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Upcoming Book Releases

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

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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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I Was Told There Would Be Romance
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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Destiny Ink: Sleepover Surprise
Destiny Ink
by Adeola Sokunbi
Coming Apr 14, 2026
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They Made Us Blood and Fury
They Made Us Blood and Fury
by Cheryl S. Ntumy
Coming Apr 14, 2026
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Black Friday: Short Stories from Africa
Black Friday
by Cheryl S. Ntumy
Coming Apr 15, 2026
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The Microphone Journeyman: The Journey Continues
The Microphone Journeyman
by Torman Jahi
Coming Apr 20, 2026
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Good Grief, Pass the Bread, Mom Is Dead: A Memoir
Coming Apr 21, 2026
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James (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
James (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
by Percival Everett
Coming Apr 21, 2026
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Echoes of Cabrini-Green: Letters to My Mother
Echoes of Cabrini-Green
by Rudolph Elliot Willis
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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Life of the Party
Life of the Party
by Harmony Holiday
Coming Apr 21, 2026
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Prince Black, White, Color
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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Cold Case Cover-Up
Cold Case Cover-Up
by K.D. Richards
Coming Apr 28, 2026
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’Til Death Do We Parent: Raising My Kid with His Dad
’Til Death Do We Parent
by Jess Hilarious
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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Nephew: A Memoir in 4-Part Harmony
Nephew
by MK Asante
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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Love, Me: A Letter to Black Women in a Toxic Country, Career, and Relationship
Love, Me
by Tiffany D. Cross
Coming May 05, 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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Refusal: Black Women Workers and Emancipatory Struggle
Refusal
by Keona K. Ervin
Coming May 05, 2026
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Capone: A Black Mafia Romance
Capone
by Jahquel J.
Coming May 05, 2026
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Passport to Paradise (Coloring with Coco)
Coming May 05, 2026
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Helping Daddy
Helping Daddy
by Angel Dike
Coming May 05, 2026
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Weathering the Storm: Navigating the Anti-Social Justice Wave
Weathering the Storm
by Tiffany G. Townsend
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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Dad
Dad
by Christian Robinson
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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Applying J.L. Austin: A Black Speech ACT Workbook
Applying J.L. Austin
by Tracie Morris
Coming May 15, 2026
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A Song for Juneteenth
A Song for Juneteenth
by Zetta Elliott
Coming May 19, 2026
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Score (paperback)
Score (paperback)
by Kennedy Ryan
Coming May 19, 2026
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Malcolm in the Desert: Wisdom from the Spiritual Transformation of Malcolm X
Malcolm in the Desert
by Ilyasah Shabazz
Coming May 19, 2026
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On Witness and Respair: Essays
On Witness and Respair
by Jesmyn Ward
Coming May 19, 2026
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Digital Coup: The Conspiracy to Thwart Global Democracy
Digital Coup
by Darin Johnson
Coming May 25, 2026
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The Four Seasons of Florence Wallace
Coming May 26, 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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Blue Smoke Rises
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Blue Smoke Rises
by Damone Bester
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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Almost by Design: A Novel
Almost by Design
by Jenny Erlingsson
Coming Jun 02, 2026
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The Problem with Pretty: Beauty, Bias and the Surprising Science of Good Looks
The Problem with Pretty
by Allycin Powell-Hicks
Coming Jun 02, 2026
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Goldenborn
Goldenborn
by Ama Ofosua Lieb
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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No Holes Barred: A Dual Manifesto of Sexual Exploration and Power
No Holes Barred
by Mandii B and WeezyWTF, et al.
Coming Jun 09, 2026
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We’ve Been Here Before: How Rebellion and Activism Have Always Sustained America
We’ve Been Here Before
by Michael I. Days and Angela P. Dodson
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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The Missed Connection
The Missed Connection
by Tia Williams
Coming Jun 16, 2026
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Remembering Roots: How an American Classic Transformed the World
Remembering Roots
by Lucas L. Johnson II
Coming Jun 16, 2026
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Chasing Dragonflies
Chasing Dragonflies
by Blessing Musariri
Coming Jun 18, 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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Frankie and Friends The Missing Sock
Coming Jun 23, 2026
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The Broken Hearts Agency
The Broken Hearts Agency
by Clarence A. Haynes
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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Good Morning Means I Love You
Coming Jul 07, 2026
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Colorism: The Politics of Skin Tone and How We Get Free
Colorism
by Sarah L. Webb
Coming Jul 07, 2026
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Ember
Ember
by Naima Simone
Coming Jul 14, 2026
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Cool Machine
Cool Machine
by Colson Whitehead
Coming Jul 21, 2026
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Deadly Family Secrets
Deadly Family Secrets
by K.D. Richards
Coming Jul 28, 2026
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Ghost in the Night
Ghost in the Night
by Tiffany D. Jackson
Coming Aug 04, 2026
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Season of the Serpent
Season of the Serpent
by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
Coming Aug 11, 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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Divine Oaths (Special Limited Edition)
Coming Sep 01, 2026
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The Disappearers
The Disappearers
by Marlon James
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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Laws of Solomon
Laws of Solomon
by Eriq La Salle
Coming Sep 01, 2026
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Capone 2: A Black Mafia Romance
Capone 2
by Jahquel J.
Coming Sep 01, 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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Wicked Endeavors
Wicked Endeavors
by Kamilah Cole
Coming Sep 08, 2026
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A Beginner’s Guide to Leveling Up: A Graphic Novel
A Beginner’s Guide to Leveling Up
by Elizabeth Agyemang
Coming Sep 08, 2026
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Ida B. Wells and the Untold Truth of a Country
Coming Sep 08, 2026
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All My Sisters and Me
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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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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Queenie Is Working on It
Queenie Is Working on It
by Candice Carty-Williams
Coming Sep 08, 2026
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Destiny Ink: Talent Show Magic
Destiny Ink
by Adeola Sokunbi
Coming Sep 15, 2026
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Jax Freeman and the Graveyard Forest
Coming Sep 22, 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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Supa Nova 2: Robot Takeover
Supa Nova 2
by Chante Timothy
Coming Sep 22, 2026
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The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman
Coming Sep 29, 2026
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This Christmas: A Festive Celebration with Soul
This Christmas
by Kahran and Regis Bethencourt
Coming Sep 29, 2026
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A Santa Like Me
A Santa Like Me
by Tonya Abari
Coming Sep 29, 2026
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They Will Not Save Us
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They Will Not Save Us
by Marie Arnold
Coming Oct 06, 2026
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Kanoni’s Kwanzaa
Kanoni’s Kwanzaa
by Hope Anita Smith
Coming Oct 13, 2026
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Freedom’s Eve: A Story of Watch Night
Freedom’s Eve
by Pamela Courtney
Coming Oct 13, 2026
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Everything New Again Deluxe Limited Edition
Coming Oct 13, 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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James Webb’s Ancient Cosmos: A Journey to the Beginning of Time
James Webb’s Ancient Cosmos
by Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Coming Oct 13, 2026
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Don’t Drop the Mic
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Don’t Drop the Mic
by Idris Goodwin
Coming Oct 20, 2026
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The Book of Menopause: Real Talk, Real Science, Real Strategies for the Next Chapter
The Book of Menopause
by Oprah Winfrey
Coming Oct 26, 2026
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Infernal Vow (Immortal Dark #3)
Coming Nov 03, 2026
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Equal to the Task
Equal to the Task
by Kenneth I. Chenault
Coming Nov 03, 2026
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Playbook for Justice: James Lawson and the Nonviolent Movement in America
Playbook for Justice
by Lesley Younge
Coming Nov 03, 2026
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Richer on Purpose
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Richer on Purpose
by Vanessa Adekoya
Coming Dec 08, 2026
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Spiritual Hygiene: A Practical Path for Clean Living, Inner Authority, and Divine Freedom
Spiritual Hygiene
by Iyanla Vanzant
Coming Dec 30, 2026
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How to Be a Heartbreaker
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How to Be a Heartbreaker
by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
Coming Jan 01, 2027
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Icons of Design (Black Lives #2): A Nonfiction Graphic Novel
Coming Jan 05, 2027
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Capone 3: A Black Mafia Romance
Capone 3
by Jahquel J.
Coming Jan 05, 2027
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