2017 was full of some great releases. Here’s a list of 50 urban fiction books and books by black celebrities. There’s some debut authors on this list as well as some urban fiction vets.
Catch up on these books that you might have missed this year.
- Silence of the Nine 3 T. Styles
- Bad Behavior Kiki Swinson and Noire
- The Legacy…Keep the Family Close Joy Deja King
- The Last Black Unicorn Tiffany Haddish
- Passion Island Cairo
- Pretty Boy Hustlerz II Victor L. Martin
- Higher Is Waiting Tyler Perry
- The Mother of Black Hollywood Jenifer Lewis
- The Diamond Empire K’Wan
- Sharp Curves Ahead Allison Hobbs
- Wahida Clark Presents: The Pink Panther Clique Aisha Hall and Sunshine Smith-Williams
- We’re Going to Need More Wine: Stories That Are Funny, Complicated, and True Gabrielle Union
- Stand By Your Truth: And Then Run for Your Life! Rickey Smiley
- Trouble In the White House: A Black President Novel Brenda Hampton
- Pretty Boy Hustlerz Victor L. Martin
- Harm Done Shane Allison
- Cold As Ice T. Styles
- The Autobiography of Gucci Mane Gucci Mane
- A Sick Life: TLC’n Me: Stories from On and Off the Stage Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins
- Dirty Tricks Kiki Swinson and Saundra
- Seeking Sarah ReShonda Tate Billingsley
- Postcards from the Edge Keisha Ervin
- The Cartel 7: Illuminati (Series) Ashley & JaQuavis
- The One I’ve Waited For (Series) Mary B. Morrison
- Seducing Abby Rhodes J.D. Mason
- Hoodlum 2: The Good Son K’Wan
- Sin of A Woman (Series) Kimberla Lawson Roby
- I Can’t Make this Up: Life Lessons Kevin Hart
- The Boss Aya De Leon
- Charisma: A Baller’s Wife Nikki Turner
- The Prada Plan 5 (Series) Ashley Antoinette
- This is Just My Face: Try Not To Stare Gabourey Sibide
- The Streets Have No King JaQuavis Coleman
- Her Secret Life Tiffany WarrenTiffany Warren
- Dangerous Consequences Lisa Renee Johnson
- Finding Gideon (Series) Eric Jerome Dickey
- Boss Tracy Brown
- Cranes In the Sky Keisha Ervin
- The Words I Didn’t Say 2 Tamika Newhouse and Justin Q. Young
- Black President: The World Will Never Be The Same Brenda Hampton
- Sincerely the Boss Wahida Clark
- Lust Victoria Christopher Murray
- Man On the Run Carl Weber
- The Mark Kiki Swinson
- Black Privilege: Opportunity Comes to Those that Create It Charlamagne Tha God
- Revenge of the Mistress Cydney Rax
- Copycat Kimberla Lawson Roby
- The Banks Sisters III (Series) Nikki Turner
- Wives, Fiances, and Side Chicks of Hotlanta Sheree WhitfieldSheree Whitfield
- Secrets of a Jewel Juliet C. (Juju)
I definitely want to read Tiffany Haddish’s book that’s on the top of the TBR!