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| | Title | State of Emergency | | Author | Mallory, Tamika D. | | Sub-Imprint | Atria/Black Privilege Publishing | | Format | Paperback | | Category Full 1 | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination | | Category Full 2 | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights | | Category Full 3 | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists |
| | ISBN-13 | 9781982173470 | | On Sale | 05/03/22 | | Title Status | AS | | US Price | $18 | | CDN Price | $25 | | Pages | 272 | | Cover Status | Final |
| | Social justice leader Tamika D. Mallory states her case for action and reveals “the power we all have to win transformative change” (Marc Lamont Hill, New York Times bestselling author) in this searing indictment of America’s historical, deadly, and continuing assault on Black and brown lives. |
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| | Title | The Black Kids | | Author | Hammonds Reed, Christina | | Sub-Imprint | S&S Books for Young Readers | | Format | Paperback | | Category Full 1 | YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Coming of Age | | Category Full 2 | YOUNG ADULT FICTION / People & Places/United States/African American & Black | | Category Full 3 | YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Historical/United States/20th Century |
| | ISBN-13 | 9781534462731 | | On Sale | 04/05/22 | | Title Status | AS | | US Price | $12.99 | | CDN Price | $15.99 | | Pages | 400 | | Cover Status | Final |
| A New York Times bestseller
A William C. Morris Award Finalist
“Should be required reading in every classroom.” —Nic Stone, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin
“A true love letter to Los Angeles.” —Brandy Colbert, award-winning author of Little & Lion
“A brilliantly poetic take on one of the most defining moments in Black American history.” —Tiffany D. Jackson, author of Grown and Monday’s Not Coming
Perfect for fans of The Hate U Give, this unforgettable coming-of-age debut novel explores issues of race, class, and violence through the eyes of a wealthy black teenager whose family gets caught in the vortex of the 1992 Rodney King Riots. |
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| | Title | Black Magic | | Author | Sanders, Chad | | Sub-Imprint | Simon & Schuster | | Format | Paperback | | Category Full 1 | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs | | Category Full 2 | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional/African American & Black | | Category Full 3 | HISTORY / United States/21st Century |
| | ISBN-13 | 9781982104238 | | On Sale | 02/08/22 | | Title Status | AS | | US Price | $17.99 | | CDN Price | $24.99 | | Pages | 288 | | Cover Status | Final |
| | A “daring, urgent, and transformative” (Brené Brown, New York Times bestselling author of Dare to Lead) exploration of Black achievement in a white world based on honest, provocative, and moving interviews with Black leaders, scientists, artists, activists, and champions. |
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| | Title | Black Ghost of Empire | | Author | Manjapra, Kris | | Sub-Imprint | Scribner | | Format | Paperback | | Category Full 1 | HISTORY / African American & Black | | Category Full 2 | HISTORY / Europe/Great Britain/General | | Category Full 3 | HISTORY / United States/General |
| | ISBN-13 | 9781982123499 | | On Sale | 02/07/23 | | Title Status | AS | | US Price | $18 | | CDN Price | $25 | | Pages | 272 | | Cover Status | Final |
| | If the 1619 Project illuminated the ways in which life in the United States has been shaped by the existence of slavery, this “historical, literary masterpiece” (Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy) focuses on emancipation and how its afterlife further codified the racial caste system—instead of obliterating it. |
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| | Title | Black Nerd Problems | | Author | Evans, William | | Sub-Imprint | Gallery Books | | Format | Paperback | | Category Full 1 | HUMOR / Topic/Cultural, Ethnic & Regional | | Category Full 2 | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional/African American & Black | | Category Full 3 | HUMOR / Form/Essays |
| | ISBN-13 | 9781982150242 | | On Sale | 05/24/22 | | Title Status | AS | | US Price | $18.99 | | CDN Price | $25.99 | | Pages | 304 | | Cover Status | Final |
| | The creators of the popular website Black Nerd Problems bring their witty and unflinching insight to this engaging collection of pop culture essays—on everything from Mario Kart to issues of representation—that “will fill you with joy and give you hope for the future of geek culture” (Ernest Cline, #1 New York Times bestselling author). |
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| | Title | The Blood of Emmett Till | | Author | Tyson, Timothy B | | Sub-Imprint | Simon & Schuster | | Format | Paperback | | Category Full 1 | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination | | Category Full 2 | HISTORY / United States/20th Century | | Category Full 3 | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies/American/African American & Black Studies |
| | ISBN-13 | 9781476714851 | | On Sale | 12/05/17 | | Title Status | AS | | US Price | $18 | | CDN Price | $25 | | Pages | 304 | | Cover Status | Final |
| This extraordinary New York Times bestseller reexamines a pivotal event of the civil rights movement—the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till—“and demands that we do the one vital thing we aren’t often enough asked to do with history: learn from it” (The Atlantic).
* A New York Times Notable Book * A Washington Post Notable Book * Longlisted for the National Book Award * Winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award *An NPR, Los Angeles Times, and Atlanta Journal-Constitution Best Book of the Year * |
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| | Title | Everyday People | | Author | | | Sub-Imprint | Atria Books | | Format | Paperback | | Category Full 1 | FICTION / Anthologies | | Category Full 2 | FICTION / Literary | | Category Full 3 | FICTION / Urban & Street Lit |
| | ISBN-13 | 9781501134944 | | On Sale | 08/28/18 | | Title Status | AS | | US Price | $17.99 | | CDN Price | $24.99 | | Pages | 336 | | Cover Status | Final |
| “A delight and highly recommended.” —Booklist
“Showcases the truth and fullness of people of color.” —Book Riot
In the tradition of Best American Short Stories comes Everyday People: The Color of Life, a dazzling collection of contemporary short fiction. |
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| | Title | The Fire This Time | | Author | Ward, Jesmyn | | Sub-Imprint | Scribner | | Format | Paperback | | Category Full 1 | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies/American/African American & Black Studies | | Category Full 2 | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination | | Category Full 3 | HISTORY / African American & Black |
| | ISBN-13 | 9781501126352 | | On Sale | 06/20/17 | | Title Status | AS | | US Price | $17 | | CDN Price | $23 | | Pages | 240 | | Cover Status | Final |
| | The New York Times bestseller, these groundbreaking essays and poems about race—collected by National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward and written by the most important voices of her generation—are “thoughtful, searing, and at times, hopeful. The Fire This Time is vivid proof that words are important, because of their power to both cleanse and to clarify” (USA TODAY). |
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| | Title | Heads of the Colored People | | Author | Thompson-Spires, Nafissa | | Sub-Imprint | 37 INK | | Format | Paperback | | Category Full 1 | FICTION / Short Stories | | Category Full 2 | FICTION / African American & Black/General | | Category Full 3 | FICTION / Literary |
| | ISBN-13 | 9781501168000 | | On Sale | 01/22/19 | | Title Status | AS | | US Price | $17 | | CDN Price | $23 | | Pages | 224 | | Cover Status | Final |
| *Winner of the PEN Open Book Award*
*Winner of the Whiting Award*
*Longlisted for the 2018 National Book Award and Aspen Words Literary Prize*
*Nominated for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize*
*Finalist for the Kirkus Prize and Los Angeles Times Book Prize*
Included in Best Books of 2018 Lists from Refinery29, NPR, The Root, HuffPost, Vanity Fair, Bustle, Chicago Tribune, PopSugar, and The Undefeated.
In one of the season’s most acclaimed works of fiction—longlisted for the National Book Award and winner of the PEN Open Book Award—Nafissa Thompson-Spires offers “a firecracker of a book...a triumph of storytelling: intelligent, acerbic, and ingenious” (Financial Times). |
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| | Title | Ida B. the Queen | | Author | Duster, Michelle | | Sub-Imprint | Atria/One Signal Publishers | | Format | Hardcover | | Category Full 1 | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical | | Category Full 2 | HISTORY / African American & Black | | Category Full 3 | HISTORY / United States/19th Century |
| | ISBN-13 | 9781982129811 | | On Sale | 01/26/21 | | Title Status | AS | | US Price | $27 | | CDN Price | $36 | | Pages | 176 | | Cover Status | Final |
| | Journalist. Suffragist. Antilynching crusader. In 1862, Ida B. Wells was born enslaved in Holly Springs, Mississippi. In 2020, she won a Pulitzer Prize. |
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