Eve Brown is a certified hot mess. No matter how hard she strives to do right, her life always goes horribly wrong--so she's given up trying. But when her...Show more
Eve Brown is a certified hot mess. No matter how hard she strives to do right, her life always goes horribly wrong--so she's given up trying. But when her personal brand of chaos ruins an expensive wedding (someone had to liberate those poor doves), her parents draw the line. It's time for Eve to grow up and prove herself even though she's not entirely sure how.
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Eve Brown is a certified hot mess. No matter how hard she strives to do right, her life always goes horribly wrong--so she's given up trying. But when her...Show more
Eve Brown is a certified hot mess. No matter how hard she strives to do right, her life always goes horribly wrong--so she's given up trying. But when her personal brand of chaos ruins an expensive wedding (someone had to liberate those poor doves), her parents draw the line. It's time for Eve to grow up and prove herself even though she's not entirely sure how.
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Newlyweds Celestial and Roy, the living embodiment of the New South, are settling into the routine of their life together when Roy is sent to prison for a...Show more
Newlyweds Celestial and Roy, the living embodiment of the New South, are settling into the routine of their life together when Roy is sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit. An insightful look into the lives of people who are bound and separated by forces beyond their control.
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Newlyweds Celestial and Roy, the living embodiment of the New South, are settling into the routine of their life together when Roy is sent to prison for a...Show more
Newlyweds Celestial and Roy, the living embodiment of the New South, are settling into the routine of their life together when Roy is sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit. An insightful look into the lives of people who are bound and separated by forces beyond their control.
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A man risks his soul and his sanity to save his family from malevolent forces in this brilliant novel of horror and the supernatural. When Hilton was a bo...Show more
A man risks his soul and his sanity to save his family from malevolent forces in this brilliant novel of horror and the supernatural. When Hilton was a boy, his grandmother sacrificed her life to save him from drowning. Thirty years later, he begins to suspect that he was never meant to survive that accident, and that dark forces are working to rectify that mistake.
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A man risks his soul and his sanity to save his family from malevolent forces in this brilliant novel of horror and the supernatural. When Hilton was a bo...Show more
A man risks his soul and his sanity to save his family from malevolent forces in this brilliant novel of horror and the supernatural. When Hilton was a boy, his grandmother sacrificed her life to save him from drowning. Thirty years later, he begins to suspect that he was never meant to survive that accident, and that dark forces are working to rectify that mistake.
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Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter. Determined to track down a mysterious boy who went missing three years earlier, he finds himself...Show more
Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter. Determined to track down a mysterious boy who went missing three years earlier, he finds himself part of an unusual group--including a shape-shifting man-animal called Leopard--who come together to search for him.
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Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter. Determined to track down a mysterious boy who went missing three years earlier, he finds himself...Show more
Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter. Determined to track down a mysterious boy who went missing three years earlier, he finds himself part of an unusual group--including a shape-shifting man-animal called Leopard--who come together to search for him.
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Darren lives in a Bed-Stuy brownstone with his mother, content working at Starbucks in the lobby of a Midtown office building, hanging out with his girlfr...Show more
Darren lives in a Bed-Stuy brownstone with his mother, content working at Starbucks in the lobby of a Midtown office building, hanging out with his girlfriend, Soraya, and eating his mother's home-cooked meals. A chance encounter with Rhett Daniels, CEO of Sumwun, NYC's hottest tech startup, results in an exclusive invitation for Darren to join an elite sales team on the 36th floor. As the only African American person in the company, Darren reimagines himself as "Buck," a ruthless salesman unrecognizable to his friends and family. When things turn tragic at home, Buck begins to hatch a plan to help young people of color infiltrate America's sales force, setting off a chain of events that changes the game.
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Darren lives in a Bed-Stuy brownstone with his mother, content working at Starbucks in the lobby of a Midtown office building, hanging out with his girlfr...Show more
Darren lives in a Bed-Stuy brownstone with his mother, content working at Starbucks in the lobby of a Midtown office building, hanging out with his girlfriend, Soraya, and eating his mother's home-cooked meals. A chance encounter with Rhett Daniels, CEO of Sumwun, NYC's hottest tech startup, results in an exclusive invitation for Darren to join an elite sales team on the 36th floor. As the only African American person in the company, Darren reimagines himself as "Buck," a ruthless salesman unrecognizable to his friends and family. When things turn tragic at home, Buck begins to hatch a plan to help young people of color infiltrate America's sales force, setting off a chain of events that changes the game.
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The 15th novel in the author's Easy Rawlins mystery series, this one takes place in California in 1969.
The 15th novel in the author's Easy Rawlins mystery series, this one takes place in California in 1969.
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The 15th novel in the author's Easy Rawlins mystery series, this one takes place in California in 1969.
The 15th novel in the author's Easy Rawlins mystery series, this one takes place in California in 1969.
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One of Nobel-Prize-winner Morrison's great novels that addresses race, beauty, and conformity.
One of Nobel-Prize-winner Morrison's great novels that addresses race, beauty, and conformity.
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One of Nobel-Prize-winner Morrison's great novels that addresses race, beauty, and conformity.
One of Nobel-Prize-winner Morrison's great novels that addresses race, beauty, and conformity.
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Unlike their younger brother Andre, whose star as a comedian is rising, neither Dwayne nor Brick Duquesne is having luck with his career - and they're unluckier still in love.
Unlike their younger brother Andre, whose star as a comedian is rising, neither Dwayne nor Brick Duquesne is having luck with his career - and they're unluckier still in love.
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Unlike their younger brother Andre, whose star as a comedian is rising, neither Dwayne nor Brick Duquesne is having luck with his career - and they're unluckier still in love.
Unlike their younger brother Andre, whose star as a comedian is rising, neither Dwayne nor Brick Duquesne is having luck with his career - and they're unluckier still in love.
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Like her mother, Rue is an all-knowing midwife, healer, and conjurer of curses on the plantation of Marse Charles. Moving back and forth in time between t...Show more
Like her mother, Rue is an all-knowing midwife, healer, and conjurer of curses on the plantation of Marse Charles. Moving back and forth in time between the years before and after the Civil War, this novel tells the story of Rue, the families she cares for, and the mysteries and secrets she knows about the plantation owner's daughter, Varina. At the heart of this story is the intimate bonds and transgressions among people and across racial divides, during both slavery time and freedom time.
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Like her mother, Rue is an all-knowing midwife, healer, and conjurer of curses on the plantation of Marse Charles. Moving back and forth in time between t...Show more
Like her mother, Rue is an all-knowing midwife, healer, and conjurer of curses on the plantation of Marse Charles. Moving back and forth in time between the years before and after the Civil War, this novel tells the story of Rue, the families she cares for, and the mysteries and secrets she knows about the plantation owner's daughter, Varina. At the heart of this story is the intimate bonds and transgressions among people and across racial divides, during both slavery time and freedom time.
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Pakersfield, Georgia, 1958: Thirteen-year-old Tangy Mae Quinn is the sixth of ten fatherless siblings. She is the darkest-skinned among them and therefore...Show more
Pakersfield, Georgia, 1958: Thirteen-year-old Tangy Mae Quinn is the sixth of ten fatherless siblings. She is the darkest-skinned among them and therefore the ugliest in her mother Rozelle’s estimation, but she’s also the brightest. Rozelle—beautiful, charismatic, and light-skinned—exercises a violent hold over her children.
But Tangy Mae has been selected to be part of the first integrated class at a nearby white high school. She has a chance to change her life, but can she break from Rozelle’s grasp without ruinous—even fatal—consequences?
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Pakersfield, Georgia, 1958: Thirteen-year-old Tangy Mae Quinn is the sixth of ten fatherless siblings. She is the darkest-skinned among them and therefore...Show more
Pakersfield, Georgia, 1958: Thirteen-year-old Tangy Mae Quinn is the sixth of ten fatherless siblings. She is the darkest-skinned among them and therefore the ugliest in her mother Rozelle’s estimation, but she’s also the brightest. Rozelle—beautiful, charismatic, and light-skinned—exercises a violent hold over her children.
But Tangy Mae has been selected to be part of the first integrated class at a nearby white high school. She has a chance to change her life, but can she break from Rozelle’s grasp without ruinous—even fatal—consequences?
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Texas Ranger Darren Matthews embarks on a search for a missing nine-year-old, battling centuries-old suspicions and prejudices.
Texas Ranger Darren Matthews embarks on a search for a missing nine-year-old, battling centuries-old suspicions and prejudices.
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Texas Ranger Darren Matthews embarks on a search for a missing nine-year-old, battling centuries-old suspicions and prejudices.
Texas Ranger Darren Matthews embarks on a search for a missing nine-year-old, battling centuries-old suspicions and prejudices.
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Grace Porter, an overachiever and recent PhD graduate, goes on a girls trip to Vegas to celebrate her degree but gets drunkenly married to a woman whose name she can't even remember.
Grace Porter, an overachiever and recent PhD graduate, goes on a girls trip to Vegas to celebrate her degree but gets drunkenly married to a woman whose name she can't even remember.
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Grace Porter, an overachiever and recent PhD graduate, goes on a girls trip to Vegas to celebrate her degree but gets drunkenly married to a woman whose name she can't even remember.
Grace Porter, an overachiever and recent PhD graduate, goes on a girls trip to Vegas to celebrate her degree but gets drunkenly married to a woman whose name she can't even remember.
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Let the people of West Mills say what they will; the neighbors' gossip won't keep Azalea "Knot" Centre from what she loves best: cheap moonshine...Show more
Let the people of West Mills say what they will; the neighbors' gossip won't keep Azalea "Knot" Centre from what she loves best: cheap moonshine, 19th-century literature, and the company of men. Alone in her one-room shack, ostracized by her relatives and cut off from her hometown, Knot turns to her neighbor, Otis Lee Loving, in search of some semblance of family and home. A lifelong fixer, Otis Lee is determined to steer his friends and family away from decisions that will cause them heartache and ridicule. But while he's busy trying to fix Knot's life, Otis Lee finds himself powerless to repair the many troubles within his own family, as the long-buried secrets of his troubled past begin to come to light.
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Let the people of West Mills say what they will; the neighbors' gossip won't keep Azalea "Knot" Centre from what she loves best: cheap moonshine...Show more
Let the people of West Mills say what they will; the neighbors' gossip won't keep Azalea "Knot" Centre from what she loves best: cheap moonshine, 19th-century literature, and the company of men. Alone in her one-room shack, ostracized by her relatives and cut off from her hometown, Knot turns to her neighbor, Otis Lee Loving, in search of some semblance of family and home. A lifelong fixer, Otis Lee is determined to steer his friends and family away from decisions that will cause them heartache and ridicule. But while he's busy trying to fix Knot's life, Otis Lee finds himself powerless to repair the many troubles within his own family, as the long-buried secrets of his troubled past begin to come to light.
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A very funny story by the author of "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" and "Waiting to Exhale."
A very funny story by the author of "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" and "Waiting to Exhale."
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A very funny story by the author of "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" and "Waiting to Exhale."
A very funny story by the author of "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" and "Waiting to Exhale."
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The author of "Native Son" wrote this short novel in 1941. Its publication 80 years later includes a companion essay, "Memories of My Grandmother," in which he explains how he came to write it.
The author of "Native Son" wrote this short novel in 1941. Its publication 80 years later includes a companion essay, "Memories of My Grandmother," in which he explains how he came to write it.
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The author of "Native Son" wrote this short novel in 1941. Its publication 80 years later includes a companion essay, "Memories of My Grandmother," in which he explains how he came to write it.
The author of "Native Son" wrote this short novel in 1941. Its publication 80 years later includes a companion essay, "Memories of My Grandmother," in which he explains how he came to write it.
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A novel about a young biracial orphan growing up in New York City around the time of the Civil War.
A novel about a young biracial orphan growing up in New York City around the time of the Civil War.
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A novel about a young biracial orphan growing up in New York City around the time of the Civil War.
A novel about a young biracial orphan growing up in New York City around the time of the Civil War.
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Nadia Turner, mourning her own mother's recent suicide, takes up with the local pastor's son. They are young; it's not serious. But the pregnancy that res...Show more
Nadia Turner, mourning her own mother's recent suicide, takes up with the local pastor's son. They are young; it's not serious. But the pregnancy that results from this teen romance and the subsequent cover-up will have an impact that goes far beyond their youth.
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Nadia Turner, mourning her own mother's recent suicide, takes up with the local pastor's son. They are young; it's not serious. But the pregnancy that res...Show more
Nadia Turner, mourning her own mother's recent suicide, takes up with the local pastor's son. They are young; it's not serious. But the pregnancy that results from this teen romance and the subsequent cover-up will have an impact that goes far beyond their youth.
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For Elwood Curtis, growing up in the Jim Crow South of the early 1960s means one innocent mistake can destroy his future. When he's sent to the horrendous Nickel Academy with sadistic staff and rules, he tries to hold onto hope and tries to survive.
For Elwood Curtis, growing up in the Jim Crow South of the early 1960s means one innocent mistake can destroy his future. When he's sent to the horrendous Nickel Academy with sadistic staff and rules, he tries to hold onto hope and tries to survive.
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For Elwood Curtis, growing up in the Jim Crow South of the early 1960s means one innocent mistake can destroy his future. When he's sent to the horrendous Nickel Academy with sadistic staff and rules, he tries to hold onto hope and tries to survive.
For Elwood Curtis, growing up in the Jim Crow South of the early 1960s means one innocent mistake can destroy his future. When he's sent to the horrendous Nickel Academy with sadistic staff and rules, he tries to hold onto hope and tries to survive.
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In 2025 California, an 18-year-old African American woman, suffering from a hereditary trait that causes her to feel others' pain as well as her own, flees northward from her small community and its desperate inhabitants.
In 2025 California, an 18-year-old African American woman, suffering from a hereditary trait that causes her to feel others' pain as well as her own, flees northward from her small community and its desperate inhabitants.
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In 2025 California, an 18-year-old African American woman, suffering from a hereditary trait that causes her to feel others' pain as well as her own, flees northward from her small community and its desperate inhabitants.
In 2025 California, an 18-year-old African American woman, suffering from a hereditary trait that causes her to feel others' pain as well as her own, flees northward from her small community and its desperate inhabitants.
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Tunde Akindola is trying to get by in a small Utah town where he can't seem to escape racial prejudice. He finds little solace from his parents who are gr...Show more
Tunde Akindola is trying to get by in a small Utah town where he can't seem to escape racial prejudice. He finds little solace from his parents who are grappling with similar issues, including his violent father, who is sinking deeper into schizophrenia. What follows is a Tunde's sweeping and stirring journey away from everything he has ever known, exploring the meaning of memory, manhood, home, and overall identity as a Nigerian American.
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Tunde Akindola is trying to get by in a small Utah town where he can't seem to escape racial prejudice. He finds little solace from his parents who are gr...Show more
Tunde Akindola is trying to get by in a small Utah town where he can't seem to escape racial prejudice. He finds little solace from his parents who are grappling with similar issues, including his violent father, who is sinking deeper into schizophrenia. What follows is a Tunde's sweeping and stirring journey away from everything he has ever known, exploring the meaning of memory, manhood, home, and overall identity as a Nigerian American.
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It's the evening of 16-year-old Melody's coming-of-age ceremony, and she wears a custom-made dress, but the event is not without tragic memories. The very...Show more
It's the evening of 16-year-old Melody's coming-of-age ceremony, and she wears a custom-made dress, but the event is not without tragic memories. The very dress was measured and sewn for Melody's own mother, who never got to wear it. Unfurling the history of Melody's lineage shows how they all arrived at this moment and looks at the ways in which young people of a certain class and status must so often make long-lasting decisions about their lives.
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It's the evening of 16-year-old Melody's coming-of-age ceremony, and she wears a custom-made dress, but the event is not without tragic memories. The very...Show more
It's the evening of 16-year-old Melody's coming-of-age ceremony, and she wears a custom-made dress, but the event is not without tragic memories. The very dress was measured and sewn for Melody's own mother, who never got to wear it. Unfurling the history of Melody's lineage shows how they all arrived at this moment and looks at the ways in which young people of a certain class and status must so often make long-lasting decisions about their lives.
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Cora is enslaved on a cotton plantation in Georgia. When Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they decide to take a terrifying risk and escape.
Cora is enslaved on a cotton plantation in Georgia. When Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they decide to take a terrifying risk and escape.
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Cora is enslaved on a cotton plantation in Georgia. When Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they decide to take a terrifying risk and escape.
Cora is enslaved on a cotton plantation in Georgia. When Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they decide to take a terrifying risk and escape.
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When Hiram Walker was born into bondage, he was robbed of everything, but gifted with a mysterious power. So begins an unexpected journey that takes Hiram...Show more
When Hiram Walker was born into bondage, he was robbed of everything, but gifted with a mysterious power. So begins an unexpected journey that takes Hiram from Virginia's proud plantations in the coffin of the South to the dangerous idealistic movements of the radical North as he's enlisted in the Underground Railroad.
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When Hiram Walker was born into bondage, he was robbed of everything, but gifted with a mysterious power. So begins an unexpected journey that takes Hiram...Show more
When Hiram Walker was born into bondage, he was robbed of everything, but gifted with a mysterious power. So begins an unexpected journey that takes Hiram from Virginia's proud plantations in the coffin of the South to the dangerous idealistic movements of the radical North as he's enlisted in the Underground Railroad.
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Born into slavery, Dahlia never knew her mother—or what happened to her. When Dahlia’s father, the owner of Vesterville plantation, takes her to work in h...Show more
Born into slavery, Dahlia never knew her mother—or what happened to her. When Dahlia’s father, the owner of Vesterville plantation, takes her to work in his home as a servant, she’s desperately lonely. Forced to leave behind her best friend Bo, she lives in a world divided by race, belonging to neither.
Ten years later, Dahlia reinvents herself as Lily Dove and marries, allowing her husband to believe she’s white. But when Bo arrives on the estate in shackles, Dahlia decides to risk everything to save his life. With suspicions of her true identity growing and a bounty hunter not far behind, Dahlia must act fast or pay a devastating price.
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Born into slavery, Dahlia never knew her mother—or what happened to her. When Dahlia’s father, the owner of Vesterville plantation, takes her to work in h...Show more
Born into slavery, Dahlia never knew her mother—or what happened to her. When Dahlia’s father, the owner of Vesterville plantation, takes her to work in his home as a servant, she’s desperately lonely. Forced to leave behind her best friend Bo, she lives in a world divided by race, belonging to neither.
Ten years later, Dahlia reinvents herself as Lily Dove and marries, allowing her husband to believe she’s white. But when Bo arrives on the estate in shackles, Dahlia decides to risk everything to save his life. With suspicions of her true identity growing and a bounty hunter not far behind, Dahlia must act fast or pay a devastating price.
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