Black American Fiction
Including literary fiction, crime, romance, science fiction and more, here's a wide ranging list of recent fiction written by Black American authors. (Updated December 2023)
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Time's Undoing
Journalist Meghan McKenzie heads to Alabama in search of the truth behind her great-grandfather’s murder, uncovering events from the distant past that are still too close for comfort.
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The House of Eve
Aspiring young women Eleanor and Ruby overcome racist and colorist biases only to learn how easily a dream can be deferred or derailed by unplanned parenthood in 1950’s America.
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Butter
Literary legend Jones offers up a dazzling range of long and short fiction narrated by Black, Brown and Indigenous men and women, in diverse locales, time periods, styles and moods.
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When Trying to Return Home
The Black and Latine characters in these masterful, resonant stories reflect the moral and cultural tensions and warring identities within families and individuals.
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Savvy Sheldon Feels Good as Hell
When her boyfriend dumps her for “an upgrade,” Savannah Sheldon decides to upgrade her own situation, hiring a swoon-worthy contractor to renovate her house.
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The Color of Family
Football hero brothers in a car wreck: one walks away, and one doesn’t, but which is the lucky one? This is just one of many fateful, morally charged events in the intriguing saga of the Payne family.
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Moonrise Over New Jessup
In 1957 in the thriving all-Black township of New Jessup, Alabama, activists pushing for integration meet resistance from many who favor segregation, revealing the hidden complexities of civil rights.
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Wade in the Water
For young Ella, struggling against colorist persecution from her own family, the caring attention of white Princeton researcher Katherine seems like a godsend. Then Ella learns about Katherine’s past.
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Pride and Protest
This sexy Jane Austen remake pits fiery DJ-activist Liza Bennet against straightlaced real estate mogul Dorsey Fitzgerald in a love/hate struggle over gentrification of her Washington, D.C. neighborhood.
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Symphony of Secrets
A musicologist researching a long-lost symphony by his idol reads between the lines to discover the real genius behind his career, a woman forced into the margins and all but erased.
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