Fiction - Black Reads

FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTIONIn the nine expansive, searching stories of A Lucky Man, fathers and sons attempt to salvage rela...

Longlisted for the Aspen Words Literary PrizeA New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceA dazzling debut collection spanning a century of Black ...

A wide-ranging collection, including two novellas and ten stories exploring complex identities, from the acclaimed author of Corregidora, The Hea...

The acclaimed author’s first collection of stories“Gayl Jones’s work represents a watershed in American literature. From a literary standpoint, h...

"The weight of my secret has finally lifted off my shoulders. I've admitted to myself that I have an eating disorder. Life should be easy from here...

It's the culture-changing summer of 1968. Upheaval is nationwide with protests and assassinations. Yet, in her hometown, a small Southern haven, de...

With Spaceships Don't Come Equipped With Rearview Mirrors, Ran Walker returns with his second collection of one hundred 50-word stories, picking up...

Kungo Nights is a collection of short stories about Trinidad, its colonial history and people. The stories are posited as memories or memoirs of di...

"Cotton Candy"She loved cotton candy, the feel of the sugar tufts brushing against her skin, even the coarseness of the wet pieces that hardened in...

Emancipation is a compelling compilation of stories focusing on a broad cross-section of individuals. Gratey Johnson is a PSTD war veteran whose co...

"Short Scary Stories for Kids Age 9-12" is a thrilling collection of spine-tingling tales perfect for young readers seeking an exhilarating dose of...

Moments in the Private Room is a piercing exploration of Zimbabwean society by the debutant author, Kudzai Mhangwa. As his creative lens moves thro...

Ky fell for a man and she can't explainable what it is about him that she is so drawn to. Conflicted between love and lust, she sets out on a sensu...

"The stories in Wind, Sand, Sky are short, but rich with meaning. Set on the East African archipelago of Zanzibar, these intimate portraits invite ...

Katika miaka zaidi ya 20 ya kufundisha Kiswahili kwa wageni, sija-kutana na andiko la hadithi nzuri kama hizi alizoandika mwandi-ihi Marc Eichen. U...

“Lorrie Moore meets Eudora Welty.” —The New Yorker “Watts shows us people, real souls like the people we sit next to on the bus, people who live ...

*A Wall Street Journal Top 10 Best Book of the Year* From John Edgar Wideman, a modern "master of language" (The New York Times Book Review), comes...