Recent
Faves
By Black Authors

Recent
Faves By
Black
Authors

you made me love you by john edgar wideman
"With [Wideman's] searing explorations of race and rage, of language and laughter, of sin and suffering, he's both timeless and topical. We all stand on his broad shoulders." —Oprah Daily
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my sister the serial killer book cover
"A taut, rapidly paced thriller that pleasurably subverts serial killer and sisterhood tropes for a guaranteed fun afternoon." —HUFFINGTON POST
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"The City We Became is a raucous delight, a joyride, a call-to-arms, a revolution with plenty of dancing. Eat your heart out, Lovecraft." -- "Alix E. Harrow
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such a fun age by kiley reid
The novel is often funny and always acute, but never savage; Reid is too fascinated by how human beings work to tear them apart. All great novelists are great listeners, and Such a Fun Age marks the debut of an extraordinarily gifted one.” —Slate
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black buck by Mateo Askaripour
"Askaripour wields a sharp satirical blade to deliver social commentary . . . He may have written the first satire that doubles as self-help." --Los Angeles Times
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“With [Wideman’s] searing explorations of race and rage, of language and laughter, of sin and suffering, he’s both timeless and topical. We all stand on his broad shoulders.”

—Oprah Daily

“The novel is often funny and always acute, but never savage; Reid is too fascinated by how human beings work to tear them apart. All great novelists are great listeners, and Such a Fun Age marks the debut of an extraordinarily gifted one.” —Slate

“Askaripour wields a sharp satirical blade to deliver social commentary . . . He may have written the first satire that doubles as self-help.”
–Los Angeles Times

“The City We Became is a raucous delight, a joyride, a call-to-arms, a revolution with plenty of dancing. Eat your heart out, Lovecraft.”

— “Alix E. Harrow