African American & Black

Jane Green's The Accidental Husband is a powerful story about two women connected by an earth-shattering secret.Maggie and Sylvie are perfect strangers: two very different women, living very different lives on opposite coasts. But they share more in...

'AN UTTERLY ORIGINAL AND BRILLIANT STORY' REESE WITHERSPOON Perfect for fans of Louise Hare and Elizabeth Gilbert, On the Rooftop is a stunning story of ambition and sisterhood, dancing to the rhythm of Jazz Era San Francisco Longlisted for...

'A magnum opus... Puts the reader at the heart of the horror that came to be called the Atlanta child murders' Toni MorrisonZala Spencer is barely surviving on the margins of Atlanta's booming economy when she awakens one summer's morning in 1980 to find...

Alison Mills Newman's innovative, genre-bending novel has long been out of print and impossible to find. A "fluently funky mix of standard and nonstandard English," as the poet and scholar Harryette Mullen once put it, Francisco is the first-person...

'Bodden's absorbing page-turner maintains its suspense right up to the final pages.' Sunday Express____________________Sarah Campbell has always known she was different. A slave at Allen Estates, Alabama, and the illegitimate daughter of the plantation...

In a deeply emotional novel of family, cultural heritage, and forgiveness, estranged sisters wrestle with the choices they've made and confront circumstances beyond their control. Nona "Peaches" Davenport, abandoned by the man she loved and betrayed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781598537635Author Ronald L. FairFormat PaperbackPage Count 125Imprint The Library of AmericaPublisher The Library of America

Reese Witherspoon, Oprah and Roxane Gay LOVE her! Readers love her!Have you discovered New York Times bestseller and Reese's Book Club pick Jasmine Guillory yet? 'The queen of contemporary romance' OprahMag.com'She writes the sexiest and smartest...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982191825Author Aaliyah BilalFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 208mm *...

A rip-roaring lost worlds thriller written in the early 1900s by a pioneering black writer of black fiction. The story of Reuel is fuelled by love, betrayal and a heavy undertow of the supernatural; an impulsive medical student, he travels from Boston to...

'AN OUTSTANDING DEBUT' CHERIE JONES, author of How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps her House'VIVID AND AUTHENTIC' LEONE ROSS, author of This One Sky DayAt eighteen years old, Dinah gave away her baby son to the rich couple she worked for before they left...

'Riveting' Guardian'Electrifying' Colson WhiteheadWhen the world collapses, where will you run? After rolling blackouts and epic storms engulf America, the neighbourhood of First Street, Charlottesville comes under attack by violent white supremacists. A...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Kirkus Prize (Fiction) 2023.Book InformationISBN 9780593422946Author James McbrideFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Riverhead Books,U.S.Publisher Penguin...

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...

After World War Two England was on her knees, so the call went out to the British Empire for volunteers to help rebuild the 'Mother Country'. Young men and women from different Caribbean islands were quick to respond, paying the considerable sum of...

Meet Nat Love. Born a slave in Texas, he escapes a lynching and finds a mentor who trains him in shooting, riding, reading, writing and gardening. But the enemies of his youth pursue him, and soon he is on the run again...In the course of a tumultuous...

Easy Rawlins is back in an electric new story and facing his greatest set of challenges to dateEasy Rawlins comes home one day to find Easter, the daughter of his friend Christmas Black, left on his doorstep. Easy knows that this could only mean that the...

'I have more privilege than any person in my family. And I'm still screwed.' A young woman attends a play about the Berlin Wall coming down, and is the only Black person in the audience.She is sitting with her boyfriend by a bathing lake, and four...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914079658Author Joyce DunbarFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg LimitedDimensions(mm) 250mm * 200mm * 15mm

THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLEREscape into a world of magic and danger with THE DARK STAR TRILOGY. Drawing on a rich tradition of African mythology, fantasy and history, this is the story of a lost child, an extraordinary hunter, and a mystery with many...

A convincing performance Proposal for the Wedding Planner by Sophie Pembroke Laurel Sommers' world crumbled when she discovered her father's other family. Now she's been roped into...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781479420858Author Nella LarsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Wildside PressPublisher Wildside PressWeight(grams) 209gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Set in the deep south that provided the backdrop for all of Faulkner's finest fiction, Intruder in the Dust is the novel that marks the final phase of its author's outstanding creative period. The chronicle of an elderly black farmer arrested for the...

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A FINALIST FOR THE 2022 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTIONPalmares hails the return of a major voice in literature - 'the best American novelist whose name you may not know' (Atlantic). Gayl Jones was first discovered and edited by Toni Morrison, and her talent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781601625809Author Ashley AntoinetteFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Urban BooksPublisher Kensington PublishingWeight(grams) 220g

An electric new novel starring PI Leonid McGill from the inimitable Walter Mosley, creator of the Easy Rawlins series.Seven years ago Zella Grisham was arrested for illegal possession of a firearm, assault with a deadly weapon, attempted murder and grand...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262544290Author Pauline HopkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

'[The Gosling Girl] interrogates the context of a child's crime and simplistic notions of evil by society and the media. It fosters understanding & empathy and draws us deep inside the protagonist's psychology' Bernardine EvaristoMonster? Murderer? ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982149116Author Sadeqa JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 208mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781617755880Author Rivers SolomonFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint Akashic Books,U.S.Publisher Akashic Books,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645565116Author Travis HunterFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Urban BooksPublisher Kensington Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780778334071Author Joshunda SandersFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Park RowPublisher Park RowWeight(grams) 263g

The new Captain America has a big shield to carry. Is he up to the task? In these short stories inspired by the Marvel comic book universe, Sam Wilson takes up the shield and proves his mettle. Sam Wilson has a heavy shield to lift as the new Captain...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913724191Author Iain HoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Renard Press LtdPublisher Renard Press LtdWeight(grams) 128g

A revealing meditation on the behind-the-scenes world of therapy and psychoanalysis in the 1960s. 1971 was the year Dina Glouberman went mad. Now, for the first time, Dr Dina Glouberman, renowned psychotherapist and author, co-founder of the...

A high-spirited story about an enterprising only child and a father's juggle to work from home Mika's father works from home and he's very busy! He can never find time for the promised swimming trip. So Dad allows Mika to choose herself a pet from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399573149Author Danzy SennaFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Penguin Putnam IncPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

". . . a poignant story of sisterhood, motherhood, and new love found in old places. McKnight's writing is as delectable as the Gullah cuisine at the heart of the novel." --Denny S. Bryce, bestselling author of The Other Princess and Wild Women and the...

Now in paperback, New York Times bestselling author Morgan Jerkins's fiction debut, an electrifying novel for fans of Ta-Nehisi Coates and Jacqueline Woodson, that brings to life one powerful and enigmatic family in a tale rife with secrets, betrayal,...