Upcoming Book Releases

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

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Wild Ride (a Dyamonde Daniel Book, Book #6)
Coming Feb 23, 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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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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Kid X
Kid X
by Tracey Baptiste
Coming Feb 24, 2026
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We Deserve to Heal: Black Women on the Perils and Promises of Friendship with White Women
We Deserve to Heal
by Patrice Gopo
Coming Feb 24, 2026
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When I Move
When I Move
by Carole Boston Weatherford
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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Trouble at the Hair Salon
Trouble at the Hair Salon
by Tanya Wright
Coming Mar 03, 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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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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Losin’ Control
Losin’ Control
by Ladii Nesha
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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Olivia Gray Will Not Fade Away
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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Yevgeny Onegin
Yevgeny Onegin
by Alexander Pushkin
Coming Mar 31, 2026
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Rich and Rotten
Rich and Rotten
by Jahquel J.
Coming Mar 31, 2026
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Never Wear Red Lipstick: 8 Lies That Stop Black Women from Succeeding in Life and Business
Never Wear Red Lipstick
by Karmetria Burton
Coming Mar 31, 2026
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Auntie’s Baby
Auntie’s Baby
by Breanna J. McDaniel
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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Martyr Loser King
Martyr Loser King
by Saul Williams
Coming Apr 07, 2026
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When It’s Your Turn for Midnight
When It’s Your Turn for Midnight
by Blessing Musariri
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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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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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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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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Helping Daddy
Helping Daddy
by Angel Dike
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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The Brainstormerz: Money Talks (A Graphic Novel)
The Brainstormerz
by Kwame Alexander and Cassidy Dyce
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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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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On Witness and Respair: Essays
On Witness and Respair
by Jesmyn Ward
Coming May 19, 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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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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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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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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Queenie Is Working on It
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Queenie Is Working on It
by Candice Carty-Williams
Coming Jul 02, 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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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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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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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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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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Ida B. Wells and the Untold Truth of a Country
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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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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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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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The Ferryman’s Daughter (Book 1 of 1
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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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James Webb’s Ancient Cosmos
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James Webb’s Ancient Cosmos
by Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Coming Oct 13, 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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Playbook for Justice
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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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