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The Young and the Ruthless: Back in the Bubbles
The Young and the Ruthless: Back in the Bubbles Victoria Rowell 9781451643831 Nonfiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. New York Times bestselling author and beloved actress Victoria Rowell delive...
The Women Who Raised Me (Legacy Edition)
The Women Who Raised Me (Legacy Edition) Victoria Rowell 9781959811770 Nonfiction Wordeee Wordeee Born a ward of the state in the State of Maine, the child of a Yankee blueblood mother, Dorothy (Colli...
The Women Who Raised Me: A Memoir
The Women Who Raised Me: A Memoir Victoria Rowell 9780061246609 Nonfiction William Morrow Paperbacks HarperCollins Newer version availableBorn as a ward of the state of Maine, the child of an unmarrie...
Tag, Toss & Run: 40 Classic Lawn Games
Tag, Toss & Run: 40 Classic Lawn Games Victoria Rowell 9781603425605 Nonfiction Storey Publishing Storey Publishing Get the whole gang outside and enjoy hours of family fun! Discover the pleasures of ...
Secrets of a Soap Opera Diva: A Novel
Secrets of a Soap Opera Diva: A Novel Victoria Rowell 9781439164426 Fiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Calysta Jeffries is the hottest black actress in daytime and the diva of the soap opera w...
The Midnight Hour: A Madaris Novel
The Midnight Hour: A Madaris Novel Brenda Jackson 9781250623799 Fiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers Sexy, dangerous, unforgettable…the Madaris family and their unlikely band of friends c...
The Midnight Hour (Madaris Family Novels)
The Midnight Hour (Madaris Family Novels) Brenda Jackson 9780312989972 Fiction St. Martin’s Paperbacks Macmillan Publishers Sexy, dangerous, unforgettable…the Madaris family and their unlikely band of...
Making Callaloo: 25 Years of Black Literature
Making Callaloo: 25 Years of Black Literature Charles Henry Rowell 9780312288983 Fiction St. Martin’s Press Macmillan Publishers This important book collects a wide range of fiction and poetry that fi...
The Other Princess: A Novel of Queen Victoria’s Goddaughter
The Other Princess: A Novel of Queen Victoria’s Goddaughter Denny S. Bryce 9780063144125 Fiction William Morrow & Company HarperCollins A stunning portrait of an African princess raised in Queen Victo...
Merry Ex-Mas
Merry Ex-Mas Victoria Christopher Murray 9781939481153 Fiction Liza Dawson Associates Liza Dawson Associates A Christmas novella from the Essence bestselling author Victoria Christopher Murray Six yea...
Victoria’s Secret (The Cartel Publications Presents)
Victoria’s Secret (The Cartel Publications Presents) Jason Poole 9780979493140 Fiction Cartel Publications Cartel Publications What would you do for your man? Would you whore for him? Victoria Gray is...
Inventing Victoria
Inventing Victoria Tonya Bolden 9781547603176 Fiction Bloomsbury YA Bloomsbury Publishing As a young black woman in 1880s Savannah, Essie’s dreams are very much at odds with her reality. Ashamed of he...
Inventing Victoria
Inventing Victoria Tonya Bolden 9781681198071 Fiction Bloomsbury YA Bloomsbury Publishing In a searing historical novel, Tonya Bolden illuminates post-Reconstruction America in an intimate portrait of...
B Jenkins (Refiguring American Music)
B Jenkins (Refiguring American Music) Fred Moten 9780822346968 Poetry Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books The fourth collection of poetry from the literary and cultural critic Fred...
Blessed Assurance: Inspirational Short Stories Full of Hope & Strength for Life's Journey
Blessed Assurance: Inspirational Short Stories Full of Hope & Strength for Life's Journey Victoria Christopher Murray, Jacquelin Thomas, S. James Guitard, Maurice Gray, Terrance Johnson, and Patricia ...
Princess Sarah: Queen Victoria’s African Goddaughter
Princess Sarah: Queen Victoria’s African Goddaughter Tina Andrews 9780998226057 Nonfiction The Malibu Press The Malibu Press The unknown story of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, a young African princess who was...
Stand Your Ground: A Novel
Stand Your Ground: A Novel Victoria Christopher Murray 9781476792996 Fiction Touchstone Simon & Schuster, Inc. From the AALBC.com bestselling and award-winning author Victoria Christopher Murray comes...
No Laughter Here
No Laughter Here Rita Williams-Garcia 9780063079298 Fiction Quill Tree Books HarperCollins In this groundbreaking novel, Coretta Scott King Award winner Rita Williams-Garcia uses her vividly realistic...
Stones Along The Path
Stones Along The Path H. Victoria Hargro Atkerson 9781436346269 Fiction Xlibris Author Solutions Jessica Hamilton relates in Stones Along the Path a romantic bi-continental, cross-cultural family s...
Keeping Secrets & Telling Lies
Keeping Secrets & Telling Lies Trice Hickman 9780758269072 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. What would you do if the secret you were keepingcould set you free, yet ultimately devastate the o...
Keeping Secrets & Telling Lies
Keeping Secrets & Telling Lies Trice Hickman 9780979561818 Fiction Platinum Books Platinum Books What would you do if the secret you were keeping could set you free, yet ultimately devastate the ones ...
Pandora’s Box: A Novel
Pandora’s Box: A Novel Allison Hobbs 9781593090111 Fiction Strebor Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Ambition, desperation, and redemption abound in nationally bestselling author Allison Hobbs’s unforgetta...
Wrath
Wrath Victoria Christopher Murray 9781982142926 Fiction Gallery Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. The award-winning author of Lust, Envy, and Greed — soon to be Lifetime movies - delivers an unforgettable ...
Temptation: The Aftermath
Temptation: The Aftermath Victoria Christopher Murray 9781944359591 Fiction Brown Girls Books Brown Girls Books The best of friends…. Since they were five years old, Jasmine Cox Larson Bush and Kyla B...
Scandalous
Scandalous Victoria Christopher Murray 9781939481016 Fiction Liza Dawson Associates Liza Dawson Associates Before she was a minister’s wife, she was Jasmine Cox, the most prized dancer at Foxtails. Ne...
Forever An Ex
Forever An Ex Victoria Christopher Murray 9781476748856 Fiction Touchstone Simon & Schuster, Inc. Three Los Angeles women who’ve helped each other overcome heartbreak are reunited eight years later wh...
Greed: A Seven Deadly Sins Novel
Greed: A Seven Deadly Sins Novel Victoria Christopher Murray 9781982113230 Fiction Gallery Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Passion, money, and a deliciously devious twist: Greed is the newest novel in aw...
A Blessing & A Curse
A Blessing & A Curse ReShonda Tate Billingsley and Victoria Christopher Murray 9781476748887 Fiction Gallery Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. First ladies of the Baptist church and sworn frenemies Rach...
When Stars Are Scattered
When Stars Are Scattered Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed 9780525553908 Fiction Dial Books Penguin Random House Heartbreak and hope exist together in this remarkable graphic novel about growing up i...
Lust: A Seven Deadly Sins Novel
Lust: A Seven Deadly Sins Novel Victoria Christopher Murray 9781501134104 Fiction Touchstone Simon & Schuster, Inc. From the NAACP Image award winner and national bestselling author Victoria Christoph...
The Personal Librarian
The Personal Librarian Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray 9780593101537 Fiction Berkley Books Penguin Random House A Good Morning America Book Club Pick The remarkable story of J. P. Mor...
Zora and Me: The Summoner
Zora and Me: The Summoner Victoria Bond 9780763642990 Fiction Candlewick Press Candlewick Press In the finale to the acclaimed trilogy, upheaval in Zora Neale Hurston’s family and hometown persuade he...
Harlem Rhapsody
Harlem Rhapsody Victoria Christopher Murray 9780593638484 Fiction Berkley Books Penguin Random House “A page turner and history lesson at once, Harlem Rhapsody reminds us that our stories are our gene...
Fortune & Fame
Fortune & Fame ReShonda Tate Billingsley and Victoria Christopher Murray 9781476747170 Fiction Touchstone Simon & Schuster, Inc. Church first ladies Jasmine Cox, Larson Bush, and Rachel Jackson Adams ...
Harlem Rhapsody (paperback)
Harlem Rhapsody (paperback) Victoria Christopher Murray 9780593638507 Fiction Berkley Books Penguin Random House Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR! “A gripping narrative, don’t miss this histori...
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 ...
Sinners & Saints
Sinners & Saints ReShonda Tate Billingsley and Victoria Christopher Murray 9781451608151 Fiction Touchstone Simon & Schuster, Inc. TEAM JASMINE or TEAM RACHEL? Bestselling and award-winning novelists ...
Stones Along The Path Part II
Stones Along The Path Part II H. Victoria Hargro Atkerson 9781436346436 Fiction Xlibris Author Solutions Book by Atkerson, H. Victoria Hargro
A Golden Legacy: Faith, Family, and a Life of Purpose—A Memoir
A Golden Legacy: Faith, Family, and a Life of Purpose—A Memoir Samuel P. Golden with Angie Ransome-Jones 9798999778406 Nonfiction AALBC Legacy Press African American Literature Book Club Also Availabl...
A Golden Legacy (paperback): Faith, Family, and a Life of Purpose—A Memoir
A Golden Legacy (paperback): Faith, Family, and a Life of Purpose—A Memoir Samuel P. Golden with Angie Ransome-Jones 9798999778413 Nonfiction AALBC Legacy Press African American Literature Book Club A...
Like No Other
Like No Other Una LaMarche 9781595146755 Fiction Razorbill Penguin Random House Fitting seamlessly alongside current bestsellers like Rainbow Rowell’s Eleanor & Park, and John Green’s Paper Towns, LIK...
Sometimes Love
Sometimes Love Victoria Kennedy 9781944359614 Fiction Brown Girls Books Brown Girls Books Zoë Browne is on top of the world. She is her own boss, has a business partner who doubles as her best friend,...
Invisible Boy: A Memoir of Self-Discovery
Invisible Boy: A Memoir of Self-Discovery Harrison Mooney 9781586423469 Nonfiction Truth to Power Steerforth Press An unforgettable coming-of-age memoir awaits in Harrison Mooney’s powerful debut, a s...
Callaloo & Other Lesbian Love Tales
Callaloo & Other Lesbian Love Tales LaShonda Katrice Barnett 9781892281081 Fiction New Victoria Publishers New Victoria Publishers Filled with the flavors and feelings of love. When stepping into thes...
Don’t Fail Me Now
Don’t Fail Me Now Una LaMarche 9781595148179 Fiction Razorbill Penguin Random House From the author of Like No Other, the novel Entertainment Weekly calls "One of the most poignant and star-crossed lo...
Walking Among The Kudzu
Walking Among The Kudzu H. Victoria Hargro Atkerson 9781453528761 Fiction Xlibris Author Solutions Following her debut "Stones Along The Path, Part 1 & 2," Atkerson’s unbridled talent has spun anot...
Enslaved (Volume 1)
Enslaved (Volume 1) H. Victoria Hargro Atkerson 9781541159679 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Enslaved Summary The joys and sorrows, inflicted on an African princess and a member of her r...
Unexpected Interruptions
Unexpected Interruptions Trice Hickman 9780758269065 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. What happens when a young woman falls for two men—one black, one white, both determined in their pursuit...
Being Somebody and Black Besides: An Untold Memoir of Midcentury Black Life
Being Somebody and Black Besides: An Untold Memoir of Midcentury Black Life George Nesbitt 9780226783123 Nonfiction University of Chicago Press University of Chicago Press An immersive multigeneration...
Grown Folks Business: A Novel
Grown Folks Business: A Novel Victoria Christopher Murray 9780743270977 Fiction Touchstone Simon & Schuster, Inc. Sheridan’s husband wanted to stop living a lie, but how was she going to live her life...
Perfect Chemistry
Perfect Chemistry Sheryl Lister 9781542549257 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Wary of love, Victoria Daniels has managed to steer clear of emotional entanglements. Until Michael Avery. Th...
Never Say Never
Never Say Never Victoria Christopher Murray 9781451695779 Fiction Touchstone Simon & Schuster, Inc. When Miriam’s fireman husband, Chauncey, dies while rescuing students from a school fire, Miriam fee...
Destiny’s Divas: A Novel
Destiny’s Divas: A Novel Victoria Christopher Murray 9781451650464 Fiction Touchstone Simon & Schuster, Inc. THEY CAN TALK THE TALK, BUT CAN THEY WALK THE WALK? Sierra, Raine, and Liza are Destiny’s D...
Temptation
Temptation Victoria Christopher Murray 9780446677837 Fiction Walk Worthy Press Walk Worthy Press Kyla and Jefferson Blake count their 16 years together as a wonderful blessing from God. Their marriage...
College Life 201: Sophomore Studies (The College Life Series, Vol 3)
College Life 201: Sophomore Studies (The College Life Series, Vol 3) J.B. Vample 9780996981743 Fiction Jessyca Vample Publishing Jessyca Vample Publishing Much to the relief of many, a new school year...
Envy: A Seven Deadly Sins Novel
Envy: A Seven Deadly Sins Novel Victoria Christopher Murray 9781501183218 Fiction Touchstone Simon & Schuster, Inc. A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.Gabrielle Wilson ha...
Condoleezza Rice: A Memoir of My Extraordinary, Ordinary Family and Me
Condoleezza Rice: A Memoir of My Extraordinary, Ordinary Family and Me Condoleezza Rice 9780385738804 Nonfiction Ember Ember In this captivating memoir for young people, looking back with candor and...
How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir
How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir Saeed Jones 9781501132742 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. >From award-winning poet Saeed Jones, How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning coming-...
Maybe an Artist, a Graphic Memoir
Maybe an Artist, a Graphic Memoir Liz Montague 9780593307816 Nonfiction Random House Studio Penguin Random House A heartfelt and funny graphic novel memoir from one of the first Black female cartoonis...
Lady Jasmine: A Novel
Lady Jasmine: A Novel Victoria Christopher Murray 9781416589174 Fiction Touchstone Simon & Schuster, Inc. The beloved—and hated—Jasmine larson bush returns to battle her own past in a compelling new n...
The Ex Files: A Novel About Four Women and Faith
The Ex Files: A Novel About Four Women and Faith Victoria Christopher Murray 9781416535515 Fiction Touchstone Simon & Schuster, Inc. There are four ways a woman can handle heartbreak. She can fall apa...
It Should’ve Been Me
It Should’ve Been Me ReShonda Tate Billingsley and Victoria Christopher Murray 9781944359508 Fiction Brown Girls Books Brown Girls Books Lights, camera, action… Tamara Collins is poised to become the ...
Careful What You Click for
Careful What You Click for Mary B. Morrison 9781496710918 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. In her most riveting novel yet, New York Times bestselling author Mary B. Morrison delivers an emot...
Troublemaker
Troublemaker Trice Hickman 9780758287267 Fiction Kensington Kensington Publishing Corp. Every joy has its challenges… After twenty years, childhood best friends Alexandria Thornton and PJ Brightwoo...
Zora and Me
Zora and Me Victoria Bond and T.R. Simon 9780763658144 Fiction Candlewick Press Candlewick Press Winner of the 2011 John Steptoe New Talent (Author) Award!Racial duplicity threatens an idyllic African...
Zora And Me
Zora And Me Victoria Bond and T. R. Simon 9780763643003 Fiction Candlewick Press Candlewick Press Winner of the 2011 John Steptoe New Talent (Author) Award!Racial duplicity threatens an idyllic Africa...
Quiet: Poems
Quiet: Poems Victoria Adukwei Bulley 9780593535646 Poetry Knopf Publishing Group Penguin Random House A black British poet makes her thrilling American debut with Quiet, exploring the significance of ...
Growing Up King: An Intimate Memoir
Growing Up King: An Intimate Memoir Dexter Scott King 9780446692373 Nonfiction Warner Books Hachette Book Group Growing Up King: An Intimate Memoir by Dexter Scott King is a deeply personal account fr...
Let Love Have the Last Word: A Memoir
Let Love Have the Last Word: A Memoir Common 9781501133169 Nonfiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. The inspiring New York Times bestseller from Common—the Grammy Award, Academy Award, and Golden...
Pride
Pride Victoria Christopher Murray 9781668012901 Fiction Gallery Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. The 7 Deadly Sins series that inspired several Lifetime original movies continues with this unputdownable n...
At Home with Muhammad Ali: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Forgiveness
At Home with Muhammad Ali: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Forgiveness Hana Ali 9780062917393 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins Muhammad Ali’s daughter captures the legendary heavyweight boxing champion, O...
A Sin and a Shame: A Novel
A Sin and a Shame: A Novel Victoria Christopher Murray 9780743287371 Fiction Touchstone Simon & Schuster, Inc. After fleeing Los Angeles when her attempt to break up her best friend’s marriage fails, ...
The First Ladies (paperback)
The First Ladies (paperback) Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray 9780593440292 Fiction Penguin Publishing Group Penguin Random House A novel about the extraordinary partnership between Firs...
The First Ladies
The First Ladies Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray 9780593440285 Fiction Berkley Books Penguin Random House A novel about the extraordinary partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevel...
Too Little, Too Late: A Novel
Too Little, Too Late: A Novel Victoria Christopher Murray 9781416552529 Fiction Touchstone Simon & Schuster, Inc. Jasmine Larson Bush returns to her devious ways in this tale of two marriages — each t...
Truth Be Told
Truth Be Told Victoria Christopher Murray 9780743255677 Fiction Touchstone Simon & Schuster, Inc. The author of Essence bestsellers Temptation and Joy returns with a story about one woman’s personal a...
Sins Of The Mother: A Novel
Sins Of The Mother: A Novel Victoria Christopher Murray 9781416589181 Fiction Touchstone Simon & Schuster, Inc. Have the sins of the mother come upon the daughter?Jasmine Larson Bush is finally living...
More Secrets More Lies
More Secrets More Lies J. Tremble 9781934230992 Fiction Life Changing Books Life Changing Books More Secrets More Lies tells the sexy, erotic tale of a scorned wife with a new attitude. Secret, the wi...
Betrayal of Trust
Betrayal of Trust London St. Charles 9780999328828 Fiction LS Charles Publishing Group LS Charles Publishing Group What do you do when you’ve created a heinous crime? You run and never look back.At le...
If Only For One Night
If Only For One Night Victoria Christopher Murray 9781944359737 Fiction Brown Girls Books Brown Girls Books Can they be soulmates if they’re married to other people? From the outside, Angelique has th...
Fearless and Free: A Memoir
Fearless and Free: A Memoir Josephine Baker 9780593853696 Nonfiction Tiny Reparations Books Penguin Random House “A gorgeous, captivating gem of a memoir…Josephine Baker’s as enthralling on the page a...
Tenderheaded: A Memoir
Tenderheaded: A Memoir Michaela angela Davis 9781668036310 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. The compelling memoir that explores race, cultural representation, Black media’s legacy, p...
You Should Really Write A Book: How To Write, Sell, And Market Your Memoir
You Should Really Write A Book: How To Write, Sell, And Market Your Memoir Regina Brooks and Brenda Lane Richardson 9780312609344 Nonfiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers Even if you don’t...
Where Tomorrows Aren’t Promised: A Memoir of Survival and Hope
Where Tomorrows Aren’t Promised: A Memoir of Survival and Hope Carmelo Anthony with D. Watkins 9781982160593 Nonfiction Gallery Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Read an excusive interview with Carmelo Ant...
The Graphomaniac’s Primer: A Semi-Surrealist Memoir
The Graphomaniac’s Primer: A Semi-Surrealist Memoir Walter Mosley 9781574781366 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press “A memoir about the beginnings of my journey on the page. My half-ba...
The Love You Save: A Memoir
The Love You Save: A Memoir Goldie Taylor 9781335449375 Nonfiction Hanover Square Press Hanover Square Press *A Zibby’s Most Anticipated Book of 2023* *One of The Root’s Most Anticipated Books of Ja...
Touched by an Angel
Touched by an Angel Victoria Christopher Murray and Princess F.L. Gooden 9781625177094 Fiction Brown Girls Books Brown Girls Books Savannah Hudson always looked for a surprise from her husband, Sheld...
Joy
Joy Victoria Christopher Murray 9780446616508 Fiction Walk Worthy Press Walk Worthy Press This "Essence" bestselling novel shares the story about a successful black Christian woman who must make cruci...
Ordinary Girls: A Memoir
Ordinary Girls: A Memoir Jaquira Diaz 9781616209131 Nonfiction Algonquin Books Workman Publishing Co., Inc. One of the Must-Read Books of 2019 According to O: The Oprah Magazine * Time * Bustle * Elec...
Nonviolent: A Memoir of Resistance, Agitation, and Love
Nonviolent: A Memoir of Resistance, Agitation, and Love James Lawson Jr. and Emily Yellin 9780593596241 Nonfiction Random House Penguin Random House National Bestseller • The posthumous memoir of Rev....
Veronique (The Divas)
Veronique (The Divas) Victoria Christopher Murray 9781416563501 Fiction Gallery Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. New York City — are you ready for the Divine Divas? Because these teenage gospel music sens...
India (The Divas)
India (The Divas) Victoria Christopher Murray 9781416563495 Fiction Gallery Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. The Divine Divas are on their way! They won the local, and now they’re all set to wow the judge...
A Pair of Aces
A Pair of Aces Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray 9780593637937 Fiction Berkley Books Penguin Random House A gripping novel about two trailblazing women on opposite sides of the law—a pros...
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...
Aaliyah (The Divas)
Aaliyah (The Divas) Victoria Christopher Murray 9781416563518 Fiction Gallery Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Diamond, India, Veronique, and Aaliyah are fifteen-year-old high school sophomores on their w...
Saving Savannah
Saving Savannah Tonya Bolden 9781681198040 Fiction Bloomsbury YA Bloomsbury Publishing From acclaimed author Tonya Bolden comes the story of a teen girl becoming a woman on her own terms against the b...
Friends & Foes
Friends & Foes ReShonda Tate Billingsley and Victoria Christopher Murray 9781451608168 Fiction Gallery Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. IT’S “A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN!”* when the bestselling authors of Sinn...
From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home
From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home Tembi Locke 9781501187667 Fiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. Now a limited Netflix series starring Zoë Saldaña! This Reese With...
Paper Gods: A Novel of Money, Race, and Politics
Paper Gods: A Novel of Money, Race, and Politics Goldie Taylor 9781250194442 Fiction All Points Books St. Martin’s Press The mayor of Atlanta and a washed-up reporter investigate a series of assassina...
Brown Glass Windows
Brown Glass Windows Devorah Major 9781880684870 Fiction Curbstone Books Northwestern University Press Brown Glass Windows is the story of the Evermans, an African-American family in the Filmore Distri...