Books like No shade by K'wan

Porsha, Boots, and Frankie navigate a New York City eviction notice with street life and a mystery twist among the chaos, starring K'Wan Foye’s beloved hood rat series characters.

In the late 1980s, a young woman from the projects falls in love with a prosperous drug dealer, and together they confront the harsh realities of street life and the perilous allure of underground wealth.

Tayshawn, nicknamed “Animal,” must navigate a harsh urban jungle after the only kind older brother is taken away.

Former detective Dave Robicheaux, a Vietnam vet and ex-cop, settles into Louisiana bayou life with his wife. A Gulf plane crash introduces a young girl and unravels a web of murder, deception and local crime.

Two sharp‑cut tales of hustlers, crime, and urban survival—players racing against time in an African‑American cityscape.

An urban tale of Rasheed, a fast‑moving hustler whose financial ambitions, multiple women, and hidden truths threaten his fragile partnership with his baby's mother, Michelle.

All he ever wanted to be was a Good Son Shai Clark was an all-American basketball player with aspirations of one day making it to the NBA, but that all changed when his father was viciously murdered and he found himself thrust into the role of the new head of his family's criminal enterprise. After waging a war on the streets of New York that lasts nearly three years, it seems like peace is finally being restored to the land and Shai can get back to focusing on continuing his father's mission to legitimize the Clark family but little does he know it was only the calm before the storm. Not everyone respects his claim to the Clark empire, and when new and old enemies start to come out of the woodwork, Shai will find that inheriting the throne was one thing, but holding onto it will prove to be a far more difficult task.

Three gripping tales of African‑American women navigating life in urban neighborhoods, told in a raw, realistic style.

Tiffany faces abuse and seeks a new life while navigating the dangerous street world of her childhood friends Lucky and Quick, whose rising crime careers put them on opposing sides.

What happens to the children that the world throws away? They become Animals. Tayshawn Torres is a child born in the slums and cursed by the sins of his parents. His mother is a notorious drug addict and whore, more concerned with getting her next high than she is with his well-being. His stepfather hates him so much, that he literally treats him like an animal. Tayshawn is forced to sleep in a cage and scavenge for scraps of food wherever he can find them. Because of his squalid appearance, he is also the object of ridicule by all of the neighborhood kids who have given the nickname, Animal. The only person to ever show him even the slightest bit of kindness is his older brother, Justice. Justice keeps him out of harm's way the best he can. However, when Justice is taken from his life, Tayshawn finds he is alone in the streets. With his guardian angel gone, he is now at the mercy of the world Justice tried to protect him from. Tayshawn quickly learns that if he is to survive the jungle, he will have to adapt. Love and companionship constantly elude Tayshawn, but death and heartache cling to him like a second skin. Gradually, the layers of the frightened child he had been are stripped away until there is nothing left of Tayshawn, and all that remains is, Animal.