Riverhead Books

An Imprint of Penguin Random House

55 Publications Found

Minor Black Figures
Minor Black Figures
Brandon Taylor
Oct 2025
New New Me
New New Me
Helen Oyeyemi
Aug 2025
Black Moses: A Saga of Ambition and the Fight for a Black State
Black Moses
Caleb Gayle
Aug 2025
Heaven & Earth Grocery Store (paperback)
Necessary Fiction
Necessary Fiction
Eloghosa Osunde
Jul 2025
Theft
Theft
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Mar 2025
Colored Television
Colored Television
Danzy Senna
Sep 2024
Little Rot
Little Rot
Akwaeke Emezi
Jun 2024
Family Meal: A Novel
Family Meal
Bryan Washington
Oct 2023
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride
Aug 2023
We Refuse to Forget: A True Story of Black Creeks, American Identity, and Power
We Refuse to Forget
Caleb Gayle
Jun 2023
The Late Americans
The Late Americans
Brandon Taylor
May 2023
Vagabonds!
Vagabonds!
Eloghosa Osunde
Feb 2023
Afterlives
Afterlives
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Aug 2022
Peaces
Peaces
Helen Oyeyemi
Apr 2022
Moon Witch, Spider King
Moon Witch, Spider King
Marlon James
Feb 2022
The Office of Historical Corrections: A Novella and Stories
The Office of Historical Corrections
Danielle Evans
Nov 2021
Memorial
Memorial
Bryan Washington
Oct 2021
Monster in the Middle
Monster in the Middle
Tiphanie Yanique
Oct 2021
The Sellout
The Sellout
Paul Beatty
Sep 2021
The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir
The Beauty in Breaking
Michele Harper
Jun 2021
Filthy Animals
Filthy Animals
Brandon Taylor
Jun 2021
Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir
Dear Senthuran
Akwaeke Emezi
Jun 2021
The Death of Vivek Oji
The Death of Vivek Oji
Akwaeke Emezi
Aug 2020
The Vanishing Half
The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett
Jun 2020
Little Family
Little Family
Ishmael Beah
Apr 2020
Deacon King Kong
Deacon King Kong
James McBride
Mar 2020
Real Life
Real Life
Brandon Taylor
Feb 2020
Red at the Bone
Red at the Bone
Jacqueline Woodson
Sep 2019
Lot: Stories
Lot
Bryan Washington
Mar 2019
Gingerbread: A Novel
Gingerbread
Helen Oyeyemi
Mar 2019
Black Leopard, Red Wolf
Black Leopard, Red Wolf
Marlon James
Feb 2019
The Mothers: A Novel
The Mothers
Brit Bennett
Oct 2017
New People
New People
Danzy Senna
Aug 2017
What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky: Stories
What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky
Lesley Nneka Arimah
Apr 2017
What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours
What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours
Helen Oyeyemi
Mar 2016
The Wind in the Reeds: A Storm, A Play, and the City That Would Not Be Broken
The Wind in the Reeds
Wendell Pierce and Rod Dreher
Sep 2015
Boy, Snow, Bird
Boy, Snow, Bird
Helen Oyeyemi
Mar 2015
Hiding in Plain Sight: A Novel
Hiding in Plain Sight
Marita Kinney
Oct 2014
The Good Lord Bird
The Good Lord Bird
James McBride
Aug 2014
Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
Danielle Evans
Sep 2011
You Are Free: Stories
You Are Free
Danzy Senna
May 2011
A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mother
A Singular Woman
Janny Scott
May 2011
Blonde Roots
Blonde Roots
Bernardine Evaristo
Jan 2010
Song Yet Sung
Song Yet Sung
James McBride
Jan 2009
The Bond
The Bond
Sampson Davis, George Jenkins and Rameck Hunt
Oct 2008
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
Dinaw Mengestu
Feb 2008
The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother, 10th Anniversary Edition
The Color of Water
James McBride
Feb 2006
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
ZZ Packer
Feb 2004
Miracle at St. Anna
Miracle at St. Anna
James McBride
Jan 2003
Raising Fences: A Black Man’s Love Story
Raising Fences
Michael Datcher
Mar 2001
Catch The Fire!!: A Cross-Generational Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry
Catch The Fire!!
D-Knowledge
Feb 1998
Drown
Drown
Junot Diaz
Jul 1997
Mama’s Girl
Mama’s Girl
Veronica Chambers
May 1997

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