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A Love Song for Ricki Wilde By Tia Williams Cover Image
$29.00
ISBN: 9781538726709
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Published: Grand Central Publishing - February 6th, 2024

In this enchanting love story from the New York Times bestselling author of Seven Days in June, a free-spirited florist and an enigmatic musician are irreversibly linked through the history, art, and magic of Harlem.

“The book’s calculus of love and loss is brutal, and grounds the dazzling prose and light magical element.” –


The Queen of Sugar Hill: A Novel of Hattie McDaniel By ReShonda Tate Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9780063291072
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - January 30th, 2024

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Bestselling author ReShonda Tate presents a fascinating fictional portrait of Hattie McDaniel, one of Hollywood’s most prolific but woefully underappreciated stars—and the first Black person ever to win an Oscar for her role as Mammy in the critically acclaimed classic film Gone With the Wind.


Redwood Court (Reese's Book Club): Fiction By DéLana R. A. Dameron Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593447024
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Published: The Dial Press - February 6th, 2024

REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • “[A] richly textured and deeply moving debut” (The New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice) about one unforgettable Southern Black family and its youngest daughter’s coming of age in the 1990s.


Faebound: A Novel By Saara El-Arifi Cover Image
$28.99
ISBN: 9780593723005
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Published: Del Rey - January 23rd, 2024

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Two elven sisters become imprisoned in the intoxicating world of the fae, where danger and love lie in wait. Faebound is the first book in an enchanting new trilogy from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Final Strife.


Dixon, Descending: A Novel By Karen Outen Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593473450
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Published: Dutton - February 6th, 2024

A powerful, heart-wrenching debut novel about ambition, survival, and our responsibility toward one another


Ours: A Novel By Phillip B. Williams Cover Image
$32.00
ISBN: 9780593654828
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Published: Viking - February 20th, 2024

Chosen as a Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by Oprah’s Book Club, Elle, Reader's Digest, The Rumpus, Kirkus Reviews, The Millions, Lit Hub, and more

“Fans of The Underground Railroad, The Water Dancer, and Let Us Descend will devour this lyrical and surreal saga.” —Oprah Daily


The Blueprint: A Novel By Rae Giana Rashad Cover Image
$30.00
ISBN: 9780063330092
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Published: Harper - February 13th, 2024

The Blueprint is an astounding work, an unflinching portrait of misogyny and racism in a speculative world terrifyingly close to our own. Rae Giana Rashad chronicles the generational ghosts of womanhood, and how we understand ourselves through the stories of those we come from, in a way I’ve never read before.


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Chain Gang All Stars: A Novel By Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780593469316
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Published: Vintage - January 23rd, 2024

A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION • A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from America’s own in this explosive, hotly-anticipated debut novel from the New Y


The Mayor of Maxwell Street By Avery Cunningham Cover Image
$27.99
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ISBN: 9781368093002
Published: Hyperion Avenue - January 30th, 2024

"A debut novel everyone will be talking about," Avery Cunningham's epic love story is "a triumph" and "a tale of intrigue, racial tension, and class warfare, set against the glamorous and gritty backdrop of early 20th century Chicago."


Acts of Forgiveness: A Novel By Maura Cheeks Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593598290
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Published: Ballantine Books - February 13th, 2024

“A vibrant and moving debut that takes to heart our deferred dreams and the value of remaining hopeful.”—Diane Marie Brown, author of Black Candle Women

How much of their lineage is one family willing to unearth in order to participate in the nation’s first federal reparations program?


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This Other Eden: A Novel By Paul Harding Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781324074526
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - December 19th, 2023

Shortlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize
Finalist for the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction


The Color Purple (Movie Tie-In): A Novel By Alice Walker Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780593512357
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Published: Penguin Books - December 5th, 2023

Read the original inspiration for the new, boldly reimagined film from producers Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg, starring Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, and Fantasia Barrino.