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
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