Da Must Reads
Discover must-read urban fiction and gripping street lit classics in Da Must Reads—a curated book list featuring Sister Souljah's *The Coldest Winter Ever*, Omar Tyree's *Flyy Girl*, Mary Monroe, Zane, and Nikki Turner. From dramatic relationship sagas and hood classics like *True to the Game* and *A Hustler's Wife* to unforgettable tales of love, betrayal, and survival, this collection of fiction bestsellers is perfect for fans of authentic, page-turning African American literature. Explore top-rated novels and hidden gems that define the genre.
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Bad Girlz
by Shannon Holmes
Bad Girlz takes readers into the mysterious and often dangerous lives of young women who turn to the streets and strip clubs as a means of survival. These are the girls who, along the way, suffer bad breaks and find themselves ripe for exploitation by men and women who pretend to be their saviours. Holmes tells a page-turning story of sex, money and murder in the name of survival and reveals the many ways that good girls, trying to get by in desperate situations, become Bad Girlz.
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Flyy Girl
by Omar Tyree
As a young black woman motivated by material things, Tracey plunges into a world of violence, gratuitous sex, and lies, until heartbreak forces her to take a closer look at her own life, sexuality, and dreams.
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The Coldest Winter Ever
by Sister Souljah
Winter Santiaga, the daughter of one of Brooklyn's most powerful drug czars, uses her own weapons--including sex and an aggressive attitude--to stay on top, after her father's empire is threatened by a drug war. Reader's Guide included. Reprint.
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Whore
by Tanika Lynch
Kamone, having lived a life of prostitution, drugs, and hustling since her mother abandoned her, is set up to be raped and drugged, but is saved by Lucci, with whom she begins a relationship and tries to leave her old life behind.
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The Sex Chronicles
by Zane
A bold and captivating collection of stories that probes women’s darkest passions and pushes the boundaries of erotic fiction. Anyone who thinks that men are by nature more sexual than women or that African American women are especially inhibited hasn’t read Zane. Here, she presents an erotic read in three parts: Wild, Wilder, and Off Da Damn Hook. With a unique ability to tell it like it is—and also to tell it like it could be in your wildest dreams—Zane crafts stories about everyone from the sensual housewife who wants her husband to experiment more to a secret underground sorority of women that organizes some rather unconventional social events. By turns tender and outrageous, The Sex Chronicles is a pleasure from beginning to end.
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God Does Not Like Ugly
by Mary Monroe
"Frightened and ashamed, budding teenager Annette Goode, a shy, awkward, overweight girl hides the devastating secret that her mother's boarder has been sexually abusing her, until her life is changed forever by the beautiful and worldly Rhoda Nelson"--Publisher description.
