The Garden of Broken Things
By: Francesca Momplaisir
3.62
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The gripping story of generations of women—mothers and daughters of Haiti—and the devastating earth…
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1. The Birds of Opulence
By: Crystal Wilkinson
3.70
Format: 168 pages, Hardcover
From the critically acclaimed, award-winning author of Blackberries, Blackberriesand Water Streetco… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
2. The Star Side of Bird Hill
By: Naomi Jackson
4.00
Format: 412 pages,
After their mother can no longer care for them, young Phaedra and her older sister, Dionne, are exi… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
3. Second House from the Corner
By: Sadeqa Johnson
4.03
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
"So good!" NY Times best-selling author Jennifer Weiner Felicia Lyons, a stressed out stay-at-home … read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
4. Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
By: Michael Harriot
4.59
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly… read more
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5. Wandering Stars
By: Tommy Orange
3.89
Format: 315 pages, Hardcover
The eagerly awaited follow-up to Pulitzer Prize-finalist Tommy Orange’s breakout best seller There … read more
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- literary fiction
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"And in the year 1924 Indian citizenship will have been granted, even though they will mean to dissolve tribes by giving citizenship, dissolve being another word for disappearance, a kind of chemical …"-Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars
6. Rootless
By: Krystle Zara Appiah
3.83
Format: 346 pages, Hardcover
A provocative debut novel about a marriage in crisis that asks the question: Can you ever be rooted… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
7. Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine
By: Uché Blackstock
4.46
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
“Legacy is an illuminating and stirring journey of a book.” —Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times- bes… read more
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8. 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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- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"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
9. How to Say Babylon
By: Safiya Sinclair
4.47
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
With echoes of Educated and Born a Crime, How to Say Babylon is the stunning story of the author’s … read more
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- adult
"As I grew older, I knew I would never be his perfect Rasta daughter. I was too headstrong, too curious. Too much of myself, and not enough of him."-Safiya Sinclair, How to Say Babylon
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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- literary fiction
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"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. 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
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"Your hometown makes you and breaks you and makes you again."-Essie J. Chambers, Swift River
12. Neighbors and Other Stories
By: Diane Oliver
4.04
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A bold and haunting debut story collection that follows various characters as they navigate the day… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"Sometimes I wonder why more of us ain't dead."-Diane Oliver, Neighbors and Other Stories
"He loved them, he had to. After all, they were his, but sometimes loving became a burden. And if he had met them at the bus station, perhaps they would have become that to him."-Diane Oliver, Neighbors and Other Stories
"By giving woman the exalted position, the man takes away her freedom. By treating her like a goddess, he forces her to act like a goddess... but the man is then free to act like a human being."-Diane Oliver, Neighbors and Other Stories
"He's going to wonder why, and how are we going to tell him we're afraid of them?" Her father's hand clutched the coffee cup. "He's going to be fighting them the rest of his life. He's got to start so…"-Diane Oliver, Neighbors and Other Stories
13. Lucky Girl
By: Irene Muchemi-Ndiritu
4.11
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Longing for independence, a young sheltered Kenyan woman flees the expectations of her mother for a… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
14. The Lesson
By: Cadwell Turnbull
3.58
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
THE LESSON explores the nature of belief, the impact of colonialism, and asks how far are we willin… read more
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- literary fiction
- adult
- fiction
"He had mistaken his place in this story. The realization filled him with both terror and a little relief, the relief faint but present. He hoped the feeling would someday give him a measure of peace."-Cadwell Turnbull, The Lesson
15. The Prophets
By: Robert Jones Jr.
3.92
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780593085684 A novel about the forbidden union between two ensl… read more
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- literary fiction
- adult
- fiction
"Good, he thought. Let it be ugly so it could be truth."-Robert Jones Jr., The Prophets
"Every travesty that had ever been committed had been committed by plain people."-Robert Jones Jr., The Prophets
"Our responsibility is to tell you the truth. But since you were never told the truth, you will believe it a lie. Lies are more affectionate than truth and embrace with both arms."-Robert Jones Jr., The Prophets
"Isaiah smiled at Samuel's unwillingness, his grunts and sighs and head shaking, even though he understood the danger in it. Tiny resistances were a kind of healing in a weeping place."-Robert Jones Jr., The Prophets
16. Troubled Waters
By: Mary Annaïse Heglar
3.90
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
In this intimate portrait of two generations, a granddaughter and a grandmother come to terms with … read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
17. Perfect Little Lives
By: Amber Brown
3.09
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
"A dark and riveting page-turner with an intelligent twist." —Nadine Matheson, author of The Jigsaw… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
18. 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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- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
19. Blood at the Root
By: LaDarrion Williams
4.05
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A teenager on the run from his past finds the family he never knew existed and the community he nev… read more
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- fiction
20. Monster in the Middle
By: Tiphanie Yanique
3.19
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
“ Reveals on every page how love can persevere and take shape over time and space.”— Boston Globe … read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
21. Everybody Come Alive: A Memoir in Essays
By: Marcie Alvis Walker
4.37
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling memoir that explores what it means to become fully alive and holy when we embrace the si… read more
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22. 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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- literary fiction
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
23. On Girlhood: 15 Stories from the Well-Read Black Girl Library
By: Glory Edim
4.25
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
“When you look over your own library, who do you see?” Since founding the beloved Well-Read Bl… read more
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- literary fiction
- adult
- fiction
- contemporary
24. Where Ivy Dares to Grow
By: Marielle Thompson
3.33
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Mexican Gothic meets Outlander in this spellbinding, atmospheric timeslip debut novel, as a woman s… read more
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- adult
- fiction
25. Twenty-Four Seconds from Now...
By: Jason Reynolds
4.39
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
“Jason Reynolds has done it again!...Fresh from start to finish…This is what it could be, should be… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
26. 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
"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
27. Sky Full of Elephants
By: Cebo Campbell
4.01
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In this exquisite speculative novel set in a world where white people no longer exist, college prof… read more
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- literary fiction
- adult
- fiction
28. The Garden of Broken Things
By: Francesca Momplaisir
3.62
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The gripping story of generations of women—mothers and daughters of Haiti—and the devastating earth… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
29. Gather Me: A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me
By: Glory Edim
4.26
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An inspiring memoir of family, community, and resilience, and an ode to the power of books to help … read more
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- adult
30. The Last One
By: Rachel Howzell Hall
2.91
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
Explosive and enthralling romantasy debut from New York Times bestselling author Rachel Howzell Hal… read more
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- adult
- fiction
31. 54 Miles
By: Leonard Pitts Jr.
4.55
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
The free-standing successor and next novel by the author of the critically acclaimed The Last Thing… read more
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- fiction
