Invisible Man
A young Black man's search for identity takes him from the South to the streets of Harlem.
Books set in Harlem
From the Harlem Renaissance to today, the uptown heart of Black American literature, and some of the city's most important novels.
7 books in Harlem
Jazz
Love, jealousy and the music of the city, set in Jazz Age Harlem.
Passing
Two childhood friends reconnect in Harlem, one of whom has been passing as white.
Go Tell It on the Mountain
One Saturday in 1935, a fourteen-year-old preacher's stepson wrestles with faith and family.
Yes, Chef
From Ethiopia to Sweden to the top of New York's kitchens, and finally home to Harlem.
Harlem Shuffle
In early-1960s Harlem, a furniture salesman on 125th Street gets pulled into a heist of the Hotel Theresa by his crooked cousin.
Behold the Dreamers
A Cameroonian immigrant in Harlem lands a job driving a Lehman Brothers executive just as the 2008 financial crisis hits.