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Dive into a curated collection of works by renowned Black authors. From timeless classics to contemporary masterpieces, discover voices that have shaped literature and championed diversity through the ages.
  • Sleep Well, My Lady - Paperback | Diverse Reads

    Sleep Well, My Lady

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    In the follow-up to the acclaimed series debut The Missing American, PI Emma Djan investigates the death of a Ghanaian fashion icon and social me...

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  • Blood Grove - Hardcover | Diverse Reads
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    Blood Grove

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    "Master of craft and narrative" Walter Mosley returns with this crowning achievement in the Easy Rawlins saga, in which the iconic detective's loya...

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  • Trouble Is What I Do - Paperback | Diverse Reads

    Trouble Is What I Do

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    Morally ambiguous P.I. Leonid McGill is back -- and investigating crimes against society's most downtrodden -- in this installment of the beloved d...

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  • Every Man a King: A King Oliver Novel - Paperback | Diverse Reads

    Every Man a King: A King Oliver Novel

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    In this highly anticipated sequel from Edgar Award-winning "master of craft and narrative," Walter Mosley, Joe King Oliver is entangled in a danger...

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  • Every Man a King: A King Oliver Novel - Hardcover | Diverse Reads
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    Every Man a King: A King Oliver Novel

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    In this highly anticipated sequel from Edgar Award-winning "master of craft and narrative," Walter Mosley, Joe King Oliver is entangled in a dang...

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    A Rage in Harlem

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    A ripping introduction to Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones, patrolling New York City’s roughest streets in Chester Himes’s groundbreaking...

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  • Down the River unto the Sea (Edgar Award Winner) - Paperback | Diverse Reads

    Down the River unto the Sea (Edgar Award Winner)

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    Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel of the Year: bestselling author Walter Mosley "is back with a whole new character to love...As gorgeous ...

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  • Devil in a Blue Dress (30th Anniversary Edition): An Easy Rawlins Novel - | Diverse Reads
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    Devil in a Blue Dress (30th Anniversary Edition): An Easy Rawlins Novel

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    Notes From Black ReadsWalter Mosely's Devil in a Blue Dress was written in 1990 and set in 1948. The 30th anniversary edition gives us pause to ...

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  • Cotton Comes to Harlem - Paperback(Reissue) | Diverse Reads

    Cotton Comes to Harlem

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    From “the best writer of mayhem yarns since Raymond Chandler” (San Francisco Chronicle) comes a hard-hitting, entertaining entry in the trailblaz...

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  • The Real Cool Killers - Paperback(Reissue) | Diverse Reads
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    The Real Cool Killers

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    The book that Walter Kirn said was like “Hieronymus Bosch meets Miles Davis" (The New York Times). • Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones get...

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