23 New Books by Black Women You Should Add to Your Reading List

A black spy operating during the heart of the Cold War? Sign us up. The novel centers around Marie Mitchell, a US intelligence officer sent to Burkina Faso to undermine Thomas Sankara, a revolutionary president with communist ideologies. She spends a year getting close to the president, but what she finds out in the process surprises her. American Spy promises to be a riveting thriller — one you won't be able to put down.