Fiction - African American & Black - Historical
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Murder in the Trembling LandsMasked balls, duels and murder: musician, sleuth and free man of color Benjamin January is caught up in a shocking crime in this gripping nineteenth-century mystery set in New Orleans. February, 1841. It's Carnival season in New Orleans. Free man of color Benjamin January...
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My Government Means to Kill MeNATIONAL BESTSELLER - A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK - A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE - 2023 LAMBDA LITERARY PRIZE FOR GAY FICTION FINALIST The debut novel from television WRITER/PRODUCER OF THE CHI, NARCOS, and BEL-AIR tells a fierce and riveting...
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Neighbors and Other StoriesA bold and haunting debut story collection that follows various characters as they navigate the day-to-day perils of Jim Crow racism from Diane Oliver, a missing figure in the canon of twentieth-century African American literature, with an introduction by Tayari JonesA remarkable talent far...
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Neighbors and Other StoriesA bold and haunting debut story collection that follows various characters as they navigate the day-to-day perils of Jim Crow racism from Diane Oliver, a missing figure in the canon of twentieth-century African American literature, with an introduction by Tayari JonesA remarkable talent far...
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No Better Time: A Novel of the Spirited Women of the Six Triple Eight Central Postal Directory Battalion"Just the novel to elevate these unforgettable voices."--Shelf AwarenessThe acclaimed author of The Secret Women and Things Past Telling returns with an engrossing historical novel about a little known aspect of World War II--the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only Black WACs to...
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Norvel: An American HeroNORVEL: An American Hero tells the incredible story of Norvel Lee, a man whose unwavering determination and courage allowed him to overcome obstacles and achieve greatness. Born in a time of racial discrimination. Norvel faced numerous challenges early in life. However, he refused to...
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Not Without LaughterLangston Hughes's debut novel, a moving portrait of African American family life in 1930s Kansas, newly reissued for Union Square & Co.'s Herald Classics line. Originally published in 1930, Not Without Laughter follows Sandy Rogers as a boy living in rural Kansas to his...
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Old FlamesOld flames ignite and the past never truly dies in a haunting new romance from USA Today bestselling author Nadine Gonzalez.Author Jules Levy Jones is running--from her past, from her grief, and from the only man who ever really sparked her interest. Drawn to...
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On Sundays She Picked Flowers"A ferociously talented writer. Scholfield writes with insight, beauty, and the wildness of real art." --Victor LaValle, author of Lone Women In this sinister and surreal Southern Gothic debut, a woman escapes into the uncanny woods of southern Georgia and must contend with ghosts,...
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On the RooftopA Reese's Book Club Pick"An utterly original and brilliant story." -Reese WitherspoonA stunning novel about a mother whose dream of musical stardom for her three daughters collides with the daughters' ambitions for their own lives--set against the backdrop of gentrifying 1950s San FranciscoAt home...
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Only You: The Spell-Binding, Epic Debut Romance That Will Break Your Heart'An alluring soul-to-soul time-travel love story with danger, destiny and heart.' Tammye Huf. Dani and Jones have been in love before. But they don't know it yet. Dani, a music student at Howard University, finds herself tormented nightly by dreams of doomed lovers. While...
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Our Heroes: Black History MonthBlack History Month book teaching young kids the importance of Black History Month. Created to focus attention on black successful hero's from all across the United States. An informational and fun book recognizing their role and the huge impact on the United States.Author: Muhammad...
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Our Sister's KeeperMississippi, 1927. The groanings are coming.No town is perfect, but East Cobb comes close. It's a wealthy all-Black Free Town--untouched by white oppression--where ambitious Thea Elliot and her husband plan to make good on their big dreams. Little do they know that the idyllic...
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OursNamed a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, People, Los Angeles Times, NPR, and more "An inventive ode to self-determination and also a surrealistic vision of Black life as forged within the crucible of American history . . . [written in]...
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Paradise OnceParadise Once is a sweeping historical novel that brings to life the resiliency of the indigenous Taíno people of the Caribbean, whose culture was virtually destroyed within two generations of their "discovery" by Christopher Columbus in 1492.In 1513 in Cuba, an entire village is...
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Please, Just Call Me RachelFrom the grips of Nazi Germany to the bustling streets of New York, follow Rachel's journey of love, resilience, and triumph against all odds as she breaks racial barriers and builds her American dream. In the compelling novel Please, Just Call Me Rachel, we...
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PropertyWINNER OF THE ORANGE PRIZE - Set in 1828 on a Louisiana sugar plantation, this novel from the bestselling author of Mary Reilly presents a "fresh, unsentimental look at what slave-owning does to (and for) one's interior life.... The writing--so prised and clean limbed--is...
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QuicksandBorn to a white mother and an absent black father, and despised for her dark skin, Helga Crane has long had to fend for herself. As a young woman, Helga teaches at an all-black school in the South, but even here she feels different....
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Rainbow Over the Bayou: Jim Crow Through the Eyes of a White GirlHave you ever looked back on your childhood and realized your world carried so much more than you saw at the time? This is the heart of Rainbow Over the Bayou: Jim Crow Through the Eyes of a White Girl-a historical fiction inspired by...
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RebelThe first novel in USA Today Bestselling Author Beverly Jenkins's compelling new series follows a Northern woman south in the chaotic aftermath of the Civil War . . .Valinda Lacy's mission in the steamy heart of New Orleans is to help the newly emancipated...
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