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.

Cover of Fame Kendrick Lemar

Fame Kendrick Lemar

Darren Davis, Pablo Martinena, Roe Mêsquita

Published 2025

26 pages

Cover of From Fame To Shame

From Fame To Shame

Pledger

Published 2025

70 pages

Cover of Leon Day A Baseball Life from the Negro Leagues to the Hall of Fame

Leon Day A Baseball Life from the Negro Leagues to the Hall of Fame

Bob Luke

Published 2025

120 pages

Cover of Finding You

Finding You

Sharon C. Cooper

Published 2025

250 pages

Cover of Daring to Love You (Priestly Family)

Daring to Love You (Priestly Family)

Sharon C. Cooper

Published 2025

270 pages

Cover of Trife Life To Lavish Part 3

Trife Life To Lavish Part 3

Joy Deja King

Published 2025

229 pages

Cover of Free To Fall A Freeman Brothers Romance

Free To Fall A Freeman Brothers Romance

Louise Lennox

Published 2025

242 pages

Cover of Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride

Shae Sanders

Published 2025

294 pages

Cover of Life On The Fast Track

Life On The Fast Track

Elly Kamari

Published 2025

108 pages

Cover of The Love Of My Father

The Love Of My Father

Angela Mitchell

Published 2025

170 pages

Cover of His Grip My Fight

His Grip My Fight

AUTHORESS. MONE'T

Published 2025

468 pages

Cover of Strength Through Generations A Black American Family's Fight for Equality Through Faith, Love, and Education

Strength Through Generations A Black American Family's Fight for Equality Through Faith, Love, and Education

Percy Brown, Jr.

Published 2025

172 pages

Cover of Trying To Figure Out Where We Went Wrong

Trying To Figure Out Where We Went Wrong

Shmel Carter

Published 2025

186 pages

Cover of The Spirit of Phantom Ridge

The Spirit of Phantom Ridge

Jeff B. Spires

Published 2025

612 pages

Cover of The Mother of Civil Rights The Untold Story of a Self-Made Millionaire Who Fought Slavery, Funded Revolutions, and Faced Scandal in the Shadows of American History

The Mother of Civil Rights The Untold Story of a Self-Made Millionaire Who Fought Slavery, Funded Revolutions, and Faced Scandal in the Shadows of American History

TESS. CALDER

Published 2025

118 pages

Cover of Injection Of Life

Injection Of Life

SHARON. HEAVENLY

Published 2025

34 pages

Cover of Where Secrets Find Solace

Where Secrets Find Solace

Kimberly Brown

Published 2025

288 pages

Cover of Fine Like Wine A BBW And A New York OG

Fine Like Wine A BBW And A New York OG

Nakiala Comeaux

Published 2025

208 pages

Cover of Dear Diary, Zay is So Fine

Dear Diary, Zay is So Fine

Tnesha Sims

Published 2025

324 pages

Cover of Soft Fire

Soft Fire

CHUCCIE

Published 2025

236 pages

Cover of Not Afraid of Hurricanes

Not Afraid of Hurricanes

Mia Wilder

Published 2025

128 pages

Cover of Fish Tales A Novel

Fish Tales A Novel

Nettie Jones

2025 · 2026 edition

272 pages

Cover of Memphis to Madagascar My Life in Focus

Memphis to Madagascar My Life in Focus

Bill Hurd

Published 2025

224 pages

Cover of Don't Forget About ME

Don't Forget About ME

D. Carmichael

Published 2025

284 pages

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