African American & Black

AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4'S 'A GOOD READ'Such a wonderful book. Utterly unique, exquisitely crafted and quietly powerful. I loved it and want everyone to read this lost literary treasure.' Bernardine Evaristo'Maud Martha finds beauty in the brutal...

When three women find their lives inextricably linked after a terrible mistake, they must work together to make the most of their futures.Alexis Marshall never meant to cause the accident that left Jon-Jon Robinson paralyzed-but though guilt plagues her,...

A BARACK OBAMA SUMMER READING PICKSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 CENTRE FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE HWA DEBUT CROWN'A whole lot more than just a spy thriller, wrapping together the ties of family, of love and of country' BARACK OBAMA'There...

'A captivating epic fantasy from a major new talent' Anthony Ryan, author of Blood Song***ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST FANTASY BOOKS OF ALL TIME*** IN A WORLD CONSUMED BY ENDLESS WAR ONE YOUNG MAN WILL BECOME HIS PEOPLE'S ONLY HOPE FOR SURVIVAL.The...

A Guardian biography of the year 2022 Non-Fiction winner of the OCM Bocas Prize for Literature 2023 This frank, fearless and multi-layered debut centres on a privileged but dysfunctional Indian family, with themes of empire, migration, race, and...

The debut novel by the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature Vehement, comic and shrewd, Abdulrazak Gurnah's first novel is an unwavering contemplation of East African coastal life Poverty and depravity wreak havoc on Hassan Omar's family...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949140040Author Michelle Renee LaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Haverhill House PublishingPublisher Haverhill House PublishingWeight(grams)...

Hold My Girl picked as 'The best Canadian fiction of 2023' by CBC Books'Thoughtful, tense and affecting' Ashley Audrain '[A] tense, emotional story about racial identity, loss and betrayal' Daily Mail 'Fiction books to watch in 2023'This tense and...

WINNER OF THE 2017 PEN/FAULKNER AWARD A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR AN OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641294744Author Gary PhillipsFormat HardbackPage Count 312Imprint Soho PressPublisher Soho Press

'THIS BOOK IS SO FUN AND HOT AND EXCEPTIONALLY WRITTEN!!' Reader review, 'I melted into this book and loved every minute of it - if you're looking for a contemporary story of a queer black girl finding herself,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781917626002Author Andrew SegalFormat PaperbackPage Count 490Imprint Chagal Publishing LtdPublisher Chagal Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 712gDimensions(mm)...

'The greatest find in American crime fiction since Raymond Chandler' Sunday TimesDetectives Coffin Ed and Grave Digger Jones have lost two criminals. Pinky ran off - but it shouldn't be hard to track down a giant albino in Harlem. Jake the drug dealer,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948373227Author T StylesFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint Cartel PublicationsPublisher Cartel PublicationsWeight(grams) 390gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Introduce your child to new situations through these entertaining and sensitively written stories, which are perfect for reading together. Each story is packed with facts and humour to familiarise your child with what to expect from a first experience. ...

ONE OF THE BBC '100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD''A lush celebration of all that it means to be a black female'Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie'A story about Black women living in the intersections of racialized and gendered violence, who find liberation...

'A gripping call to action-and a daring triumph of a novel' ADORAH NWORAH 'Masterfully portrays the splintering of the mind in its most striking, unfiltered form' AIWANOSE ODAFEN ...

'What's Mine and Yours is a book about parents who try and fail and then try again. An extraordinary cast of characters, nuanced and full of insight. Read this book.' -ANGIE CRUZ, author of Dominicana In the Piedmont of North Carolina, two families'...

Award-winning author Denny S. Bryce and USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight collaborate on a brilliant novel that uncovers the boundary-breaking, genuine friendship between Ella Fitzgerald, the Queen of Jazz, and iconic movie star Marilyn Monroe...

'Funny and barbed, and the twists at the end had me shocked' MONICA HEISEY, author of Really Good, ActuallyWIFE. HUSBAND. BEST FRIEND. What if your two favourite people hated each other with a passion?A nice house, a carefree life, a doting husband, a...

THE TIMES '100 BEST SUMMER READS'NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLERLONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2020'Sublime' Candice Carty-Williams'An epic in miniature' Tayari Jones 'A banger' Ta-Nehisi Coates'Generous and big-hearted' Brit Bennett 'A true spell...

Fabulous friendship novel with a killer edge for fans of BIG LITTLE LIES and EXPECTATIONSOON TO BE A MAJOR BBC TV SERIES'A journey of friendship, revenge and finding your true self. Gripping' STYLIST MAGAZINE'I would definitely recommend this book to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525563242Author Esi EdugyanFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

* READ THE NOVEL THAT INSPIRED THE FILM PRECIOUS *This 25th Anniversary Edition includes a new preface from Tayari Jones, and a new afterword by the author. This is the story of Precious Jones, a sixteen year old illiterate black girl who has never been...

THE HOTTEST DEBUT NOVEL OF 2023 "Frank, sexy, and so tender. Little's pen shines" Bolu Babalola, author of Love in Colour"A beautifully rendered story about love's possibilities and its limits. I laughed, I cried, couldn't put it down" Monica Heisey,...

The first in an explosive series featuring the Strong family and a legacy of lies that leads to passion, love, murder and heartbreak...Barbados 1818 One fateful night, a terrible tragedy occurs at the Strong family sugar plantation on the paradise island...

Two old high school best friends-turned-enemies find themselves in a rivalry for a homeowner's association presidency in this swoony and steamy small-town, enemies-to-lovers romance, perfect for fans of Talia Hibbert and Lyssa Kay Adams.'A hilariously...

Reissued to mark the 80th anniversary of Native Son's publication - discover Richard Wright's brutal and gripping masterpiece this black history month. ...

A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'This feels like a vision for the 21st-century novel... It made me happy' Ocean Vuong, author of On Earth We're Briefly GorgeousBenson and Mike are two young guys who have been together for a few years - good years - but...

'A literary giant, and one of my absolute favourite writers' TAYARI JONES, AUTHOR OF AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE'An American writer with a powerful sense of vital inheritance, of history in the blood' JOHN UPDIKE, NEW YORKER'Eva's silence, and her status here...

'Until I die there will be those moments, moments seeming to rise up out of the ground like Macbeth's witches, when his face will come before me, that face in all its changes, when the exact timbre of his voice and tricks of his speech will nearly burst...

With a new introduction by DIANA EVANS'Timelessly cinematic, with painterly visual descriptions and pitch-perfect dialogue that ranges across class, region, race, age, and gender' Emma Garman, Paris ReviewSet on a bucolic Martha's Vineyard in the 1950s,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781954767195Author Robbi ReneeFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Love Notes by Robbi ReneePublisher Love Notes by Robbi ReneeWeight(grams)...

Winner of the RBA Prize for Crime Writing Joe King Oliver was one of the NYPD's finest investigators until, dispatched to arrest a well-heeled car thief, he is framed for assault, a charge that lands him in the notorious Rikers Island prison.A decade...

Over a long career in the courts Justice Horace Ireton has a garnered a reputation for merciless rulings and his dedication to meting out strict, impartial justice. Taking a break from his duty after a session of assizes, Ireton retreats to his seaside...

Midnight Atlanta is the stunning new novel in the award-nominated, critically acclaimed Darktown series, and sees a newspaper editor murdered against the backdrop of Rosa Parks' protest and Martin Luther King Jnr's emergence.Atlanta, 1956.When Arthur...

Discover Michael Ondaatje's debut novel, 'a beautifully detailed story, perhaps the finest jazz novel ever written' Sunday TimesBased on the life of cornet player Buddy Bolden, one of the legendary jazz pioneers of turn-of-the-twentieth-century New...

'A liberating and lacerating critique of American racial madness, capitalism and white superiority ... Schuyler's wild, misanthropic, take-no-prisoners satire of American life seems more relevant than ever ... Afrofuturist before such a term existed' New...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679748212Author Gloria NaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 266gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

A TOP TEN NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AN OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR 'Astonishing... A great work infused with love and honesty' Alice Walker, author of The Color...