Chyna Black Books in Order
Part ofKeisha Ervin Books in OrderThis page lists the Chyna Black series by Keisha Ervin in order, with summaries, background, reading guidance, and key story context.
Last updated: June 6, 2026
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Publication Order
7 books
The Untold Stories Vol. 2
by Keisha Ervin
2021
This collection features an exclusive short story from Mo, plus previews connected to First Wives Club Vol. 2 and Dream 2. It is a bonus stop for readers already inside Ervin's world.
Such a Fuckin' Lady
by Keisha Ervin
2018
Chyna tries to rebuild after years of heartbreak with Tyriek, Carlos, and L.A. But when love slips away again, old coping habits return, and she must decide who she is beneath the armor.
Radio Silence
by Keisha Ervin
2016
Chyna is exhausted by betrayal, summer heartbreak, and the drama that has followed her since her teens. Searching for balance, success, peace, and true love, she must face the behavior holding her back.
Heartless
by Keisha Ervin
2016
After Tyriek, Chyna locks her heart behind steel and refuses to believe in soft love. But a new possibility keeps pushing at the door, forcing her to ask if she has room for one more chance.
Emotionally Unavailable
by Keisha Ervin
2015
Chyna has spent years with Tyriek, hoping the love she first believed in will return. After too many betrayals, she fights for dignity and self-worth, even though starting over terrifies her.
The Untold Stories
by Keisha Ervin
2011
This Chyna Black companion collection gives extra room to familiar characters and introduces new ones from Ervin's street-lit world. It is best read after the first Chyna book for added context and flavor.
Chyna Black
by Keisha Ervin
2004
Chyna Danea Black looks back on the grief, bad choices, and first love that pulled her into the life. After losing her grandmother, she must learn what the streets, Tyriek, and heartbreak can cost.
Series background & context
The Chyna Black series is one of Keisha Ervin's core sagas. It starts with Chyna Black, where Chyna Danea Black looks back on the choices, losses, and relationships that shaped her. The first book reaches into her teenage years, especially the pain of losing her grandmother and being pushed into a life with a mother she struggles to connect with.
Chyna is smart, social, and loved by people around her, but grief knocks her off balance. Her grades slip, her circle changes, and she falls hard for Tyriek, a young man who brings more trouble than safety. That early relationship becomes a major part of the series because it sets up Chyna's long fight with love, self-worth, and the habit of staying too long.
The story is street lit, but it is also a coming-of-age story.
As the series moves through Emotionally Unavailable, Heartless, Radio Silence, and Such a Fuckin' Lady, Chyna gets older but not magically healed. She tries to recover from Tyriek, closes herself off, tests new relationships, and keeps asking whether love is worth the risk. Carlos, L.A., Dame, and her longtime friends all play parts in that push and pull.
The Untold Stories sits alongside the main arc by giving extra room to familiar faces and new characters connected to Chyna's world. The full series works best in order because each book carries the emotional bruises of the one before it. What makes Chyna compelling is that she can be funny, messy, guarded, and deeply vulnerable in the same scene. Ervin lets her make bad choices without reducing her to them.
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