Scenes from My Life: A Memoir
by Michael K. Williams

• Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
• An NAACP Image Award Honored Book

Publication Date: Aug 23, 2022
List Price: $28.99
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780593240373
Imprint: Crown Publishing Group
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann

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Walking in My Joy: In These Streets
by Jenifer Lewis

• 1 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
• An NAACP Image Award Honored Book

Publication Date: Aug 02, 2022
List Price: $28.99
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780063079656
Imprint: Amistad
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corp

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A Way Out of No Way: A Memoir of Truth, Transformation, and the New American Story
by Raphael G. Warnock

• An NAACP Image Award Honored Book

Publication Date: Jun 14, 2022
List Price: $28.00
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780593491546
Imprint: Penguin Press
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann

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The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
by Michelle Obama

• 1 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
• Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
• An NAACP Image Award Honored Book

Publication Date: Nov 15, 2022
List Price: $32.50
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780593237465
Imprint: Crown Publishing Group
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann

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You’ve Been Chosen: Thriving Through the Unexpected
by Cynt Marshall

• An NAACP Image Award Honored Book

Publication Date: Sep 13, 2022
List Price: $28.00
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780593359419
Imprint: Ballantine Books
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann

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Stacey’s Remarkable Books
by Stacey Abrams aka Selena Montgomery, Illustrated by Kitt Thomas

• 3 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
• An NAACP Image Award Honored Book

Publication Date: Dec 13, 2022
List Price: $19.99
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
Classification: Fiction
Target Age Group: Picture Book
ISBN13: 9780063271852
Imprint: Balzer + Bray
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corp

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Black Gold
by Laura Obuobi, Illustrated by London Ladd

• An NAACP Image Award Honored Book

Publication Date: Oct 11, 2022
List Price: $18.99
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
Classification: Fiction
Target Age Group: Picture Book
ISBN13: 9780063015760
Imprint: HarperCollins
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corp

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Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas
by Jeanne Walker Harvey, Illustrated by Loveis Wise

• An NAACP Image Award Honored Book

Publication Date: Feb 22, 2022
List Price: $18.99
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
Target Age Group: Picture Book
ISBN13: 9780063021891
Imprint: HarperCollins
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corp

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The Year We Learned to Fly
by Jacqueline Woodson, Illustrated by Rafael López

• 3 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
• Kirkus Prize Finalist/Winner 2022
• An NAACP Image Award Honored Book

Publication Date: Jan 04, 2022
List Price: $18.99
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
Classification: Fiction
Target Age Group: Picture Book
ISBN13: 9780399545535
Imprint: Nancy Paulsen Books
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann

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Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky
by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond, Illustrated by Daniel Minter

• 1 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
• An NAACP Image Award Honored Book

Publication Date: Feb 15, 2022
List Price: $18.99
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
Target Age Group: Picture Book
ISBN13: 9781984894366
Imprint: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann

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

• 2 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
• An NAACP Image Award Honored Book

Publication Date: Jul 19, 2022
List Price: $39.99
Format: Hardcover, 432 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780062913234
Imprint: Amistad
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corp

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America Made Me a Black Man: A Memoir
by Boyah J. Farah

• An NAACP Image Award Honored Book

Publication Date: Sep 06, 2022
List Price: $26.99
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780063073357
Imprint: Harper
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corp

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What the Fireflies Knew
by Kai Harris

• An NAACP Image Award Honored Book

Publication Date: Feb 01, 2022
List Price: $26.00
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780593185346
Imprint: Tiny Reparations Books
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann

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Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation
by Ekemini Uwan, Christina Edmondson, Michelle Higgins

• An NAACP Image Award Honored Book

Publication Date: Apr 26, 2022
List Price: $26.00
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780593239735
Imprint: Convergent Books
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann

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Marriage Be Hard: 12 Conversations to Keep You Laughing, Loving, and Learning with Your Partner
by Kevin Fredericks and Melissa Fredericks

• An NAACP Image Award Honored Book

Publication Date: Sep 13, 2022
List Price: $26.00
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780593240427
Imprint: Convergent Books
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann

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Light Skin Gone to Waste
by Toni Ann Johnson

• An NAACP Image Award Honored Book

Publication Date: Oct 15, 2022
List Price: $22.95
Format: Paperback
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780820363066
Imprint: University of Georgia Press
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Parent Company: University of Georgia

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Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction
by Sheree Renee Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight

• An NAACP Image Award Honored Book

Publication Date: Nov 15, 2022
List Price: $27.99
Format: Hardcover, 528 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781250833006
Imprint: Tordotcom
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
Parent Company: Holtzbrinck Publishing Group

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The Keeper
by Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes, Illustrated by Bryan Christopher Moss

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Publication Date: Sep 27, 2022
List Price: $24.99
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781419751554
Imprint: Harry N. Abrams
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Parent Company: La Martinière Groupe

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You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
by Akwaeke Emezi

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Publication Date: May 24, 2022
List Price: $27.00
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781982188702
Imprint: Atria Books
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Parent Company: KKR & Co. Inc.

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Take My Hand
by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

• 3 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
• Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
• Hurston/Wright Honored Book (2023)
• An NAACP Image Award Honored Book

Publication Date: Apr 12, 2022
List Price: $27.00
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780593337691
Imprint: Berkley Books
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann

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Cooking from the Spirit: Easy, Delicious, and Joyful Plant-Based Inspirations
by Tabitha Brown

• An NAACP Image Award Honored Book

Publication Date: Oct 04, 2022
List Price: $30.00
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780063080324
Imprint: William Morrow
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corp

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Homecoming: Overcome Fear and Trauma to Reclaim Your Whole, Authentic Self
by Thema Bryant

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Publication Date: Mar 15, 2022
List Price: $26.00
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780593418314
Imprint: TarcherPerigee
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann

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The 5 Principles: A Revolutionary Path to Health, Inner Wealth, and Knowledge of Self
by Khnum “Stic” Ibomu

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Publication Date: Oct 18, 2022
List Price: $29.00
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781538708088
Imprint: Balance
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Parent Company: Lagardère Group

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Eat Plants, B*tch
by Pinky Cole

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Publication Date: Nov 15, 2022
List Price: $28.99
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781982178314
Imprint: Gallery Books/13A
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Parent Company: KKR & Co. Inc.

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Black Joy: Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Restoration
by Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts

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Publication Date: Feb 01, 2022
List Price: $27.99
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781982176556
Imprint: Gallery Books
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Parent Company: KKR & Co. Inc.

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Finding Me: A Memoir
by Viola Davis

• 4 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
• Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
• An NAACP Image Award Honored Book

Publication Date: Apr 26, 2022
List Price: $28.99
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780063037328
Imprint: HarperOne
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corp

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Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America
by Cody Keenan

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Publication Date: Oct 04, 2022
List Price: $29.99
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780358651895
Imprint: Mariner Books
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Parent Company: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation
by Linda Villarosa

• 1 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
• An NAACP Image Award Honored Book

Publication Date: Jun 14, 2022
List Price: $30.00
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780385544887
Imprint: Doubleday
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann

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Who’s Black and Why?: A Hidden Chapter from the Eighteenth-Century Invention of Race
by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Andrew S. Curran

• An NAACP Image Award Honored Book

Publication Date: Mar 22, 2022
List Price: $29.95
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780674244269
Imprint: Belknap Press
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Parent Company: Harvard University

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Requiem for the Massacre: A Black History on the Conflict, Hope, and Fallout of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
by RJ Young

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Publication Date: Nov 01, 2022
List Price: $27.00
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781640095021
Imprint: Counterpoint
Publisher: Counterpoint
Parent Company: Counterpoint

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Best Barbarian: Poems
by Roger Reeves

• Hurston/Wright Honored Book (2023)
• An NAACP Image Award Honored Book

Publication Date: Mar 22, 2022
List Price: $26.95
Format: Hardcover, 120 pages
Classification: Poetry
ISBN13: 9780393609332
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Parent Company: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.

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Bluest Nude: Poems
by Ama Codjoe

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Publication Date: Sep 13, 2022
List Price: $16.00
Format: Paperback, 120 pages
Classification: Poetry
ISBN13: 9781571315427
Imprint: Milkweed Editions
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Parent Company: Milkweed Editions

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To the Realization of Perfect Helplessness
by Robin Coste Lewis

• Hurston/Wright Honored Book (2023)
• An NAACP Image Award Honored Book

Publication Date: Dec 06, 2022
List Price: $35.00
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
Classification: Poetry
ISBN13: 9781524732585
Imprint: Knopf Publishing Group
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann

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Concentrate: Poems
by Courtney Faye Taylor

• Hurston/Wright Honored Book (2023)
• An NAACP Image Award Honored Book

Publication Date: Nov 01, 2022
List Price: $17.00
Format: Paperback, 96 pages
Classification: Poetry
ISBN13: 9781644452103
Imprint: Graywolf Press
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Parent Company: Graywolf Press

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Muse Found in a Colonized Body
by Yesenia Montilla

• An NAACP Image Award Honored Book

Publication Date: Sep 15, 2022
List Price: $17.95
Format: Paperback, 108 pages
Classification: Poetry
ISBN13: 9781954245327
Imprint: Four Way Books
Publisher: Four Way Books
Parent Company: Four Way Books

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Inheritance: A Visual Poem
by Elizabeth Acevedo, Illustrated by Andrea Pippins

• An NAACP Image Award Honored Book

Publication Date: May 03, 2022
List Price: $16.99
Format: Hardcover, 48 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
Target Age Group: Young Adult
ISBN13: 9780062931948
Imprint: Quill Tree Books
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corp

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Maybe an Artist, a Graphic Memoir
by Liz Montague

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Publication Date: Oct 18, 2022
List Price: $24.99
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
Target Age Group: Young Adult
ISBN13: 9780593307816
Imprint: Random House Studio
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann

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Cookies & Milk
by Shawn Amos

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Publication Date: May 24, 2022
List Price: $16.99
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Classification: Fiction
Target Age Group: Middle Grade
ISBN13: 9780759556775
Imprint: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Parent Company: Lagardère Group

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Opening My Eyes Underwater: Essays on Hope, Humanity, and Our Hero Michelle Obama
by Ashley Woodfolk

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Publication Date: Sep 27, 2022
List Price: $19.99
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
Target Age Group: Young Adult
ISBN13: 9781250240378
Imprint: Feiwel & Friends
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
Parent Company: Holtzbrinck Publishing Group

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Me and White Supremacy (Young Readers’)
by Layla Saad

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Publication Date: Feb 01, 2022
List Price: $17.99
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
Target Age Group: Middle Grade
ISBN13: 9781728259086
Imprint: Sourcebooks Explore
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Parent Company: Sourcebooks

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