Lover Man
by Geneva Holliday

After a short and steamy courtship, Crystal leaves her son's father and her sometime lover Neville for Claude Justine. Meanwhile, on the prowl for someone who can give her what she wants, the way she wants it, Karma falls for the cocky and irresistible C.J. Geneva listens to both women's tales, failing to make the connection between the two men. But when Claude's web of lies starts to unravel, the truth is even more outrageous than any of them could have imagined.

Palace Council
by Stephen L. Carter

Philmont Castle is a man who has it all. He's the last person you'd expect to be murdered, but his body is found at a Harlem mansion by young writer Eddie Wesley, who with the woman he loves, Aurelia Treene, is pulled into a twenty-year search for the truth. The disappearance of Eddie's sister June makes their investigation even more troubling. As Eddie and Aurelia uncover layers of intrigue, their odyssey takes them from the wealthy drawing rooms of New York through the shady corners of radical politics all the way to the Oval Office and President Nixon.

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Satchel
by Larry Tye

He is that rare American icon who has never been captured in a biography worthy of him. Now, at last, here is the superbly researched, spellbindingly told story of athlete, showman, philosopher, and boundary breaker Leroy "Satchel" Paige. More than a fascinating account of a baseball odyssey, Larry Tye's Satchel rewrites our history of the integration of the sport, with Satchel Paige in a starring role.

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The State of Jones
Written by Sally Jenkins and John Stauffer
Read by Don Leslie

New York Times bestselling author Sally Jenkins and distinguished Harvard professor John Stauffer mine a nearly forgotten piece of Civil War history and strike gold in this surprising account of the only Southern county to secede from the Confederacy. The State of Jones is a true story of farmer Newton Knight of Jones County, Mississippi, who led his neighbors, white and black alike, in an insurrection against the Confederacy at the height of the Civil War.

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Step by Step
by Bertie Bowman

A great American story of an ordinary man who is living an extraordinary life, Step by Step is the inspiring personal account of Bertie Bowman's remarkable rise from farmer's son in the Jim Crow South to Hearing Coordinator for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in the U.S. Capitol, a hard working soul who overcame challenges and experienced the rewards of a life of service, and who looked for the best in people and always found it.

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The Thing Around Your Neck
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie burst onto the literary scene with her remarkable debut novel, Purple Hibiscus. Now, in her most intimate and seamlessly crafted work to date, she turns her penetrating eye on not only Nigeria but America, in twelve dazzling stories that explore the ties that bind men and women, parents and children, Africa and the United States. Searing and profound, suffused with beauty, sorrow, and longing, these stories map, with Adichie's signature emotional wisdom, the collision of two cultures and the deeply human struggle to reconcile them.

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Too Much of a Good Thing Ain't Bad
by Clarence Nero

In this sequel to Three Sides to Every Story, Clarence Nero takes us into a powerful story about fraternities, family, and college drama. When Hurricane Katrina lays waste to their beloved Ninth Ward, Johnny and James are forced to begin a new chapter in Washington DC. For Johnny, this means finally pursuing his dream of becoming a student at historic Wheatley College. James soon joins him there but the strong connection that brought them together in prison is strained by the pressures of their new lives.