Street fiction / urban fiction

The King family is on the political rise in New York City, but must weather the violent storm wrought by their darkest secrets.

Shane Allison is more daring than any other gay writer today, and he pushes the boundaries further than anyone else.

A gritty mystery set against the backdrop of New York's hip-hop music culture: "e;A real page-turner.

An erotic drama about four sexy couples and one swingers' club where their fantasies and nightmares collide.

Finding the Black Lotus murderer is Detective Wolf's chance to avoid an Internal Affairs investigation.

The author of Got returns with another suspenseful work of "e;gritty street noir"e; (Publishers Weekly).

The posthumous novel from legendary Queens rapper Mazaradi Fox, who was once a member of 50 Cent's G-Unit crew.

The first title from The Armory, a new high-quality urban noir imprint edited by Kenji Jasper.

Climbing the corporate ladder has never been easieror more exhausting.

This novel of a young lesbian addict in '90s NYC "e;recalls Naked Lunch"e; with "e;dreamy, impressionistic, and rapturous"e; prose-"e;an ecstatic love story"e; (Publishers Weekly).

A girl comes of age in the radical 1960s in this "e;beautifully written"e; novel by the groundbreaking author of The Women's Room (Kate Mosse).

É um livro sobre adolescentes sem família que vivem em um orfanato, onde se estabelecem relações de poder entre eles, um desafio diário à sobrevivência.

Collection of several urban tales.

Finalist of the 2023 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction'Told in a rich array of voices, this gorgeously written debut explores the myriad syncopations of love and desire' Celeste Ng, author of Little Fires Everywhere'Beautifully and cleverly written.

THE CARTER WOMEN DON'T FOLLOW THE RULES: THEY MAKE THEM.

Discover Michael Ondaatje's debut novel, 'a beautifully detailed story, perhaps the finest jazz novel ever written' Sunday TimesBased on the life of cornet player Buddy Bolden, one of the legendary jazz pioneers of turn-of-the-twentieth-century New Orleans, Coming Through Slaughter is an extraordinary recreation of a remarkable musical life and a tragic conclusion.

Set in urban Manchester, Running Scared is a nerve-shredding thriller by bestselling author Mandasue Heller.

Dark and gritty, Witness is a heart-pounding thriller set in Manchester by bestselling author Mandasue Heller.

Winner of the Booker PrizeWinner of 'Book of the Year' and 'Debut of the Year' at the British Book AwardsThe Million-Copy BestsellerA heart-wrenchingly moving novel set in Glasgow during the Thatcher years, Shuggie Bain tells the story of a boy's doomed attempt to save his proud, alcoholic mother from her addiction.

The Times Top Ten BestsellerA Granta Best of Young British Novelist'Trainspotting for a new generation' - Independent'An instant Scottish classic' - The Skinny2005.

In 1985, years before American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis shocked, stunned and disturbed the world with his debut novel, Less Than Zero.

Short Stories from the Jazz Age is a collection of F.

One of the defining novels of Jazz Age literature, Carl Van Vechten's Firecrackers encapsulates the extravagance and freedom of New York City in the Roaring 20s.

Witty, sharp, and confident, Emma McChesney is a fierce heroine.

Handsome mechanics, struggling actresses, unhappy couples, and seemingly successful businessmen, Gigolo is an Edna Ferber short story collection that recounts the quiet private lives of everyday Americans.

A collection of short stories by the infamously witty Jazz Age writer and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Edna Ferber, including Buttered Side Down, Cheerful - By Request, Half Portions, and Gigolo.

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Edna Ferber, this collection of short stories features the tales of many brave, charming women who will stay with you long after you've set this volume down.

This volume contains all three books in Edna Ferber's comedic Emma McChesney trilogy.

Emma McChesney & Co.

Hardworking and stylish, Edna Ferber's much-loved Emma McChesney returns in this sequel to Roast Beef, Medium.

A seminal short story collection containing 12 humorous and dark tales from the prominent Jazz Age author, Edna Ferber.

Centring on the Lorimer sisters, who open a photography business after the death of their father, The Romance of a Shop offers a vivid portrait of women determined to achieve independence in a society that offers them few options.

"e;Youth and the Bright Medusa"e; is a 1920 collection of short stories by Willa Cather.

"e;The Grandchildren of the Ghetto"e; is a 1892 novel by British author Israel Zangwill (1864-1926).

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

John Dos Passos' ground breaking novel Manhattan Transfer is a landmark literary achievement.

John Dos Passos' ground breaking novel Manhattan Transfer is a landmark literary achievement.

North and South is a novel that exposed Victorian inequalities.

The events in Old New York are set in the same New York as Wharton's The Age of Innocence, making this a prequel.

Dubliners is a collection of 15 short stories by James Joyce.

The Age of Innocence is set in upper class New York City in the 1870s, and centers on an upper class couple's impending marriage, and the introduction of a woman plagued by scandal whose presence threatens their happiness.

Mervyn begins to get sick, and fearing a forced trip to the hospital (a death trap), he decides to hide himself in the old Welbeck mansion.

James Weldon Johnson's landmark novel is an emotionally gripping and poignant look into race relations.

Babbitt is professionally successful as a realtor.

This riveting novel tells of the seduction of a British schoolgirl by a dashing soldier, John Montraville, who brings her to America and there abandons her, pregnant and ill.

Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp Murry was a prominent modernist writer of short fiction who was born and brought up in colonial New Zealand and wrote under the pen name of Katherine Mansfield.

Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist follows the life of a young man by the name of Carwin as he realizes his biloquial, ventriloquist, talents.

It is one of several nineteenth-century novels which uncovers the changes in women's work in the new industrial era, as well as the dilemmas, tensions, and the meaning of that work.

'Ulysses' takes place in a single day, 16 June 1904, also known as Bloomsday, it sets the characters and incidents of the Odyssey of Homer in modern Dublin and represents Odysseus (Ulysses), Penelope and Telemachus in the characters of Leopold Bloom, his wife Molly Bloom and Stephen Dedalus, and contrasts them with their lofty models.