Black & African American Women's Fiction

All the Men Ive Loved Again by Christine Pride

Fiction

Heartwarming Debut Captures Complexities of Love, Life and Second Chances

All the Men I’ve Loved Again by Christine Pride is a brand new coming-of-age romance chock-full of so much millennial nostalgia that I doubt readers will be able to read this and not be transported back in time. We meet Cora in 2021 as she’s reflecting on her past, caught…

Kristin KeatonJuly 17, 2025

Fiction

Grief, Portals and the Power of Belief in Megan Giddings’ Latest Novel

Every reader needs a unique novel full of faith, love and forgiveness, and woven together with sci-fi elements. Megan Giddings has achieved a one-of-a-kind, adventurous yet thought-provoking and immersive experience in Meet Me at the Crossroads. The story follows inseparable twin sisters Ayanna and Olivia, who are forced to live…

Ashley IveyJune 19, 2025

Fiction Listicles

8 Essential Pieces of Women’s Fiction From Authors of Color

This February, Women's Fiction Writers Association is giving the spotlight to women of color. These must-read women's fiction titles are certainly worth celebrating.

Women's Fiction Writers AssociationFebruary 28, 2024

Fiction Miscellany Romance

AuthorBuzz: “Maame” Giveaway, Holiday Romance and a Demon-Slaying Paranormal Love Story

Sorry, this promotion has ended. Read on for another great recommendation from AuthorBuzz! Maame by Jessica George (St. Martin’s Griffin) Dear Reader, Exploring the idea that a ‘coming of age’ can occur at any age and a number of times is at the heart of Maame. An often introspective, often funny,…

AuthorBuzzFebruary 12, 2024

Fiction

Romantic Fiction Explores Privilege, Workplace Racism and Search for Belonging

When I sat to write this review, I looked at a blank page for a long time — a really long time — because there is so much here. What Eyes Can’t See (Media Goddess Inc.) is Paulette Stout’s most layered and complex romantic women’s fiction story to date. The…

Y. M. NelsonFebruary 6, 2024

The House of Plain Truth by Donna Hemans

Fiction

New Zibby Books Release Is a Lyrical Exploration of Family Secrets in Jamaica

There are some novels so moving they demand a place in your memory and heart long after you have read them and you may become an evangelist pressing copies on friends. The House of Plain Truth (Zibby Books) is one such book. The writer’s name may not yet be familiar…

Linda HitchcockJanuary 30, 2024

Fiction Miscellany

“The First Ladies” Authors Discuss the Inspiring and Symbiotic Friendship That Made History

Much like the dynamic and accomplished women in The First Ladies, Mary McLeod Bethune and Eleanor Roosevelt, Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray have forged an incredible friendship and partnership. Following the great success of The Personal Librarian, they have released their second collaboration, The First Ladies. Please find the video recording of the…

Jennifer BlankfeinOctober 4, 2023

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“Hope and Glory” Questions the Meaning of Home and Family

Jendella Benson’s debut novel, Hope and Glory (William Morrow), celebrates Nigerian culture and close family ties. THE PLOT Glory Akíndélé’s family are Nigerian immigrants living in London. She’d always considered her older sister, Faith, “a Stepford Wife,” consumed with her husband and toddler twins. Glory craved independence and needed to make…

K.L. RomoJuly 7, 2022

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Late Mother Serves Estranged Siblings Long-Kept Secrets With Caribbean “Black Cake”

“At turns delightfully juicy and then stunningly wise, Black Cake is a winner.” — Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Malibu Rising “So beautifully written I’m struggling to believe it’s a debut ... the scenes are so well drawn I could almost taste the cake, feel the…

Jennifer BlankfeinMarch 30, 2022

Fiction

Leesa Cross-Smith Writes a Sensitive and Touching Fiction in “This Close to Okay”

Two strangers meet by chance, put just enough trust in one another to share bits of their past, spend one intense weekend together and end up saving each other … what’s not to love? This Close To Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith kept me engrossed from beginning to end and was…

Jennifer BlankfeinMay 12, 2021

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Eugenics Program Masquerades as Health Clinic in Eye-Opening Historical Novel

Summer of No Rain is a fictional retelling of a disturbing true story. In Alabama in 1973, the sisters Minnie Lee and Mary Alice Relf were forcibly sterilized as minors in a federally funded, systemically racist and ableist program disguised as “experimental birth control.” Laura Hunter has reimagined this haunting…

BookTribOctober 5, 2022

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Today on FB Live: Award-Winning Author on Her New Love Triangle Romance

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BookTribJune 4, 2021

Audiobooks Author Spotlight Fiction Romance

AudioFile Spotlight: Interview with Romance Author Kennedy Ryan

Bestselling author and RITA Award-winning romance writer Kennedy Ryan shares the story of her new audiobook, Reel (Scribechick Media, LLC) the first in the Hollywood Renaissance series. Ryan worked with Lyric Audio to produce this historically inspired Black romance as an homage to the Black artists and entertainers whose stories…

Caitlin AugustaJune 30, 2021

Black & African American Women’s Fiction

8 Essential Pieces of Women’s Fiction From Authors of Color

AuthorBuzz: “Maame” Giveaway, Holiday Romance and a Demon-Slaying Paranormal Love Story

“The First Ladies” Authors Discuss the Inspiring and Symbiotic Friendship That Made History

“Hope and Glory” Questions the Meaning of Home and Family

Late Mother Serves Estranged Siblings Long-Kept Secrets With Caribbean “Black Cake”

Leesa Cross-Smith Writes a Sensitive and Touching Fiction in “This Close to Okay”

Eugenics Program Masquerades as Health Clinic in Eye-Opening Historical Novel

Today on FB Live: Award-Winning Author on Her New Love Triangle Romance

AudioFile Spotlight: Interview with Romance Author Kennedy Ryan

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