Nikki Turner Books in Order
Nikki Turner has written 28 books, published between 2003 and 2024. The first book is A Hustler's Wife (2003) and the newest is Mamma (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 28
- Published
- 2003–2024
- Confirmed
- 4 of 28 titles
- Pages on record
- 5,674 in 20 of 28 books
- Reading time
- 95–142 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,674 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 20 of 28 titles with a page count on record.
Nikki Turner is an American writer of urban fiction whom Trendsetter Magazine called the Queen of Hip Hop Lit. A Hustler's Wife and A Project Chick, both from 2003, were the first two books and had sold about 150,000 copies by 2005. Turner, born in Richmond, Virginia, holds a degree from North Carolina Central University and left work as a travel agent to write full time, aiming to show the dark side of street life. The catalogue lists 28 books through Mamma (2024), including The Glamorous Life (2005), Riding Dirty on I-95 (2006), Forever a Hustler's Wife (2007) and Black Widow (2008). Unique, A Hustler's Wife, Project Chick and Glamorous Life are the series.
How many Nikki Turner books are there?
Nikki Turner has 28 books, released between 2003 and 2024. They include 5 series and 8 titles listed outside any series.
Nikki Turner Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 28 Nikki Turner books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 120034141/4
- 220032961/4
- 32005–3/4
- 420052891/4
- 520052833/4
- 6Riding Dirty on I-952006 · 305 pages · confirmed 1/420063051/4
- 7Tales From Da Hood2006 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/420063041/4
- 820072882/4
- 920072881/4
- 10Black Widow2008 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/420083041/4
- 11Ghetto Superstar2009 · 262 pages · confirmed 1/420092621/4
- 12Natural Born Hustler2010 · 114 pages · confirmed 1/420101141/4
- 13Relapse2010 · 286 pages · confirmed 1/420102861/4
- 1420112121/4
- 152012–1/4
- 162012–1/4
- 172012–1/4
- 1820132791/4
- 192013–1/4
- 202014–1/4
- 2120152613/4
- 2220154261/4
- 2320162171/4
- 2420162963/4
- 2520172681/4
- 26Charisma: Baller's Wife2017 · 282 pages · confirmed 1/420172821/4
- 27Truth Be Told2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 282024–1/4
Nikki Turner books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Unique in order
4 books- 1. Unique
- 2. Betrayal
- 3. Revenge
- 4. Always Unique
A Hustler's Wife in order
3 booksGirls From Da Hood in order
3 booksBanks Sisters in order
3 booksProject Chick in order
2 booksGlamorous Life in order
2 booksG-Unit in order
1 bookCarl Weber's Kingpin in order
1 book- 1. Miami
Survivor in order
1 book- 1. Mamma
Standalone books
8 books8 Nikki Turner titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Nikki Turner books in order?
You only need to read Nikki Turner books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Nikki Turner
Start with A Hustler's Wife (2003), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Nikki Turner book?
Mamma (2024) is the newest Nikki Turner book released so far.
Is there a new Nikki Turner book coming?
No next Nikki Turner book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Nikki Turner at a glance
- Still publishing
- Nikki Turner published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Nikki Turner books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,674 pages across the 20 of 28 books with a recorded length, a median of 287 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Nikki Turner books, 16 of 28, were published in the 2010s.
What the Nikki Turner books are about
22 of the 28 Nikki Turner books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: african americans is tagged on 16 of 22. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- African Americans 16 of 22 books
- African American women 9 of 22 books
- Street life 9 of 22 books
- Urban fiction 6 of 22 books
- African american & black, urban & street lit 4 of 22 books
- Inner cities 3 of 22 books
- Man-woman relationships 3 of 22 books
- Revenge 3 of 22 books
- Rich people 3 of 22 books
- Sisters 3 of 22 books
- Businesswomen 2 of 22 books
- Death 2 of 22 books