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Urban Fiction and Beyond

Anthologies
General fiction
Mystery fiction
Nonfiction

All titles shelved in Fiction collection, except as noted: M=mystery.

TIP: Look for more urban fiction by searching the library catalog for the subjects Gangs Fiction, Hip Hop Fiction, Harlem New York N Y Fiction, East Los Angeles (Calif.) Fiction or Street Life Fiction.

Anthologies

—: Around the Way Girls 5

(2008)
—: Blackgentleman.com

(2002)
—: Girls from da Hood 5

(2009)
—: Kiss the Year Goodbye

(2005)
—: Nikki Turner presents Street Chronicles: Christmas in the Hood

(2007)
—: You Only Get Better: Three Brilliant, New Novellas

(2007)

General Fiction

50 Cent and Derrick Pledger: The Diamond District

(2008)
Anthony, Mark: Lady's Night

(2005)
Black Artemis: Burn

(2006)
Brown, Tracy: Twisted

(2008)
Bunkley, Anita R.: Between Goodbyes

(2008)
Chunichi: California Connection

(2008)
Debrew, Darrell: Stacy: The Ultimate Gangsta Bitch

(2005)
Dickey, Eric Jerome: Sleeping with Strangers

(2007)
Ford, Darnella: Crave

(2004)
Glenn, Roy: In a Cold Sweat

(2008)
Goines, Donald: Dopefiend

(1971)
Gray, Erick S.: Love & a Gangsta

(2009)
Hernandez, Treasure: A Pimp's Life

(2009)
Holmes, Shannon: Dirty Game

(2007)
Hunt, La Jill: Old Habits Die Hard

(2007)
Hunter, Travis: A Family Sin

(2007)
Iceberg Slim: Mama Black Widow

(1998)
Jihad: Preacherman Blues

(2008)
Johnson, Stephanie A. F.: Desperate Sisters

(2006)
Joseph, Dwayne S.: If It Isn't Love

(2009)
K'wan: Eve

(2006)
Madlock, Felicia: Back on the Block

(2007)
Mallette, Gloria: Honey Well

(2003)
Mansbach, Adam: Angry Black White Boy, or, The Miscegenation of Mason Detornay

(2005)
Martin, Victor L.: A Hood Legend

(2004)
Mayer, Deborah: Love and Loyalty

(2006)
Monroe, Mary: The Company We Keep

(2009)
Noire: Candy Licker: An Urban Erotic Tale

(2005)
Poole, Daaimah S.: All I Want Is Everything

(2007)
Price-Thompson, Tracy: Gather Together in My Name

(2008)
Quartay, Nane: Come Get Some

(2008)
Rhodes, Evie: Street Vengeance

(2008)
Riley, Cole: Harlem Confidential

(2006)
Rodriguez, Luis: Music of the Mill

(2005)
Russel, Trista: Fly on the Wall

(2006)
Souljah, Sister: The Coldest Winter Ever

(1999)
Singer, Gammy L.: Down and Dirty: Another Landlord's Tale

(2006)
Stringer, Vickie M.: Let That Be the Reason

(2009)
Turner, Nikki: Ghetto Superstar

(2009)
Tyree, Omar: The Last Street Novel

(2007)
Urban Griot (pen name of Omar Tyree): One Crazy Night

(2009)
Weber, Carl: Up To No Good

(2009)
Williams, Kashamba: Blinded

(2003)
Woods, Teri: True to the Game

(2007)
Zane: Afterburn

(2005)

Mystery Fiction

Jones, Solomon: C.R.E.A.M.

(2006)

M
Lindsay, Tony: One Dead Preacher: A David Price Mystery

(2006)

M
Mosley, Walter: Fear of the Dark

(1990)

M
Nelscott, Kris: A Dangerous Road

(2000)

M
Pelecanos, George P.: Drama City

(2005)

M
Phillips, Gary: Monkology: The Ivan Monk Stories

(2004)

M
Woods, Paula L.: Dirty Laundry: A Charlotte Justice Novel

(1999)

M

Nonfiction

50 Cent: 50 x 50: 50 Cent in His Own Words

(2007)

782.421649 F469f 2007
Angelou, Maya: Letter to My Daughter

(2008)

818.5 A584Lt 2008
Bandele, Asha: Something Like Beautiful: One Single Mother's Story

(2009)

306.87432 B214s 2009
Brown, Claude: Manchild in the Promised Land

(1999)

B-Br8125m 1999
Brown, Cupcake: A Piece of Cake: A Memoir

(2006)

B-Br8124p 2006
Dean, Terrance: Hiding in Hip Hop: On the Down Low in the Entertainment Industry, from Music to Hollywood

(2008)

306.765 D282h 2008
Harper, Hill: Letters to a Young Brother: Manifest Your Destiny

(2006)

170.44 H294L 2006
Harper, Hill: Letters to a Young Sister: Define Your Destiny

(2008)

170.8422 H294L 2008
Iceberg Slim: Pimp: [The Story of My Life]

(1987)

B-Ic2p 1987
Montana-Leblanc, Phyllis: Not Just the Levees Broke: My Story During and After Hurricane Katrina

(2008)

363.34922 M764n 2008
Morris, Dashaun: War of the Bloods in My Veins: A Street Soldier's March Toward Redemption

(2008)

B-Mo8298w 2008
Pearson, Felicia: Grace After Midnight: A Memoir

(2007)

791.45028 P361g 2007
Phillips, Jenny: Letters from the Dhamma Brothers : Meditation Behind Bars

(2008)

365.665 P561L 2008
Wright, Richard: Black Boy (American Hunger): A Record of Childhood and Youth

(1998)

B-W953b 1998
X, Malcolm: The Autobiography of Malcolm X

(reprinted 1992, 1999)

B-X12a 1992