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Miss Titta Nurse Chloe
Miss Titta Nurse Chloe Regena Hoye 9780963690647 Fiction Ishnuvu Publishing Company Ishnuvu Publishing Company Miss Titta is a southern mystery. Miss Titta, a widow, is a graceful woman, of medium hei...
Regena Bryant
Regena Bryant NONE Author Regena Bryant honored a pact with her nephew, resulting in three contemporary women's fiction novels with romantic elements. Her works explore the complexity of love in mode...
Chloe Dulce Louvouezo
Chloe Dulce Louvouezo NONE Chloe Dulce Louvouezo is a Congolese-American writer and advocate focusing on underrepresented women. She's the host of the Life, I Swear podcast and author of a book by th...
Ala Voom
Ala Voom Regena Hoye 9780963690609 Fiction Ishnuvu Publishing Company Ishnuvu Publishing Company
Miss Chloe (paperback): A Memoir of a Literary Friendship with Toni Morrison
Miss Chloe (paperback): A Memoir of a Literary Friendship with Toni Morrison A.J. Verdelle 9780063031678 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins “If you let a black girl loose in a library, you may not recog...
Wander in the Dark
Wander in the Dark Jumata Emill 9780593651889 Fiction Random House Children’s Books Penguin Random House The pulse-pounding thriller from the author of The Black Queen! Two brothers must come together...
Miss Chloe: A Literary Friendship with Toni Morrison
Miss Chloe: A Literary Friendship with Toni Morrison Robert Fleming Book Review There is so much commercial tripe out there on our bookshelves, but this book is very worthy: Miss Chloe: A Memoir Of A...
Murder for Miss Hortense: A Mystery
Murder for Miss Hortense: A Mystery Mel Pennant 9780593701621 Fiction Pantheon Books Penguin Random House “A beautiful novel, suffused with fondness and wit … A real triumph!” —Alexander McCall Smith...
The Sunshine Queens
The Sunshine Queens Sherri Shepherd 9781400252732 Fiction Tommy Nelson HarperCollins Christian Publishing From Sherri Shepherd, this energetic and fun story celebrates female friendships and shows you...
Chloe Dominique
Chloe Dominique NONE Chloe Dominique is a freelance illustrator and concept artist based in the UK, working across animation, video games, and children's publishing. Chloe Dominique is a freelance il...
Miss Chloe: A Literary Friendship with Toni Morrison
Miss Chloe: A Literary Friendship with Toni Morrison A.J. Verdelle 9780063031661 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins The award-winning author of The Good Negress shares invaluable insights on the precari...
Wildflowers: A Novel
Wildflowers: A Novel Lyah Beth LeFlore 9780767921190 Fiction Knopf Penguin Random House Twenty-three dollars and eleven cents–that’s all that thirty-five-year-old Chloe Davis Michaels has to her name ...
Blackgammon
Blackgammon Heather Neff 9780345436115 Fiction One World/Ballantine Penguin Random House A sweeping, unforgettable debut novel that traces remarkable parallel voyages of self-discovery, Blackgammon re...
A Likkle Miss Lou: How Jamaican Poet Louise Bennett Coverley Found Her Voice
A Likkle Miss Lou: How Jamaican Poet Louise Bennett Coverley Found Her Voice Nadia L. Hohn 9781771473507 Nonfiction Owlkids Owlkids A Kirkus Reviews most anticipated picture book of fall 2019 by Nadia...
I Wanna Be Where You Are
I Wanna Be Where You Are Kristina Forest 9781250250902 Fiction Square Fish Macmillan Publishers A debut young adult rom-com about an African American ballerina who finds love on the road to an auditio...
Hollington Homecoming, Volume One: RSVP with LoveTeach Me Tonight
Hollington Homecoming, Volume One: RSVP with LoveTeach Me Tonight Sandra Kitt and Jacquelin Thomas 9780373091317 Fiction Harlequin Kimani Arabesque Harlequin Enterprises Limited Ten years. Eight grads...
Each Kindness
Each Kindness Jacqueline Woodson 9780399246524 Fiction Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House Each kindness makes the world a little better This unforgettable book is written and illustrated by t...
RSVP With Love
RSVP With Love Sandra Kitt 9780373861286 Fiction Harlequin Kimani Harlequin Enterprises Limited Ambitious event planner Chloe Jackson is sure of one thing: her ten-year college reunion is going to be ...
Miss Jessie’s: Creating a Successful Business from Scratch—Naturally
Miss Jessie’s: Creating a Successful Business from Scratch—Naturally Miko Branch 9780062329189 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins Miss Jessie’s is a memoir and business guide rich with inspirational lif...
Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary
Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary Miss Major and Toshio Meronek 9781839763342 Nonfiction Verso Books Verso Books The future of Black, queer, and trans liberation explor...
Moses and the Monster and Miss Anne
Moses and the Monster and Miss Anne Thumper Book Review I admit that the things that form my initial impressions of a book are somewhat shallow. I love a good book cover, whether it is pictures or ...
It Was The Devil All Along: A Memoir
It Was The Devil All Along: A Memoir Robert Fleming Book Review Her name is Avalon Soulette Brown, a God-sent woman who happens to be an accomplished nurse from Newark, New Jersey, and still lives ...
Love’s Remnant
Love’s Remnant Regena Bryant 9780990578017 Fiction Willow Bend Books Willow Bend Books When Avery Thomas inherits D Allen Designs she must piece together the tattered shreds of her life after the deat...
Believe In Me
Believe In Me Regena Bryant 9781585714650 Fiction Genesis Press Genesis Press David Thornton lands his dream job as executive director of a faith-based community empowerment center established by his ...
Miss Ophelia
Miss Ophelia Mary Burnett Smith 9780688163570 Fiction William Morrow HarperCollins Part coming-of-age story and part slice of life, this remarkable novel explores the issues of abortion, illegitimacy,...
O.W. Showe
O.W. Showe NONE O.W. Showe, former professional basketball player and retired US Air Force Flight Nurse, is a hall of fame inductee known for her athletic and professional achievements. After a succe...
Except On Sunday (Indigo)
Except On Sunday (Indigo) Regena Bryant 9781585714438 Fiction Genesis Press Genesis Press The Rev. Dr. Finus Gideon Gates is the charismatic, intelligent, wealthy and decidedly single favorite son of ...
Miss Wayne & The Queens Of DC
Miss Wayne & The Queens Of DC T. Styles 9780982391341 Fiction Cartel Publications Cartel Publications Miss Wayne from the Essence Best Selling novel Black and Ugly and Black & Ugly as Ever returns in ...
Miss Lou: Louise Bennett and Jamaican Culture
Miss Lou: Louise Bennett and Jamaican Culture Mervyn Morris 9789766378660 Nonfiction Ian Randle Publishers Ian Randle Publishers Louise Bennett Coverley, ’Miss Lou’, has for decades represented the ’f...
Miss KP
Miss KP NONE Miss KP is an award-winning author from Washington DC, known for her six novels including 'The Dirty Divorce,' which won Urban Book and Title of the Year. She is also associated with the...
The Replacement Wife
The Replacement Wife Tiffany L. Warren 9780758280602 Fiction Kensington Kensington Publishing Corp. In this page-turning new novel from Essence® bestselling author Tiffany L. Warren, Atlanta’s mos...
The Gift of Southern Cooking: Recipes and Revelations from Two Great American Cooks: A Cookbook
The Gift of Southern Cooking: Recipes and Revelations from Two Great American Cooks: A Cookbook Edna Lewis 9780375400353 Nonfiction Knopf Publishing Group Penguin Random House Edna Lewis—acclaimed aut...
Mystery, Malevolence & Murder
Mystery, Malevolence & Murder David T. Boyd 9780595387953 Fiction iUniverse Author Solutions From the creator of Falling Down, mystery writer David T. Boyd returns with his latest work, Mystery, Malev...
Sophie Washington My BFF
Sophie Washington My BFF Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781733776387 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing READERS’ FAVORITE GOLD MEDAL BOOK AWARD WINNERAn Amazon Bestselling Book!!Fans of Junie ...
A Southern Odyssey: Travelers in the Antebellum North (Revised)
A Southern Odyssey: Travelers in the Antebellum North (Revised) John Hope Franklin 9780807103517 Nonfiction LSU Press Louisiana State University Press Frederick Law Olmsted, the northerner who wrote c...
Life, I Swear: Intimate Stories from Black Women on Identity, Healing, and Self-Trust
Life, I Swear: Intimate Stories from Black Women on Identity, Healing, and Self-Trust Chloe Dulce Louvouezo 9780063072237 Nonfiction Harper Design HarperCollins Foreword by Elaine Welteroth In this...
The Secret of Gumbo Grove
The Secret of Gumbo Grove Eleanora E. Tate 9780440412731 Fiction Yearling Penguin Random House Raisin Stackhouse doesn’t mind doing odd jobs for old Miss Effie Pfluggins, but when Miss Effie talks her...
Sweetie Pie’s Cookbook: Soulful Southern Recipes, from My Family to Yours
Sweetie Pie’s Cookbook: Soulful Southern Recipes, from My Family to Yours Robbie Montgomery 9780062322807 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins The beloved owner of the wildly popular Sweetie Pie’s restaur...
Dear Miss Metropolitan: A Novel
Dear Miss Metropolitan: A Novel Carolyn Ferrell 9781250839015 Fiction Holt Paperbacks Macmillan Publishers A finalist for the 2022 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction A finalist for the 2022 PEN/Hemingway...
Miss Candice
Miss Candice Miss Candice is a bestselling author from the east side of Detroit, MI. Her debut novel, If Not For Love, was published on Amazon in 2014, marking the beginning of a remarkable literar...
Miss Black America: A Novel
Miss Black America: A Novel Veronica Chambers 9780767914673 Fiction Broadway Books Penguin Random House A dazzling fiction debut from the author of Mama’s Girl, Miss Black America is the warm and tend...
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman Ernest J. Gaines 9780553263572 Fiction Bantam Penguin Random House "This is a novel in the guise of the tape-recorded recollections of a black woman who has li...
Miss Crandall’s School For Young Ladies & Little Misses Of Color
Miss Crandall’s School For Young Ladies & Little Misses Of Color Elizabeth Alexander and Marilyn Nelson 9781590784563 Nonfiction Wordsong Boyds Mills Press Two renowned poets tell the story of Prudenc...
Patricia A. Bridewell
Patricia A. Bridewell NONE Patricia A. Bridewell is an award-winning author, nurse practitioner, and educator who began her writing career in 2005. She has published four novels and contributed to se...
Chloe: A Novel of Secrets and Lies
Chloe: A Novel of Secrets and Lies Connie Briscoe 9780063338562 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins Join Our Book Discussion on Zoom ● July 26, 2026 ● 2 p.m. EDT New York Times bestselling author C...
Little Miss Maple: Thinks Big
Little Miss Maple: Thinks Big Johanna Sparrow 9781793888846 Fiction Independently Published Independently Published Adorable and sweet Little Miss Maple has been inspired by the teacher to think big, ...
Divas on Screen: Black Women in American Film
Divas on Screen: Black Women in American Film Kam Williams Book Review I admit that the things that form my initial impressions of a book are somewhat shallow. I love a good book cover, whether it...
Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance
Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance Carla Kaplan 9780060882372 Nonfiction Harper Perennial HarperCollins Celebrated scholar Carla Kaplan’s cultural biography, Miss Anne in Ha...
Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance
Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance Connie Bradley Book Review Definitions of Miss Anne: A coded term for any white woman. A derisive name for a white woman. An emanc...
Miss Anne In Harlem: The White Women Of The Black Renaissance
Miss Anne In Harlem: The White Women Of The Black Renaissance Carla Kaplan 9780060882389 Nonfiction HarperCollins Publishers HarperCollins Celebrated scholar Carla Kaplan’s cultural biography, Miss An...
Harvey Stein, Herb Boyd, and Miss Rosen
Harvey Stein, Herb Boyd, and Miss Rosen MULTIPLE Harvey Stein, Herb Boyd, and Miss Rosen are renowned authors. Stein, captured during a book signing at Rizzoli Bookstore in 2013, collaborates with Bo...
Miss Major and Toshio Meronek
Miss Major and Toshio Meronek MULTIPLE Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a renowned figure in global trans/queer communities, runs the House of GG educational retreat in Little Rock, Arkansas. Toshio Meronek...
All I Want For Christmas
All I Want For Christmas Joyce A. Brown, Princess F.L. Gooden, Terri Ann Johnson, Sonia Johnston, Patricia Woodside, Cryssy Dee, Candy Jackson, and others Excerpt An excerpt from Terri Ann Johnson&rs...
Avalon Soulette Brown
Avalon Soulette Brown NONE Avalon S. Brown, a dedicated nurse with 30 years of experience, is a graduate of Essex County College Nursing Program. She is deeply religious and believes in bringing heal...
The Last Bunny in Brooklyn
The Last Bunny in Brooklyn Zetta Elliott 9781500870416 Fiction Rosetta Press Rosetta Press Chloe isn’t a social bunny, but she enjoys her solitary life in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. As autumn approa...
Bayou Classic: The Grambling-Southern Football Rivalry
Bayou Classic: The Grambling-Southern Football Rivalry Thomas Aiello 9780807136973 Nonfiction LSU Press Louisiana State University Press The annual clash in New Orleans between the Grambling State Uni...
Gone Missing in Harlem
Gone Missing in Harlem Karla FC Holloway 9780810143531 Fiction TriQuarterly Books Northwestern University Press “With an evocative mix of questions and revelations, Gone Missing in Harlem shows a vivi...
Geri Spencer Hunter
Geri Spencer Hunter NONE Geri Spencer Hunter is an award-winning writer and co-founder of The Sacramento Black Nurses Association. A retired nurse from Iowa, she has authored two novels and contribut...
Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention
Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention Calgary Canada The World Mystery Convention is a nonprofit, all-volunteer organization which holds an annual convention in honor of Anthony Boucher, the disti...
The Mystery of the Missing Dog and Other Stories (Dive In Early Reader)
The Mystery of the Missing Dog and Other Stories (Dive In Early Reader) Bernette Ford 9781633221307 Fiction Seagrass Press Seagrass Press Check out the funny, smart, and brave ways the characters in T...
Mystery Writers of America Presents the Mystery Box
Mystery Writers of America Presents the Mystery Box Brad Meltzer 9781455512355 Fiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group There’s nothing more mysterious than a locked box. Whether it’s a li...
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 ...
Vanessa L. Williams
Vanessa L. Williams 000000011462842X Vanessa Lynn Williams, born March 18, 1963, is a multi-talented actor, singer, fashion designer and author. She made history as the first African-American Miss Am...
Peggy M. Fisher
Peggy M. Fisher NONE Peggy M. Fisher, a former educator and counselor with the Philadelphia public school system, is an accomplished author recognized for her literary excellence. A retired Army Nurs...
Preyed Upon
Preyed Upon Denise N. Wheatley 9781335457493 Fiction Harlequin Intrigue Harlequin Enterprises Limited Her Presence Is a Threat to People in Her Hometown Forced into early retirement from the Chic...
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...
Ernest J. Gaines Four Novels: The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman / In My Father’s House / A Gathering of Old Men / A Lesson Before Dying
Ernest J. Gaines Four Novels: The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman / In My Father’s House / A Gathering of Old Men / A Lesson Before Dying Ernest J. Gaines 9781598537901 Fiction Library of America L...
Miss Edmonia’s Class of Wildfires
Miss Edmonia’s Class of Wildfires Victoria Scott-Miller 9781223186849 Fiction Paw Prints Publishing Baker & Taylor Publisher Services Two students are inspired by art during a visit to the museum and ...
Coq Au Vin: Nanette Hayes Mystery Series Book 2
Coq Au Vin: Nanette Hayes Mystery Series Book 2 Charlotte Carter 9780593314128 Fiction Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Penguin Random House Read a review of Coq Au Vin: A Nanette Hayes Mystery in Mosaic Li...
Still We Rise: A Love Letter to the Southern Biscuit with Over 70 Sweet and Savory Recipes
Still We Rise: A Love Letter to the Southern Biscuit with Over 70 Sweet and Savory Recipes Erika Council 9780593236093 Nonfiction Clarkson Potter Penguin Random House A love letter to the Southern bis...
Quvenzhané Wallis The “Beasts of the Southern Wild” Interview
Quvenzhané Wallis The “Beasts of the Southern Wild” Interview Kam Williams Interview Quvenzhané “Nazie” Wallis was born on August 28, 2003, in Houma, Louisiana where ...
Eileen Southern
Eileen Southern 0000000108921347 Dr. Eileen Southern, born in 1920, was the first black female tenured professor at Harvard. Renowned for her seminal works on Black music, including “The Music of Bla...
Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison 0000000368636040 Winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature Celebrated American novelist Toni Morrison, born Chloe Ardelia Wofford, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993. A profes...
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Beasts of the Southern Wild Kam Williams beasts-of-the-southern-wild.jpg Film Review Carefree Cherub Laments Climate Change in Enchanting Cautionary Parable Beasts of the Southern Wild In Theaters: ...
Dear Mr. Black
Dear Mr. Black Shanora Williams 9781984245243 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC From The New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Shanora Williams comes a forbidden romance about a c...
Sophie Washington Code One
Sophie Washington Code One Tonya Duncan Ellis 9781733776318 Fiction Page Turner Publishing Page Turner Publishing AN AMAZON BESTSELLING BOOK FOR KIDS! GIRL POWER! Xavier Academy is having a computer c...
Cute For A Black Girl
Cute For A Black Girl Amy Watkins 9781736296035 Fiction Amy Watkins Amy Watkins Though her beginnings were rough, Chloe is a beautiful, smart and talented girl with a promising future. She was adopted...
Hot Westmoreland Nights (Silhouette Desire)
Hot Westmoreland Nights (Silhouette Desire) Brenda Jackson 9780373730131 Fiction Silhouette Silhouette He knew better than to lust after the hired help. But Ramsey Westmoreland’s new cook was just so ...
Trouble the Water
Trouble the Water Melvin Dixon 9780932511249 Fiction Fiction Collective Two (FC2) University of Alabama Press Trouble the Water moves among finely woven layers of time and place as it takes on a new a...
Chasing Ava: A Bachelor of Shell Cove Novel
Chasing Ava: A Bachelor of Shell Cove Novel Siera London 9780986424311 Fiction Katrina Pringle Katrina Pringle Enter the world of Shell Cove Medical Center A world of sacrifice, seduction, and sabotag...
Mercuries Ryzen
Mercuries Ryzen NONE Mercuries Ryzen, a Brooklyn-born author, psychologist, and professional counselor, uses comedy and writing as emotional outlets. She holds degrees in Psychology and Professional ...
Miss Aldridge Regrets
Miss Aldridge Regrets Louise Hare 9780593439272 Fiction Berkley Books Penguin Random House “Super cinematic and every bit as Agatha Christie-esque as its sounds… if you like murder mysteries, pick thi...
All That Is Secret: An Annalee Spain Mystery (Book 1)
All That Is Secret: An Annalee Spain Mystery (Book 1) Patricia Raybon 9781496458384 Fiction Tyndale House Tyndale House From award-winning author Patricia Raybon comes a compelling new historical mys...
Mystery James Digs Her Own Grave
Mystery James Digs Her Own Grave Ally Russell 9780593896914 Fiction Delacorte Press Penguin Random House Abandoned in a cemetery and raised in a funeral home, a girl who can see and smell the supernat...
Shades of Jade
Shades of Jade Thumper Book Review I was debating on whether I should start this review by writing All Hail The New Queen. Why not? I'll only live once, so, All Hail The New Queen of AA mystery...
Streetwhys: A Dickie Cornish Detective Mystery
Streetwhys: A Dickie Cornish Detective Mystery Christopher Chambers 9781953103550 Fiction Three Rooms Press Three Rooms Press Washington, DC’s notorious detective, former street denizen Dickie Cornish...
The Taste of Country Cooking: The 30th Anniversary Edition of a Great Southern Classic Cookbook
The Taste of Country Cooking: The 30th Anniversary Edition of a Great Southern Classic Cookbook Edna Lewis 9780307265609 Nonfiction Knopf Publishing Group Penguin Random House In this classic Southern...
Walk Me to the Distance (Southern Revivals)
Walk Me to the Distance (Southern Revivals) Percival Everett 9781611175400 Fiction University of South Carolina Press University of South Carolina Press Newer Version AvailableVietnam veteran David La...
Wisdom
Wisdom Heather Neff 9780345447449 Fiction One World/Ballantine Penguin Random House “You must promise me to go back to Wisdom one day. You see, little girl, Wisdom is your Source. It’s where your bloo...
The Devil And Miss Prym: A Novel Of Temptation
The Devil And Miss Prym: A Novel Of Temptation Paulo Coelho 9780060528003 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins A stranger arrives at the remote village of Viscos, carrying with him a backpack containing a no...
Babylon Sisters: A Novel
Babylon Sisters: A Novel Pearl Cleage 9780345456090 Fiction One World/Ballantine Penguin Random House Catherine Sanderson seems to have it all: a fulfilling career helping immigrant women find jobs, a...
Show Me No Mercy
Show Me No Mercy Anita L. Roseboro Excerpt Casey ran from the bedroom and rushed out the door without anything more than a comforter wrapped around her body to ward off the freezing temperatures. She...
The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle
The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle T. L. Huchu 9781250883063 Fiction Tor Books Macmillan Publishers In T. L. Huchu’s USA Today bestselling Edinburgh Nights series, the third book, The Mystery at Dunvegan ...
The Man Who Turned Both Cheeks: A Novel (A Shadrack Myers Mystery)
The Man Who Turned Both Cheeks: A Novel (A Shadrack Myers Mystery) Gillian Royes 9781451627435 Fiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Jamaica is the picturesque background for this explosive novel...
Mystery Writers Of America Presents The Blue Religion: New Stories About Cops, Criminals, And The Chase
Mystery Writers Of America Presents The Blue Religion: New Stories About Cops, Criminals, And The Chase Mystery Writers Of America 9780316012515 Nonfiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group...
Krystle Parker
Krystle Parker NONE Krystle Parker, an Adult Gerontologist Nurse with 15 years of experience, is the owner of Absolute Care Services and ILashpark. She is also a community benefactor, hosting annual ...
Shades of Black: Crime and Mystery Stories by African-American Authors
Shades of Black: Crime and Mystery Stories by African-American Authors Eleanor Taylor Bland 9780425200148 Fiction Berkley Books Penguin Random House A dazzling collection of crime and mystery stories,...
Carol Denise Mitchell
Carol Denise Mitchell NONE Carol Denise Mitchell, an acclaimed author and journalist, has a 30-year writing career and is known for her award-winning book, “What Happened to Suzy.” Born and raised in...