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
Ethic
Rowan and Dominic (Changing The Game For You, #1)
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)
A Killing Moon by Alexis D. CraigCamp Pounce by Shai AugustQueens Of Beasts by Phoenix WilliamsSuga Hill by Tamika NewhouseI'm Not Dying with You Tonight by Kimberly   Jones
AAMBC 2020 Awards
6 books — 11 voters
A Butler Christmas by Rahiem BrooksOne Day You Will by Kristofer ClarkeProject Terror by Jamal LewisThe Take by L.   BrownDaisy Jones by Mack Mama
Best New Urban Fiction Authors
59 books — 59 voters

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
Bankroll Squad by David WeaverThe Lipstick Clique 2 by David Weaver
#TBRS Urban Fiction Classics
2 books — 1 voter

Iceberg Slim
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