Critically Acclaimed Books

Ranking the Best Fiction Published in 2014 (108 Titles)

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5 Honors

An Untamed State

by Roxane Gay

5 Honors

The Good Lord Bird

by James McBride

5 Honors

Forty Acres: A Novel

by Dwayne Alexander Smith

3 Honors

Til The Well Runs Dry

by Lauren Francis-Sharma

3 Honors

Queen Sugar

by Natalie Baszile

3 Honors

Easier Said Than Done

by Nikki Woods

3 Honors

Paradise

by Toni Morrison

3 Honors

A Deeper Love Inside

by Sister Souljah

2 Honors

Claire Of The Sea Light

by Edwidge Danticat

2 Honors

All Our Names

by Dinaw Mengestu

2 Honors

Land Of Love And Drowning

by Tiphanie Yanique

2 Honors

Troublemaker

by Trice Hickman

2 Honors

The Residue Years

by Mitchell S. Jackson

2 Honors

The Prodigal Son (Reverend Curtis Black #11)

by Kimberla Lawson Roby

2 Honors

Every Day Is For The Thief: Fiction

by Teju Cole

2 Honors

What’s Done In the Dark

by ReShonda Tate Billingsley

2 Honors

Citizens Creek: A Novel

by Lalita Tademy

2 Honors

My Steps Are Ordered

by Michelle Lindo-Rice

2 Honors

The Replacement Wife

by Tiffany L. Warren

2 Honors

Black Lotus

by K’wan

2 Honors

Momma: Gone

by Nina Foxx

2 Honors

A Wanted Woman

by Eric Jerome Dickey

2 Honors

Forever An Ex

by Victoria Christopher Murray

2 Honors

Unforgettable

by Delaney Diamond

2 Honors

Nine Years Under

by Sheri Booker

2 Honors

A Letter for My Mother

by Nina Foxx

2 Honors

Boy, Snow, Bird: A Novel

by Helen Oyeyemi

2 Honors

Hold Me In Contempt

by Wendy Williams

2 Honors

Pepperpot: Best New Stories from the Caribbean

by Peekash Press

2 Honors

The Fix

by K’wan

2 Honors

Searching for Zion

by Emily Raboteau

2 Honors

Fortune & Fame

by ReShonda Tate Billingsley and Victoria Christopher Murray

1 Honor

When a Rich Thug Wants You

by Pebbles Starr

1 Honor

Remedy for a Broken Angel

by Toni Ann Johnson

1 Honor

Song Of The Shank: A Novel

by Jeffery Renard Allen

1 Honor

Broken Dolls

by Susan D. Peters

1 Honor

Consequences

by Martha Kennerson

1 Honor

The Virus: When Love Turns Deadly

by Prince Valarie

1 Honor

Radiance Of Tomorrow

by Ishmael Beah

1 Honor

The Next Thing Is Joy: The Gospel According to Vivian Grace

by Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts

1 Honor

Zane’s The Other Side of the Pillow: A Novel

by Zane

1 Honor

A Hustler’s Wife (Urban Books)

by Nikki Turner

1 Honor

Relentless: Redeemed Series Book 1

by Patricia Haley

1 Honor

If You Don’t Know Me

by Mary B. Morrison

1 Honor

Family of Lies

by Mary Monroe

1 Honor

Heart of Gold

by Beverly Jenkins

1 Honor

Street Players

by Donald Goines

1 Honor

The White House

by JaQuavis Coleman

1 Honor

Another Womans Man (A Gibbons Gold Digger Novel)

by Shelly Ellis

1 Honor

Red Now and Laters

by Marcus Guillory

1 Honor

The Golden Hustla

by Wahida Clark

1 Honor

Time of the Locust: A Novel

by Morowa Yejide

1 Honor

Addicted: A Novel

by Zane

1 Honor

My View From The Summit (Vfs)

by Nicole Thomas

1 Honor

Gangster’s Daughter 3

by Leo Sullivan

1 Honor

Daffodil: A Mother’s Journey

by DeMetria Hayes

1 Honor

Four Ladies Only

by Alretha Thomas

1 Honor

Passion’s Pride: Return to the Dawning

by Cathie Wright-Lewis

1 Honor

My Wife’s Baby: I am not a murderer

by R.M. Johnson

1 Honor

Unexpected Stories

by Octavia E. Butler

1 Honor

Surprises

by M. D. Williams

1 Honor

Pink & Patent Leather

by Candy Jackson

1 Honor

Act of Grace

by Karen Simpson

1 Honor

Rose Gold

by Walter Mosley

1 Honor

The Family Business 2

by Carl Weber

1 Honor

Eldorado Red

by Donald Goines

1 Honor

The Secret of Magic

by Deborah Johnson

1 Honor

A Christmas Prayer

by Kimberla Lawson Roby

1 Honor

Dear White People

by Justin Simien

1 Honor

Yellow Crocus

by Laila Ibrahim

1 Honor

A Gangster’s Daughter 2

by Leo Sullivan

1 Honor

Adinkrahene: Fear of a Black Planet

by J. A. Faulkerson

1 Honor

Blood Sweat & Payback

by Wahida Clark

1 Honor

What If It Feels Good

by D. J. McLaurin

1 Honor

Was It Good for You Too?

by Naleighna Kai

1 Honor

Princes Of The Road

by David Covin

1 Honor

Pleasures & Treasures

by Naleighna Kai

1 Honor

What You Can Get Away with

by Joyce A. Brown

1 Honor

Debbie Doesn’t Do It Anymore

by Walter Mosley

1 Honor

The Cartel 5: La Bella Mafia

by Ashley Antoinette and JaQuavis Coleman

1 Honor

The Prada Plan 4: Love & War

by Ashley Antoinette

1 Honor

A Project Chick (Urban Books)

by Nikki Turner

1 Honor

Glorious Sunset

by Ava Bleu

1 Honor

Worthy Brown’s Daughter

by Phillip Margolin

1 Honor

Wife Extraordinaire

by Kiki Swinson

1 Honor

Not for Everyday Use: A Memoir

by Elizabeth Nunez

1 Honor

Against All Odds: From the Projects to the Penthouse

by Mahisha Dellinger

1 Honor

The Secret History of Las Vegas: A Novel

by Chris Abani

1 Honor

2 Halves Make Me Whole

by Tiffany D Taylor

1 Honor

I Been in Sorrow’s Kitchen and Licked Out All the Pots: A Novel

by Susan Straight

1 Honor

Animal 3: Revelations

by K’wan

1 Honor

Perfect

by Delaney Diamond

1 Honor

It’s Complicated

by Portia Cosby

1 Honor

Signed, Sealed, Delivered ... I’m Yours

by Naleighna Kai

1 Honor

Dirty Lies and Alibis (Using Lies as Alibis Book 3)

by Tiffany L. Warren

1 Honor

Lords of the Housetops: Thirteen Illustrated Cat Tales

by Carl Van Vechten

1 Honor

The Words I Didn’t Say (Delphine Publications Presents)

by Tamika Newhouse

1 Honor

A Real Stripper’s Life

by Niya Holland

1 Honor

Road Dawgz

by K’wan

1 Honor

Born at Dawn

by Nigeria Lockley

1 Honor

I’d Rather Be With You

by Mary B. Morrison

1 Honor

Black Girl Lost

by Donald Goines

1 Honor

The White House

by JaQuavis Coleman

1 Honor

Society Wives

by Renee Daniel Flagler

1 Honor

Touched by an Angel

by Victoria Christopher Murray and Princess F.L. Gooden

1 Honor

The Choir Director 2: Runaway Bride

by Carl Weber

1 Honor

What a Sista Should Do

by Tiffany L. Warren

1 Honor

The Only One: An Urban Tale of Romance

by Connie Bradley

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