Black Voices & Culture

Updated March 19, 2024
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I am every good thing
Barnes, Derrick
Paper Book
Selected by Oprah Magazine as one of its 'essential books for discussing racism with kids'. I am a non-stop ball of energy. Powerful and full of light. I am a go-getter. A difference-maker. A leader. Step inside the mind of the confident narrator of this...

Picture book

March. Book one
Lewis, John
Ebook

Young Adult Graphic Novel

The undefeated
Alexander, Kwame
Paper Book
This is for the unforgettable. The unafraid. The undefeated. From New York Times bestselling-author Kwame Alexander comes this powerful and important ode to black history: the strength and bravery of everyday people and the grit, passion, and perseverance of some of the world's greatest artists,...

Picture book

Blackout
Clayton, Dhonielle
Paper Book
The irresistible blockbuster YA romance of summer 2021 by six of the biggest voices in YA, as featured on ITV News. Soon to be a major film & TV franchise for Netflix and produced by Barack and Michelle Obama! Perfect for fans of Jenny Han, Netflix's Let it Snow and Bolu Babalola's...

Young Adult Fiction

The vast wonder of the world : biologist Ernest Everett Just
Mangal, Mélina
Audiobook

Picture book

Stuntboy, in the meantime
Reynolds, Jason
Paper Book

Juvenile Fiction

The vanishing half
Bennett, Brit
Paper Book
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP BESTSELLER #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 'An utterly mesmerising novel..I absolutely loved this book' Bernardine Evaristo, winner...

Adult Fiction

The crossover
Alexander, Kwame.
Paper Book
'With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . . The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all that quivering. Cuz tonight I'm delivering'12-year-old Josh and his twin Jordan have basketball in their blood. They're kings of the court, star players for their school team. Their father used to be a...

Juvenile Fiction

New kid
Craft, Jerry
Paper Book
Winner of the Newbery Medal, Coretta Scott King Author Award, and Kirkus Prize for Young Readers' Literature!  Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Gene Luen Yang, New Kid is a timely, honest graphic novel about starting over at a new school where diversity is low...

Juvenile Graphic Novel

Ace of spades
Àbíké-Íyímídé, Faridah
Paper Book
How can you play the game when the cards are stacked against you? A compelling, incendiary, and unputdownable thriller with a shocking twist, Faridah Àbíke-Íyímíde delves deep into the heart of institutionalized racism with this compulsive debut. Hello, Niveus High. It...

Young Adult Fiction

Skin of the sea
Bowen, Natasha
Paper Book
An epic love story infused with West African mythology. For fans of The Gilded Ones, Children of Blood and Bone, and Circe, this book is a powerful new imagining of a devastating time in history, told through the eyes of a bold and unforgettable heroine. This is the story of a...

Young Adult Fiction

The hate u give
Thomas, Angie
Paper Book
Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2018. Winner of the 2018 Silver Inky Award #1 New York Times bestseller A Teen Vogue Best YA Book of the Year "Stunning."-John Green "A masterpiece."-The Huffington Post "An essential read for everyone."-Teen Vogue "Outstanding." -The Guardian Sixteen...

Young Adult Fiction

Harlem shuffle
Whitehead, Colson
Paper Book
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD (Now a major Amazon Prime TV show) 'Dazzling' Guardian 'Gloriously entertaining' Evening Standard 'A rich, wild book' New York Times '<...

Adult Fiction

An extraordinary union
Cole, Alyssa
Ebook
A former slave finds danger, intrigue, and passion undercover as a spy in first of this Civil War-era romance series from an award-winning author.   Elle Burns is a former slave with a passion for justice and an eidetic memory. Trading in her life of...

Adult Fiction

An American marriage : a novel
Jones, Tayari
Paper Book
  * Tayari Jones's brand new novel, KIN, is available to pre-order now! Out March 2026 * One of the New York Times's '100 Best Books of the 21st Century' 'A moving portrayal of the effects of a wrongful conviction on a young African-American couple.' Barack Obama<...

Adult Fiction

Bluebird, bluebird : a novel
Locke, Attica
Paper Book
Winner 2018 Edgar for Best Novel, Winner 2018 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger. A powerful novel about the explosive intersection of love, race, and justice from a writer and producer of the Emmy winning Fox TV/Channel 4 show Empire.

Adult Fiction

The underground railroad : a novel
Whitehead, Colson
Paper Book
Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. All the slaves lead a hellish existence, but Cora has it worse than most; she is an outcast even among her fellow Africans and she is approaching womanhood, where it is clear even greater pain awaits. When Caesar, a slave recently arrived from...

Adult Fiction

The wedding
West, Dorothy
Paper Book
With a new introduction by DIANA EVANS 'A writer of huge compassion and acute observation, and also of dazzling style . . . Her work is more relevant than ever' Diana Evans 'Timelessly cinematic, with painterly visual descriptions and pitch...

Adult Fiction

Kindred
Butler, Octavia E.
Paper Book
Octavia E. Butler's ground-breaking masterpiece, with an original foreword by Ayòbámi Adébáyò. 'A marvel of imagination, empathy and detail' NEW YORK TIMES 'The marker you should judge all other time-travelling narratives by' GUARDIAN ...

Adult Fiction

Somebody's daughter : a memoir
Ford, Ashley C.
Paper Book
One of the most prominent voices of her generation debuts with an extraordinarily powerful memoir: the story of a childhood defined by the ever looming absence of her incarcerated father and the path we must take to both honour and overcome our origins.

Adult Nonfiction

The sweetness of water
Harris, Nathan
Paper Book
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE A TIMES BEST PAPERBACK 2022, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 2021, OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK AND BARACK OBAMA SELECTION 'A fine,...

Adult Fiction

The body is not an apology : the power of radical self-love
Taylor, Sonya Renee
Paper Book
Your body was never the problem. This landmark book by activist and poet Sonya Renee Taylor makes the case that body shame isn't a personal flaw--it's a social and political tool used to control us. Radical self-love is the antidote, and this fully updated second edition gives...

Adult Nonfiction


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