Critically Acclaimed Books

Ranking the Best Fiction Published in 2025 (68 Titles)

3 Honors

The Wilderness

by Flournoy, Angela

3 Honors

Death of the Author

by Okorafor, Nnedi

3 Honors

Harlem Rhapsody

by Murray, Victoria Christopher

3 Honors

Dream Count

by Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi

3 Honors

Ring Shout

by Clark, P Djèlí

2 Honors

Gray Dawn: An Easy Rawlins Mystery

by Mosley, Walter

2 Honors

Fish Tales: A Novel

by

2 Honors

Dominion: A Novel

by Citchens, Addie E

2 Honors

That’s How They Get You: An Unruly Anthology of Black American Humor

by Editor

2 Honors

Happy Land

by Perkins-Valdez, Dolen

2 Honors

Good Dirt

by Wilkerson, Charmaine

2 Honors

The Dark Maestro

by Slocumb, Brendan

2 Honors

Junie

by Eckstine, Erin Crosby

2 Honors

Catch: A Novel

by Daley-Ward, Yrsa

2 Honors

Something in the Water

by

2 Honors

The Risk of Loving You: When Danger Meets Desire

by

1 Honors

My Parents’ Marriage

by Brew-Hammond, Nana Ekua

1 Honors

People of Means: A Novel

by

1 Honors

The Life of Herod the Great

by Hurston, Zora Neale ; Plant, Deborah G

1 Honors

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

by Williams, Tia

1 Honors

Zeal: A Novel

by

1 Honors

Sweet Heat

by Babalola, Bolu

1 Honors

The Macabre (Deluxe Limited Edition)

by Jackson, Kosoko

1 Honors

Our Vicious Oaths

by Davenport, N E

1 Honors

Their Eyes Were Watching God (Deluxe Edition)

by Hurston, Zora Neale

1 Honors

Amity

by Harris, Nathan

1 Honors

Been Wrong So Long It Feels Like Right: A King Oliver Novel

by

1 Honors

The Devil Three Times: A Novel

by

1 Honors

Palaver

by Washington, Bryan

1 Honors

Coded Justice: A Thriller

by Abrams, Stacey

1 Honors

Flirting Lessons

by Guillory, Jasmine

1 Honors

It Was the Way She Said It: Short Stories, Essays, and Wisdom

by McMillan, Terry

1 Honors

Heaven & Earth Grocery Store (paperback)

by McBride, James

1 Honors

A Gardin Wedding: A Gardins of Edin Novel

by Lee, Rosey

1 Honors

O Sinners!

by Cuffy, Nicole

1 Honors

Loved One

by Muharrar, Aisha

1 Honors

Murder for Miss Hortense: A Mystery

by Pennant, Mel

1 Honors

When the Harvest Comes

by Norris, Denne Michele

1 Honors

Great Mann

by Davis Lurie, Kyra

1 Honors

Once Upon a Time in Dollywood

by Jordan, Ashley

1 Honors

Best Man: Unfinished Business

by Lee, Malcolm D

1 Honors

We Don’t Talk about Carol

by Berry, Kristen L

1 Honors

Casualties of Truth

by

1 Honors

Love Is a Dangerous Word: The Selected Poems of Essex Hemphill

by Hemphill, Essex ; Keene, John ; Reid-Pharr, Robert F

1 Honors

Plus Size Player

by Allen, Danielle

1 Honors

How to Dodge a Cannonball

by Dayle, Dennard

1 Honors

King of Ashes

by Cosby, S a

1 Honors

Masquerade

by Sangoyomi, O O

1 Honors

Listen to Your Sister

by Viel, Neena

1 Honors

This Here Is Love

by Perry, Princess Joy L

1 Honors

Chronicles of Ori: An African Epic

by Rosales, Harmonia

1 Honors

Isaac’s Song: A Novel

by

1 Honors

Truth Is: A Novel in Verse

by Sawyerr, Hannah V

1 Honors

Bent But Not Broken

by Monroe, Mary

1 Honors

Blood Slaves

by Redmond, Markus

1 Honors

God Don’t Play

by Mary Monroe

1 Honors

Can’t Get Enough

by Ryan, Kennedy

1 Honors

August Lane

by Black, Regina

1 Honors

Tiny Things Are Heavier

by Okonkwo, Esther Ifesinachi

1 Honors

History Lessons

by Wallbrook, Zoe B

1 Honors

Sky Full of Elephants

by Campbell, Cebo

1 Honors

All the Men I’ve Loved Again

by Pride, Christine

1 Honors

Boom Town

by Stone, Nic

1 Honors

Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert

by Bob the Drag Queen

1 Honors

Great Black Hope

by Franklin, Rob

1 Honors

Reformatory

by Due, Tananarive

1 Honors

People Like Us

by Mott, Jason

1 Honors

My Bully, My Aunt, and Her Final Gift

by