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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 Hoye on her novel, Miss Titta Nurse Chloe a Southern Mystery
Regena Hoye on her novel, Miss Titta Nurse Chloe a Southern Mystery Book Spotlights Regena Hoye tells us about her latest mystery novel, Miss Titta Nurse Chloe, during the 2018 Mississippi State Book ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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 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 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,...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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, ...
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...
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...
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...
Miss Candice
Miss Candice NONE 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 lit...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Francis Ray
Francis Ray 0000000110715606 Francis Ray (1944-2013) was a celebrated Texas-based author and school nurse practitioner. Known for her bestsellers in Blackboard and Essence Magazine, her work includes...
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...
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...
Ruth C. Taylor
Ruth C. Taylor NONE Ruth Carol Taylor, born 1931, is the first African American flight attendant in the U.S. with Mohawk Airlines. She's also a journalist and a nurse who has championed minority and ...
Anna Deavere Smith
Anna Deavere Smith 0000000110491657 Anna Deavere Smith, born in 1950, is a renowned actress, playwright, author, and professor. Famous for her roles in 'The West Wing' and 'Nurse Jackie', she's also ...
George Padmore
George Padmore 0000000110573433 George A. Padmore, born Malcolm Nurse, was a renowned Pan-Africanist, journalist, and author from Trinidad. He was a key figure in the 5th Pan African Congress and an ...
Laura Jackson
Laura Jackson NONE Evelyn Perkins, writing as Laura Jackson, is a board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse and author with over 30 years' experience. As a past President of the American Psychi...
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 ...
Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy
Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy MULTIPLE Debbie Levy is a NY Times bestselling author known for books like 'I Dissent' and 'Imperfect Spiral', and resides in Chesapeake Bay. Jo Ann Allen Boyce, a ...
Susie King Taylor
Susie King Taylor 0000000084839030 Susan Taylor Baker King, born into slavery in 1848, overcame adversity to become a teacher, nurse, and author. Despite education restrictions, she attended secret s...
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 ...
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...
By the Time You Read This: The Space Between Cheslie’s Smile and Mental Illness—Her Story in Her Own Words
By the Time You Read This: The Space Between Cheslie’s Smile and Mental Illness—Her Story in Her Own Words Cheslie Kryst and April Simpkins 9781637633007 Nonfiction Forefront Books Forefront Books The...
Miss Muriel And Other Stories
Miss Muriel And Other Stories Ann Petry 9780063260177 Fiction Mariner Books Classics Houghton Mifflin Harcourt A collection of stories first published in 1971. From the author of the bestselling no...
Miss Pearly’s Girls
Miss Pearly’s Girls ReShonda Tate 9781496735393 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. In this captivating family drama from award-winning, bestselling author ReShonda Tate Billingsley, four estra...
The Rib King
The Rib King Ladee Hubbard 9780062979063 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins "Ladee Hubbard’s voice is a welcome original." —Mary GaitskillUpstairs, Downstairs meets Parasite: The acclaimed author of The Ta...
Miss Muriel And Other Stories
Miss Muriel And Other Stories Ann Petry 9780810135567 Fiction Northwestern University Press Northwestern University Press From the author of the best-selling novel The Street comes a stunning collecti...
Black and Ugly
Black and Ugly T. Styles 9780996209953 Fiction Cartel Publications Cartel Publications Parade Knight hates her complexion. As a result, she considers herself to be unattractive and condones the misuse...
Dork Diaries 5: Tales From A Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All
Dork Diaries 5: Tales From A Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All Rachel Renée Russell 9780606324236 Fiction Turtleback Turtleback When Miss Know-It-All’s inbox overflows with pleas for guidance, Nikki Maxwe...
Dork Diaries 5: Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All
Dork Diaries 5: Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All Rachel Renée Russell 9781442449619 Fiction Aladdin Paperbacks Simon & Schuster, Inc. Nikki Maxwell authors an advice column for the school ne...
The Mighty Miss Malone
The Mighty Miss Malone Christopher Paul Curtis 9780385734912 Fiction Wendy Lamb Books Wendy Lamb Books "We are a family on a journey to a place called wonderful" is the motto of Deza Malone’s family. ...
Candy Apple #27: Miss You, Mina
Candy Apple #27: Miss You, Mina Denene Millner 9780545169646 Fiction Scholastic Inc Scholastic Inc. This book is part of our first sweet and sassy Candy Apple summer vacation trilogy! Each book focuse...
Moses And The Monster And Miss Anne
Moses And The Monster And Miss Anne Carole C. Marks 9780252033940 Fiction University of Illinois Press University of Illinois Press This engaging history presents the extraordinary lives of Patty Cann...
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...
Black & Ugly
Black & Ugly T. Styles 9780977880416 Fiction Triple Crown Publications Triple Crown Publications Parade Knight hates her complexion. As a result, she considers herself to be unattractive and condones ...
Miss-Guided
Miss-Guided Renee Daniel Flagler 9780976046615 Fiction Aspicomm Books Aspicomm Books What happens when you mix a beautiful, money-hungry diva, a jealous best friend, and one soon-to-be wealthy man who...
Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference
Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference Joanne Oppenheim 9780439569927 Nonfiction Scholastic Nonfiction Scholasti...
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...
Miko Branch
Miko Branch NONE Miko Branch, CEO and co-founder of Miss Jessie's LLC, revolutionized the hair care industry with products for natural and curly hair. Featured on numerous magazine covers, recognized...
Alexandra Morton
Alexandra Morton 0000000078676423 Alexandra Morton, host of The Book Look and 2011 Miss Black America-Baltimore, offers a unique online book review show on NewsOne.com. Featuring the latest book news...
Shafika Burke
Shafika Burke NONE Shafika Burke, a 4th year English major at Medgar Evers College, was raised in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Originally interested in accounting, her passion shifted to literatur...
Cheslie Kryst
Cheslie Kryst NONE Cheslie Kryst was and attorney, former Miss USA. and News Correspondent. She died by suicide and her story was told in the award-winning book, By the Time You Read This: The Space...
Pieces from Life’s Crazy Quilt
Pieces from Life’s Crazy Quilt Marvin V. Arnett Excerpt When my mother saw the smiles on our faces, she heaved a sigh of relief. When she asked my father what he though of my teacher, he answer...
Hope Is a Rainbow
Hope Is a Rainbow Hoda Kotb 9780593624128 Fiction Flamingo Books Penguin Random House From #1 New York Times bestselling author and cohost of NBC’s TODAY, Hoda Kotb, comes a new book about finding hop...
Mama’s Home
Mama’s Home Shay Youngblood 9780593180228 Fiction Make Me a World Penguin Random House A gorgeously illustrated picture book that is a powerful love letter to chosen families and the village that rais...