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It’s Me They Follow
It’s Me They Follow Jeannine A. Cook 9780063430952 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins An allegorical love story—a modern day The Alchemist meets The NeverEnding Story—set in a world where a book shopkeeper...
Jeannine A. Cook Discusses Her Novel: It’s Me They Follow
Jeannine A. Cook Discusses Her Novel: It’s Me They Follow Book Spotlights Jeannine A. Cook discusses It’s Me They Follow with Abby West, VP Editorial Director of Amistad. This conversation took place ...
Shut Up and Read: A Memoir from Harriett’s Bookshop
Shut Up and Read: A Memoir from Harriett’s Bookshop Jeannine A. Cook 9780063428232 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins The author of It’s Me They Follow chronicles the improbable true story of how she le...
I Will Follow
I Will Follow Kam Williams images/iwillfollow.jpg Film Review Bittersweet Drama Chronicles Day in the Life of Grief-Stricken Caregiver I Will Follow Order via Amazon.com Unrated ...
Married to the Mob 3: A Black Mafia Love Affair (Volume 3)
Married to the Mob 3: A Black Mafia Love Affair (Volume 3) Mz. Lady P 9781544044194 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC The Demonte Family is back with more drama than ever. Corleone, Lucci, ...
The World Will Follow Joy: Turning Madness Into Flowers (New Poems)
The World Will Follow Joy: Turning Madness Into Flowers (New Poems) Alice Walker 9781595588760 Poetry The New Press The New Press "Poetry is leading us," writes Alice Walker in The World Will Follow J...
Thug Mansion
Thug Mansion Mz. Lady P 9781533567543 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Since the beginning of their relationship Thug and Tahari Kenneth have been the modern day Bonnie and Clyde. They’ve ...
Tuskegee Love Letters
Tuskegee Love Letters Kim Russell, Luana Knighten, and J. Bernard Knighten 9780615591544 Fiction 702 Entertainment LLC 702 Entertainment LLC A woman uncovers the hidden romantic story of her parents. ...
Diary of a Lost Girl (2)
Diary of a Lost Girl (2) Chris Stevenson Book Review “There are more pyramids in the Sudan than there are in Egypt, that’s a statistical fact… and today there are still 2-3 milli...
No Boundaries: Free-Spirited African Adventurers Who Know No Boundaries
No Boundaries: Free-Spirited African Adventurers Who Know No Boundaries Pamela C. Rice 9781666403534 Nonfiction Pamela Rice Designs Pamela Rice Designs These narratives are critical in challenging the...
Black Mamba
Black Mamba Johanna Sparrow x781512368260 Nonfiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC You live your whole life never understanding why some people are dangerous, until you cross their path. By the...
On My Journey Now: Looking At African-American History Through The Spirituals
On My Journey Now: Looking At African-American History Through The Spirituals Nikki Giovanni Excerpt America was looking for very, very, very cheap labor, because they wanted workers who were e...
The Cottage on Pelican Bay
The Cottage on Pelican Bay Brenda Jackson 9781335458124 Fiction Canary Street Press HarperCollins Sometimes one hot night simply isn’t enough. Two years ago, Zara Miller found herself heartbroken a...
The Banks Sisters Complete
The Banks Sisters Complete Nikki Turner 9781622866434 Fiction Urban Books Kensington Publishing Corp. Death, deception, and the surprise introduction of a long-lost family member keep the drama on ful...
The Sistahs’ Rules: Secrets for Meeting, Getting, and Keeping a Good Black Man Not to Be Confused with the Rules
The Sistahs’ Rules: Secrets for Meeting, Getting, and Keeping a Good Black Man Not to Be Confused with the Rules Denene Millner 9780688156893 Nonfiction William Morrow & Company HarperCollins The Sist...
A Lady and a Boss
A Lady and a Boss Mz. Lady P 9781539733232 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC You were first introduced to K’Yonnah and Boss in the heart wrenching book Heart of Stone and now they’re back i...
Still Guilty (Guilty series) (Volume 3)
Still Guilty (Guilty series) (Volume 3) Pat Simmons 9781500408299 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Cheney Reynolds Jamieson made a choice years ago that is now shaping her future and the f...
Wade Hudson
Wade Hudson 0000000067647969 Why I Publish Children’s Books Wade Hudson, born in 1946, is an author, journalist, and civil rights activist. Known for his children's books promoting positive Afri...
The Partner Plot
The Partner Plot Kristina Forest 9780593546451 Fiction Berkley Books Penguin Random House Two former high school sweethearts get a second chance in this marriage of convenience romance by Kristina For...
The Dream of America
The Dream of America Jacqueline Woodson 9780399252525 Fiction Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House Jacqueline Woodson’s first middle-grade novel since National Book Award winner Brown Girl Dreamin...
Dreams for a Daughter
Dreams for a Daughter Carole Boston Weatherford 9781534451988 Fiction Atheneum Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc. This stunning and empowering picture book from a Caldecott Honor-winning a...
Follow Your Dreams, Little One
Follow Your Dreams, Little One Vashti Harrison 9780316475150 Nonfiction LB Kids Hachette Book Group New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Vashti Harrison shines a bold, joyous light on black m...
Follow Me Down to Nicodemus Town: Based on the History of the African American Pioneer Settlement
Follow Me Down to Nicodemus Town: Based on the History of the African American Pioneer Settlement A. LaFaye 9780807525357 Fiction Albert Whitman & Company Albert Whitman & Company When Dede sees a not...
Praise Him Anyhow-Volume 3
Praise Him Anyhow-Volume 3 Vanessa Miller 9781502729880 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC His Love Walk (Book 7) Ronny Thomas’ rags to riches story has made him arrogant enough to beli...
Max and the Tag-Along Moon
Max and the Tag-Along Moon Floyd Cooper 9780399233425 Fiction Philomel Books Penguin Random House Has the moon ever followed you home at night?Max loves his grandpa. When they must say good-bye after ...
Reverend Feelgood (Hallelujah Love)
Reverend Feelgood (Hallelujah Love) Lutishia Lovely 9780758238665 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. In this installment of Lutishia Lovely’s wickedly sexy Hallelujah Love series, an energetic...
Mare’s War
Mare’s War Tanita S. Davis 9780375850776 Fiction Knopf Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Meet Mare, a World War II veteran and a grandmother like no other. She was once a willful teenager w...
Mare’s War
Mare’s War Tanita S. Davis 9780375857140 Fiction Knopf Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Meet Mare, a grandmother with flair and a fascinating past.Octavia and Tali are dreading the road tr...
Cinder
Cinder Albert French 9780436204678 Fiction Harvill Secker Penguin Random House This title is set in Banes, Mississippi, 1938. The Catfish creek separates the Patch from the town, black from white. T...
The Money Coach’s Guide to Your First Million: 7 Smart Habits to Building the Wealth of Your Dreams
The Money Coach’s Guide to Your First Million: 7 Smart Habits to Building the Wealth of Your Dreams Lynnette Khalfani-Cox 9780071470810 Nonfiction Advantage World Press Advantage World Press As seen o...
Follow-Up Letters to Santa From Kids Who Never Got a Response
Follow-Up Letters to Santa From Kids Who Never Got a Response Tony Medina 9780940975750 Fiction Just Us Books Just Us Books, Inc. Every Christmas, millions of children wait impatiently for the arrival...
Sheila L. Jackson
Sheila L. Jackson NONE Sheila L. Jackson, an author, inspirational speaker, and teacher from Shreveport, Louisiana, empowers women through God’s word. As a clinical laboratory scientist, published an...
David W. Marshall
David W. Marshall NONE Author David W. Marshall touches readers with his writings, reflecting his passion for American history and social justice. Born in Washington D.C., raised in Norfolk, Virginia...
10 Keys to Writing Successful Grant Proposals
10 Keys to Writing Successful Grant Proposals Gina Wilson Beckles Article Dr. Gina Wilson Beckles Let’s say you’ve been given the task of writing a grant proposal, even though you a...
Sister Friends Forever
Sister Friends Forever Kimberla Lawson Roby 9781538708972 Fiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group New York Times bestselling author, Kimberla Lawson Roby returns with the perfect story of...
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
A Day Late and a Dollar Short Terry McMillan Excerpt Way I see it can’t nobody tell me nothing I don’t already know. At least not when it comes to my kids. They all grown, but in a whol...
Patina: Patty Ain’t No Junk
Patina: Patty Ain’t No Junk Jason Reynolds 9781481450195 Fiction Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. A newbie to the track team, Patina must learn to rely on her teammates as she trie...
The Eventide Hour: City of Sin
The Eventide Hour: City of Sin Ursula Sinclair 9781979596848 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC My name is A’eron. I am Aos Si. Some might call me dark fae. But what I am is a prince without...
Patina (Track)
Patina (Track) Jason Reynolds 9781481450188 Fiction Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. A newbie to the track team, Patina must learn to rely on her teammates as she tries to outrun h...
Love Was the Case That They Gave Me
Love Was the Case That They Gave Me Mz. Lady P 9781515026891 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Someone to love is something that all women want. Often times love has a way of clouding a wom...
Forever An Ex
Forever An Ex Victoria Christopher Murray 9781476748856 Fiction Touchstone Simon & Schuster, Inc. Three Los Angeles women who’ve helped each other overcome heartbreak are reunited eight years later wh...
A Thug’s Redemption 2: Jamal’s Return
A Thug’s Redemption 2: Jamal’s Return Yani Excerpt They jumped on the elevator and rode down to the garage. Neither Maurice nor Angela knew what to say to Keisha so they followed in silence. They ma...
Snoop Dogg Presents Goon with the Spoon
Snoop Dogg Presents Goon with the Spoon Snoop Dogg and Earl Stevens 9781797213712 Nonfiction Chronicle Books Chronicle Books The follow-up to From From Crook to Cook, this next-level cookbook is all a...
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...
The Black History Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
The Black History Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained David Olusoga 9780744042146 Nonfiction DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) Penguin Random House Learn about the most important milestones in Black his...
Follow Your Heart
Follow Your Heart Brenda Jackson 9781335250988 Fiction HQN Harlequin Enterprises Limited "Jackson is a master at writing."—Publishers Weekly "Brenda Jackson writes romance that sizzles and characters ...
Transcendent Kingdom
Transcendent Kingdom Yaa Gyasi 9780525658184 Fiction Knopf Publishing Group Penguin Random House Yaa Gyasi’s stunning follow-up to her acclaimed national best seller Homegoing is a powerful, raw, inti...
Day Pulls Down the Sky / A Filament in Gold Leaf
Day Pulls Down the Sky / A Filament in Gold Leaf Asiya Wadud 9781733927109 Poetry Belladonna* Belladonna* This book, DAY PULLS DOWN THE SKY / A FILAMENT IN GOLD LEAF is comprised of Okwui Okpokwasili’...
Head-Smart/ Heart-Dumb Girl Series: A Six-Week Journey From Mirages to Miracles
Head-Smart/ Heart-Dumb Girl Series: A Six-Week Journey From Mirages to Miracles Stephanie Rochelle Redd 9781499661651 Nonfiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC What would you do if a small voice...
No Easy Catch (Carmen Sisters)
No Easy Catch (Carmen Sisters) Pat Simmons 9781629110097 Fiction Whitaker House Whitaker House Shae Carmen hasn’t lost her faith in God, only the men she’s come across who profess to follow Him. Heart...
Let’s Get It On: A Novel
Let’s Get It On: A Novel Jill Nelson 9780060763305 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins “Sister Jill isn’t just a foot soldier in what passes for war between the sexes. She’s our commander-in-chief and follo...
Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush
Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush Virginia Hamilton 9780380651931 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins Why had he come to her, with his dark secrets from a long-ago past? What was the purpose of their strange, ha...
Martha Kennerson
Martha Kennerson NONE Martha Kennerson, a bestselling and award-winning author, uses her passion for reading and writing to create heartfelt stories. Known for her novels Choices and Consequences and...
Katura J. Hudson
Katura J. Hudson NONE Katura J. Hudson, a marketing professional and editor from New Jersey, is known for leading marketing campaigns for numerous children's books. A Rutgers University graduate and ...
Una LaMarche
Una LaMarche NONE Una LaMarche is a prolific author of young adult novels and humor essays, and a contributing writer for The New York Observer and The Huffington Post. She blogs at The Sassy Curmudg...
Annette Vendryes Leach
Annette Vendryes Leach NONE Annette Vendryes Leach, a Brooklyn author and entrepreneur, transitioned from a successful advertising career to pursue her passion for fiction writing. She founded the Bl...
Kimberly Drew
Kimberly Drew 0000000495858893 Kimberly Drew is a passionate writer, curator, and activist with a focus on art, fashion, and cultural studies. She's the Social Media Manager at The Met, a board membe...
Shannen Dee Williams
Shannen Dee Williams NONE Dr. Shannen Dee Williams is an acclaimed scholar on African American topics and Black Catholicism. An Associate Professor at the University of Dayton, she authored the book ...
Salli Richardson-Whitfield - The "I Will Follow" Interview
Salli Richardson-Whitfield - The "I Will Follow" Interview Kam Williams Interview Sallie Rchardson with co-stars Omari Hardwick (L) and Blair Underwood Born in Chicago on November 23, 1967...
Place for Us
Place for Us James Ransome 9780593324882 Fiction Nancy Paulsen Books Penguin Random House A poignant wordless picture book about a homeless boy and his mom, by Children’s Literature Legacy Award winne...
Lessons from Plants
Lessons from Plants Beronda L. Montgomery 9780674241282 Nonfiction Harvard University Press Harvard University Press An exploration of how plant behavior and adaptation offer valuable insights for hum...
Judge’s Girls
Judge’s Girls Sharina Harris 9781496725653 Fiction Kensington Books Kensington Publishing Corp. Three very different women. Only one thing in common. But when their family patriarch dies and they must...
St. Pierre Boyz
St. Pierre Boyz Mz. Lady P and Mesha Mesh 9781539902201 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC The infamous St.Pierre Boyz; Luxe, Sebastian, and Judah were all heirs to the dangerous St.Pierre D...
In The Dark
In The Dark Brandon Massey 9780970807588 Fiction Dark Corner Publishing Dark Corner Publishing It began as their dream home … but soon became their worst nightmare … Len and Olivia Bowden had been s...
Who Are These People: A Story About Bridge Players In The Washington Bridge Unit
Who Are These People: A Story About Bridge Players In The Washington Bridge Unit Cassandra Foster 9780977864126 Nonfiction Mildred C Smith Mildred C Smith This book contains stories about African Amer...
Lebron’s Dream Team: How Four Friends and I Brought a Championsip Home
Lebron’s Dream Team: How Four Friends and I Brought a Championsip Home Lebron James 9780143118220 Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Random House The DREAM TEAM was a bunch of kids from Akron, Ohio-LeBron ...
He Had It Coming
He Had It Coming camika c. spencer 9780312323349 Fiction St. Martin’s Press Macmillan Publishers Five Women. A Man. And a Plan.Meet Marcus Brooks. He’s gorgeous. He’s successful. He’s the bestselling ...
Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America
Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America Charisse Jones and Kumea Shorter-Gooden 9780060090555 Fiction Harper Perennial HarperCollins Based on the African American Women’s Voices Project, ...
Sparks Fly
Sparks Fly Zakiya N. Jamal 9780593953839 Fiction Berkley Books Penguin Random House A late bloomer thought a visit to a sex club might jump start her love life, but instead makes an instant connection...
One Big Open Sky
One Big Open Sky Lesa Cline-Ransome 9780823460625 Fiction Holiday House Holiday House Three women narrate a perilous wagon journey westward that could set them free—or cost them everything they ...
Nightbloom
Nightbloom Peace Adzo Medie 9781643752846 Fiction Algonquin Books Workman Publishing Co., Inc. Author of Reese’s Book Club Pick His Only Wife, Peace Adzo Medie returns with a moving novel about the un...
Promise Boys
Promise Boys Nick Brooks 9781250866974 Fiction Henry Holt & Company Macmillan Publishers Nick Brooks’s Promise Boys is a trailblazing, blockbuster YA mystery about three teen boys of color who must in...
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies Deesha Philyaw 9781949199734 Fiction West Virginia University Press West Virginia University Press Tessa Thompson’s new production company will adapt Who Fears Death ...
The Unpublished City: Volume II
The Unpublished City: Volume II Phoebe Wang, Canisia Lubrin, and Dionne Brand 9781771664639 Fiction Book*hug Press Book*hug Press Orient yourself in the city with these nineteen works of creative non-...
War Angel Trilogy (Collector’s Edition)
War Angel Trilogy (Collector’s Edition) Keith Kareem Williams 9781545555620 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Compiled here for the first time are all three volumes of Keith Kareem Williams...
Lord of My Land: 5 Steps to Homeownership
Lord of My Land: 5 Steps to Homeownership Jay Morrison 9781943686582 Nonfiction Good2go Publishing Good2go Publishing Jay, "Mr. Real Estate," Morrison has authored another informative, step-by-step gu...
Remy and Rose’ 3: Me and You Against the World
Remy and Rose’ 3: Me and You Against the World Mz. Lady P 9781517758462 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Remy and Rose’ have been through it all. What more can they take? Only the strong c...
Love Was the Case That They Gave Me 2
Love Was the Case That They Gave Me 2 Mz. Lady P 9781517197681 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Being in love tends one to be in a battle with the mind and the heart. The mind is telling y...
Undivided: A Muslim Daughter, Her Christian Mother, Their Path To Peace
Undivided: A Muslim Daughter, Her Christian Mother, Their Path To Peace Patricia Raybon and Alana Raybon 9780529113054 Nonfiction Thomas Nelson HarperCollins Christian Publishing "Mom, I have somethin...
Thug Passion 2
Thug Passion 2 Mz. Lady P 9781501090585 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Thug and Tahari have been through it all in such a short period of time. It seems like the odds have been stacked ...
War Angel II: Where Angels Fear to Tread
War Angel II: Where Angels Fear to Tread Keith Kareem Williams 9781495456152 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC After leaving behind a trail of blood and bodies in their wake, Lenox and Jaha...
Friends 2 Lovers V.2: Closed Doors Open
Friends 2 Lovers V.2: Closed Doors Open Jonathan Anthony Burkett 9780985297046 Nonfiction Jonathan Anthony Burkett Publications Jonathan Anthony Burkett Publications In the heartwarming follow-up to F...
Seven Again: Coming Full Circle
Seven Again: Coming Full Circle Eva Tremaine 9780983880219 Fiction Eva Tremaine Eva Tremaine Meet Eva the diva, Chloe the wild child, Whitney the vanilla sister of the group and Sabrina the stability ...
Wrongfully Mine ,Parts 1 & 2
Wrongfully Mine ,Parts 1 & 2 Isadore Johnson 9780976126621 Fiction InkLife Publishing InkLife Publishing Wrongfully Mine is the follow up double novel feature to the hot selling books, Drug Dealer par...
Introduction to Love and Self: A Romantic Novel
Introduction to Love and Self: A Romantic Novel Joan Vassar 9780595393381 Fiction iUniverse Author Solutions As young children, the lives of Seven Thomas and Lisa Harris briefly connect after Lisa’s p...
Always There, Rocking Chair
Always There, Rocking Chair Tybre’ana Eaddy 9781969513008 Fiction Little Lantern Literature Poeyetry Press The yellow rocking chair has always been there. It has rocked, held, and steadied—offering co...
Twins, But Different
Twins, But Different Porsche Thomas 9780593813089 Fiction Random House Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Model and mother to twin boys, Porsche Thomas presents this Step 2 leveled reader ab...
Zyla & Kai
Zyla & Kai Kristina Forest 9780593407257 Fiction Kokila Penguin Random House The author of bestselling adult romance novels The Partner Plot and The Neighbor Favor introduces Zyla & Kai. Now in paperb...
Can’t Nobody Make a Sweet Potato Pie Like Our Mama!
Can’t Nobody Make a Sweet Potato Pie Like Our Mama! Rose McGee 9781681341996 Nonfiction Minnesota Historical Society Press Minnesota Historical Society Press From the creator of Sweet Potato Comfort P...
The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World Desmond Tutu and Dalai Lama 9780399185045 Nonfiction Avery Penguin Random House An instant New York Times bestseller Two spiritual giants. Fiv...
Far From The Tree
Far From The Tree Virginia Deberry and Donna Grant 9780312202910 Fiction St. Martin’s Press Macmillan Publishers Celeste English and Ronnie Frazier are sisters, but they couldn’t be more different. C...
Adijah & Atiya Brabham
Adijah & Atiya Brabham MULTIPLE Adijah and Atiya Brabham, identical twins, are educators, philanthropists, and authors hailing from Queens, NY. Besides their individual achievements in education, the...
Chapter One
Chapter One Catherine Joy White Excerpt Silence This thread of gold that ties me to my mother, my grandmother, and the women who came before looks a lot like the color purple. Like the purple hibi...
Parishioner: A Novel
Parishioner: A Novel Walter Mosley 9780802168092 Fiction Atlantic Crime Grove Atlantic, Inc. Xavier Rule Mysteries, Book 1 “Walter Mosley is on my Mount Rushmore of crime fiction.”—S.A....
Summer Official
Summer Official Rebekah Weatherspoon 9780593465356 Fiction Razorbill Penguin Random House Opposites attract in this sweet, sapphic romance about two girls who reluctantly join forces to escape the eff...
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-...
Cursed Daughters
Cursed Daughters Oyinkan Braithwaite 9780385551472 Fiction Doubleday Books Penguin Random House A young woman must shake off a family curse and the widely held belief that she is the reincarnation of ...
Together We Are Sunshine
Together We Are Sunshine Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow 9780593705414 Fiction Random House Studio Penguin Random House In this heartwarming celebration of sisterhood, three girls explore the natural world ...
New Prize for These Eyes: The Rise of America’s Second Civil Rights Movement
New Prize for These Eyes: The Rise of America’s Second Civil Rights Movement Juan Williams 9781668012352 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. In this highly anticipated follow-up to Eyes...
The Jumbies Trilogy Collection
The Jumbies Trilogy Collection Tracey Baptiste 9781523527700 Fiction Algonquin Young Readers Workman Publishing Co., Inc. Out from the forest. Up from the waves. Down from the sky. The jumbies are com...