Upcoming Book Releases

Your early look at the most anticipated titles publishing in the months ahead.

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Champagne Taste on a Bad Boy Budget: A Spicy Opposites Attract Romance About Redemption
Coming Dec 30, 2025
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Decolonizing Design: A Cultural Justice Guidebook
Decolonizing Design
by Tunstall
Coming Dec 30, 2025
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Black Hauntologies: Slavery, Modernity and Spectral Re-Vision, Volume II
Black Hauntologies
by Kimberly W. Benston
Coming Dec 31, 2025
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Black Refigurations: Facing, Naming and Voicing in African-American Literature, Volume III
Black Refigurations
by Kimberly W. Benston
Coming Dec 31, 2025
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Black Configurations: The Ethos of "Tradition" from Sterling Brown to Toni Morrison, Volume I
Black Configurations
by Kimberly W. Benston
Coming Dec 31, 2025
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Behind These Four Walls
Behind These Four Walls
by Yasmin Angoe
Coming Jan 01, 2026
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I Am the River: Sarah E. Ray and the Bob-Lo Boat
I Am the River
by Patricia Lee Gauch and Leah Henderson
Coming Jan 06, 2026
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Happy Habits for Successful Women: 13 Ways to Trigger Your Happiness Every Day
Coming Jan 06, 2026
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Not Without Laughter
Not Without Laughter
by Langston Hughes
Coming Jan 06, 2026
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Jackson Alone
Jackson Alone
by Jose Ando
Coming Jan 06, 2026
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A Black Girl and Her Braids
A Black Girl and Her Braids
by Jaylene Clark Owens
Coming Jan 06, 2026
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Basket Ball: The Story of the All-American Game
Basket Ball
by Kadir Nelson
Coming Jan 13, 2026
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Fire Sword and Sea: A Novel
Fire Sword and Sea
by Vanessa Riley
Coming Jan 13, 2026
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Weary Blues; Not Without Laughter; The Ways of White Folks
Coming Jan 13, 2026
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When It’s Darkness on the Delta: How America’s Richest Soil Became Its Poorest Land
When It’s Darkness on the Delta
by W. Ralph Eubanks
Coming Jan 13, 2026
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No Human Involved: The Serial Murder of Black Women and Girls and the Deadly Cost of Police Indifference
No Human Involved
by Cheryl L. Neely
Coming Jan 13, 2026
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Small-Girl Zora and the Shower of Stories: A Tall Tale Based on the Life and Work of Zora Neale Hurston
Coming Jan 13, 2026
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My Brown Boy
My Brown Boy
by Lesle Honore
Coming Jan 13, 2026
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A High Price for Freedom: Raising Hidden Voices from the African American Past
A High Price for Freedom
by Clyde W. Ford
Coming Jan 13, 2026
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Unfunny Bunny
Unfunny Bunny
by Kenan Thompson and Bryan Tucker
Coming Jan 13, 2026
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Slavery After Slavery: Revealing the Legacy of Forced Child Apprenticeships on Black Families, from Emancipation to the Present
Slavery After Slavery
by Mary Frances Berry
Coming Jan 13, 2026
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We Inherit the Fire
We Inherit the Fire
by Kagiso Lesego Molope
Coming Jan 13, 2026
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E Is for Easter Egg Hunt
E Is for Easter Egg Hunt
by Brittany J. Thurman
Coming Jan 13, 2026
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Getting to Reparations: How Building a Different America Requires a Reckoning with Our Past
Getting to Reparations
by Dorothy A. Brown
Coming Jan 20, 2026
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Sweet, Sweet Memory
Sweet, Sweet Memory
by Jacqueline Woodson
Coming Jan 20, 2026
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Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America
Kings and Pawns
by Howard Bryant
Coming Jan 20, 2026
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Troubled Waters: A River’s Journey Toward Justice
Troubled Waters
by Carole Boston Weatherford
Coming Jan 20, 2026
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Destiny of the Diamond Princess
Coming Jan 20, 2026
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A Black Queer History of the United States
A Black Queer History of the United States
by C. Riley Snorton and Darius Bost
Coming Jan 20, 2026
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The Flower Bearers
The Flower Bearers
by Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Coming Jan 20, 2026
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Our Gracie Aunt
Our Gracie Aunt
by Jacqueline Woodson
Coming Jan 20, 2026
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Melodies of the Weary Blues: Classic Poems Illustrated for Young People
Melodies of the Weary Blues
by Langston Hughes
Coming Jan 20, 2026
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No Way, Wash Day
No Way, Wash Day
by Adrienne Thurman
Coming Jan 20, 2026
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The Book of Alice: Poems
The Book of Alice
by Diamond Forde
Coming Jan 20, 2026
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When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical Legacy
When Trees Testify
by Beronda L. Montgomery
Coming Jan 20, 2026
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Let It Shine!: A Celebration of You
Let It Shine!
by Carole Boston Weatherford
Coming Jan 20, 2026
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I Don’t Wish You Well
I Don’t Wish You Well
by Jumata Emill
Coming Jan 26, 2026
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Forgotten Souls: The Lost Tuskegee Airmen
Forgotten Souls
by Cheryl W. Thompson
Coming Jan 27, 2026
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Last First Kiss
Last First Kiss
by Julian Winters
Coming Jan 27, 2026
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On Morrison
On Morrison
by Namwali Serpell
Coming Jan 27, 2026
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Stages: Poems
Stages
by Tramaine Suubi
Coming Jan 27, 2026
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The Crown’s Silence: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery in the Americas
The Crown’s Silence
by Brooke N. Newman
Coming Jan 27, 2026
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Number Ones Only: The Autobiography of Ryan Press & the Art of Making Hits
Number Ones Only
by Ryan Press
Coming Jan 27, 2026
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The Seven Daughters of Dupree
The Seven Daughters of Dupree
by Nikesha Elise Williams
Coming Jan 27, 2026
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Burn Down Master’s House
Coming Jan 27, 2026
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Murder from A to Z
Murder from A to Z
by V. M. Burns
Coming Jan 27, 2026
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Black Founder: The Hidden Power of Being an Outsider
Black Founder
by Stacy Spikes
Coming Jan 27, 2026
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Forever for the Culture: Notes from the New Black Digital Arts Renaissance
Forever for the Culture
by Steven Underwood
Coming Jan 27, 2026
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With Love from Harlem: A Novel of Hazel Scott
With Love from Harlem
by ReShonda Tate Billingsley
Coming Jan 27, 2026
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The Great Disillusionment of Nick and Jay
Coming Jan 27, 2026
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Main Street: A Community Story About Redlining
Main Street
by Britt Hawthorne
Coming Jan 27, 2026
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On Sundays She Picked Flowers
On Sundays She Picked Flowers
by Yah Yah Scholfield
Coming Jan 27, 2026
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Humboldt Cut
Humboldt Cut
by Allison Mick
Coming Jan 27, 2026
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Ex Dilemma
Ex Dilemma
by Elle Wright
Coming Jan 27, 2026
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The People’s Library
The People’s Library
by Veronica G. Henry
Coming Feb 01, 2026
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No More Worlds to Conquer: The Black Poet in Washington, DC
No More Worlds to Conquer
by Brian Gilmore
Coming Feb 02, 2026
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Mighty Macy
Mighty Macy
by Kwame Alexander
Coming Feb 03, 2026
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I’ll Make Me a World: The 100-Year Journey of Black History Month
I’ll Make Me a World
by Jarvis R. Givens
Coming Feb 03, 2026
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The Way Love Goes: A Guide to Building a "Beaurtiful" and Everlasting Relationship
The Way Love Goes
by Shawntae Harris and Jesseca Harris-Dupart
Coming Feb 03, 2026
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God’s Colorful Easter: The Good News Is for Everyone
God’s Colorful Easter
by Esau McCaulley
Coming Feb 03, 2026
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Who’s Watching Shorty?: Reclaiming Myself from the Shame of R. Kelly’s Abuse
Who’s Watching Shorty?
by Reshona Landfair
Coming Feb 03, 2026
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Flyboy in the Buttermilk: Essays on Contemporary America
Coming Feb 03, 2026
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Minor Notes, Volume 2
Minor Notes, Volume 2
by Joshua Bennett and Jesse McCarthy
Coming Feb 03, 2026
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Seven Million Steps: The True Story of Dick Gregory’s Run for the Hungry
Seven Million Steps
by Derrick Barnes
Coming Feb 03, 2026
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Nani and the Lion
Nani and the Lion
by Alicia D. Williams
Coming Feb 03, 2026
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What Do You Need?: How Women of Color Can Take Ownership of Their Careers to Accelerate Their Path to Success
What Do You Need?
by Lauren Wesley Wilson
Coming Feb 03, 2026
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Keeper of Lost Children
Keeper of Lost Children
by Sadeqa Johnson
Coming Feb 10, 2026
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Call and Response: 10 Leadership Lessons from the Black Church
Call and Response
by L. Michelle Smith
Coming Feb 10, 2026
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She Outgrew the Wound
She Outgrew the Wound
by r.h. Sin
Coming Feb 10, 2026
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Through Mom’s Eyes: Simple Wisdom from Mothers Who Raised Extraordinary Humans
Through Mom’s Eyes
by Sheinelle Jones
Coming Feb 10, 2026
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Opal Watson: A Case Most Fowl
Opal Watson
by Brittany J. Thurman
Coming Feb 10, 2026
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Four Eids and a Funeral
Four Eids and a Funeral
by Faridah Abike-Iyimide
Coming Feb 17, 2026
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True to the Game Omnibus
True to the Game Omnibus
by Teri Woods
Coming Feb 17, 2026
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Time for a Change
Time for a Change
by Questlove and S. A. Cosby
Coming Feb 17, 2026
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Kid X
Kid X
by Tracey Baptiste
Coming Feb 24, 2026
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Kin: A Novel
Kin
by Tayari Jones
Coming Feb 24, 2026
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Cleopatra
Cleopatra
by Saara El-Arifi
Coming Feb 24, 2026
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It’s Never Too Late: A Memoir
It’s Never Too Late
by Marla Gibbs
Coming Feb 24, 2026
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Trouble at the Hair Salon
Trouble at the Hair Salon
by Tanya Wright
Coming Mar 03, 2026
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The Power in Surrender: 100 Ways to Tap Into the Courage to Trust God’s Plan Over Fear, Worry, and Doubt
The Power in Surrender
by Sarah Jakes Roberts
Coming Mar 03, 2026
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When I Move
When I Move
by Carole Boston Weatherford
Coming Mar 03, 2026
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The Kids in Mrs. Z’s Class: Fia Hosein Finds Her Beat
The Kids in Mrs. Z’s Class
by Tracey Baptiste
Coming Mar 10, 2026
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Blue Smoke Rises
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Blue Smoke Rises
by Damone Bester
Coming Mar 10, 2026
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Shut Up and Read: A Memoir from Harriett’s Bookshop
Shut Up and Read
by Jeannine A. Cook
Coming Mar 10, 2026
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Chain of Ideas: The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age
Chain of Ideas
by Ibram X. Kendi
Coming Mar 17, 2026
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While We’re Here
While We’re Here
by Anne Wynter
Coming Mar 24, 2026
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Black Out Loud: The Revolutionary History of Black Comedy from Vaudeville to ’90s Sitcoms
Black Out Loud
by Geoff Bennett
Coming Mar 26, 2026
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Rich and Rotten
Rich and Rotten
by Jahquel J.
Coming Mar 31, 2026
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Yevgeny Onegin
Yevgeny Onegin
by Alexander Pushkin
Coming Mar 31, 2026
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Martyr Loser King
Martyr Loser King
by Saul Williams
Coming Apr 07, 2026
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My America: Langston Hughes on Democracy
My America
by Randal Maurice Jelks
Coming Apr 07, 2026
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My Daddy Is Everything
My Daddy Is Everything
by Carole Boston Weatherford
Coming Apr 07, 2026
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A Soldier’s Wife: My Mother, the Marvelous Mrs. Marilyn A. Underwood
A Soldier’s Wife
by Blair Underwood
Coming Apr 14, 2026
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Like a Summer Love Song
Like a Summer Love Song
by Naima Simone
Coming Apr 14, 2026
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Keeping the Faith: A Memoir of Family, Race, and Social History of New Orleans
Keeping the Faith
by Ronald Gauthier
Coming Apr 14, 2026
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Life of the Party
Life of the Party
by Harmony Holiday
Coming Apr 21, 2026
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Good Grief, Pass the Bread, Mom Is Dead: A Memoir
Coming Apr 21, 2026
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Prince Black, White, Color
Coming Apr 21, 2026
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The Genie Game
The Genie Game
by Jordan Ifueko
Coming Apr 21, 2026
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The Overseer Class: A Manifesto
The Overseer Class
by Steven W. Thrasher
Coming Apr 28, 2026
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Black Hands: Builders of Our Nation
Black Hands
by Carole Boston Weatherford
Coming Apr 28, 2026
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Karen’s Surprise: A Graphic Novel
Karen’s Surprise
by Shauna J. Grant
Coming May 05, 2026
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Nephew: A Memoir in 4-Part Harmony
Nephew
by MK Asante
Coming May 05, 2026
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Refusal: Black Women Workers and Emancipatory Struggle
Refusal
by Keona K. Ervin
Coming May 05, 2026
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The Brainstormerz: Money Talks (A Graphic Novel)
The Brainstormerz
by Kwame Alexander and Cassidy Dyce
Coming May 05, 2026
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Ghalen: A Romance in Black
Ghalen
by Walter Mosley
Coming May 12, 2026
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Africology and the African Diaspora: Agency, Culture, and Change
Coming May 14, 2026
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A Song for Juneteenth
A Song for Juneteenth
by Zetta Elliott
Coming May 19, 2026
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Fourteen Ways of Looking at Jellyfish
Fourteen Ways of Looking at Jellyfish
by Carole Boston Weatherford
Coming May 26, 2026
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Breakout
Breakout
by Dhonielle Clayton, et al.
Coming Jun 02, 2026
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The Double Dutch Fuss: A Memoir
The Double Dutch Fuss
by Phill Branch
Coming Jun 02, 2026
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Black Stats (2nd Edition): African Americans by the Numbers
Black Stats (2nd Edition)
by Monique Couvson
Coming Jun 09, 2026
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The Price of Exclusion: The Pursuit of Healthcare in a Segregated Nation
The Price of Exclusion
by Nicole Carr
Coming Jun 16, 2026
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The Pool Is Cool
The Pool Is Cool
by Dwayne Reed
Coming Jun 16, 2026
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A Pair of Aces
A Pair of Aces
by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
Coming Jun 23, 2026
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Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists
Black Earth Wisdom
by Leah Penniman
Coming Jul 07, 2026
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Ember
Ember
by Naima Simone
Coming Jul 14, 2026
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The Ladies Hall
The Ladies Hall
by Vanessa Miller
Coming Aug 11, 2026
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Receiving Redemption: Explorations in Constructive Dogmatics
Receiving Redemption
by Fred Sanders and Uche Anizor
Coming Aug 25, 2026
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Laws of Solomon
Laws of Solomon
by Eriq La Salle
Coming Sep 01, 2026
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Don’t Try This Alone: How to Build Deep Community When You Want to Hide from Your Pain
Don’t Try This Alone
by Toni Collier
Coming Sep 01, 2026
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Cosmic Queries: Startalk’s Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going
Cosmic Queries
by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Coming Sep 08, 2026
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All My Sisters and Me
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All My Sisters and Me
by Sheryl Lister
Coming Sep 08, 2026
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Writer in Residence: A Heartwarming Book about Books Set in the Low-Country
Writer in Residence
by Rhonda McKnight
Coming Sep 08, 2026
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Finding God Every Day: A 90-Day Devotional by a Kid, for Kids
Finding God Every Day
by Luke Tillman
Coming Sep 08, 2026
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Burn the Blueprint: Reject the Lies, Embrace the In-Between, and Begin Again
Burn the Blueprint
by Carlos Whittaker
Coming Sep 22, 2026
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The Ferryman’s Daughter (Book 1 of 1
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Coming Oct 13, 2026
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