Recommendations for Adults:
Black Chalk by Christopher J. Yates (Aug 2015)
One game. Six students. Five survivors. It was only ever meant to be a game played by six best friends in their first year at Oxford University; a game of consequences, silly forfeits, and childish dares. But then the game changed: the stakes grew higher and the dares more personal and more humiliating, finally evolving into a vicious struggle with unpredictable and tragic results. Now, fourteen years later, the remaining players must meet again for the final round.
Washington Black by Esi Edugyan (Sep 2018)
Unexpectedly chosen to be a family manservant, an 11-year-old Barbados sugar-plantation slave is initiated into a world of technology and dignity before a devastating betrayal propels him throughout the world in search of his true self.
Black Sun by Owen Matthews (Jul 2019)
Days before the test of the world's largest nuclear device, a KGB officer in 1961 Russia investigates the murder of the bomb's architect, unraveling a conspiracy that poses apocalyptic threats.
Black Site: The CIA in the Post-9/11 World by Philip Mudd (Jul 2019)
A former top CIA executive and media pundit shares previously undisclosed details about the September 11 attacks and how the CIA developed enhanced interrogation techniques and other controversial initiatives under wrenching circumstances.
Black Moon by Kenneth Calhoun (Mar 2014)
Insomnia has claimed everyone Biggs knows. Even his beloved wife, Carolyn, has succumbed to the telltale red-rimmed eyes, slurred speech and cloudy mind before disappearing into the quickly collapsing world. Yet Biggs can still sleep, and dream, so he sets out to find her.
Recommendations for Teens:
Edited by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi, and featuring some of the most acclaimed bestselling Black authors writing for teens today - Black Enough is an essential collection of captivating stories about what it's like to be young and Black in America.
Black Butler by Yana Toboso (Dec 2013)
Just a stone's throw from London lies the manor house of the illustrious Phantomhive earldom and its master, one Ciel Phantomhive. Earl Phantomhive is a giant in the world of commerce, Queen Victoria's faithful servant... and a twelve-year-old boy. Fortunately, his loyal butler, Sebastian, is ever at his side, ready to carry out the young master's wishes. There apparently is nothing Sebastian cannot do. In fact, one might even say Sebastian is too good to be true... or at least, too good to be human.
The Black Witch by Laurie Forest (May 2017)
Elloren Gardner, the granddaughter of the last Black Witch, lacks her grandmother's powers in a society that covets magic ability above all else. In an attempt to escape the shadow of her grandmother's legacy she heads to school with her brothers to learn to become an apothecary.
Black City by Elizabeth Richards (Nov 2012)
Ash, a sixteen-year-old twin-blood who sells his addictive venom, "Haze," to support his dying mother, and Natalie, the daughter of a diplomat, discover their mysterious - and forbidden - connection in the Black City, where humans and Darklings struggle to rebuild after a brutal war.
Black River Falls by Jeff Hirsch (Jul 2016)
Seventeen-year-old Cardinal has escaped the virus that ravaged his town, leaving its victims alive but without their memories.
Beyond the Black Door by A.M. Strickland (Oct 2019)
Everyone has a soul, and soulwalkers - like Kamai and her mother - can journey into other people's souls while they sleep. But no matter where Kamai visits, she sees the black door. It follows her into every soul, and her mother has told her to never, ever open it. When tragedy strikes, Kamai does the unthinkable: she opens the door.
Recommendations for Children:
Black Canary: Ignite by Meg Cabot (Oct 2019)
Thirteen-year-old Dinah Lance is in a rock band with her two best friends and has a good relationship with her mom, but when a mysterious figure threatens her friends and family, she learns more about herself and her mother's secret past.
Black Cat, White Cat by Claire Garralon (Jun 2016)
Black Cat, who lives in a white house, and White Cat, who lives in a black house, become friends but must find a more colorful place to play together.
Black Belt Bunny by Jacky Davis (Jul 2017)
Black Belt Bunny is good at sidekicks, backflips, and air chops, but when told he must learn to make a salad, he resists, only to be unexpectedly empowered by himself and the narrator.
Young, Gifted, and Black by Jamia Wilson (Feb 2018)
Join us on a journey across borders, through time and even through space to meet 52 icons of color from the past and present in a celebration of achievement.
The Princess in Black by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale (Oct 2014)
Who says princesses don't wear black? When trouble raises its blue monster head, Princess Magnolia ditches her flouncy dresses and becomes the Princess in Black!
The Care and Feeding of a Pet Black Hole by Michelle Cuevas (Sep 2017)
Eleven-year-old Stella Rodriguez finds herself in possession of a strange new pet that swallows up everything in sight when a black hole decides to follow her home.
Not Quite Black and White by Jonathan Ying (Sep 2016)
Have you ever seen a zebra wearing pink polka dots? Or a penguin with bright yellow boots? These black and white animals are not all quite black and white.
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