2022 Adult Literary Fiction By Black Americans

  1. The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
  2. Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow
  3. What the Fireflies Knew by Kai Harris
  4. Half-Blown Rose by Leesa Cross-Smith
  5. Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
  6. The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope
  7. The Wife Before by Shanora Williams
  8. Perish by LaToya Watkins
  9. The Confessions of Matthew Strong by Ousmane K. Power-Greene
  10. The Last Suspicious Holdout: Stories by Ladee Hubbard
  11. Yonder by Jabari Asim
  12. Nobody’s Magic by Destiny O. Birdsong
  13. We Lie Here by Rachel Howzell Hall
  14. Blue Like Me by Aaron Philip Clark
  15. In the Face of the Sun by Denny S. Bryce
  16. Our Gen by Diane McKinney-Whetstone
  17. By Her Own Design: The Story of Ann Lowe, Society’s Best-Kept Secret by Piper Huguley
  18. Last Summer on State Street by Toya Wolfe
  19. On the Rooftop by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
  20. The Last Dreamwalker by Rita Woods
  21. Sister Mother Warrior by Vanessa Riley
  22. Greenland by David Santos Donaldson
  23. None But the Righteous by Chantal James
  24. Fat Time and Other Stories Jeffery Renard Allen
  25. Good Women by Halle Hill
  26. The Quarter Storm (Mambo Reina #1) by Veronica G. Henry
  27. Like a Sister by Kellye Garrett
  28. Things Past Telling by Sheila Williams
  29. The Intangible by C.J. Washington
  30. Carolina Built by Kianna Alexander
  31. Something Good by Vanessa Miller
  32. Truth, Lies, and Mr. Grey (Three Mrs. Greys, #2) by Shelly Ellis
  33. One-Shot Harry by Gary Phillips
  34. Unraveling by Brandon Leake
  35. Scattered Seed by Francine Thomas Howard
  36. Black Candle Women by Diane Marie Brown
  37. The Thread Collectors by Shaunna J. Edwards
  38. The Blood Trials (The Blood Gift Duology, #1) by N.E. Davenport
  39. Walking in Tall Weeds by Robin W. Pearson
  40. Rootwork by Tracy Cross
  41. The Great Mrs. Elias by Barbara Chase-Riboud
  42. Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? Crystal Smith Paul
  43. Someone Had To Do It Amber Brown and Danielle Brown
  44. Tinderbox W.A. Simpson
  45. The Light Always Breaks by Angela Jackson-Brown
  46. The Birdcatcher by Gayl Jones
  47. Dr. No by Percival Everett
  48. A Killing Rain by Faye Snowden
  49. The Blackmail (Plainclothes Tootsie Mystery #2) by M. Ravenel
  50. The Wishing Pool and Other Stories Book by Tananarive Due