Fiction- African American
Fiction- African American
All Good in the Hood
This bounce-to-the-beat picture book by America’s favorite rapping teacher from Chicago is a tribute to the sights and sounds of a city neighborhood and the special bond between brothers as they help each other overcome their fears. Today is June...
$18.99
All Aboard the Schooltrain: A Little Story from the Great Migration
Thelma loves to watch the Sunset Limited chug through her little town of Vacherie, Louisiana. And she dreams of one day riding a real train! For now, she has her beloved schooltrain. Every morning, she and her friends walk to...
$19.99
The Adventures of Qai Qai
“Don’t be scared, Best Friend! I’m right here with you, always!”“But what if I’m not good enough?”“Girl!” Qai Qai answered. “You’re already good enough when you walk in the door! Come on, let me show you.”Baby Girl has a dance...
$18.99
Ada Twist, Scientist: A Picture Book (The Questioneers)
Inspired by real-life makers Ada Lovelace and Marie Curie, this beloved #1 bestseller champions STEM, girl power and women scientists in a rollicking celebration of curiosity, the power perseverance, and the importance of asking “Why?”Don't miss Ada’s further adventures—with her...
$19.99
Seraph on the Suwanee: A Novel
This novel of turn-of-the-century white “Florida Crackers” marks a daring departure for Zora Neale Hurston, the author famous for her complex accounts of Black culture and heritage. Full of insights into the nature of love, attraction, faith, and loyalty, Seraph on...
$15.99
Gods Of The Seven Kingdoms: The Yoruba Pantheon
For millennia, the Yoruba kingdom had thrived in tranquility, untouched by the ravages of war and disease. But a new malevolence had emerged from the east in the form of General Adulis and his Aksum empire. Utilizing the powers of...
$24.87
Black Girls Must Die Exhausted: A Novel (Black Girls Must Die Exhausted, 1)
The first novel in a captivating three-book series about modern womanhood, in which a young Black woman must rely on courage, laughter, and love—and the support of her two longtime friends—to overcome an unexpected setback that threatens the most precious...
$18.99
Black Girls Must Have It All: A Novel (Black Girls Must Die Exhausted, 3)
In this final installment in the acclaimed Black Girls Must Die Exhausted trilogy, Tabitha is juggling work, relationships, and a newborn baby—but will she find the happy ending she’s always wanted? After a whirlwind year, Tabitha Walker’s carefully organized plan...
$18.99
Black Girls Must Be Magic: A Novel (Black Girls Must Die Exhausted, 2)
“Masterfully written and pitch perfect, Black Girls Must Be Magic is, simply, magic.”—Good Morning America In this highly anticipated second installment in the Black Girls Must Die Exhausted series, Tabitha Walker copes with more of life’s challenges and a happy surprise—a baby—with...
$17.99
Silent Screamers: The Rise of Yorgensen
Now that the alien invaders have disclosed their existence to the entire world on national TV, Yorgensen, a spiritual guru to the stars is attempting to put a positive spin on their arrival. As the world becomes infatuated with the...
$6.95
The Ancient Orishas: Yoruba Tradition, Sacred Rituals, The Divine Feminine, and Spiritual Enlightenment of African Culture and Wisdom
Make no mistake, the sacred knowledge and energy of our ancestors thrives today. Keep reading to find out more… Are you constantly fascinated by the spirituality of indigenous tribes, finding yourself engulfed by the beauty of worlds no longer alive...
$22.00
Osiris Rising, A Novel
Osiris Rising, Armah's sixth novel, is structured after Africa's oldest narrative, the Isis-Osiris myth cycle. Traveling to Africa on a search for lifework and love, Ast, an African American scholar, gets immersed in history as living continuity. In a pillaged...
$20.00
THE COLOR PURPLE
Read the original inspiration for the new, boldly reimagined film from producers Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg, starring Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, and Fantasia Barrino.Celebrating its fortieth anniversary, The Color Purple writes a message of healing, forgiveness, self-discovery, and sisterhood to...
$18.00
Sunny & The Mysteries Of Osisi
Sunny Nwazue is back in this gripping sequel to Nnedi Okorafor's What Sunny Saw in the Flames. Sunny has settled into life at the Leopard Society, with friends Orlu, Chichi and Sasha. Her magic powers continue to grow under the...
$11.95
Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun
Dr. Morayo Da Silva is one of the most memorable characters you are likely to encounter on the page intelligent, indomitable, author and survivor of a large life. In dreamlike prose, Manyika dips in and out of her present,...
$14.95
In the Palace of Flowers
Set in Iran at the end of the 19th Century ―in the Persian royal court of the Qajars―, In The Palace of Flowers is an atmospheric historical novel about Jamila, an Abyssinian slave who stands at the funeral of a...
$15.95
The Hundred Wells of Salaga
Aminah lives an idyllic life until she is brutally separated from her home and forced on a journey that turns her from a daydreamer into a resilient woman. Wurche, the willful daughter of a chief, is desperate to play an...
$15.95
The Hidden Star
Nolitye lives in a shack with her mother Thembi in Phola, a dusty township on the edge of Johannesburg. She is good at maths and likes collecting stones, which she places in a bucket under her bed. She also has...
$10.99
Surprise Party
Samantha is planning a spectacular party for her husband’s birthday. It would be great, she thinks, if she could go back over Marty’s life, find the people who’ve meant the most to him, and bring them to the party. But...
$15.99
Daughters of Oduma
An elite female fighter must reenter the competition to protect her found family of younger sisters in this “absorbing, striking” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) young adult fantasy inspired by West African culture, perfect for fans of The Gilded Ones and Creed.Eat. Dance. Fight.This...
$19.99
The Truth of the Aleke (The Forever Desert, 2)
Moses Ose Utomi returns to his Forever Desert series with The Truth of the Aleke, continuing his epic fable about truth, falsehood, and the shackles of history.The Aleke is cruel. The Aleke is clever. The Aleke is coming.500 years after the...
$24.99
The Lies of the Ajungo (The Forever Desert, 1)
Moses Ose Utomi's debut novella, The Lies of the Ajungo, follows one boy’s epic quest to bring water back to his city and save his mother’s life. Prepare to enter the Forever Desert.A Library Journal Best Book of the Month!They say there is...
$19.99
$16.99
The Parker Inheritance
A Boston Globe / Horn Book Honor winner * Four Starred Reviews * Over Ten Best-of-Year Lists" Powerful.... Johnson writes about the long shadows of the past with such ambition that any reader with a taste for mystery will appreciate...
$12.99
Love Radio
Review Ebony LaDelle's Love Radio is an absorbing and romantic YA debut. High school senior Dani Ford doesn't have time for love; more importantly, she's not interested in it--at least, not the way it's portrayed in the old Black romcoms her mother...
$19.99
Fruit of the Lemon: A Novel
From Andrea Levy, author of Small Island and winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year and the Best of the Best Orange Prize, comes a story of one woman and two islands.Faith Jackson knows little about her parents' lives before they...
$21.00
Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orisha, 2)
An Instant #1 New York Times BestsellerA GOOD MORNING AMERICA Book Club Pick"Adeyemi has sparked magic once again." —The New York TimesAfter battling the impossible, Zélie and Amari have finally succeeded in bringing magic back to the land of Orïsha. But the ritual was...
$17.99
KINDRED
Selected by The Atlantic as one of THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS. ("You have to read them.")From the New York Times bestselling author of Parable of the Sower and MacArthur “Genius” Grant, Nebula, and Hugo award winnerThe visionary time-travel classic whose Black female hero is...
$16.00
All American Boys
A 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor book, and recipient of the Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature.In this New York Times bestselling novel, two teens—one black, one white—grapple with the repercussions of a single violent act that leaves their...
$19.99
The Gilded Ones #1: Deathless
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY TEEN VOGUE "A dark feminist tale spun with blood and gold. Must read!" –Dhonielle Clayton, New York Times bestselling author of The Belles Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in fear and anticipation of the blood ceremony that will determine whether she will become...
$18.99