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Diamond (The Divas)
Diamond (The Divas) Victoria Christopher Murray 9781416562160 Fiction Pocket Books Pocket Books Diamond. India. Veronqie. Aaliyah. What does that spell? DIVA!! The Divine Divas. They’re fifteen and...
Just for Kicks: A Cole Moneye Hip-Hop Mystery
Just for Kicks: A Cole Moneye Hip-Hop Mystery Marcus Kareem 9798396520134 Fiction In the Stream Publishing In the Stream Publishing The Search for Cole Moneye is the first installment in the COLE MONE...
Racism in American Public Life: A Call to Action
Racism in American Public Life: A Call to Action Johnnetta Betsch Cole 9780813945620 Nonfiction University of Virginia Press University of Virginia Press For some in our society, diversity is a threat...
The Left Hand of God (A Larry Cole Mystery)
The Left Hand of God (A Larry Cole Mystery) Hugh Holton 9780312867638 Fiction Forge Macmillan Publishers Hugh Holton is the highest-ranking police officer writing novels today. His acclaimed Windy Ci...
Criminal Element (A Larry Cole Mystery)
Criminal Element (A Larry Cole Mystery) Hugh Holton 9780312877873 Fiction Forge Macmillan Publishers Chicago police sergeant Joe Donegan came to the department with a plan. To him the police badge was...
The Mad Sister
The Mad Sister Carol Denise Mitchell 9781462675630 Fiction America Star Books America Star Books Mercy Jean Diamond was the fat, un-liked daughter of a good doctor and deranged mother who hated her. A...
Justified
Justified Briana Cole and De’nesha Diamond 9781496711496 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. BLACK AND BLUE by DE’NESHA DIAMOND In one shattering night, Charlie Warren’s fiancé is kil...
Choosing Truth: Living an Authentic Life
Choosing Truth: Living an Authentic Life Harriette Cole 9780684873114 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. What does it mean to be “real” today? In a world where “truth” is a relative co...
Black Paper: Writing in a Dark Time
Black Paper: Writing in a Dark Time Teju Cole 9780226641355 Nonfiction University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press A profound book of essays from a celebrated master of the form. “Darkn...
No Words for the Dead: A Cole Moneye Hip-Hop Mystery
No Words for the Dead: A Cole Moneye Hip-Hop Mystery Marcus Kareem 9798905537899 Fiction In the Stream Publishing In the Stream Publishing No Words for the Dead is the second installment in the COLE M...
Eat Plants, B*tch
Eat Plants, B*tch Pinky Cole 9781982178314 Nonfiction Gallery Books/13A Simon & Schuster, Inc. From the Slutty Vegan herself, a collection of ninety-one delicious, guilt-free, plant-based recipes that...
Blind Spot
Blind Spot Teju Cole 9780399591075 Fiction Random House Penguin Random House “To look is to see only a fraction of what one is looking at. Even in the most vigilant eye, there is a blind spot. What is...
The Book of Alice: Poems
The Book of Alice: Poems Diamond Forde 9781668078402 Poetry Scribner Book Company Simon & Schuster, Inc. From award-winning author Diamond Forde comes a stunningly powerful poetry collection exploring...
Diamond Drought
Diamond Drought Brandon McCalla 9780970380364 Fiction Writersandpoets.com Writersandpoets.com Introducing America’s First Hip-hop Soap Opera! Rich was once your typical drug-dealing street hustler wi...
Diamond Dreams (Kimani Romance)
Diamond Dreams (Kimani Romance) Zuri Day 9780373862535 Fiction Harlequin Kimani Harlequin Enterprises Limited A dazzling dynasty. As the only daughter of southern California’s most famous wine dynasty...
Known and Strange Things: Essays
Known and Strange Things: Essays Teju Cole 9780812989786 Fiction Random House Trade Paperbacks Penguin Random House A blazingly intelligent first book of essays from the award-winning author of Open C...
Driving The King: A Novel
Driving The King: A Novel Ravi Howard 9780060529611 Fiction Harper HarperCollins A daring and brilliant novel that explores race and class in 1950s America, witnessed through the experiences of Nat Ki...
Caucasia: A Novel
Caucasia: A Novel Danzy Senna 9781573227162 Fiction Knopf Penguin Random House In Caucasia—Danzy Senna’s extraordinary debut novel and national bestseller—Birdie and Cole are the daughters of a black ...
Polo Cowboy
Polo Cowboy G. Neri 9781536207118 Fiction Candlewick Press Candlewick Press How does a Black kid from North Philly wind up playing polo? The much-anticipated sequel to Ghetto Cowboy, now a major motio...
Time of the Assassins (Larry Cole)
Time of the Assassins (Larry Cole) Hugh Holton 9780312873332 Fiction Forge Macmillan Publishers Hugh Holton, the highest-ranking active police officer writing books today, is well-known for powerful, ...
Black Diamond (The Africa List)
Black Diamond (The Africa List) Zakes Mda 9780857422224 Fiction Seagull Books Seagull Books In this novel by celebrated South African writer Zakes Mda, Kristin Uys, a tough magistrate who lives alone ...
Swift River
Swift River Essie Chambers 9781668027912 Fiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. It’s the summer of 1987 in Swift River, and Diamond Newberry is learning how to drive. Ever since her Pop disap...
Street Divas
Street Divas De’nesha Diamond 9780758247575 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. "In De’nesha Diamond’s explosive series, the fiercest ride-or-die chicks in Memphis are battling alongside-and ag...
Diamond Doris
Diamond Doris Doris Payne 9780062917997 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins In the ebullient spirit of Ocean’s 8, The Heist, and Thelma & Louise, a sensational and entertaining memoir of the world’s most...
Just Friends
Just Friends Delaney Diamond 9781940636139 Fiction Delaney Diamond Delaney Diamond Should they risk their friendship for a chance at love? Alannah Bailey is tired of being the boring best friend of Tr...
The House on Diamond Hill: A Cherokee Plantation Story
The House on Diamond Hill: A Cherokee Plantation Story Tiya Miles 9780807834183 Fiction University of North Carolina Press University of North Carolina Press At the turn of the nineteenth century, Jam...
Perfect
Perfect Delaney Diamond 9781940636092 Fiction Delaney Diamond Delaney Diamond Does the end justify the means? Cyrus Johnson is rich, powerful, and used to getting his way. When his estranged wife show...
Diamond Butterfly: Wings of Purpose Karats of Destiny
Diamond Butterfly: Wings of Purpose Karats of Destiny Shawneda Marks 9780615709741 Fiction SC Creations SC Creations Diamond Butterfly Wings of Purpose Karats of Destiny equips women to use scripture,...
Unforgettable
Unforgettable Delaney Diamond 9781940636078 Fiction Delaney Diamond Delaney Diamond She offered everything he never knew he needed… Ivy Johnson is stunned when Lucas Baylor makes an appearance at her ...
The Mad Sister 2
The Mad Sister 2 Carol Denise Mitchell 9781795596015 Fiction Independently Published Independently Published Mercy Diamond goes to medical school to avenge the death of her sister Roxy Diamond. Unlove...
Black Love Letters
Black Love Letters Cole Brown 9781638931201 Nonfiction Get Lifted Books Penguin Random House As seen on ABC’s The View • One of W magazine’s Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2023 “We reserve thi...
African Proverbs for All Ages
African Proverbs for All Ages Johnnetta Betsch Cole 9781250756060 Fiction Roaring Brook Press Macmillan Publishers An Oprah Book about the power of proverbs, how they evolve over time, and the wisdom ...
Daughters of a Nation: A Black Suffragette Historical Romance Anthology
Daughters of a Nation: A Black Suffragette Historical Romance Anthology Kianna Alexander, Alyssa Cole, Lena Hart, and Piper Huguley 9781941885345 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC The fight...
The Marriage Pass
The Marriage Pass Briana Cole 9781496729552 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. In a smart, sexy spin-off from her Unconditional Series, Briana Cole continues to explore unconventional relation...
The Wives We Play
The Wives We Play Briana Cole 9781496721969 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. "Briana Cole takes her characters through hell in this book. And this is just exactly what the readers will enjoy...
Every Day Is For The Thief: Fiction
Every Day Is For The Thief: Fiction Teju Cole 9780812995787 Fiction Knopf Penguin Random House NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY DWIGHT GARNER, THE NEW YORK TIMES • NAMED ONE OF THE...
The Revelation Begins…with the Mercy Tree
The Revelation Begins…with the Mercy Tree Shimira Cole 9780692044131 Fiction Shimira Cole Shimira Cole Wellington Kole, a genius and an office clerk at a botanist industrial company, change the course...
Making The Hook-Up: Edgy Sex With Soul
Making The Hook-Up: Edgy Sex With Soul Cole Riley 9781573443838 Nonfiction Cleis Press Cleis Press Making the Hook-Up heats up the pages with characters from every walk of life who get in where they f...
An Extraordinary Union: An Epic Love Story of the Civil War
An Extraordinary Union: An Epic Love Story of the Civil War Alyssa Cole 9781496739124 Fiction Kensington Publishing Corporation Kensington Publishing Corp. As the Civil War rages between the states, a...
Angel on My Shoulder: An Autobiography
Angel on My Shoulder: An Autobiography Natalie Cole and Digby Diehl 9780446527460 Nonfiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group Born to legendary Nat King Cole in the halcyon days of the 195...
Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and Roll
Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and Roll Maureen Mahon 9781478011224 Nonfiction Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books African American women have played a pivot...
The Cartel
The Cartel Ashley Antoinette and JaQuavis Coleman 9781622865024 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. The port of Miami brings in millions of dollars’ worth of cocaine every year, and the Ca...
The Cartel (Cartel, Book 1)
The Cartel (Cartel, Book 1) Ashley Antoinette and JaQuavis Coleman 9781601621429 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. The port of Miami brings in millions of dollars worth of cocaine every ...
Life’s Too Short: A Memoir
Life’s Too Short: A Memoir Darius Rucker 9780063238749 Nonfiction Dey Street Books HarperCollins A raw, heartfelt memoir from Darius Rucker, the three-time Grammy Award-winning, Diamond-selling lead s...
Swift River (paperback)
Swift River (paperback) Essie Chambers 9781668027929 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK | A National Bestseller | Longlisted for the Center ...
Diamond Doris: The True Story of the World’s Most Notorious Jewel Thief
Diamond Doris: The True Story of the World’s Most Notorious Jewel Thief Doris Payne and Zelda Lockhart 9780062918000 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins Soon to be a Major Motion PictureIn the ebullient ...
Panic
Panic Sharon M. Draper 9781442408975 Fiction Atheneum Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc. This gripping, chillingly realistic novel from New York Times bestselling author Sharon Draper, “by...
Hustlin’ Divas
Hustlin’ Divas De’nesha Diamond 9780758247551 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. In the first book of a fierce new series, meet Memphis’ hardest ride or die chicks as they fight along with the...
No Loyalty
No Loyalty De’nesha Diamond 9781496711465 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. DANGEROUS LIAISONS DE’NESHA DIAMOND She’s watching. She’s planning. She’s past done waiting. Klaudya Ramsey is ou...
Heist 2
Heist 2 Kiki Swinson and De’nesha Diamond 9780758280312 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. The Last Heist Kiki SwinsonShannon Mitchell gambled that betraying her husband’s biggest heist ever w...
Heist
Heist Kiki Swinson and De’nesha Diamond 9781496707673 Fiction Kensington Publishing Corporation Kensington Publishing Corp. The Ultimate Heist Kiki SwinsonAccustomed to a life of luxury, Shannon Marsh...
Baller Bitches the Reunion Volume 4
Baller Bitches the Reunion Volume 4 Joy Deja King 9781942217329 Fiction King Productions King Productions Diamond, Kennedy and Blair are back in Baller Bitches The Reunion. Diamond s life seems idylli...
Show Me
Show Me Sharon C. Cooper 9781946172259 Fiction Amaris Publishing Amaris Publishing Just when he thought finding a wife was out of his reach… Colton "Cole" Eubanks is laser-focused on building wealth a...
Gender Talk: The Struggle for Women’s Equality in African American Communities
Gender Talk: The Struggle for Women’s Equality in African American Communities Johnnetta Betsch Cole and Beverly Guy-Sheftall 9780345454126 Nonfiction One World Penguin Random House Why has the Africa...
Couples Wanted
Couples Wanted Briana Cole 9781496729576 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. Acclaimed author Briana Cole delivers a page-turning look behind-the-scenes of love and marriage in this sexy, suspe...
How to Be: A Guide to Contemporary Living for African Americans
How to Be: A Guide to Contemporary Living for African Americans Harriette Cole 9780684863085 Nonfiction Fireside Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Etiquette is more than knowing which fork to use. Good man...
Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human
Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human Cole Arthur Riley 9780593593646 Nonfiction Convergent Books Penguin Random House New York Times Bestseller - A collection of prayer, ...
An Unconditional Freedom (The Loyal League)
An Unconditional Freedom (The Loyal League) Alyssa Cole 9781496707482 Fiction Kensington Kensington Publishing Corp. An assassination plot that could end the Civil War, and a hidden enemy that could d...
Stone Cole: A Blink, Texas Story
Stone Cole: A Blink, Texas Story J.D. Mason B016VJAZGW Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers The hotter-than-Texas e-serial continues!Ellis Brewer is a free man and is, surprisingly, the d...
How to Catch a Queen
How to Catch a Queen Alyssa Cole 9780063383432 Fiction Avon Books HarperCollins An arranged marriage leads to unexpected desire, in the first book of New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Al...
An Unconditional Freedom: An Epic Love Story of the Civil War
An Unconditional Freedom: An Epic Love Story of the Civil War Alyssa Cole 9781496739148 Fiction Kensington Publishing Corporation Kensington Publishing Corp. From the award-winning author of the insta...
This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us Cole Arthur Riley 9780593239797 Nonfiction Crown Publishing Group Penguin Random House New York Times Bestseller - In her stunni...
A Hope Divided
A Hope Divided Alyssa Cole 9781496739131 Fiction Kensington Publishing Corporation Kensington Publishing Corp. From the award-winning author of the instant New York Times and USA Today bestseller, Whe...
Behind Her Lives
Behind Her Lives Briana Cole 9781496738752 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. From bestselling author Briana Cole, an enthrallingly suspenseful new story of secrets, sibling rivalry, and a wom...
How to Catch a Queen: Runaway Royals
How to Catch a Queen: Runaway Royals Alyssa Cole 9780062933966 Fiction HarperTrophy HarperCollins An arranged marriage leads to unexpected desire, in the first book of Alyssa Cole’s Runaway Royals ser...
This Ends in Embers
This Ends in Embers Kamilah Cole 9780316534956 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group Perfect for fans of Raybearer and Fourth Wing, this astonishing sequel to the bestselli...
How to Find a Princess: Runaway Royals
How to Find a Princess: Runaway Royals Alyssa Cole 9780063383463 Fiction Avon Books HarperCollins New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Alyssa Cole’s second Runaway Royals novel is a queer A...
So Let Them Burn
So Let Them Burn Kamilah Cole 9780316534635 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group Whip-smart and immersive, this Jamaican-inspired fantasy follows a gods-blessed heroine wh...
How to Find a Princess: Runaway Royals
How to Find a Princess: Runaway Royals Alyssa Cole 9780062934000 Fiction Avon Books HarperCollins New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Alyssa Cole’s second Runaway Royals novel is a queer A...
A Duke by Default: Reluctant Royals
A Duke by Default: Reluctant Royals Alyssa Cole 9780062685568 Fiction Avon Books HarperCollins Award-winning author Alyssa Cole’s Reluctant Royals series continues with a woman on a quest to be the he...
A Princess in Theory: Reluctant Royals
A Princess in Theory: Reluctant Royals Alyssa Cole 9780062685544 Fiction Avon Books HarperCollins From acclaimed author Alyssa Cole comes the tale of a city Cinderella and her Prince Charming in disgu...
Open City
Open City Teju Cole 9780812980097 Fiction Knopf Penguin Random House “The past, if there is such a thing, is mostly empty space, great expanses of nothing, in which significant persons and events floa...
It Takes a Village
It Takes a Village Alyssa Cole 9781250478580 Fiction Wildthorn Macmillan Publishers New York Times bestselling author Alyssa Cole is back with another chilling thriller, set in the world of her megahi...
Once Ghosted, Twice Shy: A Reluctant Royals Novella
Once Ghosted, Twice Shy: A Reluctant Royals Novella Alyssa Cole 9780062931870 Fiction Avon Books HarperCollins Alyssa Cole returns with a fun, sexy romance novella in the Reluctant Royals series! W...
Dream the Boldest Dreams: And Other Lessons of Life
Dream the Boldest Dreams: And Other Lessons of Life Johnnetta Betsch Cole 9781563524240 Nonfiction Longstreet Press Longstreet Press The first African-American woman to head Spelman College in Atlanta...
Mixed Signals (Off the Grid, Book 3)
Mixed Signals (Off the Grid, Book 3) Alyssa Cole 9781539712565 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC ***Winner of the 2016 RT Reviewer’s Choice Award for Best Futuristic Romance*** Four years a...
For Love & Liberty: Untold love stories of the American Revolution
For Love & Liberty: Untold love stories of the American Revolution Alyssa Cole, Lena Hart, Kate McMurray, and Stacey Agdern 9781941885017 Fiction Maroon Ash Publishing Maroon Ash Publishing FOR LOVE &...
Magic Like That
Magic Like That Samara Cole Doyon 9781643790701 Fiction Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books In this celebration of Black Girl Magic, a young girl finds confidence and excitement in the versatility of her ...
Can’t Escape Love: A Reluctant Royals Novella
Can’t Escape Love: A Reluctant Royals Novella Alyssa Cole 9780062931900 Fiction Avon Books HarperCollins Alyssa Cole delivers another fun, sexy romance novella in the Reluctant Royals series! Regin...
Revenge (Larry Cole)
Revenge (Larry Cole) Hugh Holton 9780765301390 Fiction Forge Macmillan Publishers A brutally-wronged girl now a woman grown - cold, clever, calculating - mistakenly presumed dead. A macabre magician ...
Conversations: Straight Talk with America’s Sister President
Conversations: Straight Talk with America’s Sister President Johnnetta Betsch Cole 9780385411608 Nonfiction Random House Penguin Random House Feminist, educator, African American spokeswoman, and "Sis...
The Cartel
The Cartel Ashley Antoinette and JaQuavis Coleman 9781645565864 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. The lovers are on opposing teams, and when their worlds collide, the truth will be unvei...
The Incredible Joy of Collecting African American Art: My Journey from Frogtown, S.C. to the National Gallery
The Incredible Joy of Collecting African American Art: My Journey from Frogtown, S.C. to the National Gallery Patrick Diamond 9781732048270 Nonfiction Independently Published Independently Published T...
The Cartel Deluxe Edition, Part 2: Books 4 and 5
The Cartel Deluxe Edition, Part 2: Books 4 and 5 Ashley Antoinette and JaQuavis Coleman 9781601620897 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. The Cartel series by street lit superstars Ashley ...
Dirty Music
Dirty Music Shaun Sinclair 9781496728654 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. THE CRESCENT CREW SERIES He built an empire from his infamous Dirty South crew’s street riches. He’s an unstoppabl...
The Cartel Deluxe Edition: Books 1-3
The Cartel Deluxe Edition: Books 1-3 Ashley Antoinette and JaQuavis Coleman 9781622866298 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. The port of Miami brings in millions of dollars’ worth o...
St. Pierre Boyz 2: All is Fair in Love and War (Volume 2)
St. Pierre Boyz 2: All is Fair in Love and War (Volume 2) Mz. Lady P and Mesha Mesh 9781542554442 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Completely fed up with all things St. Pierre, the women a...
Destiny of the Diamond Princess
Destiny of the Diamond Princess Sherri Winston 9781547617029 Fiction Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Bloomsbury Publishing The Princess Diaries meets From the Desk of Zoey Washington in this story about a g...
Unzipped: An Urban Erotic Tale
Unzipped: An Urban Erotic Tale Noire 9780345508799 Nonfiction One World/Ballantine Penguin Random House Have you ever had everything you love snatched from your hands in the blink of an eye? Do you kn...
Diamond Playgirls
Diamond Playgirls Daaimah S. Poole, Miasha, Joy Deja King, and T. Styles 9780758223562 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. Four beautiful, professional women, living on separate floors ...
ILA’s Diamond’s IV: "The House That Jack Built"
ILA’s Diamond’s IV: "The House That Jack Built" Donna M. Gray-Banks 9798988627067 Fiction Lee’s Press and Publishing Co Lee’s Press and Publishing Co Ila's Diamonds IV is a continuation of the tr...
Queen Divas
Queen Divas De’nesha Diamond 9780758292599 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. It’s scorched-earth, all-or-nothing war for Memphis’ most merciless ride-or-die women, and even their survival ski...
Mother Body
Mother Body Diamond Forde 9781947817241 Poetry Saturnalia Books Saturnalia Books Mother Body is an intersectional exploration of the the trauma and agency held within a body defined by its potential t...
Wild Thoughts
Wild Thoughts Delaney Diamond 9781940636702 Fiction Garden Avenue Press Garden Avenue Press It started with a little white lie… Lindsay Winthrop’s weekly podcast on sex and dating has garnered thousan...
The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond
The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond Brenda Woods 9780147514301 Fiction Puffin Books Penguin Random House Coretta Scott King Honor winner Brenda Woods’ moving, uplifting story of a girl finally m...
Coal
Coal Audre Lorde 9780393314861 Poetry W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Of Coal, the poet and critic Hayden Carruth said, “For us these words indeed are jewels in the open light.’ Co...
Merge: The Trials and Tribulations of Becoming a Superhero
Merge: The Trials and Tribulations of Becoming a Superhero Eric M. Cooper 9780983420347 Fiction Bowker Bowker Welcome to the newest venture in the Knight Seeker story realm which takes place in the ro...
Collusion
Collusion De’nesha Diamond 9781496705853 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. In D.C.’s cutthroat political arena, revenge is the ultimate nuclear option … Framed for a high-profile murder, Ab...
Princess of Zamibia
Princess of Zamibia Delaney Diamond 9781940636665 Fiction Garden Avenue Press Garden Avenue Press "Live in the moment with me." That’s what he asked Dahlia to do, and she did, because after a near dea...
Baller Bitches Volume 2: Baller Bitches Series
Baller Bitches Volume 2: Baller Bitches Series Joy Deja King 9781942217244 Fiction King Productions King Productions Diamond, Kennedy and Blair are back in Volume 2 of the Baller Bitches Series. Will ...