The Great Mrs. Elias
By: Barbara Chase-Riboud
3.80
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The author of the award-winning Sally Hemings now brings to life Hannah Elias, one of the richest b…
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1. 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
- african american
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Life is a gift. You need to live."-Mary Monroe, Double Lives
2. The Stolen Daughter
By: ReShonda Tate Billingsley
4.16
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Award-winning author ReShonda Tate Billingsley delivers a poignant, page-turning novel about the po… read more
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- african american
- fiction
- audiobook
3. Perish
By: LaToya Watkins
3.74
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From a stunning new voice comes a powerful debut novel, Perish, about a Black Texan family, explori… read more
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- literary fiction
- race
- historical
- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- african american
- audiobook
"Everybody wants to say bye, show the dying that they here and they somehow living on in spite of everything."-LaToya Watkins, Perish
"Sometimes we don't get to understand things. People. We just got to try to be better than the things that spit us out. I don't know why my momma like she is, but I love her and got to keep on with it…"-LaToya Watkins, Perish
4. Someone Always Nearby
By: Susan Wittig Albert
3.52
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
In 1940, art-world icon Georgia O'Keeffe bought a house in a mountain-rimmed New Mexico desert, pla… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
5. The Queen of Sugar Hill: A Novel of Hattie McDaniel
By: ReShonda Tate
3.94
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
Bestselling author ReShonda Tate presents a fascinating fictional portrait of Hattie McDaniel, one … read more
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- race
- historical
- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- african american
- audiobook
6. All We Were Promised
By: Ashton Lattimore
3.80
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A housemaid with a dangerous family secret conspires with a wealthy young abolitionist to help an e… read more
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- race
- historical
- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- african american
- audiobook
7. The East Indian
By: Brinda Charry
3.83
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Inspired by a historical figure, an exhilarating debut novel about the first native of the Indian s… read more
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- literary fiction
- race
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"The dead, simply by passing into death, somehow become innocent of all charges; it is we, the living, who bear the burden of guilt. [Tony]"-Brinda Charry, The East Indian
"I wondered: dies any man ever fully know any woman? He thinks he does--she is the girl living down the lane, the girl fetching water from the communal well, the girl who speaks in accents familiar, a…"-Brinda Charry, The East Indian
8. One Night in a Thousand Years
By: Craig Cunningham
3.95
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
A young adult coming-of-age story for fans of “Dead Poets Society” Senior year was supposed to be t… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
9. 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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- race
- historical
- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- african american
- audiobook
10. Carolina Built
By: Kianna Alexander
3.65
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
This “exuberant celebration of Black women’s joy as well as their achievements” (Kate Quinn, New Yo… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
"When I interact with others, I try to let goodwill and love for humanity guide me. I don't always succeed, but I pray for the grace to do better the next time."-Kianna Alexander, Carolina Built
11. A Woman Of Endurance
By: Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa
4.10
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Combining the haunting power of Toni Morrison’s Beloved with the evocative atmosphere of Phillippa … read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
- audiobook
12. Serabelle: Where the Wealthy Come to Play
By: Tavi Taylor Black
3.93
Format: 281 pages, Paperback
An island sheltered from modern progress. Strict lines between servants and masters. Will crossing … read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
13. American Daughters
By: Piper Huguley
3.81
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
In the vein of America’s First Daughter , Piper Huguley’s historical novel delves into the remarkab… read more
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- race
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- adult
14. The Great Mrs. Elias
By: Barbara Chase-Riboud
3.80
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
The author of the award-winning Sally Hemings now brings to life Hannah Elias, one of the richest b… read more
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- new york
- literary fiction
- race
- historical
- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- mystery
- african american
- audiobook
15. Sisters with a Side of Greens
By: Michelle Stimpson
4.04
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
"A charming novel about sisterhood, regrets, and second chances, [with] a peek into Southern comfo… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
"This ain't no time for you to be a deadbeat sister. Again." I gasped. "Deadbeat? Again?" Kerresha dragged her suitcase up the steps, now. "Absent. Estranged. Not present. Whatever you want to call it…"-Michelle Stimpson, Sisters with a Side of Greens
"Cooking with Momma's spices helped Marvina process. Never mind she didn't have enough people in the house to eat everything she laid out for preparation. Several pies, pork chops, chicken, greens, ma…"-Michelle Stimpson, Sisters with a Side of Greens
"We stood still, the tenderness between us almost tangible. The scent of the spices, human empathy, and plain old muscle memory combined to re-create the gooey magnetism of being near Marvina again. F…"-Michelle Stimpson, Sisters with a Side of Greens
"I sprinkled a dose of Momma's seasoning into my cupped hand and dipped my tongue into the tiny pool of memories I knew one taste would evoke. Salty, savory, smoky, full of earthy flavors that somehow…"-Michelle Stimpson, Sisters with a Side of Greens
16. Women of the Post
By: Joshunda Sanders
4.01
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
An emotional story, based on true events, about the all-Black battalion of the Women's Army Corps w… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- african american
- audiobook
"Support units are the spine of the war effort. Because we do a job that is invisible and does not take place on the battlefield does not mean what we do isn't difficult or dangerous."-Joshunda Sanders, Women of the Post
"It is the fight of his life - of our lives - to defend our country and maybe it will show white people that we can also belong to and defend this place. We built it too, after all. It is as much our …"-Joshunda Sanders, Women of the Post
"We all found ways to mirror her contributions to America, even when our country never gave us back all that we gave it. It's a shame that it takes going to other places to help us see how to transfor…"-Joshunda Sanders, Women of the Post
"The most important thing is those letters... They keep soldiers connected to the most significant people in their lives. Their families, their children, their wives and mothers. That keeps them motiv…"-Joshunda Sanders, Women of the Post
17. Things Past Telling
By: Sheila Williams
4.39
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The author of The Secret Woman tells the story of a brave and enduring woman as indomitable as Erne… read more
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- race
- historical
- adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- african american
- audiobook
18. Our Gen
By: Diane McKinney-Whetstone
3.77
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Residents of an active-living retirement community revert to lives of youthful indulgence, even as … read more
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- african american
- fiction
- audiobook
19. Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature
By: Farah Jasmine Griffin
4.35
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Farah Jasmine Griffin has taken to her heart the phrase "read until you understand," a line her fat… read more
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- race
- audiobook
"In religious terms, each time the oppressed chooses to forgive the oppressor, each time, on those rare occasions, they find themselves having a modicum of power over them and offering them mercy inst…"-Farah Jasmine Griffin, Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature
20. Night Flyer: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free People
By: Tiya Miles
4.10
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the National Book Award–winning author of All That She Carried, an intimate and revelatory rec… read more
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- race
- african american
- audiobook
