Browsing: African American Interest

A #1 New York Times bestseller and NPR Best Book of 2015 hailed as “required reading” (Toni Morrison): Written as a powerful letter from father to son, this Pulitzer Prize finalist offers “a riveting meditation on the state of race in America” (The Washington Post).

Can we learn from our ancestral past? Do our relatives’ behaviors help mold our own? In “Unexpected Gifts” that is…

A modern classic and New York Times bestseller from a beloved poet and memoirist: Maya Angelou paints a “simultaneously touching and comic” portrait (The New York Times) of her time growing up, experiencing prejudice and trauma and learning about love and kindness.

A sweet and steamy New Adult Romance from author of the bestselling Ruthless People series, J.J. McAvoy… After an erotic…

As a child Hester Wyatt escaped slavery, but now the dark skinned beauty is a dedicated member of Michigan’s Underground…

A New York Times bestselling author “exhibits a raw and true voice” (Publishers Weekly) in this riveting tale with over 21,000 five-star Goodreads ratings. Winter, the daughter of a powerful Brooklyn kingpin, stops at nothing to get what she wants. Named to Essence magazine’s 50 Most Impactful Black Books of the Last 50 Years.

An award-winning #1 New York Times bestseller with over 100,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads: A lawyer shares his stirring true story of a life spent protecting vulnerable people ensnared in the criminal justice system. “Inspiring and powerful” (John Grisham).

Nicole At one time, I had everything I wanted in life. Or I thought I did, but I lived in…

A National Book Award winner and NPR Best Book of 2013: When abolitionist John Brown arrives in the Kansas Territory, enslaved Henry Shackleford is mistaken for a girl — and embarks on a journey of survival. “A boisterous, highly entertaining, altogether original novel” (The Washington Post).

When passion is the perfect storm Successful career woman Paxton Jones has come a long way from her dirt-poor roots–and…