Nikki Turner

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  • Bibliography:
    32 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    August 2003
  • Latest Book:
    June 2017
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Full Series List in Order

Banks Sisters

1 - The Banks Sisters (Feb-2015)
2 - Banks Sisters 2 (Feb-2016)
3 - The Banks Sisters 3 (Feb-2017)

Glamorous Life

1 - The Glamorous Life (May-2005)
2 - All That Glitters Isn't Gold (Nov-2013)

Street Chronicles

A Woman's Work (Oct-2011)

Unique

2 - Betrayal (Dec-2012)
3 - Revenge (Dec-2012)
4 - Love and Lies (Dec-2013)
5 - Secrets Revealed (Jan-2014)

Multi-Author Series List

Carl Weber's Kingpins

1 - Miami (Oct-2015)

Book List in Order: 32 titles

  • A Hustler's Wife

    Yarni, a sweet and innocent girl from a well-to-do family, by chance meets Richmond's notorious drug kingpin, Des. The spark between them immediately blossoms into an astronomical love, which separates Yarni from her family and friends. But when Des ...

  • A Project Chick

    In the 10th anniversary of A Project Chick’s original release, Nikki Turner, the New York Times Bestselling author, will take readers back to where it all began. This is A Project Chick exactly as it was written and edited 10 years ago, just as aut...

  • The Glamorous Life

    Glamorous Life - 1

    The #1 bestselling author of Natural Born Hustler and Relapse, Nikki Turner gives up the game that could never be sold, only told. The lure of Richmond, Virginia’s streets is too strong for Bambi, a good girl who fell in love with Reggie, a young h...

  • Tales from da Hood

    These stories are not fables or fairy tales. They are severe chronicles of gangstas, written by men and women who have starved and bled and survived by the code of the streets.Essence magazine’s #1 bestselling author Nikki Turner has earned her rep...

  • Riding Dirty on I-95

    BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Nikki Turner's Heartbreak of a Hustler's Wife. Queen of hip hop fiction Nikki Turner follows her gritty, emotionally charged novel The Glamorous Life with this new tale from the hood featuring a beau...

  • Girls from Da Hood

    Nikki Turner, the Princess of Hip Hop Fiction, took readers by story with her #1 best-selling debut novel, A Hustler’s Wife, then took them to new heights with her sophomore novel, A Project Chick. Now, with the help of her home girl Chunichi, and ...

  • Forever a Hustler's Wife

    The high priestess of the hood, Nikki Turner, is back with the novel fans have been feenin' for: the sequel to her #1 bestselling novel, A Hustler's Wife. Des, Virginia's slickest gangsta, is about to become a dad when he is charged with the murd...

  • Street Chronicles Girls in the Game

    A collection of explosive stories handpicked by the undisputed "queen of hip-hop fiction," Girls in the Game presents an all-women crew of urban-lit divas. The game here is survival, and every ghetto-hardened gangsta in these tales does what she's go...

  • Christmas in the Hood

    Christmas in the Hood presents fresh talent alongside shining stars such as K. Elliott and Seth "Soul Man" Ferranti -- all writing gritty tales that reveal what the holidays bring for the naughty and the nice who live by the code of the street. In "S...



  • Black Widow

    #1 bestselling author Nikki Turner returns with an explosive new novel about a woman at an emotional crossroads -- and the men left in her wake. Isis Tatum knows firsthand the way love can mess up a person. After all, she saw her mother drive a tr...

  • Girls in the Game

    “Nikki Turner has truly brought the female hustlers to light. Fellas betta watch out, because the Girls in the Game are taking over!”"LaJill Hunt, author of Drama Queen and No More DramaA collection of explosive stories handpicked by the undisp...

  • Ghetto Superstar

    The reigning queen of hip-hop lit, Nikki Turner, takes on the music biz in this tale of a young woman who risks everything to be a superstar. Fabiola Mays was born to sing. She has a voice like honey and a body to match, but one heartbreaking setb...

  • Backstage

    The undisputed Queen of Hip-Hop Fiction presents five knockout tales set in the fast-paced, high-stakes rap game -- written by a hot lineup of authors with unmistakable swag and a gift for dropping sexy, thrilling stories. From a big-time hustler ...

  • Relapse

    Nikki Turner, Queen of Hip-Hop Lit, is back with one of her gutsiest female characters yet, a glamorous chick with a high-end hustle that can rival any man's game. As the respected, renowned concierge for a luxury hotel chain, Beijing Lee caters t...

  • Natural Born Hustler

    The reigning Queen of Hip-Hop Lit, Nikki Turner returns with a fresh and fierce tale sure to satisfy longtime fans and create new ones. Desember Day is beautiful, confident, and smart. She has more game in the streets than a basketball player does o...

  • Heartbreak of a Hustler's Wife

    Long live the Queen of Hip Hop Lit! Nikki Turner is back with another explosive, page-turning sequel to her #1 bestselling novels A Hustler’s Wife and Forever a Hustler’s Wife. Yarni Taylor is a successful corporate attorney who wa...

  • A Woman's Work

    Street Chronicles

    The heralded Queen of Hip-Hop Lit presents an addictive collection of celebrated urban authors with their fingers on the pulse of the streets. Street lit's finest female voices -- Keisha Starr, Tysha, LaKesa Cox, and Monique S. Hall -- deliver se...

  • Unique

    With only two hundred dollars, Unique packed her suitcase and headed to New York City for a brand new start. It’s there that Unique meets big time boxing promoter, Kennard and it is love at first sight. However, after nine months of living in the...

  • Betrayal

    Unique - 2

    Living the life she has always dreamed of, Unique isn't about to let her past ruin her future with her fiancé, big time boxing promoter, Kennard. But the tales are turned on her and it leaves Unique fighting for her very life. As for Kennard, he i...



  • Revenge

    Unique - 3

    The blade of revenge cuts both ways. However, that is not going to stop Unique from getting those who are out to get her. And she is determined to be the last woman standing…...

  • Project Chick II: What's Done in the Dark

    Tressa always thought that the best moment in her life was the day she gave birth to her twin boys, Khalil and Hadji, but even better was when she got the news that their abusive father, Lucky, was dead. His death gave the streets freedom and safety ...

  • On Da Run

    in Most Wanted (Dafina)

    Peaches Brown never had to hustle to beat the streets, thanks to her protective father. Now, to escape an unjust murder charge she has to hide and survive in plain sight. And part of her disguise has her beating Miami's most ruthless high-end thieves...

  • All That Glitters Isn't Gold

    Glamorous Life - 2

    Calliope learned at a very early age that if she wanted to survive in this world then she needed to stand on her own. 　When she and her younger brother are abandoned by their mother, Calliope steps up to the plate and takes care of them both, but r...

  • Love and Lies

    Unique - 4

    Unique's husband and lover, Kennard has been willing to do whatever it takes to protect what's his, but now payback has come knocking on his door....

  • Secrets Revealed

    Unique - 5

    Kennard's back is up against the wall and the wolves are closing in as the Unique saga comes to a drama conclusion!...

  • Always Unique

    I: With only two hundred dollars, Unique packed her suitcase and headed to New York City for a brand new start. It’s there that Unique meets big time boxing promoter, Kennard, and it is love at first sight. After nine months of living in the lap of...

  • The Banks Sisters

    Banks Sisters - 1

    New York Times bestselling author Nikki Turner returns with her most spellbinding story to date: Meet the Banks sisters -- Simone, Bunny, Tallhya, and Ginger. The four beauties are living under the same roof by force, but they can’t stand each othe...

  • Miami

    Carl Weber's Kingpins - 1

    New York Times bestselling author Carl Weber has brought together eight of the best Urban Street writers to participate in the most highly anticipated series of 2015, the Kingpin series. Every city has an underworld leader. In the Kingpin series, we ...

  • Banks Sisters 2

    Banks Sisters - 2

    Meet the Banks sisters -- Simone, Bunny, Tallhya, and Ginger. They feel like they are finally in the clear in connection with the recent bank robberies -- until their mother shows up demanding her share at gunpoint. She threatens to snitch them out i...



  • The Banks Sisters 3

    Banks Sisters - 3

    Just like any dysfunctional family reunion, loyalty, love, and good times soon turn to bitterness, regret, and promises to never see one another again. At the end of the day, the Banks sisters are no different than any other family in the city of Ric...

  • Charisma

    The past always has a way of catching up with you... Charisma Bland was born and raised in the heart of Baltimore, where she learns that a moment's pleasure can sometimes lead to a life of pain. Against her better judgment, she has a one-night sta...

  • The Vulture King

    • / Fantasy
    • Buy Buy

    Orphaned Aram has survived alone for five years, his only friend a thieving magpie, who acts as his eyes. For in the Carrionlands, magic comes at a terrible price. It costs you your sight, hearing or voice.When he rescues a voiceless girl, Bina, from...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Nikki Turner has published 32 books.

Nikki Turner does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Charisma, was published in June 2017.

The first book by Nikki Turner, A Hustler's Wife, was published in August 2003.

Yes. Nikki Turner has 4 series.
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