An Autobiography of Skin
By: Lakiesha Carr
3.44
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Heat. Fire. Rain so blue. The blackness. The color of our hue. "Powerful in its love for the genera…
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1. Coffee Will Make You Black
By: April Sinclair
3.54
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
Set on Chicago's Southside in the mid-to-late 60s, Coffee Will Make You Blackis the moving and ente… read more
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- race
- african american
- fiction
2. Black No More
By: George S. Schuyler
3.64
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Modern Library Harlem Renaissance What would happen to the race problem in America if black people … read more
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3. Exhibit
By: R.O. Kwon
3.24
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling author R. O. Kwon, an exhilarating, blazing-hot novel about a woman caught between… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
4. The Build Up
By: Tati Richardson
3.86
Format: 368 pages, Mass Market Paperback
A truly unfortunate first day of work leads to unexpected love in this sparkling debut from Romance… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- african american
- audiobook
"But sometimes...love is like a good roux. It takes time and patience. You can’t turn your back on it."-Tati Richardson, The Build Up
5. Walk Through Fire: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Triumph
By: Sheila Johnson
4.39
Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition
The cofounder of BET and first African American woman billionaire shares her deeply personal journe… read more
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- audiobook
6. The Art of Scandal
By: Regina Black
3.82
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
"Love would be so much easier if it were perfect..." On the night of her husband Matt’s fortiet… read more
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- african american
- audiobook
7. 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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- adult fiction
- race
- fiction
- african american
- audiobook
8. 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
- 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
9. 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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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- race
- fiction
- contemporary
- 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
10. Swift River
By: Essie J. Chambers
3.54
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
10 hours, 30 minutes A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK | A Most Anticipated Book from… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- african american
- audiobook
"Your hometown makes you and breaks you and makes you again."-Essie J. Chambers, Swift River
11. The Oath (Secrets, #1)
By: T.M. Richardson
4.26
Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition
Does a second chance at happiness include your husband’s three best friends? Miles, Deacon, … read more
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- african american
- contemporary
"Use your words moma"-T.M. Richardson, The Oath (Secrets, #1)
12. 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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- audiobook
- adult fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"Some folks struggled disproportionately, carrying things that others couldn't even lift."-Diane Marie Brown, Black Candle Women
13. 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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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- race
- fiction
- contemporary
- african american
- audiobook
14. Victim
By: Andrew Boryga
3.92
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
There’s a fine line between bending the truth and telling bald-faced lies, and Javier Perez is will… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- race
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- audiobook
15. Last Acts
By: Alexander Sammartino
3.28
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A rollicking, satirical debut novel about a gun-store-owning father and son forced to live together… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- audiobook
16. 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
17. 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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- adult fiction
- race
- fiction
- african american
- audiobook
18. 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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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- race
- fiction
- contemporary
- african american
- audiobook
19. What You Leave Behind
By: Wanda M. Morris
3.90
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Award-winning author Wanda Morris returns with a powerful, haunting thriller following a lawyer who… read more
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- audiobook
- african american
- fiction
- contemporary
20. Like Happiness
By: Ursula Villarreal-Moura
3.83
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A searing debut about the complexities of gender, power, and fame, told through the story of a youn… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
21. When Trying to Return Home: Stories
By: Jennifer Maritza McCauley
3.55
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling debut collection spanning a century of Black American and Afro-Latino life in Puerto Ric… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
22. 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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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- race
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
23. A Country You Can Leave
By: Asale Angel-Ajani
3.72
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
When sixteen-year-old Lara and her fiery mother, Yevgenia, find themselves homeless again, the misn… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- race
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
24. Devil Is Fine
By: John Vercher
4.05
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Still reeling from a sudden tragedy, our biracial narrator receives a letter from an attorney: he h… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- race
- fiction
- contemporary
- african american
- audiobook
"No way I'd let myself feel again like I felt that morning. Of course, I wouldn't. I didn't have to tell her any of that. When it's that easy to lie to yourself, lying to someone else is light work. […"-John Vercher, Devil Is Fine
"Among the many things unknown before becoming a parent is how to handle when the child becomes the teacher. They proffer up parental pearls dispensed to them, and while thinking they'd fallen on deaf…"-John Vercher, Devil Is Fine
25. 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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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- race
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
26. The Coin
By: Yasmin Zaher
3.55
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A bold and unabashed novel about a young Palestinian woman's unraveling, far from home, as she gets… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
"And the poet, he asked, who was it again? Aisha didn't know him, neither did Matthew. But, of course, Gregory did. He asked if he was the 9/11 denier. No, definitely not a denier, but very vocal when…"-Yasmin Zaher, The Coin
27. Colored Television
By: Danzy Senna
3.83
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A dark comedy about second acts, creative appropriation, and the racial identity–industrial complex… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- race
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- african american
- audiobook
28. An Autobiography of Skin
By: Lakiesha Carr
3.44
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Heat. Fire. Rain so blue. The blackness. The color of our hue. "Powerful in its love for the genera… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- race
- feminism
- mental health
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- african american
- audiobook
29. 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 fiction
- feminism
- fiction
30. Someone Like Us
By: Dinaw Mengestu
3.66
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
After abandoning his once promising career as a journalist in search of a new life in Paris, Mamush… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- audiobook
"Sometimes I look at you and think that things go right through you. You're like a donut. There's a hole in the middle, where something solid should be"-Dinaw Mengestu, Someone Like Us
31. Grown Women
By: Sarai Johnson
4.28
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In this stunning debut novel, four generations of complex Black women contend with motherhood and d… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- novels
- audiobook
"I don’t think you’re ever really grown."-Sarai Johnson, Grown Women
"We can learn from trauma. We can become better, more efficient, if we do the work."-Sarai Johnson, Grown Women
"Similarly, I owe a great deal to my female ancestors and the women who mothered me."-Sarai Johnson, Grown Women
"Sometimes the best thing you can do for someone you love is stay the hell away from them."-Sarai Johnson, Grown Women
