Amplify essentials

The books that are the cornerstone of our shop.

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The Rot
REVIEWED
Evelyn Araluen

The Rot

$24.99
$24.99
Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle The cover image
Audre Lorde

The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House

$9.99
$9.99
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This cover image
REVIEWED
Omar El Akkad

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

$32.99
$32.99
Dropbear
Evelyn Araluen

Dropbear

$24.99
$24.99
Book cover of 'White Tears, Brown Scars' with white and black text on an orange background
Ruby Hamad

White Tears/Brown Scars

$34.99
$34.99
Another Day in the Colony
REVIEWED
Chelsea Watego

Another Day in the Colony

$34.99
$34.99
Open Water
Caleb Azumah Nelson

Open Water

$24.99
$24.99
Purple Threads
Jeanine Leane

Purple Threads

$19.99
$19.99
Edenglassie
Melissa Lucashenko

Edenglassie

$24.99
$24.99
All About Love
bell hooks

All About Love

From $27.99
From $27.99
An African History of Africa
Zeinab Badawi

An African History of Africa

$26.99
$26.99
Book cover of 'Rejection' by Tony Tulathimutte with a black-based gradient background and yellow text.
BOOK CLUB PICK REVIEWED
Tony Tulathimutte

Rejection

$22.99
$22.99
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Jeanine Leane

Gawimarra: gathering

$24.99
$24.99
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Edward W. Said

Orientalism

$26.99
$26.99
Fierceland
REVIEWED
Omar Musa

Fierceland

$34.99
$34.99
Perfect Victims
BOOK CLUB PICK
Mohammed El-Kurd

Perfect Victims

$27.99
$27.99
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1)
N. K. Jemisin

The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1)

$22.99
$22.99
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed #1)
Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower (Earthseed #1)

From $22.99
From $22.99
Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

$24.99
$24.99
The Poppy War (The Poppy War #1)
R.F. Kuang

The Poppy War (The Poppy War #1)

$22.99
$22.99
Fledgling
Octavia E. Butler

Fledgling

$22.99
$22.99
Another Country
James Baldwin

Another Country

$26.99
$26.99
Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health (Outspoken by Pluto) cover image
REVIEWED
Micha Frazer-Carroll

Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health

$26.99
$26.99
The Yield
Tara June Winch

The Yield

From $24.99
From $24.99
Wild Seed (Patternist #1)
BOOK CLUB PICK REVIEWED
Octavia E. Butler

Wild Seed (Patternist #1)

$22.99
$22.99
Book cover of 'Kin' by Tayari Jones with a floral design beneath the title text.
REVIEWED
Tayari Jones

Kin

$34.99
$34.99
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Santilla Chingaipe

Black Convicts

$34.99
$34.99
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REVIEWED
Asako Yuzuki

Butter

$32.99
$32.99
Laurinda
Alice Pung

Laurinda

$24.99
$24.99
The Fire Next Time
Baldwin James

The Fire Next Time

From $14.99
From $14.99
Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Angela Y. Davis

Freedom is a Constant Struggle

$26.99
$26.99
A Woman is No Man
Etaf Rum

A Woman is No Man

$19.99
$19.99
Kindred
REVIEWED
Octavia E. Butler

Kindred

From $22.99
From $22.99
The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye

$24.99
$24.99
The Degenerates
Raeden Richardson

The Degenerates

$34.99
$34.99
Persepolis (Books 1 & 2)
Marjane Satrapi

Persepolis (Books 1 & 2)

$26.99
$26.99
Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle #1)
REVIEWED
Tracy Deonn

Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle #1)

$24.99
$24.99
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
Cho Nam-Joo

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

$22.99
$22.99
The Boundary: First Nations Classics cover image
Nicole Watson

The Boundary

$19.99
$19.99
Swallow the Air
Tara June Winch

Swallow the Air

$19.99
$19.99
A Tale for the Time Being
Ruth Ozeki

A Tale for the Time Being

$24.99
$24.99
Heat and Light
Ellen van Neerven

Heat and Light

$19.99
$19.99
Book cover of Cannon by Lee Lai. Illustration of a person wearing an apron with text on a red and black background
REVIEWED
Lee Lai

Cannon

$39.99
$39.99
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Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes

The Deep

$22.99
$22.99
Breasts and Eggs
Mieko Kawakami

Breasts and Eggs

$24.99
$24.99
Pizza Girl
Jean Kyoung Frazier

Pizza Girl

$19.99
$19.99
The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War #2)
R.F. Kuang

The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War #2)

$22.99
$22.99
Notes of a Native Son
James Baldwin

Notes of a Native Son

$26.99
$26.99
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Amplify is an antiracist social enterprise bookshop dedicated to books by BIPOC authors. It was born out of a frustration with the structural racism in the publishing industry and a desire to tangibly make a change in a rigid industry.

We started as an online bookstore in 2020 and expanded into our Peel St shopfront in November 2024. There, you can browse our curation in person and attend bookish events.

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