K Wan: 31 books

'It's the penthouse or the morgue.'' This is the philosophy adopted by Keshawn Wilson, a.k.a. ''K-Dawg,'' self-proclaimed lord of the streets. Keshawn is the youngest of five kids and one of only two that doesn't belong to his mother's husband. As a little boy he feels the distance between he and his...

For years, Lou-Loc - an efficient assassin and O.G. of the Crip organization - did dirt. After dancing on the razor's edge, he becomes weary of the street life that consumed him during his years of service to his set. He begins to wonder, Is there a better way to make a living? Lou-Loc and his sociopath...

"Top-notch street lit...one of the top urban fiction novels of the year." -- Library Journal Starred Review on Diamonds and Pearl 'K'wan does a masterful job of keeping readers on their toes right up to the very last page.' -- Publishers Weekly   The long awaited sequel to the...

K’wan, one of this generation’s most talented and gritty writers, delivers his bloodiest story yet. ANIMAL follows the infamous fugitive from K’wan’s best-known Hood Rat Series on a revenge mission from the rugged streets of Puerto Rico to the scene of the original crime, Harlem, NY. "One...

10,000-copy first printing (publishing simultaneously in hardcover, paperback, e-book, and audio). Akashic is simultaneously releasing this novella and 2 others (by JaQuavis Coleman and Miasha) to follow up H.N.I.C on the new Infamous Books imprint curated by multiplatinum rap star Prodigy...

The Leak is a complimentary short prequel story that leads into K'wan's hit novel, Welfare Wifeys. Learn how Animal got his start as a child of the streets, raised up by a man named Tech. Animal proves to be a quick study learning the game, but he's about to face the greatest test of all....

From the biggest names in urban fiction comes a collection of unforgettably hot short stories of urban love. Flirting with Disaster by Tracy Brown Chloe Webster is an around-the-way girl pursuing her journalism degree at Hunter College. Then she meets Trey, a handsome and well dressed...

In Wild Cherry by K'wan, Gina is married to a man who more than takes good care of her, but her life of luxury comes with a price that she's not sure she can pay anymore. Princess' man doesn't see her as any more than dollar signs—as long as she keeps using her body to bring in the stacks. When...

After the incredible success of Animal, K’wan is back with the second, bloody installment in the new Animal saga. Secrets are revealed, sides are chosen and bodies are dropped…it's on! The man ordered to take Animal from the world turns out to be the man who brought him into it. Animal...

He set out to be the good son, but the streets had a different plan. Born to one of the city's most notorious crime families, Shai Clark has always managed to be a good kid. A college hoops star, Shai shunned the world that his father had created and focused on his dreams of going pro. Tommy,...

#1 Essence bestselling author K’Wan returns with The Diamond Empire, the explosive, hard-hitting follow-up novel to the street love story Diamonds and Pearl. It’s about to be an all-out war. While an ambitious rival has taken over Diamonds’s crew, Diamonds lies in wait in exile, carefully...

From # 1 Essence best-selling Crime Novelist K'Wan comes a tale of forbidden love, high stakes murder and the robbery gone bad that set it all in motion, Diamonds and Pearl. They say that good girls like bad boys, and this was especially true for Pearl Stone. A child born of privilege to a...

Two lives . . . two paths . . . one tragic outcome. The Fix 2 is in and the game is afoot! The past few months have been a living hell for Persia. Seemingly overnight, she has fallen from grace and found herself scraping rock bottom, all in the name of two lovers—Chucky and cocaine. One was...

Love always comes with a price. After the murder of a dirty Los Angeles detective St. Louis Alexander aka Lou-Loc found himself a hunted man. Trying to stay one step ahead of the gas chamber he flees to New York to try and pick up the pieces of his life. Fate throws him a curveball when he meets Satin...