Books like Hoodlum by K'Wan Foye

In New York’s toughest streets, Winter—gifted, street‑savvy daughter of a Brooklyn drug dynasty—uses her wit and allure to survive a volatile winter of crime and ambition.

In Miami, the cartel that dominates the drug trade is upended when its ruthless leader dies, setting off a deadly clash between his legacy and a determined contract‑killer. Two lovers on opposite sides must face the truth.

In Brooklyn’s Bed‑Stuy, twenty‑six‑year‑old Ali and his sister Jazz may be careful, but when they attend a misguided party one becomes seriously hurt and another is marked with a deadly threat.

Hardy’s first novel follows the romantic adventures of black gay men navigating love and life in New York City.

A street‑smart tale set amid Brooklyn’s hip‑hop scene, where survival, ambition, and romance collide with danger and ambition in the pursuit of music and self‑realization.

Rio, a former convict with no prospects, seeks a way out of the ghetto by hustling and falling in love with Trinity, who battles an abusive father after her mother’s death. Together they struggle to escape the streets that threaten to claim them.

When the commended five siblings of the Vanderbeeker family learn they must leave their Harlem brownstone after Christmas, they set out to convince their reclusive landlord to keep them in place.

At a tenth‑anniversary high‑school reunion, Mitchell Crawford confronts the former gymnastics coach who stole his virginity and shattered his heart, forcing him to choose between vengeance and redemption.

In the sequel to B‑Boy Blues, Pooquie and Little Bit return to New York’s hip‑hop scene, navigating love and career while exploring the demands of partnership.

Mitchell, in his early forties, receives a dream job offer in New York but feels the absence of love. Meanwhile, Raheim, newly sober, seeks a starring role that could launch his acting career.

In The Preacher’s Son, Bishop T.K. Wilson’s polished family life in Queens turns to turmoil when hidden secrets threaten his church, his political aspirations, and the futures of his children—examining faith, ambition, and the weight of family values.

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.