African American Fiction

Open Water
Caleb Azumah Nelson’s Open Water is a lyrical novel about love, vulnerability, and the Black British experience. It follows the ...

Sag Harbor
Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead is a semi-autobiographical novel that explores the summer experiences of Benji Cooper, a black teenager ...

Seven Days in June
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams is a captivating romance that follows Eva Mercy, a single mother and bestselling ...

Luster
Raven Leilani’s Luster is a sharp, darkly humorous novel that follows Edie, a young Black woman navigating her twenties in ...

Queenie
Candice Carty-Williams’ Queenie is a contemporary novel that follows Queenie Jenkins, a 25-year-old Jamaican British woman living in London. Struggling ...