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  • What's mine and yours : a novel
    Author:
    Coster, Naima
    Summary:

    A community in the Piedmont of North Carolina rises in outrage as a county initiative draws students from the largely Black east side of town into predominantly white high schools on the west. When Gee and Noelle join the school play...
  • Welcome to Braggsville : a novel
    Author:
    Johnson, T. Geronimo
    Summary:

    Born and raised in the tiny town of Braggsville, Georgia, D'aron Davenport finds himself in unfamiliar territory his freshman year at UC Berkeley. A disastrous party brings him three idiosyncratic best friends who descend on Braggsville...
  • Uncle Tom's children
    Author:
    Wright, Richard
    Summary:

    Set in the American Deep South, each of the powerful stories collected here concerns an aspect of the lives of black people in the post-slavery era, exploring their resistance to white racism and oppression.
  • Transcendent kingdom
    Author:
    Gyasi, Yaa.
    Summary:

    A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK! INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER Yaa Gyasi's stunning follow-up to her acclaimed national best seller Homegoing is a powerful, raw, intimate, deeply layered novel about a Ghanaian family in...
  • The Turner house
    Author:
    Flournoy, Angela
    Summary:

    The Turners have lived on Yarrow Street for over fifty years. Their house has seen thirteen children grown and gone--and some returned; it has seen the arrival of grandchildren, the fall of Detroit's East Side, and the loss of a father...
  • The talented Ribkins : a novel
    Author:
    Hubbard, Ladee
    Summary:

    At seventy-two, Johnny Ribkins shouldn't have such problems: he's got one week to come up with the money he stole from his mobster boss or it's curtains. What may or may not be useful to Johnny as he flees is that he comes from an...
  • The secret women : a novel
    Author:
    Williams, Sheila
    Summary:

    Elise Armstrong, Carmen Bradshaw, and DeeDee Davis meet in a yoga class. Though vastly different, these women discover they all have one thing in common: their mothers have recently passed away. Becoming fast friends, the trio make a...
  • The Rib King
    Author:
    Hubbard, Ladee
    Summary:

    This historical novel, set in late nineteenth-century Chicago, centers around the black servants of a down-on-its heels upper-class white family, who are exploited in the family's desperate business venture.
  • The reverend's wife
    Author:
    Roby, Kimberla Lawson
    Summary:

    The Reverend Curtis Black is no innocent choir boy, but after learning that his wife, Charlotte, had two affairs in a matter of months, he decides enough is enough. He may have forgiven her the way God expects, but he hasn't forgotten....
  • The prey of gods
    Author:
    Drayden, Nicky
    Summary:

    In South Africa, the future looks promising. In the bustling coastal town of Port Elizabeth, the economy is booming, thanks to the genetic engineering industry, which has found a welcome home there. But, there are significant challenges...
  • The perfect marriage
    Author:
    Roby, Kimberla Lawson
    Summary:

    Denise and Derrek Shaw are the perfect American couple. Happily married for 15 years, they have a wonderful daughter, successful careers, and a beautiful house. They also have a shocking secret: a dangerous addiction to drugs.
  • The man who lived underground
    Author:
    Wright, Richard
    Summary:

    Fred Daniels, a Black man, is picked up by the police after a brutal double murder and tortured until he confesses to a crime he did not commit. After signing a confession, he escapes from custody and flees into the city's sewer...
  • The gone dead : a novel
    Author:
    Benz, Chanelle
    Summary:

    Thirty years after the accident that killed her father, Billie James returns to the Mississippi Delta shack that was their home. But a forgotten piece of her past could put her in danger.
  • The accidental diva
    Author:
    Williams, Tia
    Summary:

    Intelligent and gorgeous, Billie Burke is a workaholic who hasn't paused since she set her sights on the top editor position at a premier beauty magazine. So far, her ambition has effectively curtailed her personal life, but now that...
  • Tell me how long the train's been gone : a novel
    Author:
    Baldwin, James
    Summary:

    Between Leo Proudhammer's childhood and his arrival into the world of the theater lies a wilderness of desire and loss, shame and rage. There are love affairs with both a man and a woman. And everywhere exists the anguish of being black...
  • Speak no evil
    Author:
    Iweala, Uzodinma
    Summary:

    In the long-anticipated novel from the author of the critically acclaimed Beasts of No Nation, a revelation shared between two privileged teenagers from very different backgrounds sets off a chain of events with devastating consequences...
  • Shifting through neutral
    Author:
    Davis, Bridgett
    Summary:

    After her mother leaves home, Rae Dodson, only a child, must care for her grief-stricken father. Rae is forced to grow up quickly in a time of change, seeking to understand the actions of the adults who surround her.
  • Nowhere is a place
    Author:
    McFadden, Bernice L.
    Summary:

    Sherry has struggled all her life to understand who she is, where she comes from, and, most importantly, why her mother slapped her cheek one summer afternoon. The incident has haunted Sherry, and it causes her to dig into her family...
  • Murderville 2 : the epidemic
    Author:
    JaQuavis, Ashley
    Summary:

    With Samad's target on her back, Liberty must survive the harsh streets alone. But when a chance encounter pushes her into the arms of a new friend, Po, the two take on the California kingpin--and step full force into the game.
  • Honor thy thug
    Author:
    Clark, Wahida
    Summary:

    Tasha and Trae try to save their marriage.

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