These are just a few of the many novels by African-American writers added to the library’s collections in the past couple of years. Ask your librarian for more suggestions, including popular bestsellers.
October Suite
Maxine Clair
Crossing the Line
Laura Castoro
Gabriel’s Story
David Anthony Durham
(also in large print)
Breathing Room
Patricia Elam
Erasure
Percival Everett
An Ordinary Woman
Donna Hill
Ladies in Waiting
Linda Hudson-Smith
The Queen of Harlem
Brian Keith Jackson
(also in large print)
Dark
Kenji Jasper
Getting Our Breath Back
Shawne Johnson
True Lies
Margaret Johnson-Hodge
Leaving Atlanta
Tayari Jones
The Justus Girls
Slim Lambright
Rush Home Road
Lori Lansens
(also on audiocassette)
It’s In His Kiss
Reon Laudat
He Sleeps
Reginald McKnight
Meeting of the Waters
Kim McLarin
4 Guys and Trouble
Marcus Major
(also on audiocassette)
Promies to Keep
Gloria Mallette
Never Again Once More
Mary B. Morrison
Something Real
J. J. Murray
Twelve Bar Blues
Patrick Neate
Wisdom
Heather Neff
West of Rehoboth
Alexs Pate
(also in large print and on audiocassette)
Shooter’s Point
Gary Phillips
No More Mr. Nice Guy
C. Kelly Robinson
It’s a Thin Line
Kimberla Lawson Roby
(also on audiocassette)
The Hotel Alleluia
Lucinda Roy
Roadrunner
Trisha R. Thomas
Mysteries and Suspense
Walter Mosley, Barbara Hambly, Valerie Wilson Wesley, and a handful of others have become famous for mysteries and suspense novels featuring African-American characters. Here are a few less widely known examples of the genre.
Plain Brown Wrapper
Karen Grisgsby Bates
Blowback
Eric James Fullilove
Hit Time
Ardella Garland
(also in large print and on audiocassette)
Black Heat
Norman Kelley
(also on audiocassette)
Paradise Interrupted
Penny Mickelbury
Accrual Way to Die
C. M. Miller
Thin Walls
Kris Nelscott
A Conversation with the Mann
John Ridley
Harlem Redux
Persia Walker
Strawman’s Hammock
Darryl Wimberley
Stormy Weather
Paula L. Woods
(also on audiocassette)