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...

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...

*** 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...

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...

Philosopher Myisha Cherry teaches us the right ways to deal with wrongdoing in our lives and the world. Sages from Cicero to Oprah have told us that forgiveness requires us...

'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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...