Tina McElroy Ansa - Ugly Ways [FICTION ANSA]

• As three sisters prepare for their mother's funeral, her hovering spirit complains about their "ugly ways."

Venise Berry - So Good [FICTION BERRY]

• Three women rely on their friendship as they discover that finding Mr. Right does not solve all problems.

Connie Briscoe - Big Girls Don't Cry [FICTION BRISCOE]

• Naomi's disillusionment is turned around when two special people enter her life.

Bebe Moore Campbell - Brothers and Sisters [FICTION CAMPBELL]

• In post-riot L.A., a young banker grapples with issues of friendship, loyalty, romance and race.

Evelyn Coleman - What a Woman's Gotta Do [FICTION COLEMAN]

• When an Atlanta journalist sets out to uncover why her fiance did her wrong, she stumbles upon a plot that could devastate humanity.

Virginia DeBerry & Donna Grant - Tryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made [FICTION DEBERRY]

• Two childhood friends draw upon their shared past to rebuild their troubled lives.

Eric Jerome Dickey - Cheaters [FICTION DICKEY]

• California is a land of obvious pleasures for a group of upwardly-mobile young professionals, but also a world of duplicitous love.

Lolita Files - Scenes from a Sistah [FICTION FILES]

• Misty and Reesy know they can always count on each other to tell the truth and "manage the damage" as only they can.

Sheneska Jackson - Blessings [FICTION JACKSON]

• As beauty salon co-workers deal with issues of motherhood and men, they learn that a blessing to one is not necessarily good fortune to another.

Yoland Joe - He Say, She Say [FICTION JOE]

• In alternating voices, four single black Chicagoans offer a funny, candid look at the differences in the way men and women perceive each other.

Kristin Hunter Lattany - Kinfolks [FICTION LATTANY]

• As best friends Patrice and Cherry prepare for the marriage of their children, they are forced to reconcile with a shattering truth from their radical past.

Benilde Little - Good Hair [FICTION LITTLE]

• Sparks fly in the world of the black elite when a Newark girl meets an upper-crust Boston boy.

Marcus Major - Good Peoples [FICTION MAJOR]

• Myles Moore must figure out how to get the woman of his dreams to face up to what's so readily apparent to him: they're made for each other.

Diane McKinney-Whetstone - Tempest Rising [FICTION MCKINNEY-WHITSTONE ]

• After tragedy unravels their privileged lives in 1965, three Philadelphia sisters struggle to rebuild family relationships.

Roslyn McMillan - Blue Collar Blues [FICTION MCMILLAN]

• A brutal power struggle in the auto industry pits white collar against blue collar, and a fatal attraction between employees ends in murder.

Patty Rice - Somethin' Extra [FICTION RICE]

• A slew of bad relationships causes Genie Gatlin to believe men are good for only two things: their bank accounts and their bedroom skill.

Kimberla Lawson Roby - Here and Now [FICTION ROBY]

• Two sisters, different as night and day, are so hungry for what the other has that they are tearing their lives apart.

Delorys Welch-Tyson - Gingersnaps [FICTION WELCH-TYSON ]

• These six black baby boomer friends are gingersnaps -- spicy and hard, brown and bold -- women who refuse to let their cookies crumble when faced with a challenge.

Valerie Wilson Wesley - Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do [FICTION WESLEY]

• Playing by the old rules doesn't make much sense anymore to a not-quite-young sister whose stable world has turned upside down.

Van Whitfield - Something's Wrong with Your Scale [FICTION WHITFIELD]

• Determined to slim down and get his girlfriend back, Sonny joins the FutraSystem weight-loss center and meets a host of colorful characters, including a potential new love interest.