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Urban Fiction Read-Alikes

When your favorite Sister Souljah or Ashley & JaQuavis aren't on the shelf, try these authors for more gritty crime and steamy romance in urban settings.

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Wifey 4 life
Kiki Swinson.

If you like the fast pace and crime-centered thrill of urban fiction, try Kiki Swinson

A cowboy kind of thing
Reese Ryan.

If you love the steamy romance you find in urban fiction, try Reese Ryan

Natural born liar
Noire.

If you love the steamy romance you find in urban fiction, try the author Noire

Heartbreaker
De'nesha Diamond, Erick S. Gray, Nichelle Walker.

If you read urban fiction for that gritty city life--one of its names is street lit, after all--try De'Nesha Diamond

Blood colony
Tananarive Due.

If you like your urban fiction with a touch of paranormal romance or suspenseful fantasy, try Tananarive Due (particularly the African Immortals series)

Like a Sister

If you like the crime-centered mystery aspect of urban fiction, try Kellye Garrett

Land of shadows
Rachel Howzell Hall.

If you like the crime-centered mystery aspect of urban fiction, try Rachel Howzell Hall

Devil in a blue dress
Walter Mosley.

If you like the crime-centered mystery aspect of urban fiction, try Walter Mosley

What you don't see
Tracy Clark.

If you like the fast pace and crime-centered thrill of urban fiction, try Tracy Clark

Bluebird, bluebird
Attica Locke.

If you like the fast pace and crime-centered thrill of urban fiction, try Attica Locke

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