Authors: Niccolo Machiavelli

In Historical, Social Culture

By Stephanie McCarter

The general theme of The Prince is of accepting that the aims of princes – such as glory and survival – can justify the use of immoral means to achieve those ends. In that sense it stands alone.

Authors: Chester Himes

In Suspense Thriller

By Stephanie McCarter

COTTON COMES TO HARLEM was actually quite unique for its time. Five years before the marked era of blaxploitation—a full ten before urban literary griot Donald Goines.

Authors: George Jackson

In Biography and Memoir

By Stephanie McCarter

SOLEDAD BROTHER is a literary example of an unbreakable drive for knowledge and strength of the human spirit even in the lowest of places.

Authors: Jesmyn Ward

In Literary

By Ashley Massey

"SALVAGE THE BONES is authentically written in ole south linguistics and is righteously bad ass." —Willie Earl Scott in SouthernDynasty.vip

Authors: Meagan Good

In

By Regina Dent

Education In Excellence is pretty darn good for a woman better trained at reading lines than writing them.

Authors: Emily Henry

In Gothic

By Ashley Massey

Because Emily Henry was not yet popular, few know of her truly early works and even fewer saw it. However, with the benefit of hindsight it's easy to see how she excited the reader before finding a measure of restraint. Me likey!

Authors: Colleen Hoover

In

By Ashley Massey

Known in secret literary circles as "Hoover's Rosebud book," the author has never actually admitted to penning erotica, one of several novellas, but I think it may be some of her rawest, best work.

Authors: Willie Redd

In Urban Fiction

By Hannah King

Romance, lurid s e x, colorful g a n g s t e r s, political a s s a s s i n a t i o n, international espionage—JEZEBEL has everything!

Authors: Willie Earl Scott

In Literary, Suspense Thriller, Urban Fiction

By Regina Dent