Wade in the Water
By: Nyani Nkrumah
4.02
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Told in two voices, Ella’s and Ms. St. James’s, and set around richly developed characters, this ri…
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1. We'll Never Tell
By: Kayla Perrin
4.15
Format: None pages, Paperback
"I was thinking of some kind of initiation. Tailored just for her. The kind that will teach her a l… read more
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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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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- race
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- african american
- audiobook
"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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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- historical
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- historical fiction
- african american
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4. 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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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- african american
"Life is a gift. You need to live."-Mary Monroe, Double Lives
5. The Thing About Home
By: Rhonda McKnight
4.28
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Home is not a place—it’s a feeling. Casey Black needs an escape. When her picture-perfect vow renew… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- african american
- audiobook
6. 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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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"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
7. Time's Undoing
By: Cheryl A. Head
4.03
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A searing and tender novel about a young Black journalist’s search for answers in the unsolved murd… read more
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- race
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
8. 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
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- african american
- audiobook
9. The American Queen
By: Vanessa Miller
4.14
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
In 1869 a kingdom rose in the South. And Louella was its queen. Over the twenty-four years she’s be… read more
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- race
- historical
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- historical fiction
- african american
- audiobook
10. 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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"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
11. River Sing Me Home
By: Eleanor Shearer
4.01
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
Her search begins with an ending.... The master of the Providence plantation in Barbados gathers… read more
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- literary fiction
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"Every freedom had its price."-Eleanor Shearer, River Sing Me Home
"Freedom mean something different to me. The search, that is freedom."-Eleanor Shearer, River Sing Me Home
"This is why me don't like to do it... Think about the past. The memories too painful. The hope hurt. All I want to do is live the life in front of me, because it's a miracle me make it here."-Eleanor Shearer, River Sing Me Home
12. 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
- literary fiction
- coming of age
- fiction
- contemporary
- 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
13. The House of Eve
By: Sadeqa Johnson
4.26
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of Yellow Wife, a daring and redemptive novel set in 1950s Philadelph… read more
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- adult fiction
- race
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- african american
- audiobook
14. 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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- adult fiction
- race
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- african american
- audiobook
15. Black Candle Women
By: Diane Marie Brown
3.41
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A Read with Jenna Book Club Pick as Seen on the Today Show “If you like Practical Magic… you wi… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"Some folks struggled disproportionately, carrying things that others couldn't even lift."-Diane Marie Brown, Black Candle Women
16. Night Wherever We Go
By: Tracey Rose Peyton
3.85
Format: 295 pages, Hardcover
A RECOMMENDED READ FROM: The Washington Post • Atlanta Journal-Constitution • CrimeReads • Library … read more
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- literary fiction
- race
- historical
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- historical fiction
- african american
- audiobook
17. 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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- race
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- african american
- audiobook
18. The Two Lives of Sara
By: Catherine Adel West
3.80
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A young mother finds refuge and friendship at a boardinghouse in 1960s Memphis, Tennessee, where fa… read more
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- literary fiction
- race
- historical
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- historical fiction
- african american
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"There's no such thing as a perfect so make peace with that now. Save yourself a lot of tears later."-Catherine Adel West, The Two Lives of Sara
"Will made me say it. Worse, he made me feel it. What will that do to me, to him, to all of us? How dangerous is my love?"-Catherine Adel West, The Two Lives of Sara
19. The Exes
By: Brandon Massey
4.23
Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition
Divorce can be deadly...Seven years ago, Austin Dash's dangerously jealous wife, Naomi, nearly stab… read more
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- audiobook
20. Decent People
By: De'Shawn Charles Winslow
3.59
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From Center for Fiction First Novel Prize winning author De'Shawn Charles Winslow, a sweeping and u… read more
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- historical
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- historical fiction
- african american
- audiobook
21. Black on Black: On Our Resilience and Brilliance in America
By: Daniel Black
4.34
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A piercing collection of essays on racial tension in America and the ongoing fight for visibility, … read more
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- race
- audiobook
22. Moonrise Over New Jessup
By: Jamila Minnicks
3.85
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2021 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, a thought-provoking and encha… read more
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- historical fiction
- african american
- audiobook
23. Daughter in Exile
By: Bisi Adjapon
3.86
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The acclaimed author of The Teller of Secrets returns with a gut-wrenching, yet heartwarming, sto… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
24. Wade in the Water
By: Nyani Nkrumah
4.02
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Told in two voices, Ella’s and Ms. St. James’s, and set around richly developed characters, this ri… read more
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- race
- coming of age
- historical
- fiction
- contemporary
- historical fiction
- african american
- audiobook
25. Skin & Bones
By: Renée Watson
4.39
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a soulful and lyrical novel exploring… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- african american
- audiobook
26. The Love You Save: A Memoir
By: Goldie Taylor
4.14
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings meets Educated in this harrowing, deeply hopeful memoir of family, … read more
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- african american
- audiobook
27. Long After We Are Gone
By: Terah Shelton Harris
3.88
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
An explosive and emotional story of four siblings—each fighting their own personal battle—who retur… read more
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- contemporary
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- african american
- audiobook
28. Homeward
By: Angela Jackson-Brown
4.04
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
The country is changing, and her own world is being turned upside down. Nothing—and no one—will eve… read more
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- audiobook
29. Remember Me Now: A Journey Back to Myself and a Love Letter to Black Women
By: Faitth Brooks
4.42
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An unforgettable invitation to treat our lives as the sacred things they are—and a call to embrace … read more
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30. Hood Wellness: Tales of Communal Care from People Who Drowned on Dry Land
By: Tamela J. Gordon
4.51
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
What does self-care look like when struggling to make ends meet, living with a disability, or navig… read more
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31. After the Pain
By: Zarkia
4.49
Format: 141 pages, Kindle Edition
Stay-at-home mom and fiancée Cierra Jones is ready to find her way as her baby girl, Ivy, grows out… read more
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