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K’wan
K’wan 0000000417519140 K'wan Foye, born to a poet and painter, faced numerous rejections before his debut novel, Gangsta, was published in 2002. His subsequent novels caught the attention of St. Mart...
K’wan and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson
K’wan and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson MULTIPLE K'wan and 50 Cent are renowned authors known for their contributions to literature, with K'wan being a best-selling urban fiction writer and 50 Cent a rapp...
Tracy Brown, K’wan and Angel Mitchell
Tracy Brown, K’wan and Angel Mitchell MULTIPLE Tracy Brown, K'wan, and Angel Mitchell are prominent authors known for their captivating storytelling. Their works encompass a range of genres, offering...
K’wan, J.M. Benjamin, Terry L. Wroten, Randy Thompson, and J-Rod Nider
K’wan, J.M. Benjamin, Terry L. Wroten, Randy Thompson, and J-Rod Nider MULTIPLE K'wan, J.M. Benjamin, Terry L. Wroten, Randy Thompson, and J-Rod Nider are accomplished authors, each bringing unique s...
Promise Kept
Promise Kept K’wan 9781799961437 Fiction Blackstone Publishing Blackstone Publishing In this stunning sequel to Promise Broken, K’wan spins a pulse-pounding story about surviving, thriving, and the co...
Road Dawgz
Road Dawgz K’wan 9781601626073 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. It’s the penthouse or the morgue. This is the philosophy adopted by Keshawn Wilson, a.k.a. K-Dawg, self-proclaimed lo...
Crossroads
Crossroads LaVerne Thompson, Angela Kay Austin, Naleighna Kai, Ursula Sinclair, and 16 more B07N1T887K Fiction Flavorfullove Unlimited Publishing Flavorfullove Unlimited Publishing Join 21 bestselling...
No Shade
No Shade K’wan 9781622867325 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. [Read by Kim Johnson] From #1 Essence bestselling author K’wan comes the sixth installment in his bestselling Hood Rat seri...
Passion for the Heist
Passion for the Heist K’wan 9781250834898 Fiction Forge Macmillan Publishers National bestselling author K’wan returns with Passion for the Heist, a gritty, unforgettable novel about love and crime on...
Promise Broken
Promise Broken K’wan 9798200911561 Fiction Blackstone Publishing Blackstone Publishing Beware of the company you keep. K’wan’s urban fiction coming-of-age novel, Promise Broken, is set in the gritt...
The Reluctant King
The Reluctant King K’wan 9781636140148 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books “K’wan is exceptionally gifted at ratcheting up suspense … There’s no denying the writer’s talent for dark, gritty fiction. I...
Animal 2: The Omen
Animal 2: The Omen K’wan 9781936399666 Fiction Cash Money Content Simon & Schuster, Inc. After the incredible success of Animal, K’wan is back with the second, bloody installment in the new Animal sag...
Black Lotus
Black Lotus K’wan 9781617752667 Fiction Infamous Books Akashic Books Crooked cops, professional assassins, and high-level conspiracies with millions of dollars at stake drive this heart-thumping thril...
The Massacre
The Massacre K’wan, J.M. Benjamin, Terry L. Wroten, Randy Thompson, and J-Rod Nider 9780982492031 Fiction A New Quality Publishing A New Quality Publishing Gang Related by Terry L. Wroten Vice Vers...
Hoodlum: A Novel
Hoodlum: A Novel K’wan 9780312333089 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers He set out to be the good son, but the streets had a different plan.Born to one of the city’s most notorious crim...
The Cestus Deception: A Clone Wars Novel (Star Wars: A Clone Wars Novel)
The Cestus Deception: A Clone Wars Novel (Star Wars: A Clone Wars Novel) Steven Barnes 9780099472629 Fiction Arrow Books Random House Children's Books The Confederacy is trying to get its hands on som...
Animal: The Beginning
Animal: The Beginning K’wan 9781622869978 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. Based on his bestselling Animal series comes Kwan’s highly anticipated prequel, Animal: The Beginning. Wh...
96 Minutes
96 Minutes Kam Williams img21.jpg Film Review Gangstas Carjack College Coeds in Character-Driven Crime Caper 96 Minutes [2012] Order via Amazon.com In Theaters: Apr 27, 2012 Limited On DVD: May 2...
Wild Hearts
Wild Hearts K’wan 9781250411020 Fiction Wildthorn Macmillan Publishers The story that captivated readers—now complete for the first time. Passion for the Heist introduced readers to the unforgettab...
House of the Rising Sun
House of the Rising Sun K’wan 9781636142906 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books When Artie Howell moves with his wife back to her sleepy hometown, he must protect their son, Nicky, from the skeletons ...
Black Godfather: The Black Death
Black Godfather: The Black Death K’wan 9781645565581 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. “Sometimes you gotta show muthafuckas that you’re a muthafucka, too.” Since he was old enough to...
False Idols: A Reluctant King Novel
False Idols: A Reluctant King Novel K’wan 9781636141770 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books In this gripping follow-up to The Reluctant King, the "Monarchy" of New York City’s Five Points is in total ...
Hood Rat: A Novel
Hood Rat: A Novel K’wan 9781250750099 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers Hood Rat (n.): A woman of questionable repute, one who has been known to "get around" in the ’hood.Yoshi is youn...
Black Lotus 2: The Vow
Black Lotus 2: The Vow K’wan 9781617757785 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books After helping to solve a cold case involving a murdered child which exposed the high-ranking city officials who tried to ...
Wrath
Wrath K’wan 9781601621320 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. In the history of New York City’s underworld, there have been a host of criminal figures whose exploits have gone on to inspir...
Diamonds and Pearl
Diamonds and Pearl K’wan 9781250102614 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers They say that good girls like bad boys, and this was especially true for Pearl Stone. A child born of privilege...
The Fix 3
The Fix 3 K’wan 9781622869596 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp.
Animal IV: Last Rites (Volume 4)
Animal IV: Last Rites (Volume 4) K’wan 9780982492093 Fiction Write 2 Eat Concepts Write 2 Eat Concepts From the moment Animal’s former lover Red Sonja showed up on his doorstep, he knew trouble wouldn...
The Fix 2
The Fix 2 K’wan 9781601626431 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. Two lives … two paths … one tragic outcome. The Fix 2 is in and the game is afoot!The past few months have been a living ...
Animal 3: Revelations
Animal 3: Revelations K’wan 9781936399932 Fiction Cash Money Content Simon & Schuster, Inc. After making a promise to leave the street life behind, a shocking revelation forces Animal back into the ga...
The Fix
The Fix K’wan 9781601625854 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. Persia Chandler doesn’t know the meaning of the world struggle. After the arrest of her notorious father, she is whisked awa...
Gangsta
Gangsta K’wan 9781601625762 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. Love always comes with a price. After the murder of a dirty Los Angeles detective, St. Louis ’Lou-Loc’ Alexander finds him...
Animal 2: The Omen
Animal 2: The Omen K’wan 9781936399291 Fiction Cash Money Content Simon & Schuster, Inc. Secrets are revealed, sides are chosen and bodies are dropped…it’s on! After being thought dead, Animal r...
Animal
Animal K’wan 9781936399253 Fiction Cash Money Content Simon & Schuster, Inc. One bullet changed everything. Three years after narrowly escaping a one way trip to the gas chamber, the fugitive known on...
Eviction Notice: A Hood Rat Novel (Hood Rat Novels)
Eviction Notice: A Hood Rat Novel (Hood Rat Novels) K’wan 9780312536985 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers When three young friends, Porsha, Frankie and Sahara, decide to sublease an ap...
Welfare Wifeys: A Hood Rat Novel
Welfare Wifeys: A Hood Rat Novel K’wan 9780312536978 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers After the deaths and arrests of his entire crew and an informant-fueled investigation into his pa...
Flirt
Flirt Tracy Brown, K’wan and Angel Mitchell 9780312537012 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers From the biggest names in urban fiction comes a collection of unforgettably hot short storie...
Section 8: A Hood Rat Novel
Section 8: A Hood Rat Novel K’wan 9780312536961 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers Since she was a little girl, Tionna’s on and off addicted mother taught her to get hers by any means n...
Gutter: A Novel
Gutter: A Novel K’wan 9780312360092 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers The explosive sequel to GANGSTA has finally arrived!Blood answers for blood on the streets of Harlem. It’s been mo...
Still Hood: A HoodRat Novel
Still Hood: A HoodRat Novel K’wan 9780312360108 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers Only the strong survie on the streets of Brooklyn. And while Dena Jones definitely has what it takes n...
Blow
Blow K’wan and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson 9781416540601 Fiction Gallery Books/G-Unit Simon & Schuster, Inc. NO GOING BACK Prince, Killa-E, Daddy-O, and Danny grew up together in the projects, moving c...
Eve: A Novel
Eve: A Novel K’wan 9780312333102 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers The only family Eve Panelli has ever known is the infamous Twenty Gang. Orphaned as a small child, Eve quickly learne...
Street Dreams
Street Dreams K’wan 9780312333065 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers Love, Betrayal and Loyalty on the Streets of HarlemDaruis, a.k.a. Rio, the only child of a singer turned alcoholic, ...
Diamonds and Pearl
Diamonds and Pearl K’wan Excerpt CHAPTER 1 New Orleans, L.A.: Sept. 2005 “It looks bad out there, man.” Larry said staring out the rain slicked window of the second floor bedroom. I...
Minutes of Glory: And Other Stories
Minutes of Glory: And Other Stories Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o 9781620974650 Fiction The New Press The New Press A dazzling short story collection from the person Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie calls one of the grea...
Danzy Senna
Danzy Senna 0000000121437007 “Is Danzy Senna Black?” Danzy Senna, a celebrated novelist and essayist, focuses on identity, motherhood, race, and gender in her work. A Stanford BA and UC Ir...
Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Dolen Perkins-Valdez 0000000074479879 Dolen Perkins-Valdez, a Memphis-born novelist, is renowned for her New York Times bestselling novel 'Wench.' A Harvard graduate and former University of Californ...
100 Bestselling Authors, New Books, and More: October 2016 eNewsletter
100 Bestselling Authors, New Books, and More: October 2016 eNewsletter Troy Johnson Article Our Top 100, All-time, Bestselling Authors We are excited to present our regularly updated list of our top...
For Just Five Minutes: Heaven:Yes, Hell:No
For Just Five Minutes: Heaven:Yes, Hell:No Deborah Johnson 9781682707586 Fiction Tate Publishing Tate Publishing & Enterprises, LLC This a story of perseverance and victory over multiple trials and he...
The 16th Minute of Fame: An Insider’s Guide for Maintaining Success Beyond 15 Minutes of Fame
The 16th Minute of Fame: An Insider’s Guide for Maintaining Success Beyond 15 Minutes of Fame Darrell Miller 9781939447753 Nonfiction Dunham Books Dunham Group Inc In the future, everyone will be worl...
Moments, the Minutes, the Hours: The Poetry of Jill Scott
Moments, the Minutes, the Hours: The Poetry of Jill Scott Jill Scott 9780312329624 Poetry St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers Jill Scott’s first-ever poetry collection delivers the same earthy, ...
Eleven Minutes: A Novel
Eleven Minutes: A Novel Paulo Coelho 9780060589288 Fiction HarperOne HarperCollins Eleven Minutes is the story of Maria, a young girl from a Brazilian village, whose first innocent brushes with love l...
10 Minutes Past Too Late
10 Minutes Past Too Late Anika Malone 9780759612525 Fiction AuthorHouse Author Solutions Lisa Munroe is a successful, single young black attorney, branded from childhood with the nickname, ’Bad Girl.’...
Byron Pitts
Byron Pitts 0000000039302138 Byron Pitts is a renowned American journalist and author with ABC News. A multiple Emmy award winner, Pitts has over 20 years of experience, covering significant events l...
Eight Minutes of Heaven
Eight Minutes of Heaven Robert Fleming Book Review Travis English, author of Knights of Paris, returns with his second work of fiction, Eight Minutes of Heaven, a story about Derek Treadwell, w...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld MULTIPLE Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a retired NBA player, known for his record-breaking career with the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers, and inventing the ...
Ben Okri
Ben Okri 0000000121401864 Ben Okri, an award-winning poet and novelist, was born to an Igbo mother and Urhobo father in Nigeria. He had his early education in London, furthered his studies in England...
Charles Johnson
Charles Johnson 0000000000042498 Charles Richard Johnson, a novelist, essayist, and cartoonist from Evanston, Illinois, is renowned for his balanced mix of philosophy and folklore. His novel, Middle ...
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o 0000000109301051 AALBC Mourns the passing of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o May 28, 2025 Kenyan-born Ngugi wa Thiong’o was a leading East African novelist, educated in Kenya, ...
KR Bankston
KR Bankston NONE KR Bankston is an accomplished Fiction Novelist, Publishing Consultant, and CEO of Kirabaco Media Group. Known for her commercial publishing debut, 'A Deadly Encounter' in 2008, she ...
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and Timothy J. Reiss
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and Timothy J. Reiss MULTIPLE Ngugi wa Thiong’o, born in Kenya 1938, is a leading East African novelist, educated in Kenya, Uganda, and Britain. A recipient of seven Honorary Doctor...
April Bestselling Books, Win Barracoon, Top Erotica, Google is too Powerful, and More
April Bestselling Books, Win Barracoon, Top Erotica, Google is too Powerful, and More Troy Johnson Article Bestselling Books March/April 2018 Fiction: The Yearning by Mohale Mashigo was the best...
Novelist Timothy George is interviewed about his bestselling book Awaken
Novelist Timothy George is interviewed about his bestselling book Awaken Author Interviews
Cade Bentley
Cade Bentley NONE Cade Bentley, also known as bestselling authors Abby L. Vandiver and Abby Colette, is a renowned novelist and editor. Apart from writing, she loves spending time with her grandchild...
Jesse Byrd
Jesse Byrd NONE Jesse Byrd, Jr., an award-winning author and former Google project worker, used his basketball skills to fund his education at UC Santa Barbara. Known for his debut novel, King Pengui...
The Confession: A Thug’s Valentine
The Confession: A Thug’s Valentine Wahida Clark 9781970854107 Fiction Wahida Clark Presents Publishing Green and Company LLC He came back for love. He stayed for war. Faheem Mujahid thought he had ...
Pleasantville (Jay Porter Series)
Pleasantville (Jay Porter Series) Attica Locke 9780062259400 Fiction Knopf Penguin Random House From Attica Locke, a writer and producer of FOX’s Empire, this sophisticated thriller sees lawyer Jay Po...
From the Streets to the Sheets: Urban Erotic Quickies
From the Streets to the Sheets: Urban Erotic Quickies Noire 9780345508485 Fiction One World/Ballantine Penguin Random House In this bold collection of hard-hitting urban erotic quickies, Noire, the un...
Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood
Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black Hollywood Donald Bogle 9780345454195 Nonfiction One World Penguin Random House In Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams, Donald Bogle tells–for the first ti...
From the Streets to the Sheets
From the Streets to the Sheets Thumper Book Review My favorite urban erotic literature author Noire brings a short story anthology to the stage with Noire presents From the Streets to...
Thandie Newton - The Crash Interview
Thandie Newton - The Crash Interview Kam Williams Interview Thandiwe (pronounced 'Tan-dee') Adjewa Newton was born in Zambia on November 6, 1972, but was raised in Penzance, Cornwall by her...
May 2017 Newsletter: Bestselling Books, New Books, Author Info, and Much More
May 2017 Newsletter: Bestselling Books, New Books, Author Info, and Much More Troy Johnson Article Our May Newsletter is Generously Sponsored by Amistad Bestselling Books Bestselling Books: M...
Every Story Is a Love Story
Every Story Is a Love Story Imbolo Mbue 9798217154777 Fiction Random House Penguin Random House From the New York Times bestselling author of Behold the Dreamers, a captivating novel about love lost—a...
The Fraud
The Fraud Zadie Smith 9780525558965 Fiction Penguin Press Penguin Random House From acclaimed and bestselling novelist Zadie Smith, a kaleidoscopic work of historical fiction set against the legal tri...
Steppin’ Out with Attitude: Sister, Sell Your Dream!
Steppin’ Out with Attitude: Sister, Sell Your Dream! Anita Bunkley 9780060952884 Fiction Harper Perennial HarperCollins Bestselling novelist and motivational speaker Anita Bunkley shows women, especia...
Pearl Cleage
Pearl Cleage 0000000031900424 “The purpose of my writing, often, is to express the point where racism and sexism meet.” Pearl Cleage, born in 1948, is an acclaimed playwright, journalist, ...
Bestselling DVD's for 2012
Bestselling DVD's for 2012 Kam Williams https://aalbc.com/reviews/aalbcdvd5.jpg Film Review Top Ten Selling DVDs for 2012 See Bestselling DVDs #6 - #10 #1 • What Black Men Think Click to...
Bestselling DVDs for 2013
Bestselling DVDs for 2013 Kam Williams https://aalbc.com/reviews/zanes-sex-chronicles.jpg Film Review Best-selling DVDs for 2013 #1 • Zane's Sex Chronicles Season 1 Click to Buy Via Amaz...
Lolita Files
Lolita Files 0000000067722180 Lolita Files, an accomplished African-American author, screenwriter, and producer, is known for her bestselling novels like 'Scenes from a Sistah' and 'Child of God'. Wi...
Victor McGlothin
Victor McGlothin NONE Victor McGlothin, a bestselling author and filmmaker from Dallas, overcame early reading struggles to complete a Masters degree and leave his banking career for literature. Know...
Bestselling Books, The Top 25 Black-Owned Sites, New Books, and More
Bestselling Books, The Top 25 Black-Owned Sites, New Books, and More Troy Johnson Article Bestselling Books July – August 2017 Fiction titles outsold all other genres this period, led by the stren...
Top 50 Authors, Bestselling Books, and More
Top 50 Authors, Bestselling Books, and More Troy Johnson Article 50 Favorite African-American Authors of the 20th Century 1,826 readers cast votes, back in 2001, for their favorite African-Ameri...
eNewsletter Highlights – January 31st 2013 – Issue #198
eNewsletter Highlights – January 31st 2013 – Issue #198 Troy Johnson Article Read Our Complete eNewsletter AALBC.com's Bestselling Books Lists We've just published three new bestselling books l...
The Fame Game: An Insider’s Playbook for Earning Your 15 Minutes
The Fame Game: An Insider’s Playbook for Earning Your 15 Minutes Ramon Hervey II 9780063048034 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins Legendary Hollywood entertainment manager and publicist Ramon Hervey II ...
Child’s Play: A Poem
Child’s Play: A Poem Frederick K. Foote, Jr. Article Another young Black man knocked unconscious, lying motionless on the fake grass His fellow players move around him in hushed groups radiating fea...
The High Desert Book Festival
The High Desert Book Festival Hesperia Civic Plaza Park Hesperia California Our annual High Desert Book Festival is where authors and book lovers meet to celebrate the written word amidst Joshua Trees...
Webhost and Domain Name Setup in Under 4 Minutes
Webhost and Domain Name Setup in Under 4 Minutes Author Interviews
Eight Minutes Of Heaven
Eight Minutes Of Heaven Travis English 9780975990315 Fiction Blue Tiger Publishing Blue Tiger Publishing Derek Treadwell just left the bright lights of Los Angeles and put down roots in a little town ...
Can Black People Go 5 Minutes Without Music?
Can Black People Go 5 Minutes Without Music? Troy Johnson Article ...or rather why do we have to blast the music during every gathering? Having been back in Harlem now for about 4 years -- after bein...
Anika Malone
Anika Malone NONE Anika Malone, author of the acclaimed “10 Minutes Past Too Late”, is celebrated as a fresh voice in contemporary fiction. She has participated in notable book events across the Unit...
Ed Gordon
Ed Gordon 0000000045843168 Ed Gordon is an esteemed journalist with a career spanning various TV networks like BET, NBC, MSNBC, and CBS. Known for hosting shows like Conversation with Ed Gordon, BET ...
Geoffrey Canada
Geoffrey Canada 0000000385378709 Geoffrey Canada, CEO of Harlem Children’s Zone, is recognized for his anti-poverty efforts, notably by President Obama. Featured on 60 Minutes and Good Morning Americ...
The Perfect Mistress
The Perfect Mistress ReShonda Tate Billingsley Excerpt Lauren Robinson struggled to contain her excitement. Her daddy was going to be so surprised when he realized what she’d done. As the ...
American Gangster
American Gangster Kam Williams washin61.jpg Film Review Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe Square-Off in Harlem Heroin-Trade Saga American Gangster (2007) Click to o...
Anita O’Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer
Anita O’Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer Kam Williams anita_20.jpg Film Review DVD Revisits Career of Recently-Deceased Jazz Great - Blue eyed soul at its very best! ...
Ballast
Ballast Kam Williams images/img42.jpg Film Review Ballast Click to order via Amazon Unrated Running time: 96 minutes Studio: Alluvial Film Company Release Date: November 10, 2009 ...
Breasts
Breasts Kam Williams breast49.jpg Film Review Headline: 22 Topless Women Talk about Their Boobs Breasts - A Documentary (1996) Click to order via Amazon Unrated Running time: 50 minute...
Giuliani Time
Giuliani Time Kam Williams giulia9.jpg Film Review Documentary Portrays Presidential Hopeful as Racist Mayor Giuliani Time Click to order via Amazon DVD Release Date: November 21, 2006 Run Time: ...