Our Secret Society: Mollie Moon and the Glamour, Money, and Power Behind the Civil Rights Movement
By: Tanisha C. Ford
4.13
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
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1. My Life, My Love, My Legacy
By: Coretta Scott King
4.22
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The life story of Coretta Scott King—wife of Martin Luther King Jr., founder of the King Center for… read more
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- history
- social justice
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- nonfiction
"There comes a time when time itself is ready for a change."-Coretta Scott King, My Life, My Love, My Legacy
2. The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It
By: Tilar J. Mazzeo
3.97
Format: 179 pages, Hardcover
The Widow Clicquotis the New York Times bestselling business biography of the visionary young widow… read more
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3. So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)
By: Kamilah Cole
3.90
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Whip-smart and immersive, this Jamaican-inspired fantasy follows a gods-blessed heroine who’s force… read more
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"You're the Childe Empyrean. If we stack out burdens against each other's, you'll win every time." "That doesn't mean we're not both carrying them."-Kamilah Cole, So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)
"In the meantime, I need you to say here and protect San Irie if anything should happen." "Um." Faron exchanged a glance with Reeve, who looked similarly mystified. "Your Majesty, I'm seventeen years …"-Kamilah Cole, So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)
"Being forced to learn the language of your oppressors is an oppression of the mind. They rewrite your history when you're too young to know what you're giving away, and before you know it, it's too l…"-Kamilah Cole, So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)
"Faron's heart stopped entirely as she stared at him. Like friends, romance was a sacrifice she'd made to be the Childe Empyrean. It hadn't mattered much to her until now, because Faron had figured ou…"-Kamilah Cole, So Let Them Burn (Divine Traitors, #1)
4. The Reformatory
By: Tananarive Due
4.47
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
A gripping, page-turning novel set in Jim Crow Florida that follows Robert Stephens Jr. as he’s sen… read more
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5. Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
By: Michael Harriot
4.59
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- social justice
6. Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum
By: Antonia Hylton
4.27
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a page-turning 93-year history of Crowns… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- social justice
7. The Vice President's Black Wife: The Untold Life of Julia Chinn
By: Amrita Chakrabarti Myers
3.87
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning historian Amrita Chakrabarti Myers has recovered the riveting, troubling, and complic… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
"It is so pleasant to have Friends near in whom you have perfect confidence and implicit trust! How the hardships and troubles of life are lessened and divided by the aid and services of true friends …"-Amrita Chakrabarti Myers, The Vice President's Black Wife: The Untold Life of Julia Chinn
8. Thicker than Water: A Memoir
By: Kerry Washington
3.87
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning actor, director, producer, and activist Kerry Washington shares the "exquisitely movi… read more
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- biography
- nonfiction
9. Walk Through Fire: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Triumph
By: Sheila Johnson
4.39
Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition
The cofounder of BET and first African American woman billionaire shares her deeply personal journe… read more
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10. A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
By: Tia Williams
4.04
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An epic love story one hundred years in the making… Leap years are a strange, enchanted time. An… read more
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"And know this: the villain depends on who's telling the story."-Tia Williams, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
"Breeze was a share cropper. His whole family was. He was born in Fallon, South Carolina a dusty wretched town to a long line of men named Ezra Walker. His first son would be named Ezra, too. No clue …"-Tia Williams, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
"To me, love is like listening to an album. Some people skip to their favorite songs and ignore the rest. Other people listen to the entire album over and over until it's familiar and cherished and th…"-Tia Williams, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
11. The Art of Scandal
By: Regina Black
3.82
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
"Love would be so much easier if it were perfect..." On the night of her husband Matt’s fortiet… read more
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12. Brooklyn
By: Tracy Brown
4.07
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Tracy Brown crafts a tale about a master manipulator and serial survivor, who will scorch earth to … read more
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13. The American Queen
By: Vanessa Miller
4.14
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
In 1869 a kingdom rose in the South. And Louella was its queen. Over the twenty-four years she’s be… read more
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14. Coleman Hill
By: Kim Coleman Foote
3.83
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Coleman Hill is the exhilarating story of two American families whose fates become intertwined in t… read more
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15. Summer on Highland Beach (Summer Beach, #3)
By: Sunny Hostin
4.00
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The View cohost and three-time Emmy Award winner Sunny Hostin transports readers to Highland Beach… read more
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16. Swift River
By: Essie J. Chambers
3.54
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
10 hours, 30 minutes A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK | A Most Anticipated Book from… read more
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"Your hometown makes you and breaks you and makes you again."-Essie J. Chambers, Swift River
17. The Queen of Sugar Hill: A Novel of Hattie McDaniel
By: ReShonda Tate
3.94
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
Bestselling author ReShonda Tate presents a fascinating fictional portrait of Hattie McDaniel, one … read more
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18. Medgar & Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story that Awakened America
By: Joy-Ann Reid
4.57
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The host of MSNBC’s The ReidOut and New York Times bestselling author of The Man Who Sold Amer… read more
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- history
- social justice
- biography
- nonfiction
19. The Nigerwife
By: Vanessa Walters
3.55
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
This twisty and electrifying debut novel about a young woman who goes missing in Lagos, Nigeria, an… read more
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"You have to go on with things, or things will get on without you."-Vanessa Walters, The Nigerwife
20. Black Candle Women
By: Diane Marie Brown
3.41
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A Read with Jenna Book Club Pick as Seen on the Today Show “If you like Practical Magic… you wi… read more
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"Some folks struggled disproportionately, carrying things that others couldn't even lift."-Diane Marie Brown, Black Candle Women
21. One Blood
By: Denene Millner
4.14
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Homegoing meets The Mothers where three women are tied together by blood, love, and family secrets … read more
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22. Dead Dead Girls (Harlem Renaissance Mystery, #1)
By: Nekesa Afia
3.21
Format: 317 pages, Paperback
Harlem, 1926. Young Black women like Louise Lloyd are ending up dead. Following a harrowing kidn… read more
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23. The Apology
By: Jimin Han
3.47
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
This sweeping intergenerational saga tells the story of a pampered and defiant South Korean matriar… read more
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24. Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
By: Glory Edim
4.37
Format: 201 pages, Hardcover
An inspiring collection of essays by black women writers, curated by the founder of the popular boo… read more
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- nonfiction
"This often has a lot to do with racism and sexism, and the stories we are "allowed" to tell as people of colour."-Glory Edim, Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
"They both squealed in the face of hope and the audacity for a black body to exist despite the system designed to dismember it."-Glory Edim, Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
"Cassie's story made me acutely aware of the fact that in that moment, she inhabited a black body, and so marked, would never be gifted with escape."-Glory Edim, Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
"That while I wanted to write with the narrative bravado of Toni Morrison, it might be okay if I started with something less ambitious than a book like beloved."-Glory Edim, Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
25. Can't We Be Friends
By: Denny S. Bryce
3.90
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Award-winning author Denny S. Bryce and USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight collaborate on a … read more
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26. Company
By: Shannon Sanders
3.92
Format: 246 pages, Hardcover
A richly detailed, brilliantly woven debut collection about the lives and lore of one Black family … read more
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27. Redwood Court
By: DeLana R.A. Dameron
3.39
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A breathtaking debut about one unforgettable Southern Black family, seen through the eyes of its yo… read more
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28. Our Secret Society: Mollie Moon and the Glamour, Money, and Power Behind the Civil Rights Movement
By: Tanisha C. Ford
4.13
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An engrossing social history of the unsinkable Mollie Moon, the stylish founder of the National Urb… read more
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- history
- biography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- social justice
29. Little Rot
By: Akwaeke Emezi
3.67
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling new novel from the bestselling, award-winning Akwaeke Emezi, about five friends trying … read more
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30. Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance
By: Mark Whitaker
4.29
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
“ Smoketown brilliantly offers us a chance to see this other black renaissance and spend time with … read more
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- history
- social justice
31. The Trial of Mrs. Rhinelander
By: Denny S. Bryce
3.99
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Inspired by a real-life scandal that was shocking even for the tumultuous Roaring Twenties, this ca… read more
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