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Wading Home
Rosalyn Story
In this follow up to her critically acclaimed More Than You Know, Rosalyn Story has written a vivid and compelling story of how the complex culture of New Orleans and Louisiana has been marked forever by Katrina, even as it persists.
The Burning City
Alaya Dawn Johnson
Part two of a trilogy by a brilliant young African-American fantasy novelist with a powerful female sensibility.
 
Where the Line Bleeds
Jesmyn Ward
Set on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, this powerful debut tells a timeless story of two brothers whose paths diverge in the summer after leaving high school.
The Skull Cage Key
Michel Marriott
A hard-boiled story of conspiracy, decadence, and high-tech designer drug crime in mid-twenty-first century Harlem—a fast-moving, thought-provoking debut that calls to mind Moseley, Murakami, and Houllebecq.
 
Racing the Dark
Alaya Dawn Johnson
A brilliant debut fantasy novel with a powerful female sensibility by a youthful writer to watch.
Crabs in a Barrel
Byron Harmon
 
Freshwater Road
Denise Nicholas
Freshwater Road is the story of Celeste Tyree's journey into adulthood via the political and social upheavals of the civil rights movement. She confronts not only the political realities of race and poverty, but also truths about herself and her family.
Looped
Andrew Winston
This remarkably assured debut novel weaves a glittering narrative web encompassing the bursting life of contemporary Chicago.
 
More Than You Know
Rosalyn Story
The Team
Dawson Perkins
 
Sexual Healing
Jill Nelson
Before I Forget
Leonard Pitts, Jr.
From Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Leonard Pitts, a powerful debut novel about the challenges of fatherhood among three generations of black men.