African American & Black

Discover the most enduring works of the legendary poet and first black author to win a Pulitzer Prize-now in one collectible volume "If you wanted a poem," wrote Gwendolyn Brooks, "you only had to look out of a window. There was material always, walking...

Midnight is a young man who was born into a wealthy and politically influential Islamic African family in the Sudan. Sent to the United States with his pregnant mother as a small boy to escape an attack on his father's empire, Midnight learns to survive...

'To become a member of the British Parliament!...He almost thought that he could die happy' Phineas Finn, the handsome Irishman, is equally successful at scaling the political ladder and gaining the affection of influential women. As he makes his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781735575544Author Chef Ashley ShepFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Simplify Meal Time PublishingPublisher Simplify Meal Time PublishingWeight(grams)...

A special hardback edition of Neil Gaiman's internationally bestselling novel with stunning new contemporary artwork by Monet Alyssa. **Highly anticipated television adaptation of Anansi Boys coming soon to Amazon Prime Video**'Neil could never have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451417022Author Terry McMillanFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint New American LibraryPublisher New American LibraryWeight(grams) 320g

Morayo Da Silva, a cosmopolitan Nigerian woman, lives in hip San Francisco. On the cusp of seventy-five, she is in good health and makes the most of it, enjoying road trips in her vintage Porsche, chatting to strangers, and recollecting characters from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496730725Author Niobia BryantFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Kensington PublishingPublisher Kensington Publishing

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies explores the raw and tender places where Black women and girls dare to follow their desires and pursue a momentary reprieve from being good. The nine stories in this collection feature four generations of characters...

'I have more privilege than any person in my family. And I'm still screwed.' From award-winning author Olivia Wenzel comes a captivating and unsettling literary debut about race, politics, feminism, motherhood, nationality and enduring love.A young woman...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307949783Author Walter MosleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Vintage Crime/Black LizardPublisher Penguin Random House LLCWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979493119Author Reign (T Styles)Format PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Cartel PublicationsPublisher Cartel PublicationsWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm)...

The second book in a major new series: FUTURE HERO - featuring high-octane adventure, perfect for fans of Black Panther! Destiny Awaits... When Jarell discovers that the fantasy world he is obsessed with ...

The humorous and heart-wrenching story of a woman's re-entry into life on the outside after twenty years in incarceration, told over one whirlwind Fourth of July weekend. "There's no one quite like Carlotta Mercedes, the transgender Black Colombian...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307950437Author Edward Kelsey MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm)...

Link Williams is a handsome and brilliant Dartmouth graduate who tends bar for a lack of better opportunities for an African American man in a staid mid-century Connecticut town. The routine of Link's life is interrupted when he intervenes to save a...

From the author of The Jewel of Medina, a moving and insightful novel based on the life of legendary performer and activist Josephine Baker, perfect for fans of The Paris Wife and Hidden Figures.Discover the fascinating and singular life story of...

'Fiercely independent, all of Evans's characters struggle for a place in a world intent of fencing them out.' - New York Times Book ReviewThe extraordinary debut short story collection from Danielle Evans, one of the United States' foremost literary...

'[The Gosling Girl] interrogates the context of a child's crime and simplistic notions of evil by society and the media. It fosters understanding & empathy and draws us deep inside the protagonist's psychology' Bernardine EvaristoMonster? Murderer? ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385721004Author Nella LarsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 221gDimensions(mm)...

A FINALIST FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD'A fascinating meditation on Black female creativity from the author of Corregidora and Palmares . . . Vivid characters shimmer through the pages' Suzi Feay, GUARDIAN'I am living on the white-washed island of...

Winner of the Booker Prize 1971 and nominated for the Golden Man Booker Prize in 2018. In a Free State tells the story first of an Indian servant in Washington, who becomes an American citizen but feels he has ceased to be a part of the flow. Then of a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524742218Author Eric Jerome DickeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint E P Dutton & Co IncPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

V. S. Naipaul's Booker Prize winning novel about displacement, the yearning for the good place in someone else's land and the attendant heartache.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with...

'This is one of those books that just hits the sweet spot. Soft, tender romantic moments, strong female boss moments and toe curlingly sexy moments.' Reader review It takes two... What...

Everybody got a story, everybody got a taleQuestion is: Is it despair or prevail?'Bold, funny and gloriously flawed voices of New York . . . a bravura debut' Observer'Sidik Fofana has an acute ear and a perfect eye' Lorrie Moore, author of Bark'Every...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780646894553Author Nteranya SangingaFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Vert PublishingPublisher Vert PublishingWeight(grams) 358gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781598536768Author Richard WrightFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint The Library of AmericaPublisher The Library of America

In this intimate portrait of two generations, a granddaughter and a grandmother come to terms with what it means to be family, Black women, and alive in a world on fire.The world is burning—and Corrine will do anything to put out the flames. After her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635110579Author Alexia GordonFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint Henery PressPublisher Henery PressWeight(grams) 336gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 15mm

In a poor town in Kansas, an African American family struggles. At its centre sits Sandy Rodgers - a young boy attempting to find purpose amid the chaos, meagreness and music of his surroundings. His narrative intertwines with those of his family - his...

"Folks. This here is the story of the Loop Garoo Kid. A cowboy so bad he made a working posse of spells phone in sick. A bullwhacker so unfeeling he left the print of winged mice on hides of crawling women. A desperado so onery he made the Pope cry and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063082502Author Wanda M MorrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 198mm *...

Finalist of the 2023 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction'Told in a rich array of voices, this gorgeously written debut explores the myriad syncopations of love and desire' Celeste Ng, author of Little Fires Everywhere'Beautifully and cleverly written...The...

'A heartfelt and exciting debut . . . a wise and honest story of how it feels to be a young woman in search of yourself' Taylor Jenkins Reid, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Meet...

Perceptions of Medieval Manuscripts takes as its starting point an understanding that a medieval book is a whole object at every point of its long history. As such, medieval books can be studied most profitably in a holistic manner as...

Sand, sun and you When lawyer Sinclair Adams jets to Hawaii on behalf of the Wilde family, failure is not an option. She is sure her legal acumen and feminine charm will easily change the mind of vindictive Nick...

A short, intense and profoundly moving debut novel about race, identity, sex and death - from one of the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 Thandi is a black woman, but often mistaken for Hispanic or Asian. She is American, but...

Gunpowder, treason and a plot to destroy the British Empire... **AN OBSERVER TOP 10 DEBUT NOVELIST OF 2024** 'Couldn't put this book down. Beautiful, tender, and ruthless' ...

'A seething excavation of want and human error' Raven Leilani, author of Luster'Glorious, ecstatic, devastating... A gorgeous debut from a wickedly talented new author' Lauren Groff, author of Florida'Sultry, dark, thick with the heat of bodies and minds...