Urban Fiction, or Street Lit, share the socio-economic realities and culture of its characters in a city landscape. Profanity, sex, and violence are usually explicit and it is common that authors of this genre draw upon their own past experiences to inform their stories. Here are several ways to easily find and check out urban fiction reading recommendations with your IndyPL library card.
1. Borrow e-books or downloadable audiobooks.
Browse urban fiction lists from OverDrive to find e-books and downloadable audiobooks. If you have never borrowed from OverDrive before, both OverDrive app directions and OverDrive browser directions are available as well as an OverDrive video tutorial and access to Overdrive Support.
2. Make a selection from this list of urban fiction authors.
Ashley
Bianca
Mz. (Mz Biggs) Biggs
ReShonda Tate Billingsley
Anna Black
Mia Black
Nikki Brown
Tracy Brown
Ben Burgess Jr.
Latoya Chandler
Wahida Clark
Brandie Davis
De’nesha Diamond
Eric Jerome Dickey
Donald Goines
Treasure Hernandez
Trice Hickman
Honey
La Jill Hunt
India
Anna J.
3. Get reading recommendations from Library staff.
4. Use your Library card to login to Novelist Plus.
On Novelist Plus you’ll find reading recommendations, read-alikes, series lists, reviews, and lists of award-winning books. Browse the Novelist Plus Urban Fiction category.
5. Find a book discussion near you!
You are invited to join in one of our many in-person or online book discussions that take place several times each month. In our book discussion groups we read and talk about both fiction and non-fiction books. We express our opinions (both likes and dislikes!) with other avid readers in the city.
- Event: BYO Book: A Different Kind of Book Club
- Date & Time: Tuesday, November 04, 6:00pm
- Location: Central Library
- Description: Join a community of readers for an evening of reading and talking about books. There is no assigned book – just bring your current read and let’s chat!
- No Registration Required.
- Event: Adult Book Discussion at Glendale – Tuesday Night Readers
- Date & Time: Tuesday, November 04, 6:30pm
- Location: Glendale Branch
- Description: The book to be discussed is “Freshwater” by Akwaeke Emezi.
- No Registration Required.
- Event: Virtual Author Talk: Community, Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity
- Date & Time: Wednesday, November 05, 2:00pm
- Location: Online
- Description: You’re invited to learn from journalist and author Joseph Lee as he chats online with us about his stirring memoir, “Nothing More of This Land: Community, Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity.”
- Register Here
Need help?
Need more help? Ask a Library staff member at any of our locations or call, text or email Ask-a-Librarian. Additionally, the Tinker Station helpline at (317) 275-4500 is also available. It is staffed by device experts who can answer questions about how to read, watch and listen on a PC, tablet or phone.