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Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue Cover Image

Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue (Hardcover)

By Adrian Miller
$30.00
ISBN: 9781469662800
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Published: University of North Carolina Press - April 27th, 2021
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The Girl with Stars in Her Eyes: A Story of Love, Loss, and Rock-And-Roll Cover Image

The Girl with Stars in Her Eyes: A Story of Love, Loss, and Rock-And-Roll (Paperback)

By Xio Axelrod
$14.99
ISBN: 9781492698760
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Published: Sourcebooks Casablanca - May 4th, 2021
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Hurricane Summer: A Novel Cover Image

Hurricane Summer: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Asha Bromfield
$18.99
ISBN: 9781250622235
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Published: Wednesday Books - May 4th, 2021
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Last Gate of the Emperor (Hardcover)

By Kwame Mbalia, Prince Joel Makonnen
$17.99
ISBN: 9781338665857
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Published: Scholastic Press - May 4th, 2021
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Sorrowland: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Rivers Solomon
$27.00
ISBN: 9780374266776
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Published: MCD - May 4th, 2021
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Bress 'n' Nyam: Gullah Geechee Recipes from a Sixth-Generation Farmer Cover Image

Bress 'n' Nyam: Gullah Geechee Recipes from a Sixth-Generation Farmer (Hardcover)

By Matthew Raiford, Amy Paige Condon (With)
$30.00
ISBN: 9781682686041
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Published: Countryman Press - May 11th, 2021
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A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe #1) Cover Image

A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe #1) (Hardcover)

By P. Djèlí Clark
$27.99
ISBN: 9781250267689
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Published: Tordotcom - May 11th, 2021
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Everyone's Table: Global Recipes for Modern Health Cover Image

Everyone's Table: Global Recipes for Modern Health (Hardcover)

By Gregory Gourdet, JJ Goode, EdD.
$37.50
ISBN: 9780062984517
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Published: Harper Wave - May 11th, 2021
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While Justice Sleeps Cover Image

While Justice Sleeps (Hardcover)

By Stacey Abrams
$28.00
ISBN: 9780385546577
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Published: Doubleday Books - May 11th, 2021
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Better, Not Bitter: Living on Purpose in the Pursuit of Racial Justice Cover Image

Better, Not Bitter: Living on Purpose in the Pursuit of Racial Justice (Hardcover)

By Yusef Salaam
$28.00
ISBN: 9781538705001
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Published: Grand Central Publishing - May 18th, 2021
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A Chorus Rises: A Song Below Water novel Cover Image

A Chorus Rises: A Song Below Water novel (Hardcover)

By Bethany C. Morrow
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250316035
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Published: Tor Teen - June 1st, 2021
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Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir Cover Image

Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir (Hardcover)

By Akwaeke Emezi
$27.00
ISBN: 9780593329191
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Published: Riverhead Books - June 8th, 2021
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How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America Cover Image

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America (Hardcover)

By Clint Smith
$29.00
ISBN: 9780316492935
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Published: Little, Brown and Company - June 1st, 2021
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Instructions for Dancing (Hardcover)

By Nicola Yoon
$19.99
ISBN: 9781524718961
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Published: Delacorte Press - June 1st, 2021
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The Other Black Girl: A Novel Cover Image

The Other Black Girl: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Zakiya Dalila Harris
$27.00
ISBN: 9781982160135
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Published: Atria Books - June 1st, 2021
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The Passing Playbook (Hardcover)

By Isaac Fitzsimons
$17.99
ISBN: 9781984815408
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Published: Dial Books - June 1st, 2021
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Seven Days in June (Hardcover)

By Tia Williams
$27.00
ISBN: 9781538719107
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Published: Grand Central Publishing - June 1st, 2021
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Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir Cover Image

Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Ashley C. Ford
$27.99
ISBN: 9781250305978
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Published: Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book - June 1st, 2021
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Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir (Hardcover)

By Akwaeke Emezi
$27.00
ISBN: 9780593329191
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Published: Riverhead Books - June 8th, 2021
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The Marvelous (Hardcover)

By Claire Kann
$18.99
ISBN: 9781250192691
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Published: Swoon Reads - June 8th, 2021
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Blood Like Magic (Hardcover)

By Liselle Sambury
$19.99
ISBN: 9781534465282
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Published: Margaret K. McElderry Books - June 15th, 2021
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She Memes Well: Essays (Hardcover)

By Quinta Brunson
$25.00
ISBN: 9781328638984
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Published: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - June 15th, 2021
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Filthy Animals (Hardcover)

By Brandon Taylor
$26.00
ISBN: 9780525538912
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Published: Riverhead Books - June 22nd, 2021
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This Poison Heart (Hardcover)

By Kalynn Bayron
$18.99
ISBN: 9781547603909
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Published: Bloomsbury YA - June 29th, 2021
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Razorblade Tears: A Novel Cover Image

Razorblade Tears: A Novel (Hardcover)

By S. A. Cosby
$26.99
ISBN: 9781250252708
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Published: Flatiron Books - July 6th, 2021
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Rise to the Sun (Hardcover)

By Leah Johnson
$17.99
ISBN: 9781338662238
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Published: Scholastic Press - July 6th, 2021
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All the Lonely People (Hardcover)

By Mike Gayle
$27.00
ISBN: 9781538720165
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Published: Grand Central Publishing - July 13th, 2021
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While We Were Dating (Hardcover)

By Jasmine Guillory
$26.00
ISBN: 9780593100844
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Published: Berkley - July 13th, 2021
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While We Were Dating (Paperback)

By Jasmine Guillory
$16.00
ISBN: 9780593100851
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Published: Berkley - July 13th, 2021
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When the Reckoning Comes: A Novel Cover Image

When the Reckoning Comes: A Novel (Large Print / Paperback)

By LaTanya McQueen
$21.99
ISBN: 9780063090651
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Published: HarperLuxe - August 3rd, 2021
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Bad Witch Burning (Hardcover)

By Jessica Lewis
$17.99
ISBN: 9780593177389
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Published: Delacorte Press - August 24th, 2021
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A Psalm of Storms and Silence Cover Image

A Psalm of Storms and Silence (Hardcover)

By Roseanne A. Brown
$18.99
ISBN: 9780062891525
Availability: Not Yet Published
Published: Balzer + Bray - November 2nd, 2021
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Transitional: How to Live Your Authentic Life Cover Image

Transitional: How to Live Your Authentic Life (Hardcover)

By Munroe Bergdorf
$26.99
ISBN: 9780063112148
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Published: HarperOne - January 18th, 2022
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So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix (Remixed Classics #2) Cover Image

So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix (Remixed Classics #2) (Hardcover)

By Bethany C. Morrow
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250761217
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Published: Feiwel & Friends - September 7th, 2021
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Change Sings: A Children's Anthem Cover Image

Change Sings: A Children's Anthem (Hardcover)

By Amanda Gorman, Loren Long (Illustrator)
$18.99
ISBN: 9780593203224
Availability: Not Yet Published
Published: Viking Books for Young Readers - September 21st, 2021
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The Hill We Climb and Other Poems Cover Image

The Hill We Climb and Other Poems (Hardcover)

By Amanda Gorman
$19.99
ISBN: 9780593465066
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Published: Viking Books - September 21st, 2021
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Carefree Black Girls: A Celebration of Black Women in Popular Culture Cover Image

Carefree Black Girls: A Celebration of Black Women in Popular Culture (Paperback)

By Carefree Black Girls Zeba Blay
$16.99
ISBN: 9781250231567
Availability: Not Yet Published
Published: St. Martin's Griffin - October 19th, 2021
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Blindsided (Paperback)

By Trice Hickman
$9.95
ISBN: 9781496709356
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Published: Dafina Books - October 26th, 2021
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South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation Cover Image

South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation (Hardcover)

By Imani Perry
$28.99
ISBN: 9780062977403
Availability: Not Yet Published
Published: Ecco - January 25th, 2022
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