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Les Misérables meets Six of Crows in this page-turning adventure as a young thief finds herself going head to head with leaders of Paris's criminal underground in the wake of...

Joint Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2019 Grace is a Victorian orphan dreaming of the mysterious African father she will never meet. Winsome is a young Windrush bride, recently...

The powerful, urgent manifesto on never giving up from Booker prize-winning trailblazer, Bernardine Evaristo Bernardine Evaristo's 2019 Booker win — the first by a Black woman — was a revolutionary...

Arthur C. Clarke Award winner Tade Thompson makes a triumphant return to science fiction with this unforgettable vision of humanity's future in the chilling emptiness of space. The colony ship...

These are the books you should read. This is the canon.Joan Anim-Addo, Deirdre Osborne and Kadija Sesay have curated a decolonized reading list that celebrates the wide and diverse experiences...

SOON TO BE A MAJOR BBC TV SERIESThree friends. Three 'perfect' lives. Here comes TroubleRonke wants Happily Ever After and 2.2. kids. She's dating Kayode and wants him to be...

The debut collection from award-winning Somali British poet Warsan Shire, celebrated collaborator on Beyonce's Lemonade and Black Is King.With her first full-length poetry collection, Warsan Shire introduces us to a...

An exhilarating and expansive new novel about fathers and sons, faith and friendship from Caleb Azumah Nelson, the no.1 bestselling, award-winning author of Open Water The one thing that can...

A heartbreaking, lyrical story for all of those who have fantasised about escaping their daily lives and starting over.Michael Kabongo is a British-Congolese teacher living in London on the cusp...

Zeinab Badawi, award-winning broadcaster and President of SOAS, tells an epic story of the oldest inhabited continent in the world from an African perspective, for fans of William Dalrymple, David...

The Epic Life of Toussaint LouvertureThe definitive modern biography of the great slave leader, military genius and revolutionary heroThe Haitian Revolution began in the French Caribbean colony of Saint-Domingue with...

The first in a compelling London crime series from the author nominated for Theakston Crime Novel of the YearWhen two bodies are found brutally murdered at a building site in...

Me and White Supremacy has sold over 150,000 copies and was shortlisted for the Non-Fiction Book of the Year award at the British Book Awards. Now, with this YA edition,...

How to Recognise Your Privilege, Combat Racism and Change the WorldMe and White Supremacy shows readers how to dismantle the privilege within themselves so that they can stop (often unconsciously)...

Winner of the 2021 Books Are My Bag Readers Award for Non-fictionShortlisted for the 2021 Wainwright Prize”I knew in every bone of my body, in every fibre of my being,...

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. Hilarious, honest and heartbreaking, MAAME is the most moving debut - and a heroine you'll never forget. Maame (ma-meh) has many meanings in Twi, but...

London, 1936Lena Aldridge is wondering if life has passed her by. The dazzling theatre career she hoped for hasn’t worked out. Instead, she’s stuck singing in a sticky-floored basement club...

Longlisted for the 2023 Women's Prize for FictionShortlisted for the 2023 Dylan Thomas PrizeAn exhilarating, addictive take on obsession, race, gender and power dynamics through the lens of a corrosive...

An Untold HistoryA Guardian Best Book of 2020Renowned historian Olivette Otele uncovers the untold history of Europeans of African descent, from Saint Maurice who became the leader of a Roman...

‘One of the most original and talented young writers we have.’ — Sathnam SangheraAn extraordinarily candid personal account of the ups and downs wrought by money, We Need To Talk...

Every second of Anuri's life has been documented on social media. Now, it's time to take back control. Anuri's stepmother, Ophelia, is the ultimate 'mumfluencer'. Throughout Anuri's childhood, she catalogued...

'A self-help book with a cultural edge - Africa Brooke is doing something powerful' MATT HAIG In an increasingly divided and noisy world, how do we learn to communicate, connect and endure others' viewpoints so...

What elevates teaching my mother how to give birth, what gives the poems their disturbing brilliance, is Warsan Shire’s ability to give simple, beautiful eloquence to the veiled world where...

100% That Book You NeedA celebration of Lizzo’s love and light. We all want a bit more Lizzo in our lives! A global superstar who has become a beacon of...

Every time she bleeds a murderous clone is born. Experience the horror of Tade Thompson's The Murders of Molly Southbourne.The rule is simple: don’t bleed. For as long as Molly...

‘The reigning sex and relationship guru of Twitter’ — VOGUEAre you ready to have the best sex of your life?Oloni – Twitter’s famous sex and relationships educator – is on...

African myth and magic beat in the dark heart of this fable about witchcraft, superstition, the bonds we choose and those we cannot.Born into a family of West African witches,...

Selina Nwulu reflects on being and Blackness in poems clear as a bell and yet wonderfully nuancedAN IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA Little Resurrectionis the debut full-length collection from...

Notes on the British Empire, the Middle East and Where We MeetAre you not made of Suez silt? How do we know you won't shore our boats by making yourself...

Unravelling Africa's history one country at a timeWhy is Africa still perceived as a single country? How did African soldiers contribute to World War II? Who else led the charge...

Riotously funny and full of heart, Yinka is the heroine we've all been waiting for... Yinka wants to find love. Her mum wants to find it for her. She also...

A deadly curse, two young strangers thrown together by fate, and a road trip through a disunited Kingdom. The day Rowena Murray was born, 250 starlings fell like stones from...

ONLINE RUMOURS. REAL LIFE TROUBLE. Ola Olajide, a high-profile journalist, is marrying the love of her life in one month's time. Young, beautiful, successful – she and her fiancé Michael...

Stunningly honest and bursting with wit, Someday Maybe is the story of grief and resilience that you won't be able to stop talking aboutHere are three things you should know...

An uplifting poetry collection from the number one bestselling author of My Name Is Why, Lemn Sissay OBEFor the past decade, Lemn Sissay has composed a short poem as dawn...

A Collection of Black British PoetryThis seminal collection of Black British poets ignited a movement when it was first published in 1998. It celebrated the rising stars of the time,...

New from the author of the acclaimed You Think You Know Me.  A story of shared blood and bad blood, endings and beginnings Safiya has struggled to pick up the...

One sizzling hot Greek summer. Two winners. The biggest competition in the world. It’s the Athens 2024 Olympics and Zeke and Olivia are there to win. Zeke Moyo is the...

The powerful, urgent manifesto on never giving up from Booker prize-winning trailblazer, Bernardine Evaristo Bernardine Evaristo's 2019 Booker win — the first by a Black woman — was a revolutionary...

In this brilliantly clever fictionalised memoir, award-winning author Jamal Mahjoub interrogates how the first generation of Northern Sudanese citizens undertook the momentous task of creating a newly independent nation. Exiled...

Lessons in Cut-Throat Capitalism from Rap’s Moguls Hip Hop is rewriting the rules of business; The Hip Hop MBA takes you on a guided tour of just how and what...

Rumi and his family are Odu, stricken with poverty and disparaged by the other tribes. When ruthless agents of the Palmaine - the colonising nation that dominates the continent of...

From the acclaimed author of Hold- a beautifully written, spirited and deeply moving novel about a young man coming to terms with his past and finding the courage to expand the...

Caravaggio and code-switching- the T. S. Eliot and Folio Prize-shortlisted poetry debut exploring Nigerian-British diaspora experienceIn poems exploring family, survival, generational trauma and the complexities of belonging, Manorism is an examination of the...

How To Transform Your Wardrobe With Sustainable StyleUsing the freehand cutting method for which she has become so well known, bestselling author and designer Chinelo Bally shows us how to...

A Black girl fostered by a white family in the 1960s and her search for belonging and identity'Why am I not white like everybody else?' Nan came and sat on...

A game-changing thriller about two teenagers a generation apart, connected by one bullet with the power to devastate both of their lives. Get ready to reconsider everything you thought you...

A novel about lovers, fathers and sons. About vulnerability, losses, love and regrets.Achike Okoro is an up-and-coming actor, soon to star in the career-making film 'Here Again Now.' His friend...

Molly Southbourne returns with a vengeance.Who was Molly Southbourne? What did she leave behind?A burnt-out basement. A name stained in blood. Bodies that remember murder, one of them left alive....

Discover the natural strength of the female body, awaken your inner power and enjoy a happy, healthy, confident pre and postnatal experience with this inspiring, stereotype-shattering book.In The StrongLikeMum Method,...