Street Lit

Urban fiction, also known as Street lit, is a literary genre set, as the name implies, in a city landscape. Urban fiction was is a genre written mostly by African Americans. In his famous essay “The Souls of Black Folk,” W. E. B. Du Bois discussed how a veil separated the African American community from the outside world.

The Coldest Winter Ever (The Coldest Winter Ever, #1)
True to the Game (True to the Game #1)
The Cartel (The Cartel, #1)
The Cartel 3: The Last Chapter (The Cartel, #3)
Flyy Girl (Flyy Girl, #1)
Animal (Animal, #1)
The Cartel 2: Tale of the Murda Mamas (The Cartel, #2)
Thugs and the Women Who Love Them (Thug #1)
Monster: A Story About Crime, Justice, and Life on Trial
Ethic
Whoreson: The Story of a Ghetto Pimp
The Prada Plan (The Prada Plan, #1)
Payback Is a Mutha (Payback #1)
The First Part Last (Heaven, #2)
Wifey (Wifey, #1)
Bankroll Squad by David WeaverThe Lipstick Clique 2 by David Weaver
#TBRS Urban Fiction Classics
2 books — 1 voter
Shyt List by ReignPitbulls In A Skirt by Mikal MaloneRaunchy by T. StylesShyt List 2 by ReignShyt List 3 by Reign
The Cartel Publications Novels
47 books — 9 voters

Coconut Water and Rum by Vivienna KhaanSummertime with a Kingpin by LakiaIt's the Coconut Oil by Vivienna KhaanRai & Zenova by Mila S.JAddicted to the Drama 1-3 by Jamila
It's the book Baes for me!
12 books — 1 voter

A River Moves Forward by Selena HaskinsMaster's Plan, The by Stephany TullisRiding the Waves by Selena HaskinsTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonAt the End of the Line by Abby L. Vandiver
Best African American Fiction
119 books — 102 voters
Long Way Down by Jason ReynoldsAmerican Street by Ibi ZoboiThe Poet X by Elizabeth AcevedoWise Young Fool by Sean BeaudoinThe Bully by Paul Langan
Teen Street Lit @PCPLD
66 books — 2 voters

Iceberg Slim
I want to say at the outset that I have become ill, insane, as an inmate of the torture chamber behind America's fake facade of justice and democracy. But I am not as ill as I was, and I am getting better all time. ...more
Iceberg Slim

T. Styles
Keep The Drama In Your Books, Not Your Life." - The Cartel Publications. ...more
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In this bookclub, we will read from urban authors. Old and new titles.
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