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Simone Breaks All the Rules
Simone Breaks All the Rules Debbie Rigaud 9781338681727 Fiction Scholastic Press Scholastic Inc. Perfect for fans of You Should See Me in a Crown and To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, this hilarious ...
Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, a Life in Balance
Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, a Life in Balance Simone Biles with Michelle Burford 9780310759669 Nonfiction Zonderkidz HarperCollins Christian Publishing Courage to Soar, the official autobiograp...
They Call Her Regret
They Call Her Regret Channelle Desamours 9781250337702 Fiction Wednesday Books Macmillan Publishers In this young adult speculative mystery, a teen must find a way to free a cursed witch in order to s...
The Lost Songs of Nina Simone
The Lost Songs of Nina Simone Shonda Buchanan 9781960018984 Poetry RIZE RIZE Press Nina Simone’s ghost lives in these poems by award-winning author, Shonda Buchanan. Like the icon’s life and art, The ...
She Persisted: Simone Biles
She Persisted: Simone Biles Kekla Magoon 9780593620663 Nonfiction Philomel Books Penguin Random House Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger...
Flying High: The Story of Gymnastics Champion Simone Biles
Flying High: The Story of Gymnastics Champion Simone Biles Michelle Meadows 9781250205667 Nonfiction Henry Holt & Company Macmillan Publishers A lyrical picture book biography of Simone Biles, gymnast...
Ni-Ni Simone and Amir Abrams
Ni-Ni Simone and Amir Abrams MULTIPLE Ni-Ni Simone and Amir Abrams are acclaimed authors known for their captivating novels. Simone excels in urban teen fiction, while Abrams' strength lies in romanc...
Elle Simone Scott
Elle Simone Scott NONE AALBC Mourns the Passing of Elle Simone Scott Elle Simone Scott (born LaShawnda Sherise Simone Scott; November 28, 1976 – January 5, 2026) was an American chef, culinary produc...
Ni-Ni Simone and Kelli London
Ni-Ni Simone and Kelli London MULTIPLE Ni-Ni Simone and Kelli London are well-known authors, celebrated for their captivating storytelling in young adult literature. They have a unique knack for crea...
Brenda Jackson and Naima Simone
Brenda Jackson and Naima Simone MULTIPLE Brenda Jackson and Naima Simone are renowned authors, celebrated for their captivating romance novels. Both writers have a unique storytelling style that enga...
Arian Simone
Arian Simone NONE Arian Simone is an Ivorian queen, venture capitalist, entrepreneur, philanthropist, author, and board director whose life reflects resilience, empowerment, and transformative fearl...
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Nina: A Story of Nina Simone
Nina: A Story of Nina Simone Traci N. Todd 9781524737283 Nonfiction G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House This illuminating and defining picture book biography illustrated by...
Fearless Faith + Hustle: 21 Day Devotional Journey
Fearless Faith + Hustle: 21 Day Devotional Journey Arian Simone 9780692195062 Nonfiction Arian Simone Enterprises Arian Simone Enterprises This 21-day devotional journey is designed for female entrepr...
Copycat
Copycat Kimberla Lawson Roby 9781455569717 Fiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group From the AALBC.com and New York Times bestselling author who “writes with high-octane levels of emotion”...
Something New
Something New Sharon C. Cooper 9780985525422 Fiction Amaris Publishing Amaris Publishing Entrepreneur, Simone Edwards, did what any intelligent woman with a ticking biological clock would do: she aske...
I Put A Spell On You: The Autobiography Of Nina Simone
I Put A Spell On You: The Autobiography Of Nina Simone Nina Simone 9780306813276 Nonfiction Da Capo Press Perseus Books Group A gorgeous, inimitable singer and songwriter, Nina Simone (1933-2003) chan...
Briona Simone Jones
Briona Simone Jones NONE Briona Simone Jones, a Black lesbian feminist of Jamaican and African American heritage from Rochester, NY, is a 2021 doctoral candidate in English at Michigan State Universi...
Simone Douglas
Simone Douglas NONE Simone Douglas is a seasoned author with exceptional expertise in digital marketing. She has authored multiple best-selling books and offers valuable insights into the world of so...
Simone Biles with Michelle Burford
Simone Biles with Michelle Burford MULTIPLE Simone Biles, a renowned gymnast, partners with writer Michelle Burford, to share her inspiring journey from childhood to Olympic glory. Simone Biles with ...
Ni-Ni Simone
Ni-Ni Simone NONE Ni-Ni Simone, a Jersey-based author, initially unintentional about writing teen fiction, has found success in the genre. Her first novel, “Shortie Like Mine,” was selected by YALSA ...
Francina Simone
Francina Simone NONE Francina Simone is a YA author renowned for her authentic, humorous, and impactful stories. Her works focus on self-discovery and love. She also runs a popular BookTube channel d...
Simone A. James Alexander
Simone A. James Alexander 0000000109111143 Simone A. James Alexander is a distinguished professor, author, and researcher. Born in Guyana, she studied in Guyana, Russia, and the US, earning degrees i...
Naima Simone
Naima Simone NONE USA Today Bestselling author Naima Simone writes sizzling romances with humor and heart since 2009. A lover of Johanna Lindsey and Nora Roberts, she also enjoys family life in the s...
Love by the Book
Love by the Book Jessica George 9781250282545 Fiction St. Martin’s Press Macmillan Publishers AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER • A New York Times Most Anticipated Book of Spring • "A beautiful and all-...
Nina Simone in Comics!
Nina Simone in Comics! Sophie Adriansen 9781681123264 Nonfiction Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing This is the story of an emancipation, that of a young black...
One Steamy Night & An Off-Limits Merger
One Steamy Night & An Off-Limits Merger Brenda Jackson and Naima Simone 9781335457844 Fiction Harlequin Desire Harlequin Enterprises Limited Two New Novels in One Book!Mixing business with pleasure t...
Simone Biles: A Little Golden Book Biography
Simone Biles: A Little Golden Book Biography JaNay Brown-Wood 9780593566732 Nonfiction Golden Books Penguin Random House Help your little one dream big with a Little Golden Book biography about Olympi...
The Fearless Money Mindset: Broke Doesn’t Scare Me
The Fearless Money Mindset: Broke Doesn’t Scare Me Arian Simone 9781734830002 Nonfiction Arian Simone Enterprises Arian Simone Enterprises The Fearless Money Mindset provides seven principles and prac...
Dear Yvette
Dear Yvette Ni-Ni Simone 9780758287762 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. All sixteen year old Yvette Simmons wanted was to disappear. Problem is: she has too many demons for that. Yvette’s li...
My Fabulous & Fearless Journey: From Homeless to Hollywood
My Fabulous & Fearless Journey: From Homeless to Hollywood Arian Simone 9781504908771 Nonfiction AuthorHouse Author Solutions Imagine that 87% of Americans admit they are not happy in their jobs, yet ...
Secrets of a Side Bitch
Secrets of a Side Bitch Jessica N. Watkins 9781492747895 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC He‘s beautiful with gray eyes, tall, chocolate…and he‘s worth fighting for. Meet Omari—a gorgeous...
The Goat Woman of Largo Bay: A Novel (A Shadrack Myers Mystery)
The Goat Woman of Largo Bay: A Novel (A Shadrack Myers Mystery) Gillian Royes 9781451627411 Fiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. The Goat Woman of Largo Bay begins the detective series featuring...
Teenage Love Affair
Teenage Love Affair Ni-Ni Simone 9780758241894 Fiction KTeen Kensington Publishing Corp. Check it: I’m Zsa-Zsa. Some call me arrogant, but I call it confidence. You decide when you find out what I’m w...
If I Was Your Girl (Ni-Ni Girl Chronicles)
If I Was Your Girl (Ni-Ni Girl Chronicles) Ni-Ni Simone 9780758228413 Fiction KTeen Kensington Publishing Corp. With a bootylicious body like Beyoncé and a face that would put any top model to ...
Like a Summer Love Song
Like a Summer Love Song Naima Simone 9781335448033 Fiction Mira Books Harlequin Enterprises Limited Passion, heat and deep emotion—Naima Simone is a gem!” —Maisey Yates, New York Times bestselling aut...
Food Gifts: 150+ Irresistible Recipes for Crafting Personalized Presents
Food Gifts: 150+ Irresistible Recipes for Crafting Personalized Presents Elle Simone Scott 9781954210820 Nonfiction America’s Test Kitchen America’s Test Kitchen Your all-occasion guide to homemade fo...
The Single Dad Project (Rose Bend Book 5)
The Single Dad Project (Rose Bend Book 5) Naima Simone 9781335448026 Fiction Canary Street Press HarperCollins “Passion, heat and deep emotion—Naima Simone is a gem!” —Maisey Yates, New York Times bes...
Mr. Right Next Door (Rose Bend Book 4)
Mr. Right Next Door (Rose Bend Book 4) Naima Simone 9781335448019 Fiction HQN Harlequin Enterprises Limited “Passion, heat and deep emotion—Naima Simone is a gem!” —Maisey Yates, New York Times bestse...
Boards: Stylish Spreads for Casual Gatherings
Boards: Stylish Spreads for Casual Gatherings Elle Simone Scott 9781954210004 Nonfiction America’s Test Kitchen America’s Test Kitchen Fun, flexible, unique holiday spreads, weeknight meal boards…even...
Christmas In Rose Bend (Rose Bend Book 2)
Christmas In Rose Bend (Rose Bend Book 2) Naima Simone 9781335620996 Fiction HQN Harlequin Enterprises Limited “Simone balances crackling, electric love scenes with exquisitely rendered characters.” —...
Smash It!
Smash It! Francina Simone 9781335146502 Fiction Inkyard Press Inkyard Press Refreshingly authentic and bold… Don’t miss this smashing #ownvoices novel from Francina Simone! Filled with heart, humor an...
Full Disclosure
Full Disclosure Camryn Garrett 9781984829955 Fiction Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House “An unflinchingly honest, eye-opening, heartful story that’s sure to keep readers talk...
Divas Don’t Cry (Hollywood High)
Divas Don’t Cry (Hollywood High) Ni-Ni Simone and Amir Abrams 9780758288585 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. “Simone and Abrams really know how to bring the entertaining drama.”—RT Book Revi...
African Diasporic Women’s Narratives: Politics of Resistance, Survival, and Citizenship
African Diasporic Women’s Narratives: Politics of Resistance, Survival, and Citizenship Simone A. James Alexander 9780813062051 Nonfiction University Press of Florida University Press of Florida Winne...
True Story (Ni-Ni Girl Chronicles)
True Story (Ni-Ni Girl Chronicles) Ni-Ni Simone 9780758287724 Fiction KTeen Kensington Publishing Corp. What’s a girl to do when love has her caught up?That’s the plight of eighteen-year-old Seven McK...
No Boyz Allowed
No Boyz Allowed Ni-Ni Simone 9780758241931 Fiction KTeen Kensington Publishing Corp. Simone tells authentic stories of teen life in the ’hood better than any other author currently writing contemporar...
The Break-Up Diaries (Break-Up Diaries (Paperback))
The Break-Up Diaries (Break-Up Diaries (Paperback)) Ni-Ni Simone and Kelli London 9780758263162 Fiction KTeen Kensington Publishing Corp. The only thing more intense than teen love is a break-up with ...
On The Run With Love
On The Run With Love J.M. Benjamin 9780981775609 Fiction A New Quality Publishing A New Quality Publishing Freddie Holmes could’ve wrote the book on How to Be A Player. With his good looks, gift of ga...
Traci N. Todd
Traci N. Todd 0000000504688188 Traci N. Todd, a Chicago native, is a children's book editor based in Queens. Raised on the music of Ray Charles and Nina Simone and a love for books, she continues to ...
Carry the Quiet
Carry the Quiet Jacqueline Woodson 9780593696224 Fiction Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House A child finds a way to access inner peace—when the world around her feels anything but peaceful—in thi...
Fearless Freedom: A Manifesto for Unlocking Wealth and Equality for All
Fearless Freedom: A Manifesto for Unlocking Wealth and Equality for All Arian Simone 9798217087617 Nonfiction Storehouse Voices Penguin Random House Foreword by Ben Crump
Ember
Ember Naima Simone 9781250352965 Fiction Bramble Macmillan Publishers DELUXE EDITION—featuring beautiful sprayed edges! He’ll burn it all to the ground to keep her. Her fire will consume his soul....
Huntsman: A Mafia Romance
Huntsman: A Mafia Romance Naima Simone 9781250352941 Fiction Bramble Macmillan Publishers DELUXE EDITION—featuring beautiful dark red sprayed edges! The Huntsman is after me. But he will be mine f...
A Hug Like Michelle’s, a Voice Like Beyonce’s: A Picture Book
A Hug Like Michelle’s, a Voice Like Beyonce’s: A Picture Book Carole Boston Weatherford 9781419771507 Fiction Abrams Appleseed Abrams From Misty Copeland to Rosa Parks to Nina Simone, this picture boo...
Girls Who Grew Big
Girls Who Grew Big Leila Mottley 9780593801123 Fiction Knopf Publishing Group Penguin Random House From the author of Oprah’s Book Club pick and New York Times bestseller Nightcrawling, here is an ast...
Church Girl
Church Girl Naima Simone 9781335574879 Fiction Afterglow Books Harlequin Enterprises Limited She’s a preacher’s daughter, a runaway bride, and now the (not quite) qualified nanny for a sexy tattoo art...
Please Don’t Go, Girl
Please Don’t Go, Girl Naima Simone 9781648394966 Fiction Oliver-Heber Books Oliver-Heber Books
We Deserve Monuments
We Deserve Monuments Jas Hammonds 9781250816559 Fiction Roaring Brook Press Macmillan Publishers 2023 Coretta Scott King John Steptoe Award for New Talent Winner A Kirkus Best Books of 2022 A School...
Don’t You Forget About Me
Don’t You Forget About Me Naima Simone 9781648393150 Fiction Oliver-Heber Books Oliver-Heber Books Whoever said be careful what you wish for had a serious gift for understatement. As one of the wor...
Jessie’s Girl
Jessie’s Girl Naima Simone 9781648392221 Fiction Oliver-Heber Books Oliver-Heber Books
With Love from Rose Bend (Rose Bend Book 5)
With Love from Rose Bend (Rose Bend Book 5) Naima Simone 9781848458543 Fiction Mills & Boon Harlequin Enterprises Limited With major Gilmore Girls vibes…but added spice! In escaping his past can he...
The Road to Rose Bend (Rose Bend Book 1)
The Road to Rose Bend (Rose Bend Book 1) Naima Simone 9781335430472 Fiction HQN Harlequin Enterprises Limited If it was only about her, she might never have come back to Rose Bend. But it’s not onl...
Mouths of Rain: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought
Mouths of Rain: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought Briona Simone Jones 9781620975763 Nonfiction The New Press The New Press A groundbreaking collection tracing the history of intellectual thought b...
Honeysmoke: A Story of Finding Your Color
Honeysmoke: A Story of Finding Your Color Monique Fields 9781250115829 Fiction Imprint Macmillan Publishers A young biracial girl looks around her world for her color. She finally chooses her own, and...
One Window’s Light
One Window’s Light Lenard D. Moore 9780877750062 Poetry Unicorn Press Unicorn Press Poetry. African & African American Studies. Edited by Lenard D. Moore. "A literal and metaphorical groundbreaker, th...
Darkness Comes at Dawn
Darkness Comes at Dawn Francina Simone 9780997710311 Fiction ChunkyCATBooks ChunkyCATBooks Everywhere Katie looks, she sees his face—her dad. The one she left in the rubble. Her real dad won’t admit ...
A Millionaire at Midnight
A Millionaire at Midnight Naima Simone 9781682814277 Fiction Entangled Publishing Entangled Publishing Boston socialite Morgan Lett is having a run of bad luck. Her fiancE just dumped her for her step...
Only For You
Only For You Naima Simone 9781682813430 Fiction Entangled Publishing Entangled Publishing It’s been five years since I’ve seen her. Five years since Gabriella James damn near destroyed me with her ...
The Golden Girls of Rio
The Golden Girls of Rio Nikkolas Smith 9781510722477 Nonfiction Sky Pony Skyhorse Publishing The summer Olympic games in Rio were groundbreaking for so many American women athletes.The US gymnastics t...
Only For Your Touch
Only For Your Touch Naima Simone 9781682813232 Fiction Entangled Publishing Entangled Publishing She’s looking to rebel, to tarnish her na ve "good girl" image. Lucky for her, I deal in s...
Secret Places Revealed
Secret Places Revealed Paulette Harper 9780989969154 Fiction Thy Word Publishing Thy Word Publishing A broken man, a woman on the run, a love that won’t be denied. Single—and very content—real estate...
The Bachelor’s Promise
The Bachelor’s Promise Naima Simone 9781682812556 Fiction Entangled Publishing Entangled Publishing Aiden Kent never expected to see Noelle Rana again. He’s determined to keep his distance from the be...
The Keeper’s Vow
The Keeper’s Vow Francina Simone 9780997710304 Fiction ChunkyCATBooks ChunkyCATBooks All Katie Watts wants is to pass her junior-year, at Hamilton Private, with as little effort as possible—devoting t...
Only for a Night
Only for a Night Naima Simone 9781682812136 Fiction Entangled Publishing Entangled Publishing Rion Ward fought hard to be free of the Irish mob life. Now, as the co-owner of Boston’s hottest aphrodisi...
Nina
Nina Kam Williams http://aalbc.com/reviews/images/nina-2016-movie-poster.jpg Film Review Saldana Successfully Channels Simone in Controversial Biopic Nina In Theaters: April Mar 22, 2016 Limite...
Banks Sisters 2
Banks Sisters 2 Nikki Turner 9781622869572 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. New York Times bestselling author Nikki Turner returns with the next edition in the highly successful Ban...
The Millionaire Makeover
The Millionaire Makeover Naima Simone 9781682810989 Fiction Entangled Publishing Entangled Publishing He promised to stay away…but some promises are made to be broken. Plain-Jane computer programmer K...
Killer Curves
Killer Curves Naima Simone 9781682810538 Fiction Entangled Ignite Entangled Publishing Lately, things have been a little weird for Sloane Barrett-late night crank calls, disturbing images inher inbox,...
Beauty and the Bachelor
Beauty and the Bachelor Naima Simone 9781943892020 Fiction Entangled Publishing Entangled Publishing She may be the highest bidder, but this bachelor’s price is blackmail and passion…Billionaire Lucas...
Down by Law (Throwback Diaries)
Down by Law (Throwback Diaries) Ni-Ni Simone 9780758287748 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. Lesson #1: You come for me, I come back even harder for you. Fair exchange. No robberies. Isis Car...
Witness to Passion
Witness to Passion Naima Simone 9781943336463 Fiction Entangled Ignite Entangled Publishing Under his protection and in his bed…For Fallon Wayland, birthdays are just another reminder of her looming s...
Lights, Love & Lip Gloss (Hollywood High)
Lights, Love & Lip Gloss (Hollywood High) Ni-Ni Simone and Amir Abrams 9780758288547 Fiction KTeen Kensington Publishing Corp. Pretty little lies gone viral have left Hollywood High’s elite Pampered P...
Put Your Diamonds Up (Hollywood High)
Put Your Diamonds Up (Hollywood High) Ni-Ni Simone and Amir Abrams 9780758288523 Fiction KTeen Kensington Publishing Corp. Explosive rumors and a mega-media frenzy almost ended the Pampered Princesses...
me and Nina
me and Nina Monica Hand 9781882295906 Poetry Alice James Books Alice James Books "Monica Hand’s me and Nina is a beautiful book by a soul survivor. In these poems she sings deep songs of violated inti...
A Girl Like Me
A Girl Like Me Ni-Ni Simone 9780758228437 Fiction KTeen Kensington Publishing Corp. She’s got a voice like Keisha Cole, attitude to burn—and is the body-rockin’, Bebe-sporting girl everyone in her hig...
Orange Mint And Honey: A Novel
Orange Mint And Honey: A Novel Carleen Brice 9780345499066 Fiction One World/Ballantine Penguin Random House “A wonderful, jazzy, exciting read.”–Nikki Giovanni, author of AcolytesBroke and burned-out...
Mother Imagery in the Novels of Afro-Caribbean Women
Mother Imagery in the Novels of Afro-Caribbean Women Simone A. James Alexander 9780826213099 Nonfiction University of Missouri Press University of Missouri Focusing on specific texts by Jamaica Kincai...
Tu-Shonda L. Whitaker
Tu-Shonda L. Whitaker NONE Tu-Shonda L. Whitaker is an award-winning, bestselling author known for her works such as “Flipside of the Game” and “Game Over.” She's contributed to anthologies and has e...
Sophie Adriansen
Sophie Adriansen 000000012303368X Sophie Adriansen, born in 1982, is a French author and member of renowned literary societies. With over 56 diverse works including novels, graphic novels, non-fictio...
The Great Refusal: A New Vision of Resistance
The Great Refusal: A New Vision of Resistance Casey Gerald 9780316597418 Nonfiction Little, Brown and Company Hachette Book Group In the spirit of American cultural prophecy—from Ta-Nehisi Coates to R...
Frankie and Friends The Missing Sock
Frankie and Friends The Missing Sock Christine Platt 9781536222128 Fiction Candlewick Press (MA) Candlewick Press Aspiring journalist Frankie and her lively team of toys are doing a new type of st...
How Black Music Took Over the World
How Black Music Took Over the World Melvin Gibbs 9781541603240 Nonfiction Basic Books Perseus Books One of the world’s greatest bassists lays down the heart of Black music, revealing how its rhythmi...
Revelation: A Journey Into Abstraction
Revelation: A Journey Into Abstraction Michelle D. Commander 9780847876204 Nonfiction Rizzoli Electa Rizzoli International Publications Revelation celebrates the expansive creativity of Black artists ...
I Love My People A Child’s Celebration of Black Culture
I Love My People A Child’s Celebration of Black Culture Kim Singleton 9798889831587 Nonfiction Beaming Books 1517 Media Say it loud, say it proud: I Love My People! An energizing tour of Black cult...
Everything But Typical: Influential Neurodivergent People Who Have Shaped the World
Everything But Typical: Influential Neurodivergent People Who Have Shaped the World Margeaux Weston 9781547614110 Nonfiction Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Bloomsbury Publishing Celebrate remarkable neurod...
No Ordinary Love
No Ordinary Love Myah Ariel 9780593640616 Fiction Berkley Books Penguin Random House A PR partnership between a pop superstar and a pro-athlete bad boy turns into so much more in this swoony romance f...