Manchester Public Library
Recent Fiction by African-American Authors
Enjoy popular and literary fiction, mystery and
suspense thrillers and novels of contemporary relationships and
romance all by your favorite African-American authors.
Popular and Literary Fiction
| Jeffery Renard Allen - Rails Under My Back Tina McElroy Ansa - You Know Better Venise Berry - All of Me: Voluptuous Tale Michele Andrea Bowen - Church Folk Connie Briscoe - A Long Way From Home P. G. County Anita Richmond Bunkley - Silent Wager Octavia Butler - Kindred - Fledgling Bebe Moore Campbell - 72 Hour Hold Stephen L. Carter - The Emperor of Ocean Park Vincent O. Carter - Such Sweet Thunder Lorene Cary - Pride Maxine Clair - October Suite Breena Clarke - River Cross My Heart Pearl Cleage - Baby Brother's Blues Ellis Cose - The Envy of the World Edwidge Danticat - Ana David Anthony Durham - Pride of Carthage Tananarive Due - The Good House Patricia Elam - Breathing Room Ralph Ellison - Juneteenth Nelson Eubanks - The First Thing Smoking (short stories) Sharon Ewell Foster - Ain't No River Eric James Fullilove - Blowback Ernest J. Gaines - A Lesson Before Dying Marita Golden - After Linda and Clay Goss (ed.) - Jump Up and Say! A Collection of Black Storytelling Alex Haley - Mama Flora's Family Sheneska Jackson - Blessings Shawne Johnson - Getting Our Breath Back |
Tayari Jones -Untelling Slim Lambright - Sweethearts of Soul Kristin Hunter Lattany - Lakestown Rebellion Helen Elaine Lee - Water Marked Benilde Little - Who Does She Think She Is? Paule Marshall - The Fisher King James McBride - Miracle at St. Anna Bernice L. McFadden - Nowhere is a Place Diane McKinney-Whetstone - Tempest Rising Kim McLarin - Jump at the Sun Rosalyn McMillan - This Side of Eternity Terry McMillan - A Day Late and a Dollar Short Sharon Mitchell - Sheer Necessity Walter Mosley - Fortunate Son Gloria Naylor - The Men of Brewster Place ZZ Packer - Drinking Coffee Elsewhere Suzan-Lori Parks - Getting Mother's Body Delores Phillips - Darkest Child Tracy Price-Thompson & TaRessa Stovall ed. - Proverbs for the People Alice Randall - The Wind Done Gone April Reynolds - Knee-deep in Wonder John Ridley - Those Who Walk In Darkness C. Kelly Robinson - Between Brothers Rosemarie Robotham - Zachary's Wings Greg Rucka - A Fistful of Rain Danzy Senna - Symptomatic April Sinclair - I Left My Back Door Open Lalita Tademy - Cane River Olympia Vernon - Eden Alice Walker - There Is a Flower at the Tip of My Nose Smelling Me John Edgar Wideman - God's Gym Shay Youngblood - Black Girl in Paris |
Mystery and Suspense
Eleanor Taylor Bland - Dark and Deadly Deception Ardella Garland - Hit Time Gary Hardwick - Color of Justice Gar Anthony Haywood - When Last Seen Alive |
Penny Mickelbury - Two Graves Dug Up Barbara Neely - Blanche On the Lam Gary Phillips - Shooter's Point: a Martha Chainey Mystery, Only the Wicked: an Ivan Monk Mystery John Ridley - The Drift, Those Who Walk in Darkness, Shades of Black: Crime and Mystery Stories by African-American Authors Valerie Wilson Wesley - Dying In the Dark |
Contemporary Relationships and Romance
Rochelle Alers - Season of Miracles Angela Benson - Abiding Hope Charlotte Burley & Lyah Beth Leflore - Cosmopolitan Girls Colin Channer - Satisfy My Soul Sheila Copeland - A Chocolate Affair Eric Jerome Dickey - Chasing Destiny Della's House of Style - collection by Rochelle Alers, et. al |
E. Lynn Harris - I Say a Little Prayer Donna Hill - Big Girls Don't Cry Brenda Jackson - The Savvy Sistahs Yolanda Joe - My Fine Lady Doris Johnson - Midsummer Moon Margaret Johnson-Hodge - True Lies Sandra Kitt - Adam and Eve Marcus Major- A Family Affair Felicia Mason - Forbidden Heart Victoria Christopher Murray - Temptation Kayla Perrin - In an Instant Kimberla Lawson Roby - Changing Faces Sophfronia Scott - All I Need to Get By Trisha R. Thomas - Would I Lie to You? Tracy Price-Thompson - Proverbs for People Omar Tyree - What They Want Tia Williams - The Accidental Diva Valerie Wilson Wesley - Playing My Mother's Blues |
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