The House of the Rising Sun
K'wan
Published 2026
200 pages
The most popular black experience books of 2026
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 2026.
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Objects Tell Stories Treasures from the New York Historical
Valerie Paley
Published 2026
256 pages
Don't Tell Me How It Ends
Adrienne Thurman
Published 2026
320 pages
The Ex Dilemma
Elle Wright
Published 2026
320 pages
Black Stats African Americans by the Numbers
Monique Couvson
Published 2026
272 pages
Lovely One (Adapted for Young Adults)
Ketanji Brown Jackson
Published 2026
368 pages
Ruins, Child
Giada Scodellaro
Published 2026
128 pages
Layaway Child
Chanel Sutherland
Published 2026
288 pages
When We Ride on Our Enemies
Roy Glenn
Published 2026
288 pages
The Fix-Up Feud
Chandra Blumberg
Published 2026
272 pages
The Gloria Wekker Reader
Gloria Wekker
Published 2026
496 pages
The Toy Plane
Cherise Harris
Published 2026
40 pages
Last and First Tales
Samuel R. Delany
Published 2026
240 pages
Feel the Floor Restoring the Life and Legacy of Jazz Choreographer Buddy Bradley
Maureen Footer
Published 2026
304 pages
Hip-Hop and Comics
Sheena C. Howard, Justin D. Burton, Brea M. Heidelberg, Patrick A. Reed, Spenser Nellis
Published 2026
224 pages
This Hair Belongs
JaNay Brown-Wood
Published 2026
40 pages
It's Important I Remember Poems
Cortney Lamar Charleston
Published 2026
184 pages
Pryor Knowledge A Horse Trainer in the Antebellum South
M. B. Gibson
Published 2026
399 pages
Me and Mine A Novel
J. M. Holmes
Published 2026
288 pages
It's Never Too Late A Memoir
Marla Gibbs
Published 2026
304 pages
Worse Than a Lie A Beau Lee Cooper Novel
Ben Crump
Published 2026
368 pages
Too Precious to Lose
Jason Green
Published 2026
288 pages
Black Summers Growing Up in the Urban Outdoors
Desiree Cooper
Published 2026
200 pages
Lawyering for Liberation A Toolbox for Movement Lawyers
Ameca Reali, Marbré Stahly-Butts
Published 2026
288 pages