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APRIL 2023
 
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FICTION
The Family Business 6
by Carl Weber

When over a million tabs of HEAT, once known as the perfect drug, are stolen, Orlando Duncan discovers that a billionaire, with ties to illegal contraband smuggling rings, is targeting his family, putting them all on a deadly collision course as they try to reach the top.
Big Girl
by Mecca Jamilah Sullivan

A young, plus-size girl in 1990s Harlem tries to meet the lofty expectations of her painfully proper mother, sharp-tongued grandmother and her mostly white Upper East Side prep school while finding solace in the music of Biggie Smalls and Aaliyah.
Anywhere You Run
by Wanda M. Morris

A young black woman flees Jim Crow justice in Mississippi after killing the man who brutally attacked her, in the new novel from the acclaimed author of All Her Little Secrets. 
Love, Honor, Betray
by Mary Monroe

With their sham of a marriage in danger, Jessie and Hubert Wiggins, desperately trying to maintain their devout facade and respectable standing, must decide whether or not to reveal the person who might be behind the serial murders plaguing their town, which would risk their own web of lies being exposed.
The Lies of the Ajungo
by Moses Ose Utomi

Three days before he turns 13, the age when your tongue is cut out to appease the terrifying Ajungo Empire and make sure it continues sending water, Tutu embarks on a quest for salvation of his mother, his city and himself.
Life and Other Love Songs
by Anissa Gray

When her husband disappears on his 37th birthday, Deborah and her daughter, in the days, months and years to follow, look backward and forward as they piece together the life of the man they love, but whom they come to realize they might never have truly known.
NON-FICTION
Red Lip Theology : for church girls who've considered tithing to the beauty supply store when Sunday morning isn't enough
by Candice Marie Benbow

Essayist and theologian Candice Marie Benbow writes powerfully about experiences at the heart of her Black womanhood. She explores universal themes like heartache, loss, forgiveness, and sexuality, and she unflinchingly empowers women who struggle with feeling loved and nurtured by church culture.
Straight Shooter : a memoir of second chances and first takes
by Stephen A. Smith

Revealing who he really is when the cameras are off, America's most popular sports media figure writes about the greatest highs and deepest lows of his life and career, while sharing his signature, uninhibited opinions about current political and social issues.
The Love You Save
by Goldie Taylor

Shining a light on the strictures of race, class and gender in a post-Jim Crow America, an acclaimed journalist and human rights activist reveals how she overcame a troubled childhood and insurmountable odds with strength and courage to become the woman she is today. 
I Am Still With You : a reckoning with silence, inheritance, and history
by Emmanuel Iduma

The author and winner of the prestigious Windham-Campbell Prize tells the story of his return to Nigeria in an effort to learn the fate of his uncle who disappeared in the Nigerian Civil War in the 1960s. 
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