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Books like Harlem

24 titles for readers of Harlem by C. N. Phillips, selected for shared themes: Urban & Street Lit and African American & Black.

Urban & Street Lit African American & Black Fiction

Top related books to Harlem

A diverse selection of titles that share the core themes and atmosphere of Harlem.

Brooklyn — C. N. Phillips

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black

Passing — Nella Larsen

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black

Influence — Carl Weber

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black

Duffle Bag Cartel 6 — Ghost

Duffle Bag Cartel 6

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black

Mafia Princess — Joy Deja King

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black

A Lifetime of Seasons — Sahara Ford

A Lifetime of Seasons

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black

Carl Weber’s Kingpins: Jamaica — Racquel Williams

Carl Weber’s Kingpins: Jamaica

Racquel Williams

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black

Pimpology The 7 Isms of the Game — Manny Fresh

Pimpology The 7 Isms of the Game

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black

Murder Mamas — Ashley

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black

Stackin’ Paper Part 6… Money In The Grave — Joy Deja King

Stackin’ Paper Part 6… Money In The Grave

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black

Shetani’s Sister — Iceberg Slim

Shetani’s Sister

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black

Get It Girls A Harlem Girl Lost Novel — Treasure Blue

Get It Girls A Harlem Girl Lost Novel

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black

The Ultimate Sacrifice 4 A Gangster’s Prayer — Anthony Fields

The Ultimate Sacrifice 4 A Gangster’s Prayer

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black

Queen Hustlaz Part 2 — Falicia Love

Queen Hustlaz Part 2

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black

Blood, Sweat & Payback — Wahida Clark

Blood, Sweat & Payback

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black

Young Gunz — Al-Saadiq Banks

Al-Saadiq Banks

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black

The Walls of Jericho — Rudolph Fisher

The Walls of Jericho

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black

Scheming for Love — Blake Karrington

Scheming for Love

Blake Karrington

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black

Uptown Thief — Aya de León

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black

Street Tales A Street Lit Anthology — Wahida Clark

Street Tales A Street Lit Anthology

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black

Boss Lady A Novel — Omar Tyree

Boss Lady A Novel

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black

Can’t Stop — Clifford “Spud” Johnson

Can’t Stop — Clifford “Spud” Johnson

Clifford "Spud" Johnson

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black

Cry Revenge — Donald Goines

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black

Carl Weber’s Kingpins: Detroit — Ms. Michel Moore

Carl Weber’s Kingpins: Detroit

Ms. Michel Moore

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Harlem by C. N. Phillips. Connected by Urban & Street Lit, African American & Black. Authors featured include C. N. Phillips, Nella Larsen, Carl Weber, Ghost, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.

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