2023 releases

Quiet Fires

Quiet Fires

$32.99
Quiet Fires, the debut poetry collection from andriniki mattis, queries the everpresent questions of Black lives. Be it in a bakery in Brixton, London, at a corner on Malcolm X...
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Inheritance

$32.99
“For a long time I wondered what English meant, if it was worth its weight in enlightenment.” - from Bolaño Blued Taylor Johnson’s debut poetry collection, Inheritance, explores the complexities and limitations...
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White Women

$35.00
Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better In the vein of So You Want to Talk About Race and Me and White Supremacy, a no-holds-barred guidebook aimed...
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That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon (Mead Mishaps #1)

$22.99
All I wanted to do was live my life in peace. Maybe get a cat, expand my spice farm. Really anything that doesn't involve going on a quest where an...
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Family Meal

$32.99
From the bestselling, Dylan Thomas Prize-winning author of Memorial and Lot, a novel about two young men who grew up together, fell away from each other, and then collide again...
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For The Culture

$79.99
Phenomenal Black Women and Femmes in Food: Interviews, Inspiration, and Recipes A must-have anthology of the leading Black women and femmes shaping today’s food and hospitality landscape—from farm to table...
My Darkest Prayer

My Darkest Prayer

$22.99
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...
Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta

Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta

$32.99
In this 'razor-sharp' and 'dangerously hilarious' novel that "hooks readers from the beginning" (Los Angeles Times), a trans woman reenters life on the outside after more than twenty years in...
In It to Win It

In It to Win It

$34.99
Two entrepreneurs compete for a property but secure the biggest win of all - each other — in this second chance romantic comedy by USA Today bestselling author Sharon C....
Maybe An Artist: a graphic memoir

Maybe An Artist: a graphic memoir

$29.99
A heartfelt and funny graphic novel memoir from one of the first Black female cartoonists to be published in the New Yorker, when she was just 22 years old.When Liz...
The Ways of White Folks

The Ways of White Folks

$22.99
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...
Blues People

Blues People

$22.99
A rousing exploration of the blues and jazz music that formed much of American popular music culture, penned by the iconic Beat writer and critic. In this essential and impassioned...
To Catch a Raven (Women Who Dare #3)

To Catch a Raven (Women Who Dare #3)

$14.99
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...
How To Be a (Young) Antiracist

How To Be a (Young) Antiracist

$19.99
The #1 New York Times bestseller that sparked international dialogue is now a book for young adults! Based on the adult bestseller by Ibram X. Kendi, and co-authored by bestselling...
Blood Debts

Blood Debts

$19.99
Terry J. Benton-Walker's contemporary fantasy debut, Blood Debts, is "an extravaganza from start to finish" (Chloe Gong) with powerful magical families, intergenerational curses, and deadly drama in New Orleans. In...
We Find Our Way

We Find Our Way

$29.99
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...
find her. keep her.

find her. keep her.

$29.99
Gripping and poignant, this new collection of poetry from bestselling author Renaada Williams offers a raw view of the world from her unique perspective.Renaada Williams beckons readers into her deepest...
Major Labels

Major Labels

$29.99
A comprehensive and celebratory journey through the history of popular music, from the former New York Times music critic.From his allegiance to punk rock in his adolescence to becoming an...
Creative Hustle

Creative Hustle

$25.99
Blaze Your Own Path and Make Work That MattersA vibrant, illustrated guide to blazing a unique and fulfilling creative path, from the Stanford d.school.Humans have always been creative hustlers —...
Look For Me and I'll Be Gone

Look For Me and I'll Be Gone

$22.99
A stunning collection of all new stories from the twice winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award — essential reading for understanding the state of America today.A boy stands alone, unable to...
The Blacker the Berry

The Blacker the Berry

$22.99
VINTAGE CLASSICS' HARLEM RENAISSANCE SERIES Emma Lou Morgan's skin is black — 'too black', as the narrator writes at the beginning of The Blacker the Berry. Tired of the scorn...
Not Without Laughter

Not Without Laughter

$22.99
VINTAGE CLASSICS' HARLEM RENAISSANCE SERIES Celebrating the finest works of the Harlem Renaissance, one of the most important Black arts movements in modern history. 'White peoples maybe mistreats you an'...
Friday I'm in Love

Friday I'm in Love

$19.99
It's too late for a Sweet Sixteen, but what if Mahalia had a coming-out party? A love letter to romantic comedies, sweet sixteen blowouts, Black joy, and queer pride. Mahalia...
Pride and Protest

Pride and Protest

$24.99
A woman goes head-to-head with the CEO of a corporation threatening to destroy her neighborhood in this fresh and modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice by debut author Nikki Payne.Liza...
Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm

Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm

$22.99
The powerful, emotional novel about the temptations of dangerous love For fans of Daisy Jones and the Six and Half-Blood Blues, a sultry sensuous novel about looking for love in...
A Sitting in St. James

A Sitting in St. James

$22.99
Winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award!This astonishing novel from three-time National Book Award finalist Rita Williams-Garcia about the interwoven lives of those bound to a plantation in antebellum America...
The Light Always Breaks

The Light Always Breaks

$32.99
As 1947 opens, Eva Cardon is the twenty-four-year-old owner of Washington, D.C.’s, most famous Black-owned restaurant. When her path crosses with Courtland, a handsome white senator from Georgia, both find...
Just As I Am

Just As I Am

$29.99
“In her long and extraordinary career, Cicely Tyson has not only succeeded as an actor, she has shaped the course of history.” – President Barack Obama, 2016 Presidential Medal of...
Queenie: Godmother of Harlem

Queenie: Godmother of Harlem

$35.00
A historical graphic novel inspired by the life of Harlem's legendary mobster, Stephanie Saint-ClairQueenie follows the life of Stephanie Saint-Clair — the infamous criminal who made herself a legend in...
Promise Boys

Promise Boys

$22.99
Nick Brooks's Promise Boys is a trailblazing, blockbuster YA mystery about three teen boys of colour who must investigate their principal’s murder to clear their own names. For fans of...
Hold You Down

Hold You Down

$29.99
Rule Number One: Family is Everything.New York City. Late 1980s to early 1990s. Mercy and Lenox Howard have always only had each other. Growing up on the mean streets of...
Black Candle Women

Black Candle Women

$32.99
Richly imagined and elegantly told, with plenty of satisfying secrets, heartaches, and twists. A spellbinding romp, the Montrose women will have you clutching your pearls on this rollercoaster of a...
One-Shot Harry

One-Shot Harry

$29.99
Race and civil rights in 1963 Los Angeles provide a powerful backdrop in Gary Phillips's riveting mystery about an African American crime scene photographer seeking justice for a friend —...
Love and other Flight Delays

Love and other Flight Delays

$29.99
Love takes flight in a collection of sexy, fun novellas all set at the airport from the acclaimed author of The Fastest Way to Fall. The Love Connection An airport...
Hell of a Book

Hell of a Book

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Discover this astonishing work of fiction from award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Jason Mott.THIS IS A TRUE STORY. An author goes on a book tour for his new bestseller...
The Faithless (Magic of the Lost #2)

The Faithless (Magic of the Lost #2)

$24.99
In the second installment of C.L. Clark's Magic of the Lost trilogy, soldier Touraine and princess Luca must return to Balladaire to reclaim Luca's throne and to face the consequences...
All the Sinners Bleed

All the Sinners Bleed

$24.99
A BLACK SHERIFF. A SERIAL KILLER. AND A SMALL TOWN READY TO COMBUST. Titus Crown is the first Black sheriff in the history of Charon County, Virginia. In recent decades,...
Living While Black

Living While Black

$50.00
Portraits of Everyday Resistance Laughing. Grieving. Being a kid. Even the purest expression of pleasure, the most human display of sorrow, or the simplest delight of childhood is an act...
The House of Eve

The House of Eve

$24.99
The heartbreaking and completely unputdownable instant New York Times bestseller and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick about the pain and sacrifice of forbidden love, the lengths a mother will go...
A Sweet Lowcountry Proposal

A Sweet Lowcountry Proposal

$32.99
Preslaysa Williams, author of the “emotionally stirring debut” A Lowcountry Bride (Oprah Daily), returns to the Lowcountry with a heartwarming story about a second chance romance. It was supposed to...
Well-Read Black Girl

Well-Read Black Girl

$27.99
Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves Remember that moment when you first encountered a character who seemed to be written just for you? That feeling of belonging remains with readers the...
Dr. No

Dr. No

$32.99
A sly, madcap novel about supervillains and nothing, really, from an American novelist whose star keeps rising. The protagonist of Percival Everett's puckish new novel is a brilliant professor of...
Miss Major Speaks

Miss Major Speaks

$22.99
A legendary transgender elder and activist reflects on a lifetime of struggle and the future of black, queer, and trans liberation. Miss Major Griffin-Gracy is a veteran of the infamous...
Nothing Burns As Bright As You

Nothing Burns As Bright As You

$22.99
Now in paperback, from New York Times bestselling author Ashley Woodfolk, Nothing Burns as Bright as You is an impassioned stand-alone tale of queer love, grief, and the complexity of...
What We Found in Hallelujah

What We Found in Hallelujah

$29.99
Another storm is on the horizon for the Reynolds women. And the only way out is to go through it. Good things never happen in November — at least not...
Promise

Promise

$32.99
The people of Salt Point are afraid of the world beyond their rural town. Most of them areborn, live and die never having gone more than twenty or thirty miles...
Big Girl

Big Girl

$32.99
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CENTRE FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE A THING IS MIGHTY BIG WHEN TIME AND DISTANCE CANNOT SHRINK IT It was a quote by Zora Neale Hurston. Malaya...
Black Women Writers at Work

Black Women Writers at Work

$39.99
A critical collection of conversations with Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Gayl Jones and other Black women writers that changed the scope of Black literature in the 20th century and beyond....
Plot

Plot

$24.99
The stunningly original exploration of pregnancy and childbirth by the acclaimed author of Citizen. In this, the landmark achievement that crowned the first phase of her writing career, Claudia Rankine...
Sing Me to Sleep

Sing Me to Sleep

$19.99
Words sting. Songs kill. Saoirse Sorkova survives on secrets. That she is a siren and her existence is a crime. That she cannot always control her deadly powers. That she...