Street Fiction: Great Novels You Haven't Read Yet |
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- The Scene by Clarence Cooper
- A realistic portrayal of the urban world of drug pushers and narcotics dealers is set in a nameless city populated by dope fiends and prostitutes.
- End of a Primitive by Chester Himes
- A tough, down on his luck writer and a woman rapidly heading for a life of addiction share a doomed relationship.
- Easy Streets by Bill James
- When a criminal's house is firebombed, the precarious agreement between the police and the local underworld is shattered, forcing the police to handle increasingly violent cases involving competitive drug dealers.
- Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned by Walter Mosley
- After serving twenty-seven years in prison for killing two people in a drunken rage, tough ex-convict Socrates Fortlow lives in a tiny apartment in Watts, struggling to make sense of the violence in the world and in himself.
- Way Past Cool by Jess Mowry
- Living by a strict code of honor, two rival gangs on Oakland's tough streets find a common enemy in Derek, a drug dealer who cruises their neighborhood.
- Drama City by George Pelecanos
- Hoping to start over after serving time in prison, Lorenzo Brown returns to the neighborhood of his youth to take a job as a Humane Society officer, but find challenges from a local drug boss.
- High Hand by Gary Phillips
- A former showgirl turned mob courier, Martha Chainey is robbed of seven million dollars by thieves and given three days to recover the money or pay with her life.
- Everybody Smokes in Hell by John Ridley
- A young loser trying to make it in Hollywood finds his life descending into mayhem when a fortune in stolen drugs fall into his hands.
- Last Day by Richard Sears
- Left with a bullet lodged in his brain after the bust of an outlaw motorcycle club distributing methamphetamine, undercover cop Charlie Wolf begins to experience a series of psychotic episodes.
- The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow
- The lives of a DEA agent, a drug lord, a call girl, a hit man, and a priest intertwine around a nexus of the drug trade involving the Latin American drug cartels, the American underworld, and the U.S. government.
Fiction is arranged alphabetically by the author's last name. Please consult the online catalog or check with a librarian to verify location and availability.
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