African American Fiction
 
Recent Releases
Home and away
by Rochelle Alers

Frustrated with her stagnant career, journalist Harper Fleming moves to Nashville to interview her grandfather about his father's Negro League baseball career, but as she uncovers family history, she finds inspiration to transform her own future. 
Glory daze
by Danielle Arceneaux

Glory Broussard's quiet life is turned upside down when a murder is tied to her ex-husband's mistress, drawing her into the secrets and scandals of Louisiana's dark underbelly, in the second novel of the series following Glory Be.
Stuck in the country with you
by Zuri Day

Good fences make good neighbors—except when a scorching shared past makes things complicated—in this delightful city-meets-country romance from Zuri Day.
Flirting lessons
by Jasmine Guillory

When shy, newly single Avery enlists flirty heartbreaker Taylor for flirting lessons, their playful arrangement ignites undeniable chemistry, forcing both women to confront their feelings and risk everything for the chance at something real. Simultaneous.
Isaac's song : a novel
by Daniel Black

Encouraged by his therapist to write down his story, a young, queer Black man describes the details and circumstances of his life, from growing up with a difficult father to finding community in 1980s Chicago
Harriet Tubman: live in concert : a novel
by Bob the Drag Queen

In an age where the greatest heroes from history have magically returned to help save the world, Harriet Tubman returns to create a hip-hop album with a fallen producer, forging powerful music that inspires a divided nation.
Junie : a novel
by Erin Crosby Eckstine

Sixteen-year-old slave Junie tends to master's daughter Violet at Bellereine Plantation in Alabama, but when Violet's potential marriage leads Junie to commit a desperate act that rouses sister Minnie's spirit, she enlists coachman Caleb's help as horrifying secrets are revealed.
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