New & Forthcoming Black Fiction

AN OPRAH BOOK CLUB SELECTION "Epic…. I was just enraptured by the lineage and the story of this modern African-American family…. A combination of...

“The Eternal Audience of One is laugh-out-loud funny with writing that is sometimes so beautiful that it dances off the page—to a millennial beat...

From John Edgar Wideman, “a master [who] boldly subverts what a short story can be” (Publishers Weekly) comes a stunning story collection that sp...

Named a Best Book of Fall by Good Housekeeping “Sublime. A striking and formidable novel by one of our most brilliant writers and storytellers.” ...

By the winner of the 2018 Alternative Nobel Prize in Literature LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN TRANSLATED LITERATURE “At once tou...

An uncanny literary thriller addressing the painful legacy of lynching in the US, by the author of TelephonePercival Everett’s The Trees is a pag...

A thrilling new novel of lies, deception, and revenge from the bestselling author, perfect for fans of B.A. Paris and Joshilyn Jackson! The glamo...

Notes From Your BooksellerLike The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead, this extraordinary debut creates powerful art from great tragedy. We’re still...

The Freedom Race, Lucinda Roy’s explosive first foray into speculative fiction, is a poignant blend of subjugation, resistance, and hope.The seco...

The first Black winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature gives us a tour de force, his first novel in nearly half a century: a savagely satiric, g...

Notes From Your BooksellerA remarkable collection of short stories, all set in New Orleans, that provides an intimate portrait of this great city...

Notes From Your BooksellerJasmine Guillory was one of the first to the rom-com market and continues to build on her world of young professionals ...

A provocative new novel from the best-selling author of Snow Falling on Cedars—a moving father-son story that is also a taut courtroom drama and ...

A Paris Review Staff Pick and an Amazon Editors' Pick. "Bold, witty, ominous and vulnerable . . . How to Wrestle a Girl shines in its propensity ...

Alex Cross enters the final battle with the all-knowing genius who has stalked him and his family for years. Dr. Alex Cross and Detective John Sa...

The first in a thrilling new series from Emmy Award-winning TV Host and Journalist Tamron Hall, As The Wicked Watch follows a reporter as she unr...

A provocative and raw debut collection of short fiction reminiscent of Junot Diaz’s Drown. A Black man’s life, told in scenes—through every time...

Notes From Your BooksellerA poignant, moving story about family, identity and a young man's epic journey from New Orleans to the Middle East in s...

“Riveting and transformative, evocative and immersive...by turns vibrant and bold and wise, discovering Dorothy’s story is a singular pleasure.”—...