Fiction - African American & Black - Urban & Street Lit

Montell touches down, fresh from the feds and state, plotting to flip the scam money he and Verena stacked into legit paper. But before he can level up, Tiffany-the ex-warden's secretary and Verena's homegirl-lays some grim truth on him. Now the plan must change....

In the second installment in the Dopeman's Trilogy, JaQuavis Coleman chillingly chronicles the life and crimes of Harlem resident Hazel Brown, as she rises to the highest highs and spirals into an inevitable, devastating downfall. Hazel has nothing and no one in her life;...

Once the streets pull you in, they own you. Or at least that's the way it's been for Nautica. Growing up in the hood, all she's ever known is the fast life--fast money ill-gotten through scandals and relentless scheming. But when a big scam...

"It was surprising what old experiences remembered could do to a presumably educated, civilized man." And Hugh Denismore, a young doctor driving his mother's Cadillac from Los Angeles to Phoenix, is eminently educated and civilized. He is privileged, would seem to have the world...

Meet the Duncans, a prominent family from Jamaica, Queens. They may be known for their big house, fancy cars, and lavish lifestyle, but that doesn't make them immune from some over-the-top drama. L.C. Duncan has run his successful car dealership in Jamaica, Queens for...

In his typical jaw-dropping fashion, Carl Weber returns with part 2 to his New York Times bestselling series The Family Business. He's brought along a friend in bestselling author Treasure Hernandez, and together they've added more drama and new family members to the mix....

New York Times bestselling author Carl Weber and Essence bestseller La Jill Hunt return with a story of love, betrayal and racism in the next addition to the wildly popular Family Business series. From the time he was a boy in Georgia, LC Duncan,...

New York Times bestselling author Carl Weber and Essence(R) bestseller La Jill Hunt return with a story of love, money, power, and respect in the next edition of the popular Family Business series. Five years ago, Orlando Duncan created the perfect drug in HEAT....

Keep up with the Duncan family down South as we travel to New Orleans in The Family Business 7. Operated by the same family for more than a century, Midnight Blues may be fun for the locals and the tourists, but as of late,...

In the heart of Los Angeles, where beauty meets hustle, one girl is learning to lash... and learning to love.Delaysia is a rising star in the beauty world-licensed, booked, and lowkey blowing up. But behind every perfect lash set and polished smile is a...

Author: Sweet PeaPublisher: Independently PublishedPublished: 10/31/2025Pages: 358Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.91lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.80dISBN: 9798272434265This title is not returnable

The city of Pittsburgh is home to some of the realest and most fearless gangstaz and hustlaz. When more than one person wants the top spot, blood will be shed and bodies will drop.Kayla, a certified girlrilla, and her heartless clique of girlrillas, are...

When someone pisses off a Pittsburgh girlrilla, their time on earth is limited, and KAYLA is beyond pissed. TUCK remains alive after he had her big cousin killed and shot her, despite so many attempts made to turn his lights out. Adding fuel to...

A professional thief takes the chance of a lifetime when he agrees to mastermind the raid of a tech billionaire's secret bunker in this action-packed heist thriller set in the heart of contemporary Los Angeles, from master of West Coast noir Gary Phillips. Perfect...

A ghost story with a beat . . . Bertice Berry follows her finely pitched Blackboard bestselling debut novel, Redemption Song, with a mesmerizing cautionary tale about urban hip hop culture. In ancient West Africa, the drum was more than a musical instrument, it...

*This edition has been newly revised for a seamless and enhanced reading experience.* Jane has the perfect life. She's thriving in her career, and her marriage is solid. Her life is only missing one thing: a house to fill with children, which leads her...

From the bestselling author of Push, a story of survival and awakening--and one young man's remarkable strengthThe Kid brings us deep into the interior life of Abdul Jones, son of Sapphire's unforgettable heroine, Precious. Left alone by his mother's death to navigate in a...

NOW AN APPLE TV+ SERIES STARRING SAMUEL L. JACKSON The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey is a masterful, moving novel about age, memory, and family from one of the true literary icons of our time. Marooned in an apartment that overflows with mementos from...

Tyler "Peso" Carter known as Presidential Peso to the music industry is really living out his dreams. He got his foot in the door and took off fast. Peso is already being mentioned in conversations with the greatest rappers of all times. With things...

New York Times bestseller!In The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer, singer-songwriter, actor, fashion icon, futurist, and worldwide superstar Janelle Monáe brings to the written page the Afrofuturistic world of one of her critically acclaimed albums, exploring how different threads of liberation--queerness,...