You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
By: Akwaeke Emezi
3.55
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Fresh and seductive novel about a young woman seeking joy while healing from loss. Feyi Adekola …
Want to Read $ 12.99"if it's real, the distance won't change it."-Akwaeke Emezi, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
"Get into the rooms you need to be in so your work can do what it needs to do."-Akwaeke Emezi, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
"That she had braids like gold, glittering under the sun. The kind of deep, black skin that always looks perfect, like a goddess"-Akwaeke Emezi, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
"She wanted to take a picture of it but she already knew half the beauty would die inside a camera lens and she'd never quite catch the edges of it."-Akwaeke Emezi, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
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1. The Perfect Find
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Format: 128 pages, Paperback
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2. Reel (Hollywood Renaissance #1)
By: Kennedy Ryan
4.46
Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition
Award-Winning Wall Street Journal bestselling author Kennedy Ryan launches a brand-new series with … read more
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"This body is a shell,"-Kennedy Ryan, Reel (Hollywood Renaissance #1)
"Live with what you’ll leave behind in mind."-Kennedy Ryan, Reel (Hollywood Renaissance #1)
"Life is indiscriminately seasoned, usually not sweet without some bitter. Usually not sun without some rain."-Kennedy Ryan, Reel (Hollywood Renaissance #1)
"That is the risk of love, what makes it a radical act. You pour everything into another person who is bound by fragile humanity. You could lose them at any time, but you can’t reason with your heart."-Kennedy Ryan, Reel (Hollywood Renaissance #1)
3. The Neighbor Favor (The Greene Sisters)
By: Kristina Forest
3.82
Format: 403 pages, Paperback
In this heart-fluttering romance by Kristina Forest, a shy bookworm enlists her charming neighbor t… read more
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"For a moment, Nick was speechless. She thought she needed his help flirting? From what had just happened up- stairs in her kitchen, she was the master and he was the novice. He'd practically fallen a…"-Kristina Forest, The Neighbor Favor (The Greene Sisters)
4. Yellowface
By: R.F. Kuang
3.77
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
White lies. Dark humor. Deadly consequences… Bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says… read more
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"The truth is fluid, there is always another way to spin the story."-R.F. Kuang, Yellowface
"They tell authors never to look at Goodreads, but nobody follows that advice—none of us can resist the urge to know how our work is being received."-R.F. Kuang, Yellowface
"Writing is the closest thing we have to real magic. Writing is creating something out of nothing, is opening doors to other lands. Writing gives you power to shape your own world when the real one hu…"-R.F. Kuang, Yellowface
5. Love Radio
By: Ebony LaDelle
4.23
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Hitch meets The Sun Is Also a Star in this novel about a self-professed teen love doctor with a pop… read more
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"It's crazy how a relationship can be over long before you both call it quits."-Ebony LaDelle, Love Radio
"That's what love looks like. It's not always about the flowers and grand gestures, but this right here. Being completely yourself with another person in the moment, and them accepting no less of you."-Ebony LaDelle, Love Radio
"And now I'm realising it's ok to let toxicity go, even if it used to be good at one point. What matters is how does it make you feel now, and right now nothing about Destiny makes me believe she care…"-Ebony LaDelle, Love Radio
6. Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband?
By: Lizzie Damilola Blackburn
3.76
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Meet Yinka: a thirty-something, Oxford-educated, British Nigerian woman with a well-paid job, good … read more
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7. Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad
By: Damilare Kuku
4.03
Format: None pages, Paperback
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8. All I've Wanted All I've Needed
By: A.E. Valdez
4.35
Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition
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9. This Could Be Us (Skyland, #2)
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4.42
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
Soledad Barnes has her life all planned out. Because, of course, she does. She plans everything. Sh… read more
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10. Honey & Spice
By: Bolu Babalola
3.93
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
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"There's a whole universe in her and I would be so lucky to live in it, explore it. Over and over."-Bolu Babalola, Honey & Spice
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11. You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
By: Akwaeke Emezi
3.55
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Fresh and seductive novel about a young woman seeking joy while healing from loss. Feyi Adekola … read more
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- lgbt
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"if it's real, the distance won't change it."-Akwaeke Emezi, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
"Get into the rooms you need to be in so your work can do what it needs to do."-Akwaeke Emezi, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
"That she had braids like gold, glittering under the sun. The kind of deep, black skin that always looks perfect, like a goddess"-Akwaeke Emezi, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
"She wanted to take a picture of it but she already knew half the beauty would die inside a camera lens and she'd never quite catch the edges of it."-Akwaeke Emezi, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
12. Before I Let Go (Skyland, #1)
By: Kennedy Ryan
4.36
Format: 376 pages, Paperback
Their love was supposed to last forever. But when life delivered blow after devastating blow, Yasme… read more
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"Fuck them ribs."-Kennedy Ryan, Before I Let Go (Skyland, #1)
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13. 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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"And know this: the villain depends on who's telling the story."-Tia Williams, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
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14. Only for the Week
By: Natasha Bishop
4.40
Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition
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15. Black Girls Must Die Exhausted
By: Jayne Allen
3.91
Format: 350 pages, Paperback
The first novel in a captivating three-book series about modern womanhood, in which a young Black w… read more
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"Not yet, but people get what they don't deserve all of the time. Don't get so hung up on things that don't matter..."-Jayne Allen, Black Girls Must Die Exhausted
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"Eles nunca haviam me oferecido nada antes, nenhuma ajuda com a faculdade, nada. Pelos comentários feitos depois que as filhas deles nasceram, tinha ficado muito claro para mim como os recursos seriam…"-Jayne Allen, Black Girls Must Die Exhausted
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By: Jessica George
4.06
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
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"A white person can date a Black person and still be racist."-Jessica George, Maame
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17. The List
By: Yomi Adegoke
3.05
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
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18. The Partner Plot (The Greene Sisters)
By: Kristina Forest
3.80
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
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19. Nightcrawling
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3.98
Format: 277 pages, Hardcover
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"That boy is a wonder. He's my autumn rain, my last picture of the sun before it sets. Daytime is not possible without Trevor. Not even sure the sun come out without Trevor."-Leila Mottley, Nightcrawling
20. Seven Days in June
By: Tia Williams
4.02
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Brooklynite Eva Mercy is a single mom and bestselling erotica writer, who is feeling pressed from a… read more
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"Religion. Hmm. I guess it's like fire. In good hands, fire can be used to do positive things, like keep you warm. Make s'mores. In bad hands, it can burn a witch at the stake. Lynch a Black body."-Tia Williams, Seven Days in June
21. Curvy Girl Summer (Curve, #1)
By: Danielle Allen
4.35
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