In honor of Black History Month, we are featuring our favorite Black & African-American writers in our front-of-shop displays. See below for just a few of our favorites, and visit us at the shop year-round to find a wildly diverse selection of authors across all genres.

CELEBRATING BLACK WRITERS

FICTION & LITERATURE

THE VANISHING HALF

Brit Bennett

THE PERSONAL LIBRARIAN

Marie Benedict and
Victoria Christopher Murray

HOMEGOING

Yaa Gyasi

LONG PAST SUMMER

Noué Kirwan

MYSTERY / THRILLER / CRIME

THE VIOLIN CONSPIRACY

Brandan Slocumb

BLACKTOP WASTELAND

S.A. Cosby

THE OTHER BLACK GIRL

Brit Bennett

DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS

Walter Mosley

SCI-FI / FANTASY / HORROR

ZONE ONE

Colson Whitehead

SORROWLAND

Rivers Solomon

KINDRED

Octavia Butler

INVISIBLE THINGS

Mat Johnson

POETRY

LIFE ON MARS

Tracy K. Smith

COLLECTED POEMS

Rita Dove

DON’T CALL US DEAD

Danez Smith

ALIVE AT THE END OF THE WORLD

Saeed Jones

ESSAYS & NON-FICTION

THE 1619 PROJECT

Tracy K. Smith

HOW THE WORD IS PASSED

Clint Smith

THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS

Isabel Wilkerson

THE FIRE NEXT TIME

James Baldwin

Ordering for pick-up?

At Transom, we are happy to special-order a book for you, put one on hold, or even order a book before it is released. We’ll contact you when the book is on-hand, for quick and easy pickup at the store.