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From bestselling, National Book Award-winning author Elizabeth Acevedo comes her first novel for adults, the story of one Dominican-American family...

The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known From the New York Times-bestselling author of All Boys Aren't Blue comes an empowering set of essays ...

Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement Activist, teacher, author and icon of the Black Power movement Angela Davis talks Ferguson,...

A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me An inspiring memoir of family, community, and resilience, and an ode to the power of books to help us...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - WINNER OF THE 2019 BOOKER PRIZE From one of Britain's most celebrated writers of color, a magnificent portrayal of the inters...

An electrifying new picture book by #1 New York Times bestselling author and presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman Who are we? We are a billion...

The Lillys, Book #2 All her life, Kayla heard the same refrain: Don't be so loud. Don't act so wild. Don't take up so much space. Now she's the bea...

An instant New York Times bestseller! "Grown exposes the underbelly of a tough conversation, providing a searing examination of misogynoir, rape cu...

NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST - From the award-winning, bestselling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists - a haunting ...

Ray Carney, Book #1 From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys, a gloriously entertaining nov...

This is a book only Questlove could have written: a perceptive and personal reflection on the first half-century of hip-hop. When hip-hop first eme...

A novel of breathtaking sweep and emotional power that traces three hundred years in Ghana and along the way also becomes a truly great American no...

Introducing internationally bestselling author Bolu Babalola's dazzling debut novel, full of passion, humor, and heart, that centers on a young Bla...

Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot Today's feminist movement has a glaring blind spot, and paradoxically, it is women. Mainstream feminist...

A young woman is drawn into the upper echelons of a society where blood is power, in this dark and enthralling gothic novel from the author of The ...

From the celebrated author of the New York Times bestseller Behold the Dreamers, comes a sweeping, wrenching story about the collision of a small A...

A young girl with vitiligo celebrates her skin in this joyful picture book by debut author Lid'ya C. Rivera and illustrated by #1 New York Times be...

A Book about Ubuntu We may be different, but our hearts beat the same. In southern Africa, there is a belief called ubuntu - the idea that we are a...

Susan Choi's Trust Exercise meets Nick Hornby's High Fidelity in a Black woman's coming-of-age story, chronicling a life-changing friendship, the i...

From the author of Sisters in Arms comes the incredible, untold story of Effa Manley, a black businesswoman in the male dominated baseball industry...

Guardians of the Gods, Book #1 A cosmic war reignites and the fate of the orisha lie in the hands of an untried acolyte in this first entry of a ne...

The fates of two unforgettable women - one just beginning a journey of reckoning and self-discovery and the other completing her life's last vital ...

A story for all ages from the author of the #1 bestselling Born a Crime "What will we find in the uncut grass?""It depends on what we're looking fo...

Jayden and a new friend bring nature to the city in this timeless story about a community garden Amidst all the buildings, people, and traffic in h...