2026 releases

Illustrated by Hugo Martinez A stunning, imaginative work of history that transforms our understanding of slavery and resistance Women warriors planned and led slave revolts on slave ships during the...

THE ANCIENT’S GAME IS A THRILLING NEW FANTASY WHERE ONE YOUNG WOMAN MUST COMPETE AGAINST THE NATION’S ELITE FOR A COVETED APPRENTICESHIP. Sixteen-year-old Kellan DuCuivre is the descendant of traitors....

Two vampire stories, two authors, two striking meditations on dependency and desire. For readers of Octavia E. Butler, Tananarive Due, and Gwendolyn Christie, comes Caramelle, Jewelle Gomez’s latest addition to...

A modern-day dark academia speculative fantasy with a romantic twist, perfect for fans of Babel and A Deadly Education.Warren University has stood amongst the ivy elite for centuries, built on the bones-and forbidden...

Lone Women meets Sorrowland in this sinister and surreal Southern Gothic debut about a woman who escapes her family home to the uncanny woods of northern Georgia and must now...

'Create dangerously, for people who read dangerously. This is what I've always thought it meant to be a writer. Writing, knowing in part that no matter how trivial your words...

How neurotypical hegemony reproduces a culture of exclusion—and how to overcome this with love, hope, and solidarity Ableism is embedded in our daily lives. Social life, education, work, and, especially,...

When Tyree Barnette moved to Sydney from North Carolina, he knew little of his new home. On first arriving, he was pleasantly surprised: the police treated him with respect and...

New York Times bestselling author Kalynn Bayron is back with a Frankenstein-tinged horror romance.Meka is used to death. After all, it's the family business.As a mortician's assistant at her parents' funeral home,...

 ‘Fun, fresh and always sexy – Anise Starre knows romance’ HANNAH GRACE‘This flirty, slow burn romance is filled with fabulous banter and holiday charm’ FARRAH ROCHON‘I burned through these pages for...

*** Finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay**** In this engaging follow up to How to Make a Slave and Other Essays, the recipient of PEN...

'Anna writes searing observations about today's society and the many burdens it places on women of colour. This is a masterpiece.' KELECHI OKAFOR 'Provocative and uncompromising.' MIKKI KENDALL, bestselling author...

The first winner of the Robinson/Little, Brown Spark sponsored New Voices Award is a book on detecting racial bias by researcher and DEI consultant Dr Evelyn Carter. This book is...

The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite How a new “woke” elite uses the language of social justice to gain more power and status—without helping the marginalized and disadvantaged Society...

The spellbinding conclusion to the international bestseller Forged by Blood delves deeper into Nigerian mythology as the Oluso uprising comes to a head…and the young woman caught in between comes to her...

'An alluring soul-to-soul time-travel love story with danger, destiny and heart.' Tammye Huf. Dani and Jones have been in love before. But they don’t know it yet. Dani, a music student at Howard...

Presenting a new way of thinking about the practice of writing fiction for Black writers and any writer who includes non-white characters in their work, The Black Writer's Toolbox is a practical...

A revised edition of Harvey Young's introduction to the intersection between theatre and race, published in the successful Theatre And series Theatre and Race centers on the interrelationship of the words on...

From the two-time Emmy Award–winning producer and host of the Black and Published podcast comes a sweeping multi-generational epic following seven generations of Dupree women as they navigate love, loss, and the...

‘An utterly dazzling debut!’ ROBINNE LEE ‘Sparkles with drama, scandal and ’90s New York energy’ ESSIE CHAMBERS ‘A sexy, fast-paced ride!’ TIA WILLIAMS Get ready for a utterly immersive journey...

Your Holistic Natural Hair and Self-Love Guide – from the Host of the Texture Talks Podcast "Empowering and inspirational, everyone should read this book" Alison Hammond"The embodied and tender guide...

From the USA TODAY bestselling author of The Splinter in the Sky comes a pulse-pounding science fiction adventure following the daughter of rebel instigators and the heir of a power-drunk ruler who team up...

Amerigo Jones grows up poor but surrounded by love in Jazz Age Kansas City. A precocious young dreamer, he longs for the college education that his parents could not have....

In this romantic YA fantasy, two dead princesses must find the kiss that will bring them back to life. For fans of Cinderella Is Dead and Girl, Serpent, Thorn.When Princess Amala is murdered...

Restore Me is a forbidden enemies to lovers romance about love after loss. It is the first book in the New Haven series, interconnected standalones featuring second chances, fiery passion,...

An electrifying dystopian novel packed with a tantalizing love triangle, gripping political intrigue, and a Bachelor-style competition from the critically acclaimed author of The Dividing Sky, Jill Tew. Eden Lowell...

Two teens must keep their working--and romantic-- relationship a secret from their grandmas, who are longtime social media rivals, in this hilariously sweet rom com from the author of The Homecoming...

One can never ask too many questions in this contemporary horror about a teen girl who gets invited to the soft launch of a luxury resort and finds their wellness...

Don't miss the explosive finale of the dark, romantic fantasy of the Sunday Times Times bestselling House of Marionne series . . .With the future of the Order clouded in uncertainty, and the evil...

A long-awaited, comprehensive collection of renowned poet and performance artist Jayne Cortez’s poetry. Like the jazz rhythms that inspired and punctuated her practice, Jayne Cortez improvised her way through and...

Kevin Le Gendre brings his considerable knowledge and experience to The Philosophy of Jazz, interpreting the mindset, outlook and ambition of the jazz musician and a form of music that has...

Family trauma, race, and the destiny of a nation corrupted by slavery, cast in the light of epic myth: “More than a saga of Black revitalization . . . Part...

The New York Times bestselling multitalented artist delivers an electrifying novel—The Accomplice--that combines the imaginative page-turning suspense of S. A. Cosby’s books with the high-tension thrills of the Netflix blockbuster...

A groundbreaking, revelatory assessment of America’s broken two-party system. Rachel Maddow calls it "a brave firecracker of a book." In a country obsessed with blind loyalty to a two-party democratic system,...

A unique collection of multi-generational contributions from up-and-coming, as well as established, actors on representation of Blackness on stage and screen. This groundbreaking collection of curated interviews provides an opportunity...

Dungeons & Dragons meets The Wizard of Oz in this darkly hilarious romantasy adventure in which a young woman who will do anything to rescue her sister from an evil...