Elamin Abdelmahmoud An enlightening and deliciously witty collection of essays on Blackness, faith, pop culture, and the challenges--and rewards--of finding one's way in the world, from a BuzzFeed editor and...

Lola Shoneyin Award-winning author Lola Shoneyin delivers an irresistible and entertaining story of marriage, family, power, and heartache set in modern-day Nigeria in her debut novel. When Baba Segi woke...

Zora Neale HustronThe most prolific African-American woman author from 1920 to 1950, Hurston was praised for her writing and condemned for her independence, arrogance, and audaciousness. This unique anthology, with...

Zora Neale HurstonOne of the most important works of twentieth-century American literature, Zora Neale Hurston's beloved 1937 classic, Their Eyes Were Watching God, is an enduring Southern love story sparkling...

Jacqueline WoodsonA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR"A spectacular novel that only this legend can pull off." -Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times-bestselling...

Deborah RodriguezIn Morocco, behind the ancient walls of the medina, secrets will be revealed . . .Amina Bennis has come back to her childhood home in Morocco to attend her...

Imbolo Mbue We should have known the end was near. So begins Imbolo Mbue's devastating second novel, How Beautiful We Were. Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, it...

Brendan Scocumb Growing up Black in rural North Carolina, Ray McMillian’s life is already mapped out. But Ray has a gift and a dream—he’s determined to become a world-class professional...

Nerlla Larsen "Absolutely absorbing, fascinating, and indispensable." — Alice Walker"A work so fine, sensitive, and distinguished that it rises above race categories and becomes that rare object, a good novel."...

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Eric Foner “A masterwork [by] the preeminent historian of the Civil War era.”― Boston Globe Selected as a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times Book Review...

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie   Fifteen-year-old Kambili and her older brother Jaja lead a privileged life in Enugu, Nigeria. They live in a beautiful house, with a caring family, and attend...