The most popular black experience books of 2025

These books tell the stories of Black people in Africa and across the diaspora. History, family, music, struggle and joy fill novels, memoirs, poetry and essays, written by some of the finest authors at work. There are classics, and the new voices shaping literature today. This list shows the ones first published in 2025.

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I Can Grow It!
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I Can Grow It!

Kelly Greenawalt

Published 2025

48 pages

The Catch
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The Catch

Yrsa Daley-Ward

Published 2025

Mounted
Cover of Mounted

Mounted

Bitter Kalli

Published 2025

1 page

Black Pride
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Black Pride

Christopher Shead

Published 2025

168 pages