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 Under the RadarSeptember 2025 |
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The dance and the fire : a novel
by Daniel Saldaäna Parâis
Reuniting in fire-ravaged Cuernavaca, three former friends relive the intensity of an old love triangle while grappling with past desires, artistic ambition, and family tensions, as a haunting dance project blurs the line between reality and an escalating, uncontrollable hysteria.
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The great mann : a novel
by Kyra Davis Lurie
In 1945 Los Angeles, Charlie Trammell is drawn into the glamour of Sugar Hill, where Black success clashes with white privilege, but as he grows close to the enigmatic Reaper Mann, he uncovers hidden tensions, personal betrayals, and a court battle that threatens the community's future.
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Jamaica road
by Lisa Smith
South London, 1981: Daphne, the only Black girl in her class, is drawn to Connie, a boy from Jamaica, and they and their families become close, but when Connie reveals that he's in England illegally, Daphne realizes she's entangled in Connie's fragile home life.
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Lonely crowds : a novel
by Stephanie Wambugu
Two outsiders who escape their bleak childhoods and enter the glamorous early '90s art world in New York City, where only one of them can make it.
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Maggie ; : or, A man and a woman walk into a bar
by Katie Yee
A Chinese American woman discovers her husband is cheating with someone named Maggie; she then finds out she has cancer and names the tumor Maggie, talking to her body's new inhabitant as she embarks on a journey of grief, healing, and reclamation.
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My train leaves at three : a novel
by Natalie Guerrero
Afro-Latina singer and actress Xiomara, mourning her sister and living in a tiny apartment in Washington Heights with her ultra-Catholic Puerto Rican mother, gets a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to audition for Manny Santos, but when Xiomara faces the ugliest sides of the industry, she must decide how much she's willing to sacrifice.
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Necessary fiction
by Eloghosa Osunde
Across the dynamic city of Lagos, Nigeria, characters seek out love for self and chosen partners, even risking ruining relationships with parents, spouses, family and friends, and they grapple with desire, fear, time, death and God, forming and breaking unexpected connections.
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Park avenue : a novel
by Renâee Ahdieh
Jia Song promised herself every luxury when she grew up, so she agrees immediately when her boss at a prestigious law firm asks her to handle the Park family fortune, whose patriarch is divorcing his dying wife, and Jia finds herself falling for their broken family.
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The payback
by Kashana Cauley
After losing her job, former Hollywood wardrobe designer Jada Williams teams up with two debt-ridden mall coworkers to pull off a daring heist, determined to erase their student loans and outmaneuver the ruthless Debt Police who pursue them.
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Slanting towards the sea : a novel
by Lidija Hilje
A decade after divorcing Vlaho, Ivona returns to her Croatian hometown to care for her ailing father, finding unexpected solace in his new family, but when a new man enters her life, the fragile balance between past and present is suddenly upended.
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