Books You'd Like

Youngsters can join Baby and his doting mama at a bustling southwest Nigerianmarketplace for a bright, bouncy board book offering a gentle introduc...

"Edie is stumbling through her twenties -- sharing a subpar apartment, clocking in and out of her admin job, making a series of inappropriate sexua...

"Grandmothers from eight eastern African countries welcome you into their kitchens to share flavorful recipes and stories of family, love, and trad...

"Rising star chef and food activist Bryant Terry is known for his simple, creative, and delicious vegan dishes inspired by African American cooking...

"A young girl waits with growing anticipation for plantains to ripen so her mother can prepare them for Sunday dinner"--

Charlise Rookwood, the vegan influencer and host of The Black Vegan Cooking Show, brings a vegan approach to African and Caribbean-style cooking W...

"Cynthia Manick's latest is a playlist of everyday life, introverted thoughts, familial bonds, and social commentary. In piercing language, she tra...

Alexander loves Sundays, especially Sunday dinners, so when his mom asks him to make something special, all by himself, he sets out to make a dish ...

"Food phenom Kwame Onwuachi tells the incredible story of how ingenuity in the face of adversity enables a boy born on Long Island and raised in Ne...

100 delicious recipes to make meals for yourself (and sometimes a few friends too) with style, sophistication, and the occasional indulgence

For fans of Sorry to Bother You and The Wolf of Wall Street--a blazing, satirical debut novel about a young man given a shot at stardom as the lone...

A Best Book of the Year 2023: TIME NPR's Best Books New York Public Library Electric Lit The Root NBC Today Mother JonesThe New York Times b...

Set in Claybourne, a town somewhere in the South, The Salt Eaters is the story of a community of black people who are searching for the healing pro...

Tasked with bringing a potluck lunch to school, Kofi learns the significance of food in his Ghanaian heritage as his grandfather unravels tales of ...

"One of her best collections to date." --EssenceQuilting the Black-Eyed Pea is a tour de force from Nikki Giovanni, one of the most powerful voices...

"Chef and writer Klancy Miller found her own way by trial and error--as a pastry chef, recipe developer, author, and founder of For the Culture mag...

A Best Book of the Year: The Washington Post - Chicago Tribune - NPR - Vogue - Elle - Real Simple - InStyle - Good Housekeeping - Parade - Slate - ...

OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK - Instant New York Times Bestseller - Named one of the best books of 2023 by The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, The Boston Gl...

Kwame Alexander shares snapshots of a man learning how to love. He takes us through stories of his parents--from being awkward newlyweds in the sti...

A rousing, beautifully observed, and tender-hearted debut poetry collection about identity, culture, home, and belonging--for fans of Jasmine Mans ...

"With her first full-length poetry collection, Warsan Shire introduces us to a young girl, who, in the absence of a nurturing guide, makes her own ...

"The 1619 Project's lyrical picture book in verse chronicles the consequences of slavery and the history of Black resistance in the United States"--

"To understand the contemporary racial wealth gap, we must first unpack the historic attacks on Indigenous and Black land ownership. From the momen...

"One morning after breakfast, Babys big brother is getting ready to take the basket of bananas all the way to Baba's bungalow in the next village. ...