Black Summers Growing Up in the Urban Outdoors
Desiree Cooper
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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Lawyering for Liberation A Toolbox for Movement Lawyers
Ameca Reali, Marbré Stahly-Butts
Published 2026
288 pages
I Love You Too Much
Jessica N. Watkins
Published 2026
288 pages
African Americans of Hanover County, Virginia
Joe B. Gorman, Ajena Rogers
Published 2026
120 pages
The Power of Place August Wilson and Pittsburgh
Laurence A. Glasco
Published 2026
416 pages
The Shape of Dreams A Novel
April Reynolds
Published 2026
304 pages
Rich and Rotten
Jahquel J.
Published 2026
288 pages
George's Run
Cecil Foster
Published 2026
300 pages
Score (Hollywood Renaissance, 2)
Kennedy Ryan
Published 2026
384 pages
In Conversation with Denise Ferreira da Silva New Methodologies for Race, Ethnic, and Decolonial Studies
Julietta Hua, Rashné Limki
Published 2026
224 pages
The Set-Aside Queen Hybrid Vigor
Marvina Case
Published 2026
208 pages
Clothes to Make You Smile Patrick Kelly Designs His Dreams
Eric Darnell Pritchard
Published 2026
48 pages
Older Than Ghosts A Novella
Brandon White
Published 2026
104 pages
Where They Gather
Teresa Rodrigues
Published 2026
40 pages
The Hate U Give American Classics Edition A Printz Honor Winner
Angie Thomas
Published 2026
464 pages
Turn Where A Geography of Home
Chet'la Sebree
Published 2026
256 pages
A Night for the Rice Carriers
Carmen Rubin
Published 2026
32 pages
Arab American Blues A Novel
Paul Aziz Zarou
Published 2026
240 pages
Milkshake the Disappearing Milk Snake
Akeem S. Roberts
Published 2026
96 pages
Where the False Gods Dwell
Denny S. Bryce
Published 2026
336 pages
The Great Refusal A New Vision of Resistance
Casey Gerald
Published 2026
224 pages
Twice Enslaved Liberty and Justice for Henrietta Wood
Selene Castrovilla
Published 2026
80 pages
License to Thrill
Debbie Rigaud
Published 2026
368 pages
Love Me Black Our Toxic Relationship with Men, Media, and America
Tiffany Cross
Published 2026
288 pages