Vital Culture Books

Fiction Favorites

Beloved novels and stories by Black Authors, from Toni Morrison and James Baldwin to today's most talked-about writers. Modern classics, sharp satire, family sagas and stories from across the diaspora: the books readers keep pressing into each other's hands.

106 books

Modern classics 14 books

Their Eyes Were Watching GodZora Neale Hurston$17.99
Song of SolomonToni Morrison$17.00
SulaToni Morrison$17.00
Invisible ManRalph Ellison$19.00
Go Tell It on the MountainJames Baldwin$16.00
Giovanni's RoomJames Baldwin$16.00
The Color PurpleAlice Walker$18.00
PassingNella Larsen$16.00
Brown Girl, BrownstonesPaule Marshall$18.00
Annie JohnJamaica Kincaid$17.00
Middle PassageCharles Johnson$18.00
Philadelphia FireJohn Edgar Wideman$17.00
SlaveroadJohn Edgar Wideman$19.00
The Homewood TrilogyJohn Edgar Wideman$33.00

Contemporary favorites 42 books

The Vanishing HalfBrit Bennett$20.00
An American Marriage (Oprah's Book Club)Tayari Jones$19.99
Silver SparrowTayari Jones$19.99
Black CakeCharmaine Wilkerson$20.00
MemphisTara M. Stringfellow$18.00
Real LifeBrandon Taylor$18.00
Deacon King Kong (Oprah's Book Club)James McBride$18.00
Sag HarborColson Whitehead$19.00
Between Good and EvilRochelle Alers$18.95
Home and AwayRochelle Alers$17.95
Take the Long Way HomeRochelle Alers$16.95
YonderJabari Asim$16.99
Madam, May INiobia Bryant$15.95
Madam XNiobia Bryant$16.95
Swift RiverEssie Chambers$17.99
Great Black HopeRob Franklin$19.00
Love by the BookJessica George$29.00
MaameJessica George$19.00
In My Father's HouseE. Lynn Harris$22.99
No One in the WorldE. Lynn Harris, R. M. Johnson$19.99
And Then There Was MeSadeqa Johnson$18.00
Grown WomenSarai Johnson$30.00
Keeper of Lost ChildrenSadeqa Johnson$30.00
Second House from the CornerSadeqa Johnson$18.00
The House of EveSadeqa Johnson$20.00
PomegranateHelen Elaine Lee$18.99
Bad SeedsMary Monroe$28.00
Bent But Not BrokenMary Monroe$28.00
Empty VowsMary Monroe$16.95
The Upper RoomMary Monroe$16.95
Mama RubyMary Monroe$16.95
Lost DaughtersMary Monroe$16.95
Mrs. WigginsMary Monroe$17.95
What You Leave BehindWanda M. Morris$18.99
NightcrawlingLeila Mottley$18.00
The Girls Who Grew BigLeila Mottley$28.00
The HaulGary Phillips$28.95
Three Bullet OperaGary Phillips$20.00
Behind Closed DoorsKimberla Lawson Roby$18.99
Here and NowKimberla Lawson Roby$15.95
It's a Thin LineKimberla Lawson Roby$15.95
Paper GodsGoldie Taylor$19.99

Wit & satire 8 books

The SelloutPaul Beatty$18.00
ErasurePercival Everett$17.00
Mumbo JumboIshmael Reed$17.99
Such a Fun AgeKiley Reid$19.00
QueenieCandice Carty-Williams$18.99
LusterRaven Leilani$17.00
Hell of a BookJason Mott$17.00
Loving DayMat Johnson$17.00

Short stories 11 books

The Secret Lives of Church LadiesDeesha Philyaw$18.99
Drinking Coffee ElsewhereZz Packer$18.00
Heads of the Colored PeopleNafissa Thompson-Spires$18.00
Temple FolkAaliyah Bilal$17.99
Krik? Krak!Edwidge Danticat$19.00
Night HawksCharles Johnson$16.00
Let the Dead Bury Their DeadRandall Kenan$18.99
TreacherousGary Phillips$18.95
American HistoriesJohn Edgar Wideman$17.99
Look for Me and I'll Be GoneJohn Edgar Wideman$17.99
You Made Me Love YouJohn Edgar Wideman$18.99

Global & diaspora voices 31 books

AmericanahChimamanda Ngozi Adichie$19.00
Purple HibiscusChimamanda Ngozi Adichie$19.99
Girl, Woman, OtherBernardine Evaristo$17.00
Mr. LovermanBernardine Evaristo$18.00
Swing TimeZadie Smith$18.00
Things Fall ApartChinua Achebe$16.00
The Girl with the Louding VoiceAbi Daré$19.00
GracelandChris Abani$23.99
Stay with MeAyobami Adebayo$17.00
Cursed DaughtersOyinkan Braithwaite$20.00
What We All Long forDionne Brand$24.00
My Parents' MarriageNana Ekua Brew-Hammond$16.99
GloryNoviolet Bulawayo$18.00
We Need New NamesNoviolet Bulawayo$18.99
Land of Many Colors and Nanna-YAMaryse Condé$12.95
The Belle CréoleMaryse Condé$21.95
The Last of the African KingsMaryse Condé$19.95
VictoireMaryse Condé$17.00
Who Slashed Celanire's Throat?Maryse Condé$17.00
The CatchYrsa Daley-Ward$18.99
Nervous ConditionsTsitsi Dangarembga$18.00
This Mournable BodyTsitsi Dangarembga$17.00
Breath, Eyes, MemoryEdwidge Danticat$18.00
DèyEdwidge Danticat$30.00
Gomer's SongKwame Dawes$18.95
The Death of Vivek OjiAkwaeke Emezi$18.00
A View of the Empire at SunsetCaryl Phillips$23.99
Another Man in the StreetCaryl Phillips$18.00
The Lost ChildCaryl Phillips$22.00
A Grain of WheatNgugi Wa Thiong'o$18.00
The River BetweenNgugi Wa Thiong'o$16.00