Books like The pride by Wallace Ford

Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel Passing explores the life of Irene Redfield, a married Harlem woman whose world is disrupted when her childhood friend Clare Kendry—now passing as white—reappears.

A gripping sequel to The Coldest Winter Ever, following Porsche as she battles foster care, group homes, and juvenile detention while striving to reclaim the life her family once shared.

Nella Larsen’s novel follows a biracial woman’s journey toward self‑identity and acceptance, a compelling portrait of the anxieties that arise when caught between conflicting cultures.

In a seemingly perfect marriage, Jaylin and Nokea Rogers face turmoil when a lingering memory of a past lover surfaces, forcing Nokea to confront forbidden longing and the fragile bonds of family.

African myths convey the perennial wisdom of humanity: the creation of the world, the hero's journey, our relationship with nature, death, and resurrection. From the Ashanti comes the moving account of the grief-stricken Kwasi Benefo's journey to the underworld to seek his beloved wives. From Uganda we learn of the legendary Kintu, who won the love of a goddess and created a nation from a handful of isolated clans. The Congo's epic hero Mwindo is the sacred warrior who shows us the path each person must travel to discover his true destiny. Many myths reveal the intimacy of human and animal spirits, and Ford also explores the archetypal forces of the orishas - the West African deities that were carried to the Americas in the African diaspora. Ultimately, as Clyde Ford points out, these great myths enable us to see the history of African Americans in a new light.

After an uneasy love triangle, Ne'Vaeh seeks happiness but finds herself wrestling with fading affection.

Just Can't Let Go follows the Crystal sisters as family bonds, desire, and deception collide in a compelling African‑American drama.

Rikers Island jail is where Sierra Howell, a sexy female corrections officer from Brooklyn, meets a charming and manipulative prisoner. Sierra falls hard for him so hard that she soon finds herself fornicating on the job with an incarcerated man she is supposed to be guarding. These taboo circumstances lead to a tumultuous mix of emotions, drama, and investigations that turn Sierra's world upside down. She becomes, in many ways, a prisoner of love.

Set in 1930s Philadelphia, Jessie Redmon Fauset’s novel follows Joanna Mitchell and Peter Bye as their families navigate inheritance, prejudice, and the social aspirations of the black middle class.

Ride or die couple Trae and Tasha navigate a volatile relationship amid escalating danger, as friends and foes converge in a pulse‑pounding urban thriller.

At Howard University, Ne’Vaeh Washington’s yearning for Aaron Whitehaven—her best friend’s boyfriend—seeks a love that is hidden and unreciprocated, while their tangled histories with Jamie Green and Charlene Campbell threaten to unravel their lives.