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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

A Part of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

239 Books Published

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Publications List

The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman
The Crown’s Silence: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery in the Americas
Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America
The Wilderness
The Wilderness
Angela Flournoy
Sep 2025
First Day Around the World
First Day Around the World
Ibi Zoboi
Jun 2025
(S)Kin
(S)Kin
Ibi Zoboi
Feb 2025
An African History of Africa
An African History of Africa
Zeinab Badawi
Jan 2025
On a Move: Philadelphia’s Notorious Bombing and a Native Son’s Lifelong Battle for Justice
A Place to Shine
A Place to Shine
Marie Arnold
Jun 2024
The Jazzmen: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie Transformed America
Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America
Ghost Roast
Ghost Roast
Shawnee Gibbs and Shawnelle Gibbs
Jan 2024
The Black Joy Project
The Black Joy Project
Kleaver Cruz
Dec 2023
The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson
Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original
Nothing Burns as Bright as You
Nothing Burns as Bright as You
Ashley Woodfolk
Feb 2023
The Narrows
The Narrows
Ann Petry
Jan 2023
Country Place: A Novel
Country Place: A Novel
Ann Petry
Jan 2023
Miss Muriel And Other Stories
Miss Muriel And Other Stories
Ann Petry
Jan 2023
Let It Bang: A Young Black Man’s Reluctant Odyssey into Guns
Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America
A Library
A Library
Nikki Giovanni
Sep 2022
I Rise
I Rise
Marie Arnold
Aug 2022
Harry Sylvester Bird
Harry Sylvester Bird
Chinelo Okparanta
Jul 2022