Are you looking to read more books by Black authors? Whether you're looking for contemporary fiction, historical fiction, romance, sci-fi, mysteries, or something else, here are some great new books written by Black authors!
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Acts of forgiveness : a novel
by Maura Cheeks A single mother is surprised when her family blocks her from uncovering her family's ancestry, past and secrets while trying to prove she was descended from slaves in order to participate in the nation's first federal reparations program. |
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The American daughters : a novel
by Maurice Carlos Ruffin Enslaved to a businessman in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Ady, when she's separated from her mother, meets Lenore, a free black woman who invites her to join a clandestine society of spies called the Daughters, setting her on a journey toward liberation and imagining a new future. |
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The American queen : a novel
by Vanessa Miller There is only one known queen who ruled a kingdom on American soil. This is her story. |
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The blueprint : a novel
by Rae Giana Rashad Set in an alternate U.S. where an algorithm determines a black woman's occupation, spouse and residence, Solenne Bonet, lonely and naive, becomes the concubine of a high-ranking white government official with whom she forms an unbearable psychological bond with dangerous consequences. |
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Come and get it : a novel
by Kiley Reid A senior resident assistant at the University of Arkansas accepts an easy yet unusual opportunity offered by a visiting professor and things get messy when her new side-hustle is jeopardized by strange new friends and illicit and vengeful dorm antics. |
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Faebound : a novel
by Saara El-Arifi Forced into the terrifying wilderness beyond their homeland's borders an elven warrior and her prophet sister encounter the fae court, in the first book of a new trilogy from the Sunday Times best-selling author of the The Final Strife. |
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The house of plain truth : a novel
by Donna Hemans With news of her father's passing, Pearline abruptly leaves her daughter and grandchildren behind in Brooklyn to return to her childhood home in Jamaica. But Pearline isn't prepared for her father's puzzling deathbed wish that she find her siblings--whom she hasn't seen in 60 years--and discover the secret that tore her family apart. |
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James : a novel
by Percival Everett Describes the events of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn through the eyes of the enslaved Jim, who decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island after learning he is to be sold to a man in New Orleans. |
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A love song for Ricki Wilde : a novel
by Tia Williams Leaving behind her socialite family in Atlanta, Ricki Wilde moves to New York to open a flower shop as the Harlem Renaissance swirls around her, in the new novel from the author of Seven Days in June. |
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Neighbors and other stories
by Diane Oliver Filled with unforgettable characters dealing with the dangers of Jim Crow racism, this powerful story collection paints incisive and intimate portraits of African American families in everyday moments of anxiety and crisis that look at how they use agency to navigate their predicaments. |
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One of Us Knows
by Alyssa Cole From a critically acclaimed and New York Times best-selling author of When No One Is Watching comes a thriller about the new caretaker of a historic estate who finds herself trapped on an island with a murderer—and the ghosts of her past. |
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The partner plot
by Kristina Forest When successful celebrity stylist Violet Greene and her high school boyfriend Xavier Wright wake up married after hooking up in Vegas, they decide both their careers could benefit from the marriage, but instead get an unexpected second shot at happily ever after. |
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River Mumma
by Zalika Reid-Benta When the Jamaican water deity, River Mumma, tells her she has 24 hours to find her missing comb, Alicia, forming a strange connection with her two co-workers who help her fight off malevolent spirits, is led on a journey through time to discover herself and what the river carries. |
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This Could Be Us
by Kennedy Ryan When her life explodes in a cloud of betrayal and disillusion, Soledad Barnes, while working to support her daughters, rediscovers herself, but when a man she shouldn't want but can't resist enters the picture, she wonders if she can be brave enough to make room for what could be. |