September Releases by Black Authors You’ll Fall For
September is a transitional month with releases by Black Authors that are worthy of every reader to fall for. With the season change, maybe try out a genre or author you’ve been holding off as most of us shed the blazing heat from the summer.
Your Fall Reading List won’t curate itself — start pre-ordering and adding these new releases to your TBR!
On the Rooftop by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
Available September 6, 2022
This historical fiction novel is set in 1950s San Francisco and introduces readers to three sisters: Ruth, Esther, and Chloe. Their mother, Vivian, dreams of musical stardom for them, but the daughters have their own goals that collide with their mother’s.
Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions by Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi
Available September 13, 2022
Explore the past, present, and possible future of Omolola’s homeland, Nigeria, in interlocking stories of four fearless women.
People Person by Candice Carty-Williams
Available September 13, 2022
Dimple Pennington is 30 and her life seems to be stalling. As an aspiring lifestyle influencer with a terrible boyfriend, she feels alone until a dramatic event brings her four half-siblings back into her life, requiring them to reconnect with their absent father.
Rust in the Root by Justina Ireland
This historical fantasy is set at the crossroads of race and power in America. Laura Ann Langston, a queer mage, lives in a divided America of those who work in the mystical arts and those who do not. After the Great Rust, the country is attempting to rebuild for a better future that is not the traditional mystical arts.
The Furrows by Namwali Serpell
After her little brother, Wayne, is lost in an accident, Cassandra Williams and the rest of her family respond differently. Her father leaves, her mother starts a missing child organization, and as she grows older she begins seeing Wayne everywhere. Until she encounters a man eerily familiar and who is also searching for someone and his place in the world. His name you ask? Wayne.
The Black Cell by Wendy Shaia
A Black dystopian fantasy set in 2024, where police brutality is at an all-time high, and Corey Masters last false arrest and beating drives him to join a secret nationwide organization called the Cell. The Cell recruits and trains Black people for armed resistance. The country is on the verge of electing a new president who will bring a group determined to return Black people to slavery called The Alt.
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