Bestsellers

From award-winning poet Saeed Jones, How We Fight for Our Lives — winner of the Kirkus Prize and the Stonewall Book Award — is a “moving, bracingly honest memoir” (The...

Pocket Poets Series No. 62Politically astute, filled with wisdom and great humanity, this is poetry meant to conjure a healing and provoke a confrontation, an invitation to a journey through...

A powerful, impactful, eye-opening journey that explores through the Civil Rights Movement in 1950s-1960s America in spare and evocative verse, with historical photos interspersed throughout.In stunning verse and vivid use...

An incisive, intersectional essay anthology that celebrates and examines romance and romantic media through the lens of Black readers, writers, and cultural commentators, edited by Book Riot columnist and librarian...

New York Times bestselling author and NAACP Image Award winner Stacey Abrams, writing under her pen name Selena Montgomery, tells a chilling tale of lost love, dark family secrets, and...

Spanning more than 35 years of work, the first comprehensive collection of essays, criticism, and articles by the legendary author of the Harlem Renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston, showcasing the evolution...

The Definitive Biography of the Greatest of All Time From Muhammad Ali's brother comes the most intimate biography ever written on the legendary sportsman. More words have been written about...

Ballet of the ForgottenA career-defining collection from one of America's most significant poetsRefractive Africa is a set of three poems ruminating on diasporic witness, colonialism, invasion, and political resistance. This...

Four Hundred Souls is an epoch-defining history of African America, the first to appear in a generation, told by ninety leading Black voices — co-curated by Ibram X. Kendi, author...

A Cultural HistoryA groundbreaking book that explores the visual representations of Black culture across the globe throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-firstThe African diaspora — a direct result...

Edited by Valerie BoydFrom the acclaimed author Alice Walker — winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize — comes an unprecedented compilation of four decades' worth of...

What happens when a random hookup turns into the ultimate dilemma? Rashida has always wanted to open her own restaurant. When her best friend finds her the perfect building, her...

Bestselling author and Sundance award-winning director Questlove offers a thrilling, music-driven ride through the last fifty years of American history. In Music Is History, bestselling author and Sundance award-winning director...

How to Heal from Racial Trauma in the WorkplaceIn these tumultuous times, as workplaces across the nation struggle to become truly inclusive, women of color need frank talk and honest...

From We Need Diverse Books, the organisation behind Flying Lessons & Other Stories, comes a young adult fantasy short story collection featuring some of the best own-voices children’s authors, including...

Mia Sosa delivers a sassy, steamy #ownvoices enemies-to-lovers novel, perfect for fans of Jasmine Guillory, Helen Hoang, and Sally Thorne! A wedding planner left at the altar. Yeah, the irony...

Pop culture is the Pandora's Box of our lives. Racism, wealth, poverty, beauty, inclusion, exclusion, and hope — all of these intractable and unavoidable features course through the media we...

From New York Times-bestselling powerhouse Roxane Gay, AYITI is a powerful collection exploring the Haitian diaspora experience. In AYITI, a married couple seeking boat passage to America prepares to leave...

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...

Action-packed fantasy debut about five girls on the run from an oppressive 'welcome house' — perfect for fans of Laini Taylor and Stephanie Garber. Aster. Violet. Tansy. Mallow. Clementine. Sold...

A suspenseful, epic novel portraying a community — and a family-under siege, during the shocking string of murders of Black children in Atlanta in the early 1980s.Zala Spencer is barely...

Black Swan meets Pretty Little Liars in this drama-packed debut about three perfect girls who will do anything to be the prima ballerina at their elite New York ballet school....

Black Swan meets Pretty Little Liars in this drama-packed sequel to Tiny Pretty Things set in an elite New York ballet school. Now a Netflix TV show! June, Bette and...

A beautiful, arresting story about race and the relationships that shape us through life by the legendary Toni Morrison, in a stand-alone, slim Chatto hardback for the first time, with...

What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD What would make a society drain its public swimming baths and fill them with...

Idris Elba, Michael B. Jordan, Wendell Pierce, Michael K. Williams — first known as Stringer Bell, Wallace, Bunk, and Omar — are just a few of the fruits of The...

A New York Times Best Crime Mystery of the YearIn the third book in the Nanette Hayes series, Nanette finds a voodoo doll is bringing her some much needed luck....

A New York Times Best Mystery Novel of the YearStraight-talking jazz musician Nanette Hayes is swapping New York for Paris as she tries to solve the mystery of her missing...

Jackson Hyde is ready to make some waves!Jackson Hyde finally has it all. Mentors who support him, a community that loves him, an honest relationship with his mother, a cute...

Beau has dreams of being an artist and leaving the Chicago projects she’s grown up in. But after her older sister, Katia, is killed by an off-duty police officer, Beau...

A brilliant look at colonialism and its effects in Antigua — by the author of Annie John. If you go to Antigua as a tourist, this is what you will...

Girl Wash Your Face meets Milk and Honey in this inviting spiritual guide to self-care and self-love from celebrated self-care storyteller Alexandra Elle.In this soulful collection, celebrated self-care storyteller Alexandra...

Winner of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, the Michael L. Printz Award, and the Pura Belpré Award! Fans of Jacqueline Woodson, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds will...

This sequel to PARABLE OF THE SOWER by ground-breaking writer Octavia E. Butler feel like a prophetic nod to our current world. If you were glued to The Handmaid’s Tale...

The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.To most Americans, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. represent contrasting ideals: self-defense versus nonviolence, Black Power versus civil...

The question of control for Black women is a costly one. From 1986 onwards, the trajectory of Janet Jackson's career can be summed up in her desire for control. Control...

A Journey Across the country that Black America Built Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks —...

A compellingly powerful novel about racial relations that is as relevant now as it was one hundred years ago. This edition is introduced by Dr Sam HallidayJames Weldon Johnson’s The...

A romantic, heart-felt, and whimsical novel about letting go of the past, figuring out what you want in your future, and staying in the moment before it passes you by.Weeks...

After butting heads, an event planner and a wedding officiant begin an enemies with benefits arrangement as wedding bells chime around them in the newest rom-com from acclaimed author Denise...

Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author S. A. Cosby's debut novel My Darkest Prayer is republished in a new edition, with a new introduction from the author. "I handle the...

VINTAGE CLASSICS' LANGSTON HUGHES A collection of vibrant and incisive short stories depicting the sometimes humorous, but more often tragic interactions between Black people and white people in America in...

Introduced by Margo Jefferson, this forgotten novel by the Pulitzer-winning poet is a miniature wonder, chronicling one woman's coming-of-age in 1940s Chicago.What, what, am I to do with all of...

How to Take Collective Action for Racial and Gender Equity at WorkGender equity can't happen without racial equity. We need Shared Sisterhood.Bias persists in organisations and society. Despite efforts that...

Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine Described by Anne Patchett as 'life-changing', with fans such as Elizabeth Gilbert and tipped by Oprah Magazine as 'formidable and...

There's a harshness in the air; the season is changing its colors.The rain is chilled, icy to the touch, and the sky, filled with melancholy.Your search for warmth has brought...

Revised EditionSamantha King Holmes brings forth a raw, original perspective. A collection of poetry that breathes hope into the idea of love while mourning the human condition of seeking out...

The newest novel in USA Today bestselling author Beverly Jenkins’s compelling Women Who Dare series features a fearless grifter who goes undercover to reclaim the stolen Declaration of Independence.Lying and...

A powerful, layered story about injustice and strength. A girl walks home from school. She's tall for her age. She's wearing her winter coat. Her headphones are in. She's hurrying....

A collection of poetry focused on rebirth, ancestors, spirit, and so much more from the unique perspective and voice of a revered spoken-word poet, author, and self-love enthusiast.We Find Our...