TOP 20 FAVORITE BOOKS BY BLACK AUTHORS IN 2018

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  • An American Marriage (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel

    • ASIN: 1616208686
    • ISBN: 1616208686
    • Brand: Algonquin Books
    • Manufacturer: Algonquin Books

    A NEW YORK TIMES AND WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK A 2018 BEST OF THE YEAR SELECTION OF NPR  * TIME  * BUSTLE  * O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE  * THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS  * AMAZON.COM OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB 2018 SELECTIONWINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTIONWINNER OF THE 2019 ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE  WINNER OF THE 2019 NAACP IMAGE AWARD FOR OUTSTA... [Read More]

  • I Almost Forgot About You: A Novel

    • ASIN: 1524762318
    • ISBN: 1524762318
    • Manufacturer: Broadway Books

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The bestselling author of How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Waiting To Exhale is back with the inspiring story of a woman who shakes things up in her life to find greater meaningNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY LIBRARY JOURNALIn I Almost Forgot About You, Dr. Georgia Young's wonderful life—great friends... [Read More]

  • The Guardians: A Novel

    • ASIN: B07MYLK9FP
    • Manufacturer: Doubleday

    John Grisham delivers a classic legal thriller–-with a twist.In the small Florida town of Seabrook, a young lawyer named Keith Russo was shot dead at his desk as he worked late one night. The killer left no clues. There were no witnesses, no one with a motive. But the police soon came to suspect Quincy Miller, a young black man who was once a cli... [Read More]

  • Careful of the Company You Keep

    • ASIN: 075821748X
    • ISBN: 075821748X
    • Brand: Brand: Kensington Books
    • Manufacturer: Dafina

    From the acclaimed author of Trouble Loves Company comes a smart, sexy, heartfelt new novel about friendship, love, lust--and a whole lot of trouble in between. After finding her husband in a compromising position, romance author Renee Moore goes back to her hometown, hoping to start over. But once again, she finds herself looking for love in all ... [Read More]

  • Stalker

    • ASIN: 1622866711
    • ISBN: 1622866711
    • Manufacturer: Urban Renaissance

    After a brutal divorce, Abigail Wilson vowed to never love again, but when Brent Carson crosses her path, she simply can’t resist his good-guy persona that exemplifies perfection. From A to Z, Brent appears to have it all. Abigail falls head over heels for him—until the unthinkable happens. Brent’s announcement, “I’m just not that into y... [Read More]

  • Calling My Name

    • ASIN: 0062656872
    • ISBN: 0062656872
    • Manufacturer: Greenwillow Books

    “Calling My Name is a treasure.”—Nic Stone, New York Times–bestselling author of Dear MartinCalling My Name is a striking, luminous, and literary exploration of family, spirituality, and self—ideal for readers of Jacqueline Woodson, Jandy Nelson, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Sandra Cisneros.This unforgettable novel tells a universal coming-of-ag... [Read More]

  • The Water Dancer (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel

    • ASIN: B07NKMZT7T
    • Manufacturer: One World

  • The Banks Sisters

    • ASIN: 1622869478
    • ISBN: 1622869478
    • Manufacturer: Urban Books

    New York Times bestselling author Nikki Turner returns with her most spellbinding story to date: Meet the Banks sisters—Simone, Bunny, Tallhya, and Ginger. The four beauties are living under the same roof by force, but they can’t stand each other. Their only common denominator is their loving grandmother, Me-Ma. When she’s not at work trying ... [Read More]

  • Sin of a Woman (A Curtis Black Novel)

    • ASIN: 1455569682
    • ISBN: 1455569682
    • Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing

    The new novel in the beloved New York Times bestselling Curtis Black series."Roby's latest sizzles with scandal. A deliciously decadent beach read of temptation and the wages of sin." - Kirkus Reviews "Satisfying and sinful...well-written, fast-paced." - RT Book Reviews After her very public divorce from Dillon, Raven Black is recovering nicely. Di... [Read More]

  • The Life and Times of Persimmon Wilson: A Novel

    • ASIN: 1501116363
    • ISBN: 1501116363
    • Brand: Washington Square Press
    • Manufacturer: Washington Square Press

    For fans of Cold Mountain and The Invention of Wings comes “a magnificent, immersive, breathtaking work of historical fiction” (Jennifer Chiaverini, New York Times bestselling author) that follows the epic journey of a slave-turned-Comanche warrior who travels from the brutality of a New Orleans sugar cane plantation to the indomitable frontier... [Read More]

  • My Man's Best Friend

    • ASIN: 0981649521
    • ISBN: 0981649521
    • Manufacturer: Twin Pen Publishing

    What do you do when your man’s best friend is a woman, and a drop-dead, gorgeous one at that? Kai Edwards has a big problem when Todd Daniels' best friend, Alana Brooks, moves to Chicago and straight into the middle of their perfect life. To compete with the new threat and to keep her man, Kai devises a deliciously devious plan, but it takes an u... [Read More]

  • Be Careful What You Pray For: A Novel (The Reverend Curtis Black Series)

    • ASIN: 0061443123
    • ISBN: 0061443123
    • Manufacturer: William Morrow Paperbacks

    “Kimberla Lawson Roby is a true writer, a storyteller at the top of her game.”—Eric Jerome Dickey Alicia Black is back! The pampered, privileged daughter of the irrepressible scoundrel Rev. Curtis Black and protagonist of Kimberla Lawson Roby’s New York Times bestseller The Best of Everything, Alicia makes her triumphant return in Be Caref... [Read More]

  • Black Girls Must Die Exhausted: A Novel for Grown Ups

    • ASIN: 1732696810
    • ISBN: 1732696810
    • Manufacturer: Quality Black Books

    “Black girls must die exhausted” is something that 33-year-old Tabitha Walker has heard her grandmother say before. Of course, her grandmother (who happens to be white) was referring to the 1950’s and what she observed in the nascent times of civil rights. With a coveted position as a local news reporter, Marc-- a “paper-perfect” boyfrien... [Read More]

  • Deep: A Paranormal Novel

    • ASIN: B07SQS1TFP
    • Manufacturer: SOUL Publications

    A beautiful young city girl by the name of, Shore suffers from an unknown case of epilepsy. Without the money for better care, Shore doesn’t know why her spells occurs. She finds herself in a small unknown town with hidden secrets, looking for a cure to her illness.Zambezi is a twenty-one-year-old ladies man. He grew up in a small town called, Ol... [Read More]

  • Monster: A Graphic Novel

    • ASIN: 0062274996
    • ISBN: 0062274996
    • Brand: Amistad Press
    • Manufacturer: Amistad

    A stunning graphic novel adaptation of Walter Dean Myers's New York Times bestseller Monster.Monster is a multi-award-winning, provocative coming-of-age story about Steve Harmon, a teenager awaiting trial for a murder and robbery. As Steve acclimates to juvenile detention and goes to trial, he envisions how his ordeal would play out on the big scre... [Read More]

  • Diamonds and Pearl (A Diamonds Novel)

    • ASIN: 1250102618
    • ISBN: 1250102618
    • Brand: St Martin s Griffin
    • Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin

    From # 1 Essence best-selling Crime Novelist K'Wan comes a tale of forbidden love, high stakes murder and the robbery gone bad that set it all in motion, Diamonds and Pearl.They say that good girls like bad boys, and this was especially true for Pearl Stone. A child born of privilege to a drug baron and reputed killer known in the streets as Big St... [Read More]

  • Mustard Seed

    • ASIN: B071RNYMNM
    • Manufacturer: Lake Union Publishing

    The bestselling author of Yellow Crocus returns with a haunting and tender story of three women returning to the plantation they once called home.Oberlin, Ohio, 1868. Lisbeth Johnson was born into privilege in the antebellum South. Jordan Freedman was born a slave to Mattie, Lisbeth’s beloved nurse. The women have an unlikely bond deeper than fri... [Read More]

  • ROAR : An Urban Shapeshifter Novel

    • ASIN: B07CF7Y3Z2
    • Manufacturer: SOUL Publications

    Sy’noba, a young female lioness with roots from the savanna in Africa finds herself battling with her true identity living in civilization amongst humans. The pride’s king, Koja, who already has two wives has his eyes set on Sy’noba, his first wife little sister. With jealousy brewing in the pride, will Asha turn on her sister, Sy’noba? Wil... [Read More]

  • Carl Weber's Kingpins: Cleveland

    • ASIN: 1622864867
    • ISBN: 1622864867
    • Brand: URBAN BKS
    • Manufacturer: Urban Books

    Ke'yoko will do anything to escape her controlling father and weak, sniveling mother and turns to the drug trade, while her twin sister Ka'yah tries to raise her young son and have her sister's back, no matter what.

  • The Woman in the Window: A Novel

    • ASIN: B06Y55Z36S
    • Manufacturer: William Morrow

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