| A Lethal Lady |
Nekesa Afia |
2024 |
Mystery |
Adult |
unknown |
readers following newer queer mystery releases |
| A Little Kissing Between Friends |
Chencia C. Higgins |
2024 |
Romance |
Adult |
happy |
readers following newer Black sapphic romance |
| You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight |
Kalynn Bayron |
2023 |
Horror |
YA |
ambiguous |
YA readers who want fast slasher horror |
| Burn Down, Rise Up |
Vincent Tirado |
2022 |
Horror |
YA |
ambiguous |
YA readers seeking queer urban horror |
| D'Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding |
Chencia C. Higgins |
2022 |
Romance |
Adult |
happy |
readers wanting upbeat Black sapphic romance |
| Harlem Sunset |
Nekesa Afia |
2022 |
Mystery |
Adult |
ambiguous |
fans of Louise Lloyd mysteries |
| House of Hunger |
Alexis Henderson |
2022 |
Horror |
Adult |
ambiguous |
fans of lush gothic horror |
| This Wicked Fate |
Kalynn Bayron |
2022 |
Fantasy |
YA |
ambiguous |
readers continuing This Poison Heart |
| Dead Dead Girls |
Nekesa Afia |
2021 |
Mystery |
Adult |
ambiguous |
readers wanting Harlem-set queer mystery |
| Honey Girl |
Morgan Rogers |
2021 |
Romance |
Adult |
ambiguous |
readers who like romance plus self-discovery |
| Rise to the Sun |
Leah Johnson |
2021 |
YA |
YA |
happy |
readers wanting joyful Black sapphic YA |
| Skye Falling |
Mia McKenzie |
2021 |
Fiction |
Adult |
happy |
book clubs wanting contemporary Black queer fiction |
| Sorrowland |
Rivers Solomon |
2021 |
Horror |
Adult |
ambiguous |
readers wanting literary political horror |
| This Poison Heart |
Kalynn Bayron |
2021 |
Fantasy |
YA |
ambiguous |
YA readers who like magical mysteries |
| Cinderella Is Dead |
Kalynn Bayron |
2020 |
Fantasy |
YA |
happy |
teen readers wanting feminist fairy-tale retellings |
| The Year of the Witching |
Alexis Henderson |
2020 |
Horror |
Adult |
ambiguous |
readers of feminist witch horror |
| You Should See Me in a Crown |
Leah Johnson |
2020 |
YA |
YA |
happy |
teen readers wanting affirming contemporary YA |
| The Deep |
Rivers Solomon with Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, and Jonathan Snipes |
2019 |
Fantasy |
Adult |
ambiguous |
readers wanting short literary speculative fiction |
| The Stars and the Blackness Between Them |
Junauda Petrus |
2019 |
YA |
YA |
ambiguous |
literary YA readers |
| An Unkindness of Ghosts |
Rivers Solomon |
2017 |
Sci-fi |
Adult |
ambiguous |
book clubs interested in social science fiction |
| The Summer We Got Free |
Mia McKenzie |
2012 |
Fiction |
Adult |
ambiguous |
readers seeking literary Black queer fiction |
| The Gilda Stories |
Jewelle Gomez |
1991 |
Fantasy |
Adult |
ambiguous |
readers of queer vampire classics |
| A Burst of Light |
Audre Lorde |
1988 |
Memoir |
Adult |
unknown |
readers of essays and life writing |
| Sister Outsider |
Audre Lorde |
1984 |
History |
Adult |
unknown |
readers seeking foundational essays |
| The Color Purple |
Alice Walker |
1982 |
Historical |
Adult |
happy |
book clubs and readers seeking an influential classic |
| Zami: A New Spelling of My Name |
Audre Lorde |
1982 |
Memoir |
Adult |
ambiguous |
memoir readers and classrooms |
| The Blacker the Berry |
Wallace Thurman |
1929 |
Classic |
Adult |
ambiguous |
readers exploring Harlem Renaissance context |