Black Love and Friendship
In honor of Black History Month and Valentine's Day, check out these stories centering Black love and friendship! Annotations from NoveList, unless otherwise attributed. (Created January 2025)
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Curvy Girl Summer
After a one-night stand with her clingy ex, Aaliyah James has an epiphany: this ain’t it. She knows what she wants, and she’s ready to move past casual hookups, flings, and situationships. But for her family, the clock is ticking—after all, she’s almost thirty. And when they imply that her personality (and her body) might be too big to land a man, she lets them know they’ve gone too far. Now, she has seven weeks to find the perfect boyfriend to rub in their faces at the big, fancy birthday celebration she’s been planning. Will her next swipe bring her closer to true love—or is her real match closer than she thinks?
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Black Girls Must Die Exhausted
After learning she might not be able to have children, a 33 year old black woman planning to "have it all," watches her dreams dissolve and must rely on her two best friends to get through.
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When I Think of You
Ariel's debut is a swoon-inducing second-chance romance featuring college sweethearts who never really got over each other. (Library Journal)
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Village Weavers
Confronts the silences around class, race and nationality, charts the moments when lives are irrevocably forced apart, and envisions two girls--connected their entire lives--who try to break inherited cycles of mistrust and find ways back into each other's hearts.
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Business Not as Usual
Cooper (the Reunited series) effortlessly blends the worlds of two characters from wildly different socioeconomic backgrounds in this hilarious, bighearted rom-com. (Publishers Weekly)
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Weird Black Girls
With a unique voice and a gift for metaphor, Cotman presents seven stories that blend magic realism and social commentary into a rollicking fever dream of real and imagined Black experiences. (Booklist)
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Out of Office
Genevieve Raymond was born an overachiever. After opening a hot new hotel chain location in Panama, she’s on track for a major promotion. But first, she desperately needs a break, even if her overbearing mother doesn’t approve. For two glorious weeks, Gen’s giving herself permission to explore the beautiful beaches of Colón—and the stimulating attraction she shares with her sexy-as-hell driver, Adrián Nicolas.
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The Kiss Countdown
An event planner and an astronaut fake a relationship for the holiday season in this romance debut. (Kirkus)
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Even If the Sky Is Falling
Filled with humor, heat and hope, this riveting collection of interconnected multicultural stories by acclaimed authors Lane Clarke, Farah Heron, Taj McCoy, Charish Reid, Sarah Smith and Denise Williams beautifully explores the secrets we carry with us—and the joy we discover when we let go and reach for the stars.
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Boys Come First
Three Black, gay, Millennial men search for love and professional success in Detroit while navigating real friendships, Grindr hookups and family drama in the debut novel from the author of How to Live in Detroit without Being a Jackass.
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