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Books like The Fugitivities

24 titles for readers of The Fugitivities by Jesse McCarthy, selected for shared themes: Urban & Street Lit, Coming of Age, African American & Black, and Family Life.

Urban & Street Lit Coming of Age African American & Black Family Life Fiction

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Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of The Fugitivities.

Brenton Brown — Alex Wheatle

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • Coming of Age • African American & Black

Everywhere You Don’t Belong — Gabriel Bump

Everywhere You Don’t Belong

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • Coming of Age • African American & Black

The Kid A Novel — Sapphire

The Kid A Novel

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • Coming of Age • African American & Black

House of Cars Book 1 Fairley High Series — Shelia E. Lipsey

House of Cars Book 1 Fairley High Series

Shelia E. Lipsey

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • Coming of Age • African American & Black

Wives, Fiancées, and Side-Chicks of Hotlanta — Sheree Whitfield

Wives, Fiancées, and Side-Chicks of Hotlanta

Sheree Whitfield

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • Coming of Age • African American & Black

And the Walls Came Down — Denise Da Costa

And the Walls Came Down

Denise Da Costa

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • Coming of Age • African American & Black

Love Don’t Live Here No More Book One of Doggy Tales — Snoop Dogg

Love Don’t Live Here No More Book One of Doggy Tales

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • Coming of Age • African American & Black

Fitting In Is Hard To Do: Book 2 — Heaven J. Fox

Fitting In Is Hard To Do: Book 2

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • Coming of Age • African American & Black

On the Come Up A Novel, Based on a True Story — Hannah Weyer

On the Come Up A Novel, Based on a True Story

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • Coming of Age • African American & Black

Quicksand and Passing — Nella Larsen

Quicksand and Passing

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • Coming of Age • African American & Black

Jada’s Diary From Growing Pains to Found Promise — Jo Cabey

Jada’s Diary From Growing Pains to Found Promise

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • Coming of Age • African American & Black

Wings of Red — James W. Jennings

James W. Jennings

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • Coming of Age • African American & Black

White Lines — Tracy Brown

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • Coming of Age • African American & Black

The Syndicate 2 Carl Weber Presents — Brick

The Syndicate 2 Carl Weber Presents

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Family Life

False Idols A Reluctant King Novel — K’wan

False Idols A Reluctant King Novel — K’wan

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Family Life

Black Girls Must Die Exhausted A Novel — Jayne Allen

Black Girls Must Die Exhausted A Novel

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Family Life

Amber Eyes — Donuelle-Iman

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Family Life

Stories I Wouldn’t Tell Nobody But God Out of Fear Nobody But God Would Understand — Rasheed Clark

Stories I Wouldn’t Tell Nobody But God Out of Fear Nobody But God Would Understand

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Family Life

Black Girls Must Have it All A Novel — Jayne Allen

Black Girls Must Have it All A Novel

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Family Life

The Dirty Divorce, Part 4 — Miss KP

The Dirty Divorce, Part 4

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Family Life

A Hustler’s Son II Live Or Die in New York (The Cartel Publications Presents) — T. Styles

A Hustler’s Son II Live Or Die in New York (The Cartel Publications Presents)

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Family Life

The Comedown A Novel — Rebekah Frumkin

The Comedown A Novel

Rebekah Frumkin

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Family Life

Shuggie Bain — Douglas Stuart

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • Coming of Age • Family Life

The Color of Family A Novel — Jerry McGill

The Color of Family A Novel

Themes: Urban & Street Lit • African American & Black • Family Life

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Urban & Street Lit, Coming of Age, African American & Black — the same threads that run through The Fugitivities by Jesse McCarthy. Among the authors featured: Alex Wheatle, Gabriel Bump, Sapphire, Shelia E. Lipsey, and others.

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