than capable of backing up her words, loan officer, Denise Buhari, is finally ba… read more

Similar categories in Alexandria House's Real Love (Love After #3) book and Juliana Goodman's The Black Girls Left Standing

  • audiobook
  • african american
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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2. Burn Down, Rise Up

By: Vincent Tirado

3.75

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Stranger Things meets Get Out in this Sapphic Horror debut from nonbinary, Afro-Latine author Vince… read more

Similar categories in Vincent Tirado's Burn Down, Rise Up book and Juliana Goodman's The Black Girls Left Standing

  • young adult
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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3. Love Radio

By: Ebony LaDelle

4.23

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Hitch meets The Sun Is Also a Star in this novel about a self-professed teen love doctor with a pop… read more

Similar categories in Ebony LaDelle's Love Radio book and Juliana Goodman's The Black Girls Left Standing

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"It's crazy how a relationship can be over long before you both call it quits."

-Ebony LaDelle, Love Radio

"That's what love looks like. It's not always about the flowers and grand gestures, but this right here. Being completely yourself with another person in the moment, and them accepting no less of you."

-Ebony LaDelle, Love Radio

"And now I'm realising it's ok to let toxicity go, even if it used to be good at one point. What matters is how does it make you feel now, and right now nothing about Destiny makes me believe she care…"

-Ebony LaDelle, Love Radio

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4. Brooklyn

By: Tracy Brown

4.07

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Tracy Brown crafts a tale about a master manipulator and serial survivor, who will scorch earth to … read more

Similar categories in Tracy Brown's Brooklyn book and Juliana Goodman's The Black Girls Left Standing

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • african american
  • audiobook
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5. The Black Queen

By: Jumata Emill

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Nova Albright was going to be the first Black homecoming queen at Lovett High—but now she's dead. M… read more

Similar categories in Jumata Emill's The Black Queen book and Juliana Goodman's The Black Girls Left Standing

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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6. All the Fighting Parts

By: Hannah V. Sawyerr

4.44

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of Grown and The Poet X, a searing and defiant novel in verse about reclaiming agency a… read more

Similar categories in Hannah V. Sawyerr's All the Fighting Parts book and Juliana Goodman's The Black Girls Left Standing

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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7. Promise Boys

By: Nick Brooks

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Promise Boys is a blockbuster, dark academia mystery about three teens of color who must investigat… read more

Similar categories in Nick Brooks's Promise Boys book and Juliana Goodman's The Black Girls Left Standing

  • mystery thriller
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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8. The Weight of Blood

By: Tiffany D. Jackson

4.21

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

" New York Times bestselling author Tiffany D. Jackson ramps up the horror and tackles America's hi… read more

Similar categories in Tiffany D. Jackson's The Weight of Blood book and Juliana Goodman's The Black Girls Left Standing

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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9. Invisible Son

By: Kim Johnson

4.20

Format: 416 pages, Library Binding

From the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of This Is My America comes another thriller… read more

Similar categories in Kim Johnson's Invisible Son book and Juliana Goodman's The Black Girls Left Standing

  • mystery thriller
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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10. The Shadow Sister

By: Lily Meade

3.81

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Sutton going missing is the worst thing to happen to Casey, to their family. She’s trying to help f… read more

Similar categories in Lily Meade's The Shadow Sister book and Juliana Goodman's The Black Girls Left Standing

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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11. Where Sleeping Girls Lie

By: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

4.05

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

In Where Sleeping Girls Lie ― a YA contemporary mystery by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, the New York Time… read more

Similar categories in Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé's Where Sleeping Girls Lie book and Juliana Goodman's The Black Girls Left Standing

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Black Girls Left Standing by Juliana Goodman

12. The Black Girls Left Standing

By: Juliana Goodman

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Sixteen-year-old Beau Willet has dreams of being an artist and one day leaving the Chicago projects… read more

Similar categories in Juliana Goodman's The Black Girls Left Standing book and Juliana Goodman's The Black Girls Left Standing

  • mystery thriller
  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • african american
  • audiobook
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13. Vinyl Moon

By: Mahogany L. Browne

3.92

Format: 176 pages, Library Binding

A teen girl hiding the scars of a past relationship finds home and healing in the words of strong B… read more

Similar categories in Mahogany L. Browne's Vinyl Moon book and Juliana Goodman's The Black Girls Left Standing

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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14. Finding Jupiter

By: Kelis Rowe

3.89

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

Sparks fly when Orion and Ray meet for the first time at a roller rink in Memphis. But these star-c… read more

Similar categories in Kelis Rowe's Finding Jupiter book and Juliana Goodman's The Black Girls Left Standing

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of One True Loves (Happily Ever Afters, #2) by Elise Bryant

15. One True Loves (Happily Ever Afters, #2)

By: Elise Bryant

3.88

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Lenore Bennett has always been a force. A star artist and style icon at her high school, she’s a ma… read more

Similar categories in Elise Bryant's One True Loves (Happily Ever Afters, #2) book and Juliana Goodman's The Black Girls Left Standing

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of The Black Girl Survives in This One by Desiree S. Evans

16. The Black Girl Survives in This One

By: Desiree S. Evans

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Be warned, dear reader: The Black girls survive in this one. Celebrating a new generation of bes… read more

Similar categories in Desiree S. Evans's The Black Girl Survives in This One book and Juliana Goodman's The Black Girls Left Standing

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of I Think I Might Need You (Love Sisters, #2) by Christina C. Jones

17. I Think I Might Need You (Love Sisters, #2)

By: Christina C. Jones

4.07

Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition

Joia Love is all about… well, Joia. Her primary interests right now are how creative she can get wi… read more

Similar categories in Christina C. Jones's I Think I Might Need You (Love Sisters, #2) book and Juliana Goodman's The Black Girls Left Standing

  • audiobook
  • african american
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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18. Hurricane Summer

By: Asha Ashanti Bromfield

4.23

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Tilla has spent her entire life trying to make her father love her. But every six months, he leaves… read more

Similar categories in Asha Ashanti Bromfield's Hurricane Summer book and Juliana Goodman's The Black Girls Left Standing

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Sometimes little girls must become their own heroes."

-Asha Ashanti Bromfield, Hurricane Summer

"Mom says you get two birthdays. The first one is the day you are born. The second one is the day you leave home and give birth to yourself."

-Asha Ashanti Bromfield, Hurricane Summer

"When they ask me how I weathered the storm, I will tell them I did not. I was ravished like the zinc houses and devoured like the soil as it swallowed itself whole. I was ruined. I was disaster. I wa…"

-Asha Ashanti Bromfield, Hurricane Summer

"We watch as the rain pummels the land, tearing apart houses and sheds and wiping out what has been so perfectly crafted. Objects crash into one another, and there is an evolution to their madness as …"

-Asha Ashanti Bromfield, Hurricane Summer

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19. Your Lonely Nights Are Over

By: Adam Sass

4.03

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Scream meets Clueless in this YA horror from Adam Sass in which two gay teen BFFs find their friend… read more

Similar categories in Adam Sass's Your Lonely Nights Are Over book and Juliana Goodman's The Black Girls Left Standing

  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Sun Keep Rising by Kristen R. Lee

20. Sun Keep Rising

By: Kristen R. Lee

3.72

Format: 240 pages, Library Binding

When rent increases put a teen mom at risk of losing her home, she resorts to a dangerous game to k… read more

Similar categories in Kristen R. Lee's Sun Keep Rising book and Juliana Goodman's The Black Girls Left Standing

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet by Laekan Zea Kemp

21. Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet

By: Laekan Zea Kemp

3.94

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

This is a previously-published edition of ISBN 9780316460279.A story of first love, familial expect… read more

Similar categories in Laekan Zea Kemp's Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet book and Juliana Goodman's The Black Girls Left Standing

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"On Thursdays, they come here for the best palomas in town, thanks to my substitution of Jamaican tangelos and blood limes for the traditional grapefruit. And on Fridays, they come for half-price pork…"

-Laekan Zea Kemp, Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet

"I would appreciate it if you'd turn it down." He tries to wrestle out of Pen's grasp. "It's a free country." "I'm actually aware of that," Pen says. "Which means you are free to choose self-preservat…"

-Laekan Zea Kemp, Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet

"I list what I had for breakfast. I whisper the ingredients for my signature coconut cake. I take a deep breath, the scents of a thousand shifts at the restaurant tucked into the fabric of the front s…"

-Laekan Zea Kemp, Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet

"We've reached that point in the night when we're slinging more drinks than tacos, and the Frankenstein monsters on our menu- which I'd created specifically for the inebriated- are flooding the line. …"

-Laekan Zea Kemp, Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet

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Ebony LaDelle

4.23

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4.07

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Jas Hammonds

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