I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me

by Jamison Shea

Laure, a Black ballerina, strikes a dark deal for power and stardom, descending into madness and facing monstrous choices.

Making Love with the Land

by Joshua Whitehead

A moving and deeply personal excavation of Indigenous beauty and passion in a suffering world.

Crossroads

by Karmen Lee

Devastated by betrayal, Kandice returns to her small hometown to start over as a single mom and teacher. But as her reawakened bond with Rebekah, her former high school friend, deepens, Kandice can't ignore the growing feelings she’s tried so hard to suppress.

How We Fight for Our Lives

by Saeed Jones

A stunning coming-of-age memoir about a young, black, gay man from the South as he fights to carve out a place for himself, within his family, within his country, within his own hopes, desires, and fears.

This (Boi)yant Body: Narratives of a queer Black boi and the waters that carry them.

by Bobbi Kindred

This (Boi)yant Body is an ode to Kindred’s Black boihood, inner child, and the water that has returned us to ourselves countless times.

The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye

by Briony Cameron

A thrilling novel based on true events illuminates a woman of color’s rise to power as one of the few female pirate captains to sail the Caribbean, and a forbidden love story that will shape the course of history.

The Forest Demands Its Due

by Kosoko Jackson

A page-turning dark academia novel about a queer Black teen who discovers the sinister history of his boarding school and the corrupt powers behind it all.

Where There’s Smoke…

by Aricka Alexander

Angel Savoie has spent a great deal of her adult life avoiding small towns because of the bad memories she had involving her parents’ death, but now she has no choice but to move to one. To her surprise, the town quickly grows on her, and she can see herself putting down roots in Tucker. Especially after she reconnects with a certain very attractive female firefighter who stops at nothing to make her smile.