The Unfortunates
By: J.K. Chukwu
3.84
Format: 305 pages, Hardcover
An edgy, bitingly funny debut about a queer, half-Nigerian college sophomore who, enraged and exhau…
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1. Black Sunday
By: Tola Rotimi Abraham
3.65
Format: 277 pages, Hardcover
Simultaneously unique and universal (NPR), this fiercely original debut novel follows the fate of f… read more
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- literary fiction
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"Gone but not Forgotten."-Tola Rotimi Abraham, Black Sunday
"Children can have stubborn pain too."-Tola Rotimi Abraham, Black Sunday
"Lagos is filled with broke men with big dreams."-Tola Rotimi Abraham, Black Sunday
"Just give me five years, I'll ruin his entire life."-Tola Rotimi Abraham, Black Sunday
2. Family Lore
By: Elizabeth Acevedo
3.53
Format: 371 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling, National Book Award-winning author Elizabeth Acevedo comes her first novel for ad… read more
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- adult fiction
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- contemporary
- adult
3. The God of Good Looks
By: Breanne Mc Ivor
3.92
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
This entertaining, transportive, and luminous debut novel follows a young Trinidadian woman finding… read more
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- adult fiction
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- contemporary
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4. A Kind of Madness
By: Uché Okonkwo
4.04
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
A searing, unflinching collection of stories set in Nigeria that explores themes of community expe… read more
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- fiction
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5. Allow Me to Introduce Myself
By: Onyi Nwabineli
3.81
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Ever since she was a child, Anuri’s life was chronicled and monetized by her influencer stepmother.… read more
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- literary fiction
- mental health
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- contemporary
- adult
6. Homebodies
By: Tembe Denton-Hurst
3.32
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Urgent, propulsive, and strikingly insightful, Homebodies is a thrilling debut novel about a young … read more
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- lesbian
- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
7. The Good Ones Are Taken
By: Taj McCoy
3.55
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
When Maggie's best friend admits he's in love with her, she'll have to decide whether it's worth gi… read more
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- adult fiction
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- contemporary
8. You Exist Too Much
By: Zaina Arafat
3.64
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
On a hot day in Bethlehem, a 12-year-old Palestinian-American girl is yelled at by a group of men o… read more
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- lesbian
- literary fiction
- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- queer
"When you don’t want to lose someone, it’s so tempting to deceive them."-Zaina Arafat, You Exist Too Much
"Appetite is embarrassing enough; visibly trying to satiate it, utterly mortifying."-Zaina Arafat, You Exist Too Much
9. Harry Sylvester Bird
By: Chinelo Okparanta
3.24
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of Under the Udala Trees and Happiness, Like Water comes a brilliant,… read more
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- race
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- contemporary
10. 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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- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
11. And Then He Sang a Lullaby
By: Ani Kayode Somtochukwu
4.15
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The inaugural title from Roxane Gay Books, And Then He Sang a Lullaby is a searingly honest and res… read more
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- lgbt
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- queer
12. 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
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- contemporary
- adult
- queer
13. Sweetness in the Skin
By: Ishi Robinson
4.29
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
“A delightful coming-of-age story set in Jamaica, amid heartbreak, hopefulness, and mirth.”—Charmai… read more
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14. Wandering in Strange Lands: A Daughter of the Great Migration Reclaims Her Roots
By: Morgan Jerkins
4.00
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed cultural critic and New York Times bestselling author of This Will Be My Undoing… read more
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- race
15. Little Rot
By: Akwaeke Emezi
3.67
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling new novel from the bestselling, award-winning Akwaeke Emezi, about five friends trying … read more
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- contemporary
- adult
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16. New York, My Village
By: Uwem Akpan
3.38
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Exuberant storytelling full of wry comedy, dark history, and devastating satire―by the celebrated a… read more
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- literary fiction
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
17. The Unfortunates
By: J.K. Chukwu
3.84
Format: 305 pages, Hardcover
An edgy, bitingly funny debut about a queer, half-Nigerian college sophomore who, enraged and exhau… read more
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- lesbian
- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- race
- lgbt
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
- queer
18. I'm F*cking Amazing
By: Anoushka Warden
3.41
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
What becomes of happily-ever-after for a woman who can’t stand sex with the best guy ever? Her d… read more
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- literary fiction
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- contemporary
- adult
19. Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow
By: Damilare Kuku
3.68
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Humor and poignance mix in this powerful polyphonic novel about family secrets, judgmental aunties,… read more
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- adult
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20. 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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- contemporary
- adult
21. The Parlour Wife: The most poignant historical fiction book you’ll read this year
By: Foluso Agbaje
4.06
Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition
Kehinde must put everything on the line to find herself during a time of war. Lagos, 1939 Wit… read more
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