Mrs. Grapevine Recommends
I am not into all fiction, I do not like sensational dramas. I am actually an English Lit Major with a Creative Writing ( Fiction) Specialty. I knowyou may not notice from reading my blog, but my blog is what I do for entertainment. If you are really into fiction, please take a look at some of the award-winning-academic-fiction by African-Americans.
After, A Novel by Marita Golden (Doubleday)
Fortunate Son by Walter Mosley (Little Brown and Co.)
Jump At The Sun by Kim McLarin (William Morrow)
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Fiction – Hardcover
1. Sleeping With Strangers by Eric Jerome Dickey (Dutton, $24.95)
2. When Somebody Loves You Back by Mary B. Morrison (Dafina Books, $24)
3. The First Lady by Carl Weber (Dafina Books, $24.95)
4. Love & Lies by Kimberla Lawson Roby (William Morrow, $23.95)
5. Borrow Trouble by Mary Monroe and Victor McGlothin (Dafina Books, $24.95)
Fiction – Paperback
1. Forever a Hustler’s Wife by Nikki Turner (One World/Ballantine, $13.95)
2. In Cahootz by Quentin Carter (Triple Crown Publications, $15)
3. Thug Matrimony by Wahida Clark (Dafina Books, $15)
4. Death Before Dishonor by 50 Cent and Nikki Turner (G-Unit/Pocket Books, $12)
5. Grindin’ by Danielle Santiago (Atria, $14)
Nonfiction – Hardcover
1. The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama (Crown, $25)
2. What I Know for Sure by Tavis Smiley (Doubleday, $23.95)
3. A Hand to Guide Me by Denzel Washington (Meredith Books, $24.95)
Nonfiction – Paperback
1. The Measure of a Man by Sidney Poitier (HarperSanFransciso, $14.95)
2. The Willie Lynch Letter by Kashif Malik Hassan-el (Frontline Dist Int $3.95)
3. Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama (Three Rivers Press, $14.95)
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