A woman, travelling alone through time, Africa, and unnamed lands, searches for Dr. David Livingstone, celebrated by the West as a "discoverer" of Africa. Throughout her quest, for knowledge and for Livingstone, the traveller visits many peoples, listens...

"Tolani Akinola is a gifted, powerful new voice in American fiction."--Rachel Khong, New York Times bestselling author of Real Americans "A warm, smart, hilarious, delicious, riveting" (Curtis Sittenfeld) debut about the uncomfortable, unbreakable ties...

"Warm, smart, hilarious, delicious, riveting."--Curtis Sittenfeld, New York Times bestselling author of Romantic Comedy "Powerful... There are multiple messes in Leave Your Mess At Home; I loved reading about every one of them."--Rachel Khong, New York...

Twelve-year-old King has been banished to the Vermont woods for the summer, and there's nothing he can do about it. As if his parents getting divorced wasn't bad enough, they've shipped him off to his aunt and uncle's house to protect him like he's some...

One of the world's greatest bassists lays down the heart of Black music, revealing how its rhythmic structures and the long history of the African diaspora made it the world's most popular form. "An insightful, revelatory, and informative read."...

Food justice is defined as the understanding that our food system is unequal and that something needs to be done about it. But how can we create a world where everyone has enough? What does it mean to truly nourish ourselves and our communities?In...

A Best Book of the Year: Literary Hub - The WeekA Must-Read: The New York Times Book Review - Time - The Week - The Millions "A masterpiece." --Namwali Serpell, The New York Review of Books A mesmerizing spin through the high-rolling high times of 1970s...

An instant New York Times and USA Today bestseller!From multi-award winner Whoopi Goldberg comes a new and unique memoir of her family and their influence on her early life. Includes a new foreword by bestselling author Adriana Trigiani. If it weren't...

"Nothing is hotter and more fun than Danielle Allen's writing."-- Ali Hazelwood Because life's too short, and mean girls ain't sh... Jazmyn Payne fled her hometown--and the fatphobes who made her life hell- the minute she graduated high school. Growing...

At the Gate gathers more than seventy previously unpublished poems by the iconic American poet Lucille Clifton written over the last two decades of her life. Discovered in digital archives by poet and scholar Kazim Ali, these poems span a prolific and...

At the Gate gathers more than seventy previously unpublished poems by the iconic American poet Lucille Clifton written over the last two decades of her life. Discovered in digital archives by poet and scholar Kazim Ali, these poems span a prolific and...

Black History: for painter Melvin Waring, it's an actual super power! When Melvin's wife mysteriously disappears, he must call on the most important Black figures of all time to help him in his search. When his wife vanishes, painter Melvin Waring must...