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Street Lit (aka Urban Lit, Ghetto Lit)
"What is a street lit novel? The telltale signs usually include a shut-your-mouth title, straightforward sentences, vast amounts of drugs, sex and rap music and varying degrees of crime and punishment. An exemplary tale is a mixture of foul language, flying bullets, fast cars, a flood of drugs, fallen angels and high-priced frippery. It venerates grams over grammar, sin over syntax, excess over success." -The Washington Post
Related Genres
African-American Interest
African-American Romances
Mean Streets
Mixed Singles/Doubles/etc.
Sistahs
Authors & Titles
- 50 Cent: G Unit series

- Baby Brother (with Noire)

- Blow (with K'Wan)

- Death Before Dishonor (with Nikki Turner)

- Derelict (with Relentless Aaron)

- Harlem Heat (with Mark Anthony)

- The Ski Mask Way (with K Elliott)

- Aaron, Relentless: Burning Desire

- Aaron, Relentless: Extra-Marital Affairs

- Aaron, Relentless: Lady First

- Aaron, Relentless: The Last Kingpin

- Aaron, Relentless: Platinum Dolls

- Aaron, Relentless: Push

- Aaron, Relentless: Seems Like You're Ready

- Aaron, Relentless: Single With Benefits

- Aaron, Relentless: Sugar Daddy

- Aaron, Relentless: Topless

- Aaron, Relentless: Triple Threat

- Around the Way Girls (by La Jill Hunt & Angel Hunter)

- Around the Way Girls 2 (by La Jill Hunt & Thomas Long)

- Around the Way Girls 3 (by Pat Tucker, Thomas Long, & Alisha Yvonne)

- Around the Way Girls 4 (by La Jill Hunt, Dwayne Joseph, & Roy Glenn)

- Artemis, Black: Burn

- Artemis, Black: Explicit Content

- Artemis, Black: Picture Me Rollin'

- Backstage (edited by Nikki Turner)

- Baker, T.M.: Sheisty series

- Sheisty

- Still Sheisty

- Banks, Al-Saadiq: Caught 'em Slippin'

- Banks, Al-Saadiq: True 2 Life Street series

- Block Party

- No Exit

- Sincerely Yours

- Blue, Treasure: Harlem Girl Lost

- Branch, Leah: China Doll

- Brandie: Don't Hate the Player

- Brown, Tracy: Black

- Brown, Tracy: Criminal Minded

- Brown, Tracy: Dime Piece

- Brown, Tracy: Snapped

- Brown, Tracy: White Lines

- Buckley, Michelle: Trippin'

- Camm, Meisha: Mistress

- Carmine, D.D.: The Cartel's Daughter

- Carter, Quentin: Amongst Thieves

- Carter, Quentin: Contagious

- Carter, Quentin: Hoodwinked

- Carter, Quentin: In Cahootz

- Carter, Quentin: Stained Cotton

- Chocolate, White: Sex in the Hood series
- Sex in the Hood

- Sex in the Hood 2

- Christmas in the Hood (edited by Nikki Turner)

- Chunichi: Ceazia series

- A Gangster's Girl

- Married to the Game

- The Return of a Gangster's Girl

- Clark, Wahida: Payback is a Mutha

- Clark, Wahida: Thugs series

- Thugs and the Women Who Love Them

- Every Thug Needs a Lady

- Thug Matrimony

- Thug Lovin'

- Clayton, Debra: Fallen Star

- Clayton, Debra: Rap Superstar

- Covington, Michael: Chances

- Cream (T.N. Baker, Tu-Shonda Whitaker, and Danielle Santiago)

- D.: Got series

- Got

- Cake

- DeBrew, Darrell J.: Keisha

- DeBrew, Darrell J.: Stacy

- Dejon: Ice Cream For Freaks

- Denby, Joolz: Billie Morgan

- Desiree, Dawn: Sunshine & Rain

- Diamond, De'nesha & Mink, Meesha: Bentley Manor series

- Desperate Hoodwives

- Ervin, Keisha: Chyna Black

- Ervin, Keisha: Hold U Down

- Ervin, Keisha: Me and My Boyfriend

- Ervin, Keisha: Mina's Joint

- Ervin, Keisha: Torn

- Eubanks, Sabrina: Karma series

- Karma

- Karma II

- Fifty Cent (see 50 Cent above)
- The Game: Short Stories About the Life

- Gangi, Theo: Bang Bang

- Gardner, TL: The Protector

- Gayle, Kiniesha: King of Spades

- Gigolos Get Lonely Too (edited by Roy Glenn)

- Girls From Da Hood (edited by Roy Glenn)

- Girls From Da Hood 2 (edited by Roy Glenn)

- Girls From Da Hood 3 (edited by Mark Anthony)

- Givens, David: Betrayed

- Glenn, Roy: Crime of Passion

- Glenn, Roy: Drug Related

- Glenn, Roy: Is It a Crime?

- Glenn, Roy: MOB

- Glenn, Roy: Outlaw

- Glenn, Roy: Payback

- Goines, Donald: Black Gangster

- Goines, Donald: Black Girl Lost

- Goines, Donald: Daddy Cool

- Goines, Donald: Dopefiend

- Goines, Donald: Eldorado Red

- Goines, Donald: Inner City Hoodlum

- Goines, Donald: Kenyatta series

- Crime Partners

- Cry Revenge

- Death List

- Kenyatta's Escape

- Kenyatta's Last Hit

- Goines, Donald: Never Die Alone

- Goines, Donald: Street Players

- Goines, Donald: Swamp Man

- Goines, Donald: White Man's Justice, Black Man's Grief

- Goines, Donald: Whoreson

- Gray, Erick S.: Booty Call

- Gray, Erick S.: Ghetto Heaven

- Gray, Erick S.: It's Like Candy

- Gray, Erick S.: Money Power Respect

- Gray, Erick S.: Nasty Girls

- Hall, Reginald L.: In Love With a Thug

- Hampton, Brenda M.: How Can I Be Down

- Hampton, Brenda M.: No Justice, No Peace

- Hampton, Brenda: Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right

- Hatter, Alastair J.: Dee Dee Davis series
- It's On and Poppin'

- The Baddest Chick

- Holmes, Shannon: B-More Careful

- Holmes, Shannon: Bad Girlz

- Holmes, Shannon: Never Go Home Again

- Hunt, La Jill: Drama Queen series
- Drama Queen

- No More Drama

- Hunt, La Jill: Old Habits Die Hard

- Hunt, La Jill: Shoulda Woulda Coulda

- Hunter, Angel: Fakin' It

- Jackson, Brenda: Playas series

- The Playa's Handbook

- No More Playas

- JaQuavis, Ashley: Diary of a Street Diva

- JaQuavis, Ashley: Dirty Money

- JaQuavis, Ashley: Supreme Clientele

- Jasper, Kenji: Seeking Salamanca Mitchell

- Jihad: Baby Girl

- Jihad: Riding Rhythm

- Jihad: Street Life

- Johnson, Keith Lee: Hell Has No Fury

- Johnson, Keith Lee: The Honeymoon is Over

- Johnson, Keith Lee: Johnnie Wise series
- Little Black Girl Lost

- Little Black Girl Lost 2

- Little Black Girl Lost 3

- Johnson, Pamela M.: From a Hard Rock to a Gem

- Johnson, Stephanie: Desperate Sisters

- Johnson, Stephanie: Married to the Badge

- Johnson, Stephanie: Rockin' Robin

- Jones: Antonne M.: The Family

- Jones, Solomon: The Bridge

- Jones, Solomon: Pipe Dream

- Jones, Solomon: Ride or Die

- Joseph, Dwayne: In Too Deep

- Joy: Dollar Bill

- Joy: If I Ruled the World

- Joy: Mama, I'm in Love...with a Gangsta

- Kaharo, Asante: Homo Thug

- King, Darrell: Dirty South

- King, Darrell: How Do You Want It

- King, Deja: Bitch series

- Bitch

- Bitch Reloaded

- The Bitch is Back

- Queen Bitch

- Knight, Dakota: Biker Chick

- Knight, Dakota: Sola

- K'wan: Eve

- K'wan: Gangsta series
- Gangsta

- Gutter

- K'wan: Hood Rat series
- Hood Rat

- Still Hood

- Section 8

- K'wan: Hoodlum

- K'wan: Road Dawgz

- K'wan: Street Dreams

- Langhorne, Karyn: Street Level

- Lennox, Lisa: Crack Head

- Lindsay, Tony: Chasin' It

- Lindsay, Tony: Street Possession

- Long, Thomas: Cash Rules

- Long, Thomas: Papa Don't Preach

- Long, Thomas: A Thug's Life

- Lynch, Tanika: Whore


- Madlock, Felicia: Back on the Block

- Madlock, Felicia: Sins of the Father

- Martin, Victor L.: For the Strength of You

- Martin, Victor L.: A Hood Legend

- Martin, Victor L.: Menage's Way

- Mayer, Deborah: Love & Loyalty

- McCaulsky, Marlon: Pink Palace series
- The Pink Palace

- The Pink Palace II

- McNair, Ed: Black series
- My Time To Shine

- Black Reign

- McNair, Ed: The Hood Rats

- McNeal, Mallori: Amina series

- A Down Chick

- The Set Up

- Miasha: Celess series

- Secret Society

- Never Enough

- Mink, Meesha & Diamond, De'nesha: Bentley Manor series

- Desperate Hoodwives

- Monay, Michelle: Hood Richest

- Moore, Shavon: Baby Girl series

- Baby Girl

- Baby Girl II

- Moore, Shavon: Ecstasy

- Moore, Y. Blak: The Apostles

- Moore, Y. Blak: Triple Take

- Noire: Candy Licker

- Noire: G-Spot

- Noire: Hood

- Noire: Thong on Fire

- Noire: Thug-A-Licious

- Parker, Che: The Tragic Flaw

- Poole, Jason: Larceny

- Prince, Leondrei: Bloody Money

- Price-Thompson, Tracy: Gather Together in My Name

- Ptah, Heru: A Hip-Hop Story

- Ray, Brian: South Side Dreams

- Racheal, Christine: Trickery series

- Trickery

- Trickery Part 2

- Rechella: Players Got Played

- Riley, Cole: Guilty as Sin

- Riley, Cole: Harlem Confidential

- Rivera, Jeff: Forever My Lady

- Rivers, A.J.: Cash Money

- Robbins, Will: Ice

- Russell, Trista: Going Broke

- Sanders, Mike: Hu$tlin' Backwards

- Santiago, Danielle: Grindin'

- Santiago, Danielle: Little Ghetto Girl

- Scott, Lena: O.G.

- Shakur, Sanyika: T.H.U.G. L.I.F.E.

- Sher, Sheri: Mercedes Ladies

- Slim, Iceberg: Trick Baby

- Smith, Meta: Queen of Miami

- Smith, Meta: The Rolexxx Club

- Souljah, Sister: The Coldest Winter Ever

- Souljah, Sister: Midnight: A Gangster Love Story

(NOTE: The main characteer of Midnight first appeared in The Coldest Winter Ever)
- Steffans, Karrine: Vixen series
- Confessions of a Video Vixen

- The Vixen Diaries

- Street Love (anthology)

- Stringer, Vickie M.: Dirty Red series
- Dirty Red

- Still Dirty

- Dirtier Than Ever

- Stringer, Vickie M.: Pamela/Carmen series
- Let That Be the Reason

- Imagine This

- Styles, T.: Black and Ugly

- Styles, T.: A Hustler's Son

- Sullivan, Leo: Dangerous

- Sullivan, Leo: Innocent

- Sullivan, Leo: Life

- Swinson, Kiki: Wifey series

- Wifey

- I'm Still Wifey

- Tales From Da Hood (edited by Nikki Turner)

- Teague, Kwame: The Adventures of Ghetto Sam and the Glory of My Demise

- Tucker, Pat: The Hook Up

- Turner, Nikki: The Glamorous Life

- Turner, Nikki: Hustler's Wife series
- A Hustler's Wife

- Forever a Hustler's Wife

- Turner, Nikki: A Project Chick

- Turner, Nikki: Relapse

- Turner, Nikki: Riding Dirty on I-95

- The Urban Griot (pseudonym for Omar Tyree): Cold Blooded

- The Urban Griot (pseudonym for Omar Tyree): One Crazy-Ass Night

- Walker, Sherrie: Mistress of the Game

- Washington, Jesse: Black Will Shoot

- Whitaker, Tu-Shonda L.: Game series

- Flipside of the Game

- Game Over

- White, Cynthia: Queen Aaron series
- Queen

- Always a Queen

- Williams, K. Roland: Cut Throat

- Williams, Kashamba: At the Court's Mercy

- Williams, Kashamba: Blinded

- Williams, Kashamba: Driven

- Williams, Kashamba: Grimey

- Womble, Tiffany: Liquid Dreams

- Woods, Teri: Alibi

- Woods, Teri: Deadly Reigns

- Woods, Teri: Dutch series

- Dutch

- Dutch II: Angel's Revenge

- Woods, Teri: True to the Game series
- True to the Game

- True to the Game II

- True to the Game III

- Woodward, Solon Timothy: Cadillac Orpheus

- Yvonne, Alisha: Naughty Girls

- Zane: Addicted

- Zane: Afterburn

- Zane: The Heat Seekers

- Zane: Nervous

- Zane: The Sex Chronicles

- Zane: The Sex Chronicles II: Gettin' Buck Wild

- Zane: Shame On It All

- Zane: The Sisters of APF

- Zane: Skyscraper

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