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New Fiction from Black Authors

Check out these popular 2024 reads, as well as some new and upcoming books for 2025!

Arapahoe Libraries

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  • After being fired and facing yet another novel rejection, aspiring author Zelu writes a futuristic epic about AI and robots, unknowingly setting herself on a path to literary stardom that could change the future of humanity.
    Book[New York, NY] : William Morrow & Company, 2025. — SF OKORAFOR
  • Publishes March 4th. Explores the lives of four Nigerian women, each grappling with love, loss and the complexities of modern life, as they face personal growth, societal expectations and the pursuit of happiness
    BookRandom House Inc 2025
  • Bed-and-breakfast owner Tracey Thompson teams up with sexy playboy Brian Nelson to revamp her struggling business, but their flirty partnership sparks rumors and ignites a romance.
    BookToronto, Ontario, Canada : Canary Street Press, [2025] — RF WILLIAMS
  • Haunted by his sister's disappearance during the Nigerian Civil War, Fidelis Ewerike locks his teenage daughter in her room to protect her, unleashing chaos within his family, leading to rebellion and a desperate escape plan.
    BookNew York, NY : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2025.
  • In 1919 Harlem, literary editor Jessie Redmon Fauset is at the forefront of a Black cultural renaissance, discovering talents like Langston Hughes and Nella Larsen, but her ambition and a secret affair with W.E.B. Du Bois threaten her…
    BookNew York : Berkley, [2025] — MURRAY
  • In early 21st-century Tanzania, Karim, Fauzia and Badar navigate ambition, escape, and uncertainty as their lives intertwine amidst global changes that bring both opportunities and challenges, reshaping their understanding of destiny and…
    BookNew York : Riverhead Books, 2025.
  • Iris Greene, a widowed mother and director of partnerships at a beauty company, feels lonely despite her success until she encounters pop singer Angel Harrison at her sister's wedding; both secretly harboring feelings for each other, they…
    BookNew York : Berkley Romance, 2025. — RF FOREST
  • A maid to Eleanor and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lizzie McDuffie, whose husband is FDR's personal valet, becomes the President's eyes and ears into the Black community, advocating for the needs and rights of her fellow African Americans.
    BookNew York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2025] — MOON
  • In a world where all the White people suddenly disappear, Charlie Brunton meets his 19-year-old biracial daughter for the first time and together they embark on a journey across a truly ''post-racial'' America in search for answers, but…
    BookNew York : Simon & Schuster, 2024. — CAMPBELL
  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as told through the eyes of the enslaved Jim.
    BookNew York : Doubleday, [2024] — EVERETT
  • This story takes place in 1830s Arkansas where Saint creates a town magically concealed from outsiders, named Ours.
    Book[New York] : Viking, [2024] — WILLIAMS
  • Set in an alternate United States, a young black woman becomes the concubine to a powerful white government official facing dangerous consequences.
    BookNew York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024] — RASHAD
  • A dark comedy looks at second acts, creative appropriation and the racial identity–industrial complex.
    BookNew York : Riverhead Books, 2024. — SENNA
  • A new romance from Tia Williams about Ricki Wilde, who moves to New York to live out her dream as the history of the Harlem Renaissance pulses all around her.
    BookNew York : Grand Central Publishing, 2024. — RF WILLIAMS
  • It's 1921 in Chicago and Nelly is working undercover to identify the head of an underground crime syndicate.
    BookLos Angeles : Hyperion Avenue, 2024. — CUNNINGHAM
  • A University of Arkansas senior resident assistant accepts an unusual opportunity offered by a visiting professor.
    BookNew York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2024. — REID
  • Oliver died in 1966 at the age of 22.. This is a posthumous story collection about life in the South during the Jim Crow era.
    BookNew York, NY : Grove Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic, 2024. — OLIVER