Urban Fiction

Urban fiction is also known as street lit or street fiction. It is written primarily by African-Americans and is as much defined by the socio-economic realities and culture of its characters as the urban setting. The tone for urban fiction is usually dark, focusing on the underside of city living. Profanity, sex, and violence are usually explicit, with the writer not shying away from or watering-down the material. Most authors of this genre draw upon their past experiences to depict their storylines


The Coldest Winter Ever (The Coldest Winter Ever, #1)
The Cartel (The Cartel, #1)
Moth to a Flame
The Hate U Give
True to the Game (True to the Game #1)
Flyy Girl (Flyy Girl, #1)
Ethic
Thugs and the Women Who Love Them (Thug #1)
Addicted
Capone (Season One: Delgato Family, #1)
The Cartel 2: Tale of the Murda Mamas (The Cartel, #2)
Capone II (Season one: Delgato Family, #2)
The Prada Plan (The Prada Plan, #1)
The Cartel 3: The Last Chapter (The Cartel, #3)
Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
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Derek   Chatman
Where you come from doesn’t decide who you become — what you choose to do under pressure does.
Derek Chatman, Southside Kings: A 5-BOOK URBAN CRIME SAGA

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Loyalty is a currency. Spend it wrong, and it’ll cost you everything.
Alonzo J. Crippen, The Monster Beside the Silence

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