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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The Light on Halsey Street
Two girls' lives are irrevocably intertwined the summer of 1985 in the streets of Brooklyn, New York, and neither will ever be the same in this coming-of-age story that spans decades.
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Small Worlds
Set over the course of three summers, this exhilarating and expansive new novel follows Stephen, a first-generation Londoner born to Ghanian immigrant parents, as he chooses a different path than what's expected of him- one of music, peace, beauty and freedom.
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Between Friends & Lovers
A swoon-worthy story of love and friendship in the age of social media--where what you see might not be all you get.
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The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks
When Maggie Banks arrives in Bell River to run her best friend's struggling bookstore, she expects to sell bestsellers to her small-town clientele. But running a bookstore in a town with a famously bookish history isn't easy.
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Sister Friends Forever
This powerful story of friendship follows four best friends who, leading very different lives, come together each month to discuss their hopes and dreams.
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The Boyfriend Project
When a live tweet of a horrific date reveals the unscrupulous dealings of an internet catfisher, three duped women make a pact to invest in themselves for six months, prompting one to pursue a dream career.
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Wash Day Diaries
At its core, this graphic novel is a story about four beautiful, strong black women and their friendship. Within the framework of hair wash day, we see each character dealing with her own issues, from work and relationships to mental health struggles. (LibraryReads)
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Whenever You're Ready
Nia and Jade had been inseparable ever since their best friend, Michal, introduced them at her tenth birthday party. But now it's been three years since Michal died of cancer- since the brutal fight Nia and Jade had in the weeks after- and they're barely on speaking terms. Until Nia reads a letter Michal wrote for her 29th birthday, asking her and Jade to go on the southern Jewish history road trip they'd planned before she died.
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Before I Let Go
Their love was supposed to last forever. But after two devastating tragedies, Yasmen and Josiah Wade realized love alone couldn't solve everything or keep their marriage together. It's taken a year since their split for Yasmen to finally start feeling like herself again. But the more she sees Josiah-whether it's parenting their two children or working together at the restaurant they co-own-the more Yasmen realizes she may not be ready to completely let go of everything they had together.
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The Late Americans
The widely acclaimed author of Real Life and Filthy Animals returns with a deeply involving new novel of young men and women at a crossroads.
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