From Ms. Tina Knowles to activist Tamika Mallory, these seven Black authors are dropping books that need to be on your spring reading list.

Zane, the pioneering Black erotica author, self-published her first work 'The Sex Chronicles' before becoming a 'New York Times' bestselling.

Her other works include "Ugly Ways," "The Hand I Fan With," "You Know Better," and many others. In 2008, alongside her late husband, fellow creative and award-winning filmmaker Joneè, "Baby of the Family" was adapted into a feature film. He died in 2020.

Feast on this delicious excerpt from author Denene Millner's upcoming book, 'One Blood'

Here are some new erotic novels for women by Black authors to pick up when you have the house to yourself.

Here are some essential reads from Black authors about sex from BDSM and pornography to masochism and black sexuality.

The Days of Afrekete is a brilliant novel that explores how one’s life could have gone differently with one choice

Each one contains a book from a Black author as well as a generous amount of beauty and spa products.

The writing explores the pain of being without community in a society riddled with racism, homophobia and xenophobia.

Author Ibi Zoboi took Jane Austen’s classic Pride and Prejudice and rewrote it with all-Black characters

This book looks at how racism impacts a person not just on a psychological level but within the body.

Reading strengthens the brain, builds vocabulary, reduces stress and even helps folks sleep better at night