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FICTION (501):
Author: Chinelo Okparanta
Book: Under the Udala Tree
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Author: Cathleen Schine
Book: They May Not Mean To, But They Do
Publisher: Sarah Crichton Books Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Author: Mary Monroe
Book: Bad Blood
Publisher: Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp.
Non-Fiction (502)
Author: Christopher Signil
Book: Taking Matters Into Our Own Hands
Publisher: Persuasive Publishing
Author: Ezekiel J. Walker
Book: Black As I Wanna Be
Publisher: Self-Published
Author: S. Pearl Sharp
Book: The Evening News Essays And Commentaries From NPR And Other Clouds
Publisher: Poets Pay Rent Too
Author: Sikivu Hutchinson
Book: White Nights, Black Paradise
Publisher: Infidel Books
First-Fiction (503)
Author: Tracy Chiles McGhee
Book: Melting The Blues
Publishing: Gold Fern Press
Author: Tomeekha Pitre
Book: Earth’s Quiet Chaos
Publisher: Black Cotton Publishing
Author: Zaire Crown
Book: Games Women Play
Publisher: Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp.
Poetry (504)
Author: Precious Won
Book: Emotion SuperMarket
Publisher: Palm Publishing
Author: Curtis L. Crisler
Book: “THIS” AMERI-CAN-AH
Publisher: Cherry Castle
Young Adult/Children (505)
Author: K.N. Smith
Book: The URBANBOYS Discovery of the Five Senses
Publisher: Two Petals Publishing
Author: Stacey Culpepper
Book: Priscilla’s Homecoming Across The Sea
Publisher: Diverse Culpepper Books
Author: Ni-Ni Simone
Book: Down by Law
Publisher: DaFina Kensington Publishing Corp.
Author: Linda Fleming-Willis
Book: Poppa’s Ring
Publisher: Book Locker
Author: Chinelo Okparanta
Book: Under the Udala Tree
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Author: Cathleen Schine
Book: They May Not Mean To, But They Do
Publisher: Sarah Crichton Books Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Author: Mary Monroe
Book: Bad Blood
Publisher: Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp.
Non-Fiction (502)
Author: Christopher Signil
Book: Taking Matters Into Our Own Hands
Publisher: Persuasive Publishing
Author: Ezekiel J. Walker
Book: Black As I Wanna Be
Publisher: Self-Published
Author: S. Pearl Sharp
Book: The Evening News Essays And Commentaries From NPR And Other Clouds
Publisher: Poets Pay Rent Too
Author: Sikivu Hutchinson
Book: White Nights, Black Paradise
Publisher: Infidel Books
First-Fiction (503)
Author: Tracy Chiles McGhee
Book: Melting The Blues
Publishing: Gold Fern Press
Author: Tomeekha Pitre
Book: Earth’s Quiet Chaos
Publisher: Black Cotton Publishing
Author: Zaire Crown
Book: Games Women Play
Publisher: Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp.
Poetry (504)
Author: Precious Won
Book: Emotion SuperMarket
Publisher: Palm Publishing
Author: Curtis L. Crisler
Book: “THIS” AMERI-CAN-AH
Publisher: Cherry Castle
Young Adult/Children (505)
Author: K.N. Smith
Book: The URBANBOYS Discovery of the Five Senses
Publisher: Two Petals Publishing
Author: Stacey Culpepper
Book: Priscilla’s Homecoming Across The Sea
Publisher: Diverse Culpepper Books
Author: Ni-Ni Simone
Book: Down by Law
Publisher: DaFina Kensington Publishing Corp.
Author: Linda Fleming-Willis
Book: Poppa’s Ring
Publisher: Book Locker