Fiction - Black Reads

Paulette and Fred Baldwin find themselves wading through a new season of life in Hickory Grove, North Carolina. Their only son, McKinley, now works...

"The author of the "brazenly hilarious, tell-it-like-it-is first novel" (Oprah Daily) Queenie returns with another witty and insightful novel about...

Product DetailsISBN-13: 9798885785686 Media Type: Library Binding Publisher: Thorndike Press Large Print Publication Date: 03-28-2023 Pages: 0 Prod...

1950s Philadelphia: fifteen-year-old Ruby Pearsall is on track to becoming the first in her family to attend college, in spite of having a mother m...

Product DetailsISBN-13: 9798885787253 Media Type: Library Binding Publisher: Thorndike Press Large Print Publication Date: 04-05-2023 Pages: 0 Prod...

A father's sudden disappearance exposes the private fears, dreams, longings, and joys of a Black American family in the late decades of the twentie...

Perfect for readers looking for a darker twist on Bridgerton, this first in a vibrant, inclusive historical mystery series from acclaimed author Va...

Product DetailsISBN-13: 9798885789295 Media Type: Library Binding Publisher: Thorndike Press a Part of Gale a Cengage Comp Publication Date: 07-12-...

A searing and tender novel about a young Black journalist's search for answers in the unsolved murder of her great-grandfather in segregated Birmin...

Resonant with the emotional urgency of Alice Walker's classic Meridian and the poignant charm of Sue Monk Kidd's The Secret Life of Bees, a grippin...

A stunning, contemporary Black southern gothic novel about what it means to be a poor woman in the God fearing south in the age of OnlyFans, by a b...

In a deliciously twisty tale of seduction, betrayal, and obsession from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Shanora Williams, a scorned...

It's finally time for Charles Ignatius Sancho to tell his story, one that begins on a slave ship in the Atlantic and ends at the very center of Lon...

Product DetailsISBN-13: 9781638088905 Media Type: Library Binding Publisher: Christian Series Level II (24) Publication Date: 10-01-2023 Pages: 500...

What is motherhood in the midst of uncertainty, buried trauma, and an unraveling America? What it's always been--a love songOur narrator is a gifte...

Family, grief, ghosts, and a mystery: this clever and compelling young adult novel heralds a masterful new voice from Zimbabwe.Mati's family is ree...

Spanning from the joyous peak of the 1930s jazz era to the Great Depression and civil rights movement, Long Gone, Come Home weaves a poetic tale of...

An emotional and witty story of love, forgiveness, and second chances as the race to the wedding day begins... It's been years since Dr. Imani Kemp...

A ballerina at the height of her powers becomes consumed with finding her missing brother in this "striking debut" (Oprah Daily). At twenty-two yea...

Dreamgirls meets Waiting to Exhale by way of Destiny's Child with a nostalgic 90s twist! As glittering as their name, The Diamonds were on the brin...

Two girls' lives are irrevocably intertwined the summer of 1985 in the streets of Brooklyn, New York, and neither will ever be the same in this com...

Inspired by true events, Women of the Post brings to life the heroines who proudly served in the all-Black battalion of the Women's Army Corps in ...

Product DetailsISBN-13: 9798885787017 Media Type: Library Binding Publisher: Thorndike Press a Part of Gale a Cengage Comp Publication Date: 04-05-...

This joyous and loving celebration of family is the first-ever picture book to highlight Black nighttime hair traditions--and is perfect for every ...