General Fiction

A sly, madcap novel about supervillains and nothing, really, from an American novelist whose star keeps rising. The protagonist of Percival Everett's puckish new novel is a brilliant professor of...

Another storm is on the horizon for the Reynolds women. And the only way out is to go through it. Good things never happen in November — at least not...

The story of seventeen year-old Nani who discovers womanhood through hardship before finding her freedom and independence Udodi's death was the beginning of the raging storm but at that moment,...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CENTRE FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE A THING IS MIGHTY BIG WHEN TIME AND DISTANCE CANNOT SHRINK IT It was a quote by Zora Neale Hurston. Malaya...

Riotously funny and full of heart, Yinka is the heroine we've all been waiting for... Yinka wants to find love. Her mum wants to find it for her. She also...

The instant Top 5 Sunday Times bestseller'The Book Of The Summer’ VOGUE ONLINE RUMOURS. REAL LIFE TROUBLE. Ola Olajide, a high-profile journalist at Womxxxn magazine, is marrying the love of...

A multigenerational saga that traverses the glamour of old Hollywood and the seductive draw of modern-day showbiz When Kitty Karr Tate, a White icon of the silver screen, dies and...

A dazzling debut novel weaving together Caribbean myth and the contemporary story of multiple generations of one immigrant family Sisters Zora and Sasha Porter are drifting apart. Bearing witness to...

Can Vivian find happiness after what has been done to her? To the outside observer, Vivian is a success story — a dedicated lawyer who advocates for mentally ill patients...

'Heartbreaking, hopeful . . . nothing short of a joy' — Caleb Azumah Nelson, author of Open Water Rupert's eclectic charity shop, The Chest of Small Wonders, sits on an...

She’s stayed quiet for too long. Now it’s time to speak her truth. Until twenty-four hours ago, Mickey Hayward was living the life she’d always dreamed of: Working as a...

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022, THE YOUNGEST EVER BOOKER NOMINEE 'Mottley attempts to do for Oakland something of what The Wire did for Baltimore' — The Times We'll laugh...

WIFE. HUSBAND. BEST FRIEND. What if your two favourite people hated each other with a passion? A nice house, a carefree life, a doting husband, a best friend who never...

Translated by Daniel Hahn An exhilarating debut novel told through three different voices, Whites Can Dance Too is Kalaf Epalanga's reflection on and celebration of the music of his homeland,...

In this final installment in the acclaimed Black Girls Must Die Exhausted trilogy, Tabitha is juggling work, relationships, and a newborn baby — but will she find the happy ending...

Afi thinks marriage is the key to the life she's always wanted. But when she meets Eli, she realises her fairy tale ending may not be quite so straightforward... Afi...

The stunning second novel from Peace Adzo Medie, author of Reese's Book Club pick His Only Wife When Selasi and Akorfa were young girls they were more than just cousins...

Stunningly honest and bursting with wit, Someday Maybe is the story of grief and resilience that you won't be able to stop talking about Here are three things you should...

The chronicler of contemporary London, acclaimed and bestselling author Zadie Smith, returns with her first historical novelTruth and fiction. Jamaica and Britain. Who gets to tell their story? In her...

A searing, sunlit debut about the powerful bonds that make and break an Iranian-American family Three young brothers leave Los Angeles in the dead of night for Iran, taken by...

Translated by Amy B. Reid The award-winning author Patrice Nganang chronicles the fight for Cameroonian independence through the story of a father’s love for his family and his land and...

There are two sides to every love story… Efe and Sam have been best friends since before they were married. To an outside eye, they have a relationship most can...

The Guggenheim Fellowship and Whiting Award-winning author Louis Edwards makes his long-awaited comeback with this epic tale of a New Orleans boy whose very creation is so filled with tension...

A provocative and raw debut collection of short fiction reminiscent of Junot Diaz’s Drown.A Black man’s life, told in scenes — through every time he’s been called nigger. A Black...

The first novel in a captivating three-book series about modern womanhood, in which a young Black woman must rely on courage, laughter, and love — and the support of her...

In this highly anticipated second installment in the Black Girls Must Die Exhausted series, Tabitha Walker copes with more of life’s challenges and a happy surprise — a baby —...

History and the present collide in this fascinating and poignant new novel from Essence bestselling author Donna Hill. The Amistad counted fifty-three captives on the ship en route to Cuba,...

A big-hearted, compassionate novel about three generations of women preparing for a living wake — from award-winning poet and author Elizabeth Acevedo Flor has a gift: she can predict, to...

Edwidge Danticat's groundbreaking debut, with new introduction from Booker Prize winner Bernardine Evaristo.At the age of twelve, Sophie Caco is sent from her impoverished Haitian village to New York to...

When Jess, a liberal Black woman, and Josh, a preppy white conservative, fall reluctantly, complicatedly, deeply in love, they are forced to ask themselves whether love can overcome two very...

A Novel in Interlocking StoriesNonso, Remi, Aisha, and Solape forge an unbreakable bond at a Nigerian boarding school, where we meet them for the first time in the middle of...

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION FAMILY CAN HOLD YOU TOGETHER. AND TEAR YOU APART. Joan was only a child the last time she visited Memphis. She doesn't remember...

A deliciously gritty and strikingly bold debut novel about discovering love where it has always been. Elsie is a sexy, funny, and fiercely independent woman in South London. But, at...

The astonishing new novel from the author of Freshwater — Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and the Wellcome Book Prize. They burned down the market on the day...

A man returns home to sub-Saharan Africa after twenty-six years living in exile in America. When he arrives, he finds that he doesn't recognize the country, or anyone in it....

2022's most unforgettable debut soon to be a major Hulu series produced by Oprah Crossing continents and juggling lives, Black Cake is a moving and powerful debut which spans sixty...

Welcome to a world where, livestreamed to millions, prisoners fight like gladiators for the ultimate prize- their freedom.FIGHT FOR FREEDOM. FIGHT FOR LOVE. WELCOME TO THE KILLING GROUND.'America's new Hunger Games' Sunday Times'So...

*THE INTIMATE AND COMPELLING NEW NOVEL FROM THE PRIZEWINNING AUTHOR OF ORDINARY PEOPLE*After fifty years in the wilderness of London, Alice wants to live out her days in the land...

The 'propulsive, haunting' and 'gripping' (Oprah) rediscovered classic that exposes the dark heart of America for an inncocent Black man on the run from the police Fred Daniels, a black...

I Am Not Sidney Poitier is a hilarious and irresistible take on race, class and identity. The sudden death of Not Sidney Poitier’s mother orphans him at age eleven. He...

All you have are your words. AS RECOMMENDED BY MALALA YOUSAFZAI AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A TOP TEN SUNDAY POST BESTSELLER A STYLIST BEST BOOK OF 2020 'A...

From the author of the Oprah Book Club Selection An American Marriage, here is an emotionally powerful novel that "succeeds mightily...truly a wonderful story" (Boston Globe). Aria is no stranger...

'A rollicking debut' - Telegraph  'A necessary exploration of identity and belonging' - Derek Owusu, author of That Reminds Me  In Ashleigh Nugent's dynamic coming-of-age comedy of errors, Locks, teenager Aeon is on a quest...

Is the truest family the one we’re born into, or the one we make for ourselves? Cinnamon Haynes has fought hard for everything she has – her marriage, a stable...

VAGABONDS! is a tumultuous and unexpectedly joyous novel of oppression and defiance among the people and spirits of Lagos. Lagos is a city for all . . . you share...

'If you've ever tasted the after-rain clay dirt on a Kansas summer afternoon, or if you've ever secretly wanted to, you may understand why I was often tempted to eat...

The prize-winning, bestselling author of Boy, Snow, Bird and What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours returns with a bewitching and inventive novel. Influenced by the mysterious place gingerbread holds...

A shocking and unsettling tale of murder that is at times funny, at times erotic, always outspoken and iconoclastic. A genre-breaking novel from a powerful new African voice.How do you...

'..the first time you heard a Tizita that was yours, you fell in love with it. You never forget your first love; you never forget your first Tizita.' In the...