Gone Like Yesterday
By: Janelle M. Williams
3.59
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A lyrical debut novel that asks what we owe to our families, what we owe to our ancestors, and what…
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1. Before We Visit the Goddess
By: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
2.89
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A beautiful, powerful new novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of Sister of My Heartand… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
2. The Turner House
By: Angela Flournoy
3.93
Format: None pages, Hardcover
There ain't no haints in Detroit. So spoke Francis Turner--patriarch and provider, former preacher … read more
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3. A Spell of Good Things
By: Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
3.79
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Ayobami Adebayo, the celebrated author of Stay With Me unveils a dazzling story of modern Nigeria a… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- adult
- audiobook
"Time was unforgiving, it didn’t stop, not even to give people a chance to scrape themselves off the floor if they’d been shattered."-Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things
"He stared back at her, unconcerned. She had always marvelled at his calm assurance that everything good in his life would either remain the same or get better. He took good fortune for granted. As th…"-Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things
4. 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
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
5. 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
- contemporary
- african american
- audiobook
6. 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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- literary fiction
- race
- adult
- fiction
- novels
- african american
- audiobook
7. 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
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- 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
8. Above Ground
By: Clint Smith
4.56
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
A remarkable poetry collection with "inextinguishable generosity and abundant wisdom" (Monica Youn)… read more
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- race
- african american
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
9. Banyan Moon
By: Thao Thai
3.92
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
When Ann Tran gets the call that her fiercely beloved grandmother, Minh, has passed away, her life … read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Through her, I understood that another mother's horror could touch us in the darkest of places, even a world away."-Thao Thai, Banyan Moon
"Grief is a lake of perilously thin ice. You never know when you'll fall through it, or when you will fight your way back to the surface."-Thao Thai, Banyan Moon
"My morning swims have centered me and calmed the storm inside my mind. In the water, my memories lose their sharp edges, like river stones forced smooth."-Thao Thai, Banyan Moon
"I wonder if you can inherit evil.' 'Maybe. Or maybe it's not something you inherit, but something that runs through you, another person's trauma, their violence. It sits below the skin until you name…"-Thao Thai, Banyan Moon
10. Symphony of Secrets
By: Brendan Slocumb
4.27
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A gripping page-turner about a professor who uncovers a shocking secret about the most famous Ameri… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
11. 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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- literary fiction
- race
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"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
12. The Nigerwife
By: Vanessa Walters
3.55
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
This twisty and electrifying debut novel about a young woman who goes missing in Lagos, Nigeria, an… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"You have to go on with things, or things will get on without you."-Vanessa Walters, The Nigerwife
13. 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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- magical realism
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Some folks struggled disproportionately, carrying things that others couldn't even lift."-Diane Marie Brown, Black Candle Women
14. Life and Other Love Songs
By: Anissa Gray
3.77
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A father’s sudden disappearance exposes the private fears, dreams, longings, and joys of a Black Am… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- african american
- audiobook
15. 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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- literary fiction
- race
- fiction
- contemporary
- african american
- audiobook
16. Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees
By: Aimee Nezhukumatathil
4.12
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of World of Wonders, a lyrical book of short essays abou… read more
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- adult
- audiobook
17. Girls and Their Horses
By: Eliza Jane Brazier
3.72
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Set in the glamorous, competitive world of showjumping, a novel about the girls who ride, their cut… read more
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- audiobook
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
18. 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
- african american
- fiction
- audiobook
19. What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez
By: Claire Jiménez
3.53
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A deeply powerful, raw debut novel of a Puerto Rican family in Staten Island who discovers their lo… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"Irene was my mom's 60 year old church friend who blew her hair out like Whitney Houston from the Bodyguard days and still rocked her rum raisin lipstick like it was 1992."-Claire Jiménez, What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez
20. Missing White Woman
By: Kellye Garrett
3.53
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The truth is never skin deep. It was supposed to be a romantic getaway weekend in New York City… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- african american
- audiobook
21. 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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- race
- african american
- fiction
- audiobook
22. The Peach Seed
By: Anita Gail Jones
3.85
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Fletcher Dukes and Altovise Benson reunite after decades apart― and a mountain of secrets―in this d… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
23. 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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- race
- african american
- fiction
- adult
- audiobook
24. 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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- literary fiction
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- african american
- audiobook
25. The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts
By: Soraya Palmer
3.87
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Folktales and spirits animate this lively coming-of-age tale of two Jamaican-Trinidadian sisters in… read more
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- literary fiction
- magical realism
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- fantasy
- audiobook
26. If We're Being Honest
By: Cat Shook
3.48
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
For fans of We Are the Brennans by Tracey Lange and All Adults Here by Emma Straub, Cat Shook’s deb… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
"As it turns out porn does not automatically make a computer implode."-Cat Shook, If We're Being Honest
27. Masquerade
By: O.O. Sangoyomi
4.04
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Set in a wonderfully reimagined 15th century West Africa, Masquerade is a dazzling, lyrical tale ex… read more
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- adult
- fantasy
- fiction
- audiobook
28. 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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- literary fiction
- race
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
29. Gone Like Yesterday
By: Janelle M. Williams
3.59
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A lyrical debut novel that asks what we owe to our families, what we owe to our ancestors, and what… read more
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- race
- magical realism
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- african american
- fantasy
- audiobook
30. And So I Roar
By: Abi Daré
4.18
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A stunning, heartwrenching new novel from Abi Daré, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl w… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- audiobook
31. Lovely One: A Memoir
By: Ketanji Brown Jackson
4.64
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In her inspiring, intimate memoir, the first Black woman to ever be … read more
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- audiobook
