Biography & Autobiography
Biography & Autobiography
Misbehaving at the Crossroads: Essays & Writings
The New York Times-bestselling, National Book Award-nominated author of The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois and The Age of Phillis makes her nonfiction debut with this personal and thought-provoking work of cultural criticism that explores the journeys and possibilities of Black women throughout American...
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The Message
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The renowned author of Between the World and Me journeys to three resonant sites of conflict to explore how the stories we tell—and the ones we don’t—shape our realities.“Ta-Nehisi Coates always writes with a purpose....
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Charlie's Boy: A Memoir
The long-awaited memoir by the comedy legend and author of multiple New York Times bestsellers, a beautiful and mesmerizing book that reveals as never before his childhood in South Central Los Angeles, his time in the infamous Bloods gang, and how humor...
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Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • The first full history of Black America’s shocking mistreatment as unwilling and unwitting experimental subjects at the hands of the medical establishment. No one concerned with issues of public health and racial justice can afford not...
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Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America
#1 New York Times Bestseller NAACP Image Award Winner From Joy-Ann Reid, a triumphant work of biography that repositions slain Civil Rights pioneer Medgar Evers at the heart of America's struggle for freedom, and celebrates Myrlie Evers's extraordinary activism after her husband's...
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The Meaning of Soul: Black Music and Resilience Since the 1960s
In The Meaning of Soul, Emily J. Lordi proposes a new understanding of this famously elusive concept. In the 1960s, Lordi argues, soul came to signify a cultural belief in black resilience, which was enacted through musical practices—inventive cover versions, falsetto...
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Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell
A “fascinating” and “rare” (National Review) biography of Thomas Sowell, one of America’s most influential conservative thinkersThomas Sowell is one of the great social theorists of our age. In a career spanning more than a half century, he has written...
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The Matter of Black Lives: Writing from the New Yorker
A collection of The New Yorker‘s groundbreaking writing on race in America—including work by James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Hilton Als, Zadie Smith, and more—with a foreword by Jelani Cobb This anthology from the pages of the New Yorker provides a bold and...
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Matriarch: Oprah's Book Club: A Memoir
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A glorious chronicle of a life like none other—enlightening, entertaining, surprising, empowering—and a testament to the world-changing power of Black motherhood“A beautiful and brave story of strong women, fierce mothering, and the power of continued...
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Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
Winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in Biography“A rich narrative of the Crafts, an enslaved couple who escaped from Georgia in 1848, with light-skinned Ellen disguised as a disabled white gentleman and William as her manservant, exploiting assumptions about race,...
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Master of Me: The Secret to Controlling Your Narrative
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the award-winning, multihyphenate global entertainer Keke Palmer comes the inspiring true story of her journey to understanding her genuine value.Keke Palmer thought she knew who she was. What it means to be a good person and what...
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Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson
THE NATIONAL BESTSELLERFeatured in The New York Times's Nonfiction to Read This SpringBlack transgender luminary Tourmaline brings to life the first definitive biography of the revolutionary activist Marsha P. Johnson, one of the most important and remarkable figures in LGBTQIA+ history,...
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The Man of Many Fathers: Life Lessons Disguised as a Memoir
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From comedian, Emmy-nominated writer and producer, and former Daily Show correspondent Roy Wood Jr., an unforgettable, laugh-out-loud funny memoir revealing that sometimes the best advice comes from the most surprising teachers“Honest, raw, and an absolute treat to read.”—TREVOR NOAH“Insightful...
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Mamba & Mambacita Forever
A beautiful and moving testament to the enduring life of Kobe Bryant and the Mamba Mentality.When Kobe and Gianna Bryant died, tragically and unexpectedly, in 2020, the world mourned with a wholehearted ferocity. In perhaps the largest and most intense...
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Malcolm in the Desert: Wisdom from the Spiritual Transformation of Malcolm X
Essence's “15 Books By Black Authors We're Looking Forward To” Powerful self-transformation practices inspired by Malcolm X’s final years, written by his daughter Ilyasah Shabazz. "A classic in the making." ―Spike Lee When Malcolm X left the Nation of Islam and set out...
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Malcolm Before X
A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2024A Spectator Best Book of the YearFinalist for the 2025 ASALH Book PrizeDrawing upon interviews, correspondence, and nearly 2000 pages of never-before-used prison records, Malcolm Before X is the definitive examination of the prison years of civil rights icon Malcolm X. In February...
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Magic: The Life of Earvin "Magic" Johnson
The definitive biography of the basketball legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson, from the highly respected, career sportswriter and author of Michael Jordan: The Life.Magic Johnson is one of the most beloved, and at times controversial, athletes in history. His iconic smile lifted...
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Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum
In the tradition of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, this New York Times bestseller is a page-turning account of one of the nation’s last segregated asylums."A book that left me breathless." —Clint Smith, New York Times bestselling author of How The Word Is Passed"Fascinating." —The...
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Madam C. J. Walker: The Making of an American Icon
"[An] exhaustively detailed account of the life of Madam C.J. Walker." Booklist, Starred ReviewMadam C. J. Walker―reputed to be America’s first self-made woman millionaire―has long been celebrated for her rags-to-riches story. Born to former slaves in the Louisiana Delta in the...
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Lovely One: A Memoir
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In her “vulnerable, tender, and infinitely inspirational” (Oprah Daily) memoir, the first Black woman to ever be appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States chronicles her extraordinary life story.“A billowingly triumphant American tale.”—The New...
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Love & Whiskey: The Remarkable True Story of Jack Daniel, His Master Distiller Nearest Green, and the Improbable Rise of Uncle Nearest
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Embark on a captivating journey with Love & Whiskey. New York Times bestselling author Fawn Weaver unveils the hidden narrative behind one of America’s most iconic whiskey brands. This book is a vibrant exploration set in the present...
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The Look
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE NAACP IMAGE AWARD • Beautifully illustrated with more than 200 photographs, including never-before-seen images, The Look is a stunning journey through Michelle Obama’s style evolution, in her own words for the first time.In this celebration...
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LL Cool J Presents the Streets Win: 50 Years of Hip-Hop Greatness
A celebration of 50 years of Hip Hop’s vibrant history, and its transformative influence not just on American music and culture, but across the world.This vivid chronicle of the rhythm, rhyme, and reason of Hip Hop is told through intimate...
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The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
#1 NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER • In an inspiring follow-up to her acclaimed memoir Becoming, former First Lady Michelle Obama shares practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in today’s highly uncertain world. There may be no tidy solutions or pithy answers to life’s big...
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The Life of Singleton: From Boyz N the Hood to Snowfall
Featuring nearly 400 original interviews with close friends, family members, and colleagues, The Life of Singleton is the definitive account of prolific filmmaker John Singleton’s life and times.John Singleton became a living legend at just twenty-four when he earned Academy Award nominations...
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Language as Liberation: Reflections on the American Canon
Nobel laureate and Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Beloved Toni Morrison investigates Black characters in the American literary canon and the way they shaped the nation’s collective unconscious.In a dazzling series of lectures from her tenure as a professor at Princeton University, Toni...
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Land of Our Own: Malcolm X and the Evolution of Black Nationalism
Black nationalist ideas have been debated over centuries, and have shaped black religious, cultural, economic, and intellectual thought. But how is black nationalism popularly understood? And how should we reckon with the unique position of black people in the United...
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NEW YORK TIMES READERS PICK: 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR • TIME’S #1 NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEARReferenced in the historic 2026...
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A Kwanzaa Keepsake and Cookbook: Celebrating the Holiday with Family, Community, and Tradition
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A Kwanzaa Keepsake and Cookbook: Celebrating the Holiday with Family, Community, and Tradition
From the award-winning author of High on the Hog—inspiration for the “energetic, emotional, and deeply nuanced” (The New York Times) Netflix series of the same name—comes a new and updated edition of A Kwanzaa Keepsake, another important exploration of African American culture,...
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Call Us What We Carry: Poems
The instant #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestsellerThe breakout poetry collection by #1 New York Times bestselling author and presidential inaugural poet Amanda GormanFormerly titled The Hill We Climb and Other Poems, the luminous poetry collection by #1 New York Times bestselling...
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