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Grand Central Publishing

An Imprint of Hachette Book Group

178 Publications Found

The Missed Connection
The Missed Connection
Tia Williams
Jun 2026
August Lane
August Lane
Regina Black
Jul 2025
Leviathan Beach
Leviathan Beach
Joseph Earl Thomas
May 2025
The Sable Cloak
The Sable Cloak
Gail Milissa Grant
Feb 2025
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
Tia Williams
Feb 2025
Remember, You Are a Wiley
Remember, You Are a Wiley
Maya Wiley
Sep 2024
God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer
God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer
Joseph Earl Thomas
Jun 2024
Sink: A Memoir
Sink
Joseph Earl Thomas
Feb 2024
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
Tia Williams
Feb 2024
Leslie F*cking Jones
Leslie F*cking Jones
Leslie Jones
Sep 2023
The Art of Scandal
The Art of Scandal
Regina Black
Aug 2023
Goodbye Earl: A Revenge Novel
Goodbye Earl
Leesa Cross-Smith
Jul 2023
The Museum of Ordinary People
The Museum of Ordinary People
Mike Gayle
May 2023
Half-Blown Rose
Half-Blown Rose
Leesa Cross-Smith
Apr 2023
Nobody’s Magic (Paperback)
Nobody’s Magic (Paperback)
Destiny O. Birdsong
Jan 2023
The World Record Book of Racist Stories
The World Record Book of Racist Stories
Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar
Nov 2022
The Wind at My Back: Resilience, Grace, and Other Gifts from My Mentor, Raven Wilkinson
The Wind at My Back
Misty Copeland
Nov 2022
Sister Friends Forever
Sister Friends Forever
Kimberla Lawson Roby
Aug 2022
All the Lonely People
All the Lonely People
Mike Gayle
Aug 2022
Seven Days in June
Seven Days in June
Tia Williams
Jun 2022
Half-Blown Rose: A Novel
Half-Blown Rose
Leesa Cross-Smith
May 2022
The Trayvon Generation
The Trayvon Generation
Elizabeth Alexander
Apr 2022
Nobody’s Magic
Nobody’s Magic
Destiny O. Birdsong
Feb 2022
Imago (Lilith’s Brood #3)
Imago (Lilith’s Brood #3)
Octavia E. Butler
Dec 2021
ACT Like You Got Some Sense: And Other Things My Daughters Taught Me
ACT Like You Got Some Sense
Jamie Foxx
Oct 2021
Say Their Names: How Black Lives Came to Matter in America
Say Their Names
Curtis Bunn, Michael H. Cottman, Patrice Gaines, Nick Charles, and Keith Harriston
Oct 2021
The Forgotten First: Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Marion Motley, Bill Willis, and the Breaking of the NFL Color Barrier
The Forgotten First
Keyshawn Johnson
Sep 2021
Adulthood Rites
Adulthood Rites
Octavia E. Butler
Aug 2021
Sometimes I Trip on How Happy We Could Be
Dawn (Lilith’s Brood #1)
Dawn (Lilith’s Brood #1)
Octavia E. Butler
Jul 2021
Carry on: Reflections for a New Generation
Carry on
John Lewis
Jul 2021
Seven Days in June
Seven Days in June
Tia Williams
Jun 2021
Better, Not Bitter: Living on Purpose in the Pursuit of Racial Justice
Better, Not Bitter
Yusef Salaam
May 2021
What’s Mine and Yours
What’s Mine and Yours
Naima Coster
Mar 2021
This Close to Okay
This Close to Okay
Leesa Cross-Smith
Feb 2021
You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism
You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey
Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar
Jan 2021
Patternmaster (Patternist #4)
Patternmaster (Patternist #4)
Octavia E. Butler
Dec 2020
Clay’s Ark (Patternist #3)
Clay’s Ark (Patternist #3)
Octavia E. Butler
Sep 2020
Mind of My Mind (Patternist #2)
Mind of My Mind (Patternist #2)
Octavia E. Butler
Aug 2020
Wild Seed (Patternist #1)
Wild Seed (Patternist #1)
Octavia E. Butler
Mar 2020
So We Can Glow: Stories
So We Can Glow
Leesa Cross-Smith
Mar 2020
Parable of the Talents
Parable of the Talents
Octavia E. Butler
Aug 2019
Parable of the Sower
Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler
Apr 2019
A Moonless, Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa
A Moonless, Starless Sky
Alexis Okeowo
Oct 2018
Better Late Than Never (Final Book in Reverend Curtis Black Series #15)
Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist
Well, That Escalated Quickly
Franchesca Ramsey
May 2018
The Escape Artist
The Escape Artist
Brad Meltzer
Mar 2018
The Family Lawyer
The Family Lawyer
James Patterson, Robert Rotstein, Christopher Charles, and Rachel Howzell Hall
Sep 2017
Across That Bridge
Across That Bridge
John Lewis
Aug 2017
Sin of a Woman (Reverend Curtis Black #14)
Sin of a Woman (Reverend Curtis Black #14)
Kimberla Lawson Roby
Jun 2017
Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-Year Friendship On and Off the Court
Coach Wooden and Me
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
May 2017
Copycat
Copycat
Kimberla Lawson Roby
Jan 2017
Man on the Run
Man on the Run
Carl Weber
Jan 2017
The Orphan Mother: A Novel
The Orphan Mother
Robert Hicks
Sep 2016
A Sinful Calling (Reverend Curtis Black #13)
A Sinful Calling (Reverend Curtis Black #13)
Kimberla Lawson Roby
Jun 2016
The House of Secrets
The House of Secrets
Brad Meltzer
Jun 2016
The Cook Up: A Crack Rock Memoir
The Cook Up
D. Watkins
May 2016
Hamilton: The Revolution
Hamilton
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Apr 2016
Best Friends Forever
Best Friends Forever
Kimberla Lawson Roby
Jan 2016
The President’s Shadow
The President’s Shadow
Brad Meltzer
Jun 2015
The Ultimate Betrayal (Reverend Curtis Black #12)
The Light Of The World: A Memoir
The Light Of The World
Elizabeth Alexander
Apr 2015
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
David and Goliath
Malcolm Gladwell
Apr 2015
A Christmas Prayer
A Christmas Prayer
Kimberla Lawson Roby
Oct 2014
Instinct Daily Readings: 100 Insights That Will Uncover, Sharpen And Activate Your Instincts
Instinct Daily Readings
T. D. Jakes
Oct 2014
Death Of A King: The Real Story Of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Final Year
Death Of A King
Tavis Smiley
Sep 2014
The Choir Director 2: Runaway Bride
The Choir Director 2
Carl Weber
Aug 2014
The Golden Hustla
The Golden Hustla
Wahida Clark
Jul 2014
Angels Make Their Hope Here
Angels Make Their Hope Here
Breena Clarke
Jul 2014
What a Sista Should Do
What a Sista Should Do
Tiffany Warren
Jun 2014
The Prodigal Son (Reverend Curtis Black #11)
The Prodigal Son (Reverend Curtis Black #11)
Kimberla Lawson Roby
May 2014
The Closer
The Closer
Mariano Rivera and Wayne Coffey
May 2014
Everybody’s Got Something
Everybody’s Got Something
Robin Roberts and Veronica Chambers
Apr 2014
Bartlett’s Familiar Black Quotations
The Perfect Marriage
The Perfect Marriage
Kimberla Lawson Roby
Sep 2013
Mo’ Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove
Mo’ Meta Blues
Questlove and Ben Greenman
Jun 2013
A House Divided (Reverend Curtis Black #10)
A House Divided (Reverend Curtis Black #10)
Kimberla Lawson Roby
May 2013
The Woman He Loved Before
The Woman He Loved Before
Dorothy Koomson
May 2013
Mystery Writers of America Presents the Mystery Box
Sister Mine
Sister Mine
Nalo Hopkinson
Mar 2013
The Ex-Wife
The Ex-Wife
Candice Dow
Jan 2013
The Man In 3B
The Man In 3B
Carl Weber
Jan 2013
Fifth Assassin
Fifth Assassin
Brad Meltzer
Jan 2013
Alibi Ii: Nard’s Revenge
Alibi Ii
Teri Woods
Nov 2012
Shattered
Shattered
Kia DuPree
Oct 2012
Shaq Uncut: My Story
Shaq Uncut
Shaquille O’Neal
Sep 2012
The Reverend’ss Wife (Reverend Curtis Black #9)
The Ice Cream Girls
The Ice Cream Girls
Dorothy Koomson
Apr 2012
Passing Love
Passing Love
Jacqueline E. Luckett
Jan 2012
Silenced
Silenced
Kia DuPree
Oct 2011
Secret Obsession
Secret Obsession
Kimberla Lawson Roby
Sep 2011
Love, Honor, and Betray (Reverend Curtis Black #8)
Off the Chain
Off the Chain
Candice Dow
Jun 2011
Money Can’t Buy Love
Money Can’t Buy Love
Connie Briscoe
Jun 2011
Outliers: The Story of Success
Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell
Jun 2011
Dutch III: International Gangster
Dutch III
Teri Woods
May 2011
Sixty-Nine
Sixty-Nine
Marissa Monteilh (aka Pynk)
Mar 2011
No Matter What!: 9 Steps to Living the Life You Love
No Matter What!
Lisa Nichols
Mar 2011
Harlem Is Nowhere: A Journey To The Mecca Of Black America
Harlem Is Nowhere
Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts
Jan 2011
Searching For Tina Turner
Searching For Tina Turner
Jacqueline E. Luckett
Jan 2011
The Inner Circle
The Inner Circle
Brad Meltzer
Jan 2011
True to the Game (True to the Game trilogy, Book 1)
The Golden Hustla
The Golden Hustla
Wahida Clark
Oct 2010
The Vixen Manual: How to Find, Seduce & Keep the Man You Want
The Vixen Manual
Karrine Steffans
Aug 2010
The Secrets Of Newberry
The Secrets Of Newberry
Victor McGlothin
Jun 2010
The Knight Life: "Chivalry Ain’t Dead"
The Knight Life
Keith Knight
Jun 2010
Alibi
Alibi
Teri Woods
Jun 2010
What’s Really Hood!: A Collection Of Tales From The Streets
What’s Really Hood!
Wahida Clark
May 2010
Put On Your Crown: Life-Changing Moments On The Path To Queendom
Put On Your Crown
Queen Latifah
May 2010
Foxy: My Life In Three Acts
Foxy
Pam Grier
Apr 2010
Sexaholics
Sexaholics
Marissa Monteilh (aka Pynk)
Mar 2010
Up at the College
Up at the College
Michele Andrea Bowen
Mar 2010
Dutch Ii: Angel’s Revenge (Dutch Trilogy)
Dutch Ii
Teri Woods
Mar 2010
In The Midst Of It All
In The Midst Of It All
Tiffany Warren
Feb 2010
Damaged
Damaged
Kia DuPree
Jan 2010
Farther Than I Meant to Go, Longer Than I Meant to Stay
What The Dog Saw: And Other Adventures
What The Dog Saw
Malcolm Gladwell
Oct 2009
Permission Slips: Every Woman’s Guide to Giving Herself a Break
Permission Slips
Sherri Shepherd
Oct 2009
Feelin’ the Vibe
Feelin’ the Vibe
Candice Dow
Sep 2009
Dutch
Dutch
Teri Woods
Sep 2009
Thug Lovin’
Thug Lovin’
Wahida Clark
Aug 2009
Alibi
Alibi
Teri Woods
Aug 2009
The Vixen Manual: How To Find, Seduce & Keep The Man You Want
The Vixen Manual
Karrine Steffans
Jul 2009
Sisters & Husbands
Sisters & Husbands
Connie Briscoe
Jun 2009
The Vixen Diaries
The Vixen Diaries
Karrine Steffans
Jun 2009
Single Husbands
Single Husbands
Honeyb
Mar 2009
Sexcapades
Sexcapades
Honeyb
Feb 2009
The Bishop’s Daughter
The Bishop’s Daughter
Tiffany Warren
Jan 2009
This Year You Write Your Novel
This Year You Write Your Novel
Walter Mosley
Jan 2009
We Take This Man
We Take This Man
Candice Dow and Daaimah S. Poole
Jan 2009
Erotic City
Erotic City
Marissa Monteilh (aka Pynk)
Nov 2008
The Book of Fate
The Book of Fate
Brad Meltzer
Aug 2008
The First Counsel
The First Counsel
Brad Meltzer
Aug 2008
Blonde Faith: An Easy Rawlins Novel
Blonde Faith
Walter Mosley
Aug 2008
Stand The Storm: A Novel
Stand The Storm
Breena Clarke
Jul 2008
Method Man
Method Man
Method Man and Sanford Greene
Jul 2008
True to the Game III
True to the Game III
Teri Woods
Jul 2008
Holy Ghost Corner
Holy Ghost Corner
Michele Andrea Bowen
Jun 2008
Payback with Ya Life
Payback with Ya Life
Wahida Clark
May 2008
Don’t Blame It on Rio: The Real Deal Behind Why Men Go to Brazil for Sex
Don’t Blame It on Rio
Karen Hunter
Apr 2008
Mystery Writers Of America Presents The Blue Religion: New Stories About Cops, Criminals, And The Chase
Mystery Writers Of America Presents The Blue Religion
Mystery Writers Of America
Apr 2008
The January Girl
The January Girl
Goldie Taylor
Apr 2008
Sexcapades
Sexcapades
Honeyb
Mar 2008
Passin’
Passin’
Karen E. Quinones Miller
Feb 2008
Red River
Red River
Lalita Tademy
Jan 2008
Sinful Too
Sinful Too
Victor McGlothin
Jan 2008
Grace After Midnight: A Memoir
Grace After Midnight
Felicia Pearson
Nov 2007
True to the Game II
True to the Game II
Teri Woods
Nov 2007
The Vixen Diaries
The Vixen Diaries
Karrine Steffans
Sep 2007
Fear of the Dark: A Novel
Fear of the Dark
Walter Mosley
Sep 2007
True to the Game
True to the Game
Teri Woods
May 2007
Queen of Miami
Queen of Miami
Meta Smith
Mar 2007
The New Moon’s Arms
The New Moon’s Arms
Nalo Hopkinson
Feb 2007
Seed to Harvest
Seed to Harvest
Octavia E. Butler
Jan 2007
The Rolexxx Club
The Rolexxx Club
Meta Smith
Jul 2006
The Untelling
The Untelling
Tayari Jones
Apr 2006
What Fire Cannot Burn
What Fire Cannot Burn
John Ridley
Jan 2006
What A Sista Should Do
What A Sista Should Do
Tiffany Warren
Jun 2005
America Behind The Color Line: Dialogues with African Americans
America Behind The Color Line
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Jan 2005
The Zero Game
The Zero Game
Brad Meltzer
Jan 2004
A Plentiful Harvest: Creating Balance and Harmony Through the Seven Living Virtues
A Plentiful Harvest
Terrie Williams
Nov 2003
Leaving Atlanta
Leaving Atlanta
Tayari Jones
Aug 2003
Church Folk
Church Folk
Michele Andrea Bowen
Jun 2001
A Call to Conscience: The Landmark Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
A Call to Conscience
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Jan 2001
Angel on My Shoulder: An Autobiography
Angel on My Shoulder
Natalie Cole and Digby Diehl
Nov 2000
Lilith’s Brood
Lilith’s Brood
Octavia E. Butler
Jun 2000
Midnight Robber
Midnight Robber
Nalo Hopkinson
Mar 2000
A Love Supreme: Real Life Stories Of Black (African-American) Love
A Love Supreme
TaRessa Stovall
Feb 2000
Getting to the Good Part
Getting to the Good Part
Lolita Files
Jan 2000
Taming It Down
Taming It Down
Kim McLarin
Aug 1999
Natural Health for African Americans: The Physicians’ Guide (Physicians’ Guide to Healing)
Natural Health for African Americans
Marcellus A. Walker
Feb 1999
Blue Light
Blue Light
Walter Mosley
Nov 1998
One Better
One Better
Rosalyn McMillan
Oct 1998
Blue Collar Blues
Blue Collar Blues
Rosalyn McMillan
Sep 1998
Scenes from a Sistah
Scenes from a Sistah
Lolita Files
Jul 1998
He Say, She Say
He Say, She Say
Yolanda Joe
Feb 1998
Change the Game: One Athlete’s Thoughts on Sports, Dreams, and Growing Up
Change the Game
Grant Hill
Feb 1997
Knowing
Knowing
Rosalyn McMillan
Jan 1996

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