Browsing: African American Interest

A New York Times bestseller and NPR Best Book of 2016: Reeling from her mother’s death, Nadia makes a choice that will change her life — and years later, her secret threatens all she holds dear… “A thought-provoking novel that will resonate long after it is read” (USA Today).

Lovelorn, down-to-earth Riley reinvents herself to try and find the perfect suitor. But the transformation works a little too well, leaving Riley to choose between the man of her dreams… and the man who could be exactly what she needs.

“Raw, dark, yet achingly tender” (New York Times bestselling author Anna Zaires): Naive student Ivory wants to explore her sexuality with her teacher Emeric — but her sensual awakening may ignite an all-consuming obsession… With over 5,100 five-star ratings on Goodreads.

Mia is headed to the famed Nottingham for a month long vacation. She never imagined she’d run into her high-school…

I’ll show this single mom what it really means to grab a bull by the horns. She’s in for a…

The #1 New York Times bestseller that inspired the feature film: Immerse yourself in the lives and work of the extraordinary Black women whose mathematical advances made space missions possible. This “tender account of genuine transcendence and camaraderie” (The New York Times) is top-rated on BookBub.

This “genre-defying mix of history, biography, and memoir” (The Philadelphia Inquirer) explores the legacy of Emmett Till’s death in relation to the fate of Till’s father, who was executed in Italy during World War II. “A searching tale of loss, recovery, and déjà vu” (The Washington Post).

In this “powerful, provocative, and universally lauded” NPR Best Book of 2018 (Entertainment Weekly), Kiese Laymon lays bare his experience growing up Black in Mississippi. “You won’t be able to put [this memoir] down” (The Atlantic).

This stirring historical novel follows Black — the son of a legendary slave insurgent — as he fights for love and freedom in Virginia. Determined to rescue beautiful Sunday from a plantation, Black puts his liberty on the line for a chance at a better future.

In 1950s North Carolina, eight-year-old Raeford “Junebug” Hurley defies his dangerously bigoted community when he befriends Fancy Stroud and her twin brother… An “intense and well-written” tale from “an exciting new voice in Southern literature” (New York Times bestselling author Ron Rash).