217 Publications from Amistad an Imprint of HarperCollins

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Permission to Dream
by Chris Gardner

We Are Each Other’s Harvest
by Natalie Baszile

Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen: The Emotional Lives of Black Women
by Inger Burnett-Zeigler

Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen
by George McCalman

Own the Arena: Getting Ahead, Making a Difference, and Succeeding as the Only One
by Katrina M. Adams

No More Lies: The Myth and Reality of American History
by Dick Gregory

The Rib King
by Ladee Hubbard

Infinitum: An Afrofuturist Tale
by Tim Fielder

Girl Gurl Grrrl: On Womanhood and Belonging in the Age of Black Girl Magic
by Kenya Hunt

The Little Book of Big Lies: A Journey Into Inner Fitness
by Tina Lifford

Dick Gregory’s Political Primer
by Dick Gregory

The Short Life and Curious Death of Free Speech in America
by Ellis Cose

Black Bottom Saints
by Alice Randall

Say It Louder!: Black Voters, White Narratives, and Saving Our Democracy
by Tiffany D. Cross

The Secret Women
by Sheila Williams

My Vanishing Country
by Bakari Sellers

Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter
by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson

We Want Our Bodies Back
by jessica Care moore

Sensuous Knowledge
by Minna Salami

Lakewood
by Megan Giddings

Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick
by Zora Neale Hurston

Africaville
by Jeffrey Colvin

My Name Is Prince
by Prince Rogers Nelson and Randee St. Nicholas

The Little Book of Big Lies
by Tina Lifford

Open Season: Legalized Genocide of Colored People
by Ben Crump

Sweat the Technique: the Elements of Writing—Anything
by Rakim

Think Black
by Clyde W. Ford

Diamond Doris
by Doris Payne

The Love Prison Made and Unmade
by Ebony Roberts

Life Is God’s Best Gift: Wisdom from the Ancestors on Finding Peace and Joy in Today’s World
by Sam Chege

One Night in Georgia
by Celeste O. Norfleet

New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent
by Margaret Busby

Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo”
by Zora Neale Hurston and Deborah G. Plant

The Original Black Elite: Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era
by Elizabeth Dowling Taylor

Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires
by Shomari Wills

The Mother of Black Hollywood: A Memoir
by Jenifer Lewis

Defining Moments in Black History: Reading Between the Lies
by Dick Gregory

The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South
by Michael W. Twitty

Ways of Grace: Stories of Activism, Adversity, and How Sports Can Bring Us Together
by James Blake and Carol Taylor

Making Rent in Bed-Stuy: A Memoir of Trying to Make It in New York City
by Brandon Harris

Black Detroit: A People’s History of Self-Determination
by Herb Boyd

Chasing Space: An Astronaut’s Story of Grit, Grace, and Second Chances
by Leland Melvin

Chasing Space Young Readers’ Edition
by Leland Melvin

Clayton Byrd Goes Underground
by Rita Williams-Garcia

Obama: From Promise to Power
by David Mendell

Jump: Take the Leap of Faith to Achieve Your Life of Abundance
by Steve Harvey

Another Brooklyn: A Novel
by Jacqueline Woodson

The Mother: A Novel
by Yvvette Edwards

Sweetie Pie’s Cookbook: Soulful Southern Recipes, from My Family to Yours
by Robbie Montgomery

Where Everybody Looks Like Me: At the Crossroads of America’s Black Colleges and Culture
by Ron Stodghill

The Book of Luke: My Fight for Truth, Justice, and Liberty City
by Luther Campbell

Spectacle: The Astonishing Life Of Ota Benga
by Pamela Newkirk

Balm: A Novel
by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

After The Dance: My Life With Marvin Gaye
by Jan Gaye and David Ritz

Gone Crazy in Alabama
by Rita Williams-Garcia

Miss Jessie’s: Creating a Successful Business from Scratch—Naturally
by Miko Branch

Eye On The Struggle: Ethel Payne, The First Lady Of The Black Press
by James Mcgrath Morris

God Loves Haiti: A Novel
by Dimitry Elias Leger

Dark Girls
by Bill Duke and Shelia P. Moses

Conversations with God: Two Centuries of Prayers by African Americans
by James M. Washington

Act Like a Success, Think Like a Success: Discovering Your Gift and the Way to Life's Riches
by Steve Harvey

Bad Feminist: Essays
by Roxane Gay

The Harlem Hellfighters: When Pride Met Courage
by Walter Dean Myers and Bill Miles

Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, Expanded Edition: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment
by Steve Harvey and Denene Millner

Unbreak My Heart: A Memoir
by Toni Braxton

Heart of Gold
by Beverly Jenkins

Hold Me In Contempt
by Wendy Williams

Fake ID
by Lamar Giles

Worthy Brown's Daughter
by Phillip Margolin

Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans
by Kadir Nelson

He Said, She Said
by Kwame Alexander

The Church Builder: A Novel (The Church Builder Series)
by A.L. Shields

Destiny's Surrender
by Beverly Jenkins

The Returned
by Jason Mott

Lead Me Home (Winds Of Change)
by Stacy Hawkins Adams

High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society
by Carl Hart

A Brother’s Honor (The Grangers)
by Brenda Jackson

P.S. Be Eleven
by Rita Williams-Garcia

Ask Wendy: Straight-Up Advice For All The Drama In Your Life
by Wendy Williams

Raising The Bar
by Gabrielle Douglas

Darius & Twig
by Walter Dean Myers

Scorpions (Anniversary)
by Walter Dean Myers

A Slave in the White House: Paul Jennings and the Madisons
by Elizabeth Dowling Taylor

Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
by Gilbert King

Remembering Whitney: My Story of Love, Loss, and the Night the Music Stopped
by Cissy Houston

America the Beautiful: Rediscovering What Made This Nation Great
by Ben Carson

Brick by Brick
by Charles R. Smith Jr.

In the Land of Milk and Honey
by Joyce Carol Thomas

A Cupboard Full of Coats: A Novel
by Yvvette Edwards

American Tapestry
by Rachel L. Swarns

By Love Possessed: Stories
by Lorna Goodison

It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership
by Colin Powell

Niv Lessons From Life Bible: Personal Reflections With Jimmy Carter
by Jimmy Carter

Coming Home: A Novel (Winds Of Change)
by Stacy Hawkins Adams

Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man Movie Tie-in What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment
by Steve Harvey and Denene Millner

Freedom’s a-Callin Me
by Ntozake Shange

One Crazy Summer
by Rita Williams-Garcia

Through The Year With Jimmy Carter: 366 Daily Meditations From The 39Th President
by Jimmy Carter

Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man
by Steve Harvey and Denene Millner

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
by Ben Carson

Career GPS: Strategies for Women Navigating the New Corporate Landscape
by Linda Villarosa

Be Careful What You Pray For (Reverend Curtis Black #7)
by Kimberla Lawson Roby

The Great Migration: Journey To The North
by Eloise Greenfield

Straight Talk, No Chaser: How To Find, Keep, And Understand A Man
by Steve Harvey and Denene Millner

A Girl Named Mister
by Nikki Grimes

32 Candles: A Novel
by Ernessa T. Carter

Black Water Rising: A Novel (Jay Porter Series)
by Attica Locke

Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World
by Mildred Pitts Walter

My Holy Bible For African-American Children, Kjv
by Cheryl Willis Hudson and Wade Hudson

Bicycles: Love Poems
by Nikki Giovanni

Lockdown
by Walter Dean Myers

Something Like Beautiful: One Single Mother’s Story
by asha bandele

Wench: A Novel
by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

We Troubled the Waters
by Ntozake Shange

Let’s Get It On: A Novel
by Jill Nelson

Start Where You Are: Life Lessons In Getting From Where You Are To Where You Want To Be
by Chris Gardner and Mim E. Rivas

The Air Between Us: A Novel
by Deborah Johnson

Jumped
by Rita Williams-Garcia

Brida: A Novel (P.S.)
by Paulo Coelho

Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, And Commitment
by Steve Harvey and Denene Millner

Michelle Obama: Meet The First Lady
by David Bergen Brophy

Mr. and Mrs. Prince: How an Extraordinary Eighteenth-Century Family Moved Out of Slavery and into Legend
by Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina

Daughters Of Men: Portraits Of African-American Women And Their Fathers
by Rachel Vassel

Brothers & Sisters: Family Poems
by Eloise Greenfield

Any Known Blood
by Lawrence Hill

Guardian
by Julius Lester

Ida B. Wells: Let The Truth Be Told
by Walter Dean Myers

Alek: My Life from Sudanese Refugee to International Supermodel
by Alek Wek

The Blacker The Berry
by Joyce Carol Thomas

Redbone: The Millionaire and the Gold Digger
by Ron Stodghill

The Witch Of Portobello: A Novel (P.S.)
by Paulo Coelho

A Father’s Law
by Richard Wright

Harvey Moon, Museum Boy
by Pat Cummings

Donavan’s Double Trouble
by Monalisa DeGross

Take The Risk: Learning To Identify, Choose, And Live With Acceptable Risk
by Ben Carson

All Aunt Hagar’s Children: Stories
by Edward P. Jones

Harriet Tubman: Conductor On The Underground Railroad
by Ann Petry

The Devil And Miss Prym: A Novel Of Temptation (P.S.)
by Paulo Coelho

Hattie Mcdaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood
by Jill Watts

Bronzeville Boys And Girls
by Gwendolyn Brooks

Autobiography of My Dead Brother
by Walter Dean Myers

The Pursuit of Happyness
by Chris Gardner and Quincy Troupe

Confessions of a Video Vixen
by Karrine Steffans

The Known World
by Edward P. Jones

The Zahir: A Novel Of Obsession
by Paulo Coelho

Original Zinn: Conversations On History And Politics
by Howard Zinn

The Friendly Four
by Eloise Greenfield

The Vow: A Novel
by Denene Millner, Angela Burt-Murray and Mitzi Miller

Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Zora Neale Hurston

A House Is Not a Home: A B-Boy Blues Novel
by James Earl Hardy

By The River Piedra I Sat Down And Wept: A Novel Of Forgiveness
by Paulo Coelho

Before the Legend: The Rise of Bob Marley
by Christopher John Farley

Unburnable: A Novel
by Marie-Elena John

Little Divas
by Philana Marie Boles

Let The Lion Eat Straw
by Ellease Southerland

Shifting Through Neutral
by Bridgett M. Davis

Eleven Minutes: A Novel (P.S.)
by Paulo Coelho

Shooter
by Walter Dean Myers

In The Paint: A Novel
by Philana Marie Boles

Me & Neesie
by Eloise Greenfield

Monster
by Walter Dean Myers

The Dream Bearer
by Walter Dean Myers

In The Land Of Words: New And Selected Poems
by Eloise Greenfield

No Laughter Here
by Rita Williams-Garcia

A Small Nation of People: W. E. B. Du Bois and African American Portraits of Progress
by David Levering Lewis

The Polished Hoe
by Austin Clarke

Love the One You’re With (B-Boy Blues, Book 5)
by James Earl Hardy

The Twentieth Century: A People’s History
by Howard Zinn

Honey, I Love
by Eloise Greenfield

Hue And Cry: Stories
by James Alan McPherson

Blowback
by Eric Fullilove

Too Beautiful for Words
by Monique W. Morris

Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush
by Virginia Hamilton

Every Time A Rainbow Dies
by Rita Williams-Garcia

The Big Picture
by Ben Carson

Black Profiles In Courage
by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Alan Steinberg

The Fifth Mountain
by Paulo Coelho

What Brothers Think, What Sistahs Know About Sex: The Real Deal On Passion, Loving, And Intimacy
by Denene Millner and Nick Chiles

Race For Success: The Ten Best Business Opportunities For Blacks In America
by George C. Fraser

In The Spirit
by Susan L. Taylor

For The Love Of The Game: Michael Jordan And Me (Trophy Picture Books)
by Eloise Greenfield

Skin Deep: The Story of Black Models in America and Abroad
by Barbara Summers

Cumbayah
by Floyd Cooper

Color-Blind: Seeing Beyond Race In A Race-Obsessed World
by Ellis Cose

Meet Danitra Brown
by Nikki Grimes

Think Big: Unleashing Your Potential For Excellence
by Ben Carson

Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea
by Joyce Carol Thomas

A Man’s World: How Real Is Male Privilege - And How High Is Its Price?
by Ellis Cose

The Rage Of A Privileged Class: Why Are Middle-Class Blacks Angry? Why Should America Care?
by Ellis Cose

Nouvelle Soul: Short Stories
by Barbara Summers

A Hard Road To Glory: A History Of The African American Athlete: Vol 3 1946-Present
by Arthur Ashe

A Hard Road To Glory: A History Of The African American Athlete: Boxing
by Arthur Ashe

A Hard Road To Glory: A History Of The African American Athlete: Football
by Arthur Ashe

The Price You Pay
by Barbara Summers

A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete 1619-1918
by Arthur Ashe

She Come Bringing Me That Little Baby Girl
by Eloise Greenfield

Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir
by Eloise Greenfield and Lessie Jones Little

Absolutely Nothing To Get Alarmed About: The Complete Novels Of Charles Wright
by Charles Wright

Ben Carson
by Ben Carson

Which Way Freedom? (Obi and Easter Trilogy)
by Joyce Hansen

Under The Sunday Tree
by Eloise Greenfield

Now Is Your Time! The African-American Struggle for Freedom
by Walter Dean Myers

Storm in the Night
by Mary Stolz

Sister
by Eloise Greenfield

Surprises (I Can Read Book 3)
by Lee Bennett Hopkins

Honey, I Love And Other Love Poems
by Eloise Greenfield

I Have a Sister—My Sister Is Deaf
by Jeanne Whitehouse Peterson

Just Us Women
by Jeannette Caines

Count on Your Fingers African Style
by Claudia Zaslavsky

Movin’ Up, Pop Gordy Tells His Story
by Berry Gordy

Africa Dream
by Eloise Greenfield

The Art & Science of Respect
by James Prince