Literary & Contemporary Fiction

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    Black Cake

    $18.00

    After their mother’s death, estranged siblings Byron and Benny inherit two unusual things: a traditional Caribbean black cake and a recording filled with long-hidden family secrets. As they listen, they uncover a life they never knew and must reconsider their mother, their heritage, and each other.

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    House of Bone and Rain

    $29.00

    In Puerto Rico, a group of young friends set out for revenge after one of their mothers is murdered. Their search leads them through a landscape shaped by violence, grief, friendship, and forces that may be more than human. A dark, visceral blend of crime, horror, and coming-of-age.

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    Junie

    $20.00

    As the Civil War approaches, Junie lives enslaved on a plantation in Alabama, carrying grief, love, and secrets of her own. When her sister’s ghost appears, Junie is forced toward a life-changing choice. A historical novel with gothic elements about family, friendship, freedom, and liberation.

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    Kindred

    $17.00

    Dana, a Black writer living in 1970s California, is suddenly pulled through time to a Maryland plantation in the antebellum South. Repeatedly summoned to save a white ancestor, she must survive the brutal realities of slavery while confronting the complicated ties between past and present.

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    The Other Black Girl

    $17.00

    Nella Rogers is tired of being the only Black employee at a prestigious New York publishing house, so the arrival of another Black assistant initially feels like relief. Then threatening notes appear and workplace dynamics turn increasingly sinister. A satirical psychological thriller about race, ambition, publishing, and belonging.

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    The Vanishing Half

    $18.00

    Twin sisters Desiree and Stella Vignes grow up together in a small Southern Black community before choosing radically different lives. Years later, their decisions ripple through the next generation as questions of race, identity, family, and belonging pull their stories back together.

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    The Violin Conspiracy

    $18.00

    Ray McMillian is a gifted Black violinist determined to succeed in the elite world of classical music. When his family’s violin is revealed to be a priceless Stradivarius and then stolen before a major competition, Ray must navigate a high-stakes mystery alongside racism, family pressure, and competing claims to the instrument.