From Marlon James, author of the Booker Prize–winning A Brief History of Seven Killings: a propulsive novel about the murder of a gay man in 1980s Jamaica and its tragic consequences

In 1988, eight men in Kingston, Jamaica, begin rehearsals for a play. The men are strangers to one another and each has a different reason for being involved. But they all share one inescapable truth: All of them are gay―a “battyman” in Jamaican argot―and all of them must contend with the dangers that such a truth lays bare.

One night a mob savagely attacks them, killing one of the men. For the survivors, their recovery is as much emotional as it is physical. As their bodies heal, each man grapples with the violence, the hatred, and the rage that the attack made plain. Some try to ignore what the attack has unearthed, while others double down on retribution.

In The Disappearers, Marlon James has written a riveting and deeply human story of men forced to make compromises to survive what the society they live in demands. It is both a dramatic page-turner and an unflinching exploration of queer life in Jamaica during the 1980s and 1990s.

Returning to print after nearly 50 years, Survivor completes Octavia E. Butler’s thrilling Patternist series, including a short story from the Patternist saga and new historical essays from a major Butler scholar.

This deluxe edition includes: 
* An incredible new cover and package
* Premium French flaps and newly designed, full color interior covers
*  High-quality paper with elegant deckled-edges  

The Patternist books (Wild Seed, Mind of My Mind, Clay's Ark, and Patternmaster) comprise Butler's longest, most complex series, stretching from late 17th century Africa to outer space in the far future, as rival factions of humanity develop incredible powers—only to use them to subjugate others. For nearly half a century, the fourth volume, Survivor, has been out of print at Octavia E. Butler's request.

It tells the story of Alanna, a colonist fleeing a plague-scarred Earth. But the planet she lands on is inhabited by the alien Kohn, whose battling tribes soon trap Alanna in their war. She must make alliances—while plotting betrayals. She must protect her heart—while putting it at risk. And she must decide if the best way to retain her humanity . . . is to leave it behind.

Now returning to print, Survivor is put into its proper historical context thanks to contributions from scholar and Octavia E. Butler Fellow Alyssa Collins.
This long-awaited volume also contains "A Necessary Being," the only short fiction set in the Patternist universe, to finally, fully bring together and complete the Patternist series for readers everywhere.

In a world where love is forbidden, one girl must fight for her heart and freedom through deadly trials in the first book of a new dystopian romantasy duology from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author J. Elle.

Welcome to The Heart Trials.
The prize is love.
The cost is everything.

In Ethyria the highborn may love; the lowborn may only feel what the Benevolent allows.

Saltblood lowborn Axira Merreri survives the decaying districts by keeping her heart locked tight, couriering goods by day—and smuggling the ruler’s euphoric Heartfillers to the highborn by night. Until a drop goes wrong and her execution looms.

When she strikes a dangerous bargain to steal something from the Tournament of Hearts, a ruthless dating competition to gain highborn citizenship, she enters. Not for love. For freedom. But as the twisted allure of the competition turns deadly, an unexpected connection cracks her defenses, forcing her to confront a truth she fears: In a regime built on engineered happiness, the most dangerous weapon she has is her heart.

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author J. Elle delivers a breathless series opener that is bold, bone-chilling, and wholly original. For fans of the cutthroat competition of The Hunger Games, Love Island, and Powerless, this dystopian romantasy explores what happens when the heart becomes the empire’s sharpest blade.

What if the biggest obstacle to happiness isn't your environment, your past, or other people — but a blindness to some uncomfortable truths about yourself?
 
In the book his fans have been waiting for, one of the internet’s most beloved therapists, Kier Gaines, sets the record straight: mantras and toxic positivity won’t solve your problems. Instead, Gaines offers a bold new path to getting what you want in life: You need to know yourself better. A lot better than you do now.
 
In It All Starts When You Do, Gaines walks you through the hard but rewarding work you need to do when you simply can’t figure out what feels off in your life. Whether your career is stuck in neutral, your family is driving you crazy, or you’re struggling to find love, you'll learn how to:
 
●     Begin healing from the inner wounds you might not even be aware you have
●     Conquer unconscious emotional hijacking
●     Align your actions with your true desires
●     Build self-esteem based on solid evidence and effort, not empty affirmations
●     Stop consuming the empty calories of negative self-talk which can destroy progress
●     Overcome the illusion of comfort that keeps you stuck
●     And much more
 
It All Starts When You Do will arm you with the tools you need to stop sabotaging your life, and get down to the business of living it.

When a plane crash leaves them stranded on a desert island, a no-nonsense in-flight concierge must rely on the arrogant rapper she swore she’d never fall for.

It’s in-flight concierge Ariana Williams’s last day working for Echelon. After fifteen years flying with the private airline and attending to the rich and the famous, she’s just about seen it all. That is, until bigtime rapper Villain steps aboard. He and his rowdy entourage hound Ariana from the moment they take off, making endless demands and throwing suggestive comments her way. Growing impatient with his immature advances, she blurts out that she wouldn’t sleep with him even if he were the last man on Earth.

Suddenly, the plane jolts and barrels out of the sky, crashing onto a beach. Ariana and Villain awake in the wreckage to discover they’re the sole survivors, stranded on a deserted island. Forced to work with him to find food and shelter, Ariana begins to see the actual Vincent Newcastle behind the swaggering public image. And the way he takes charge to fend for them both ignites a passion deep within her.

When rescue finally comes, reality hits hard―the headlines, scrutiny, and relationships they left behind put them in a difficult position. But as outside pressures mount, their connection only intensifies. Soon they’ll be forced to choose between their previous lives or finding a way forward with the love they built together on the island.

This edition includes a bonus epilogue and discussion questions.

The Last Man on Earth is a forced-proximity, age-gap survival romance featuring explicit sex. It is intended for mature readers.

The first monograph for Leilah Babirye, foregrounding her artistic development, engagement with African sculpture and expansion of queer histories

Published with Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.

The evocative, adorned sculptures―made from wood and ceramics―of Ugandan artist Leilah Babirye (born 1985) foreground the inventive reuse of debris. She repurposes the metal gears and chains of bicycles to create elaborate headdresses, jewelry and braids, and the rubber inner tubes of bicycle tires to form long tresses.
In this volume, Babirye discusses the origins of her practice and artistic development in conversation with Margaret Nagawa, the artist’s former professor. Curator Natasha Becker analyzes Babirye’s work in the context of African sculptural practices and contemporary art, representing the most significant scholarly engagement with the artist’s work to date. For Babirye, who fled Uganda after being outed as gay, this exhibition and catalog continue her commitment to uplifting LGBTQ+ identities through her unique and striking sculptures.

Catalogue de l’exposition, Henry Taylor, au Musée national Picasso-Paris, du 8 avril à septembre 2026. L’exposition prévue au Musée national Picasso-Paris sera élaborée en étroite collaboration avec l’artiste, adoptant une approche large et offrant par endroits une perspective rétrospective. Placée sous le commissariat de Joanne Snrech, conservatrice au Musée national Picasso-Paris, cette présentation s’inscrit dans les recherches et l’exploration menées par l’institution autour de l’influence et de la réception de Picasso sur la scène artistique américaine. Elle prolonge ainsi un cycle d’expositions, initié avec Faith Ringgold en 2023, poursuivi avec Jackson Pollock en 2024, puis Philip Guston en 2025. Elle ouvrira également la voie à la grande rétrospective dédiée au mouvement de la Harlem Renaissance, prévue pour le printemps 2027, affirmant la volonté du musée d’élargir et de renouveler la lecture de la scène artistique américaine. Le catalogue de l’exposition sera composé d’un texte de présentation du parcours de l’artiste par la commissaire, Joanne Snrech ; d’un entretien entre Cécile Debray et Henry Taylor autour de son lien à Picasso ; d’un texte d’histoire de l’art sur la représentation de l’histoire des États-Unis dans l’œuvre de l’artiste par Elvan Zabunyan ; d’une reprise d’un texte de Laura Hoptman paru en 2012 pour le MoMA et d’une chronologie de François Dareau.

Immer mehr Künstler·innen aus der Mehrheitswelt jenseits des klassischen „Westens“ verhandeln Fragen nach der eigenen Geschichte und Herkunft anhand von Fotografien aus der Kolonialzeit. In ihren Werken verbinden sie persönliche Erlebnisse mit kollektiven Erfahrungen, verknüpfen Gedächtnisspuren mit künstlerischer Imagination. Durch textile, fotografische, filmische und skulpturale Collagen entstehen neue Erinnerungen, die nicht bei einer historischen Reflexion kolonialistischer Unterdrückung haltmachen, sondern in Bewegung bleiben, sich widersetzen und als lebendiges Fundament für die Zukunft dienen. Der Band Fast ein Paradies, der anlässlich der gleichnamigen Ausstellung im Museum Rietberg erscheint, ist die erste Gesamtschau dieses internationalen Phänomens. Texte zu den beteiligten Künstler·innen werden ergänzt durch kritische Beiträge zur Geschichte der kolonialzeitlichen ­ Fotografie. Kimberly Juanita Brown ist Direktorin des Institute for Black Intellectual and Cultural Life am Dartmouth College. Nanina Guyer ist Kuratorin für Fotografie am Museum Rietberg. Patricia Hayes ist Inhaberin des Lehrstuhls für Visual History & Theory an der University of the Western Cape. Deborah Willis leitet den Fachbereich Photography & Imaging an der New York University. Bindi Vora ist interdisziplinäre Künstlerin und leitende Kuratorin der Galerie Autograph, London.

Introducing readers to five trans and nonbinary poets Splendor is an ode to queer bodies, with previously unpublished translations from Argentina, Denmark, Korea, Norway, and Quebec. From the irreverent and irresponsible to the quiet and meditative these poems decentralize our ideas of trans experience and poetics.

Splendor presents a sliver of the wide possibilities of what trans literature can offer. This is trans literature that transcends borders and binaries in order to engaging with a messy world. As Camila Sosa Villada writes, “Let us keep loving one another in this swamp of contradictions.”

This deluxe limited edition features gorgeous printed edges, elaborate printed ends, and a stunning foiled case.

“Irresistible romance and cozy, magical charm . . . a pure delight.” ―Sabaa Tahir

“Brimming with mystery, magic and heart.” ―Stephanie Garber

Sparks fly in this Gilded Age novel of mystery, magic, and romance by the author of the New York Times–bestselling Beasts of Prey.

Vesper Evans has always resented Basalton’s high society, and the sorcery that provides them with a luxurious life unimaginable to most. Orphaned as a child and rescued by the editor of The Basalton Globe, Vesper is now an ambitious reporter determined to keep her newspaper afloat.

While covering a lavish society gala, Vesper happens upon a shocking scene: the murdered body of a man she had spoken with just minutes before. Several of the powerful magical elite may want the man dead, but the prime suspect is wealthy industrialist Maximilian Kite.

Max soon makes Vesper a tempting offer: Find the culprit and restore his reputation in exchange for a substantial fee. Despite her distaste for Max’s world, Vesper agrees―the money would save the Globe, and the story would be the scoop of a lifetime. There’s only one catch: In order for her to infiltrate society, the two must pose as a courting couple.

Their investigation takes them from the highest echelons of privilege to the seediest backstreets of Basalton. As they unearth the city’s secrets and scandals, Vesper finds herself in grave danger―while falling for one of the most infuriating, arrogant, handsome men she has ever met . . .

From New York Times bestselling author Kalynn Bayron comes a new horror novel about a group of teens with unique-and potentially deadly-gifts.

Moll, Redd, Agnes, and Ossie are powerful-and dangerous. But they don't want people to fear them. They've spent their lives trying to understand and control their supernatural gifts, trying to help people instead of hurt them.

That's why they offer paranormal investigative services to anyone who needs them. But when the case of a missing young woman brings them to an old (and potentially haunted) Victorian mansion, soon it's the four teens who are in the greatest danger. The secrets they uncover about the paranormal forces inhabiting the house may shed light on the darkness that exists at the edge of their powers and finally help them gain control-if they can make it out alive.

Captain America faces the elusive super villain the Spot in this action-packed paperback storybook!

Captain America is on his way to the community center to give a speech about what it really means to be a hero. But on the way, he runs into the Spot—a super villain who can create interdimensional portals! The Spot is using his powers to rob a museum. Can Captain America stop the villain, return the stolen items, and still make it to his scheduled speech on time? Join Captain America in this exciting paperback storybook, perfect for young Marvel fans.

A sexy, dark romantic comedy with violent shenanigans and a dangerous game of love and lust.

After years of dedicating my life to a thankless job, I'm over Corporate America. I've endured enough-employees who only cared about my snacks and stress hemorrhoids-and I deserve a summer getaway to turn forty in sunshine.

Not a syringe to the neck.

The random housesitting opportunity I found is a reminder that "too good to be true" comes with a price.

I never planned to get kidnapped in my bonnet, but what's an unemployed HR manager to do when two doses of mistaken identity land me in a crime boss's bed? A fine crime boss with an attitude and a ceiling mirror. I do what anyone would do: turn my lemons into seltz limone e sale and make him pay...literally. I'm enjoying my vacation one way or another, the threat of war with one of Sicily's biggest mafias be damned.

Big Trouble in a Little Mafia is a standalone dark mafia rom-com about a fed-up heroine and a morally grey cinnamon roll hero with a kill container and a love language of cooking. Deception, secret identities, and a voluntold marriage of convenience weave together in picturesque scenes and a pleasure club for an unexpected happily-ever-after. There's some unaliving, but we make it funny (and put dogs in bulletproof vests).

Tropes:

���� Mafia romance

���� Dark rom-com

���� Morally grey cinnamon roll

���� HR manager FMC

���� Mistaken identity

���� Voluntold marriage of convenience

���� Spicy shenanigans

The autobiography of a Black woman who defied nineteenth-century conventions to become a preacher, popular speaker, abolitionist, and women’s rights activist. 

Sojourner Truth was an incredible, remarkable, epoch-defying woman who escaped from slavery and successfully sued for her son’s freedom, in addition to her career as a wildly successful orator and activist—a woman alive to the hypocrisies of her age, and unafraid to talk about them.

Her autobiography, which she dictated, is an outstanding historical document. Truth’s tale sheds a light on realities of slavery that are still rarely discussed: that she was a slave in upstate New York, not on a Southern plantation; that Dutch was her first language; that the circumstances of her slavery isolated her from a broader Black community; that her experience of religion was a racially integrated one, and became the means of her independence. Ultimately, The Narrative of Sojourner Truth is the story of a great American that reveals aspects of slavery and free Black life that are too often overlooked.

Tiny Idols biographies feature BIG stars for the littlest of hands! Introduce your little ones to Rihanna with this read-aloud board book biography that’s perfect for Rihanna Navy young and old.

From her childhood in Barbados to her Grammy Award–winning hits and iconic Super Bowl halftime show, Rihanna shines bright like a diamond. Follow her journey in this inspiring board book biography for the youngest readers, with an empowering message and fun Easter eggs that fans of any age will love!

Tanita S. Davis, author of Partly Cloudy and Serena Says, has written another funny, warm story featuring middle school and family life—all about the complex calculations it takes for everyone to balance the equations of their lives and what it takes to be part of a team while handling a learning disability. This middle grade novel is perfect for fans of From the Desk of Zoe Washington and A Good Kind of Trouble.

Seventh grader Henrietta Weldon gets to switch schools—finally! She’ll be “mainstreaming” into public school, leaving her special education school behind. She can’t wait for her new schedule, new friends, and new classes.

Henri’s dyscalculia, a learning disability that makes math challenging to process and understand, is what she expects to give her problems. What she doesn’t expect is a family feud with her sister over her new friends, joining the girls’ soccer team, and discovering poetry. Henri’s tutor and new friend, Vinnie, reminds her to take it slow. One problem at a time.

If Henri Weldon has twenty-four hours in a day, and she has two siblings who dislike her four new friends, two hours of soccer practice, seven hours of classes, and three hours of homework . . . she has:

A.       No free time

B.        No idea how to make everyone happy

C.        No time to figure it out, Henri Weldon!

The definitive photographic celebration of John Coltrane's life and music, featuring exclusive contributions written by Ravi Coltrane, Wayne Coyne, Dev Hynes, Phil Lesh, Julie Mehretu, Carlos Santana, and Patti Smith.

John Coltrane's impact on music and culture endures far beyond his prolific career and untimely death in 1967 at age forty. His masterful saxophone style and groundbreaking jazz compositions had a profound effect on the evolution of music through the decades, and it continues to resonate across styles and genres to this day.

This beautiful photography book offers an intimate and in-depth look at his life with over one hundred expertly curated images taken by renowned photographers such as Francis Wolff and Chuck Stewart. The selection includes outtakes from the album cover photoshoot for Ascension, in-studio candid shots taken during the recording of Blue Train, a glimpse backstage with Alice Coltrane before their first performance together, and more. Coltrane is a visual celebration of John Coltrane's musical legacy, complete with an introduction by his son and fellow musician Ravi Coltrane, along with personal stories from other musicians, artists, and writers who have been moved by his work.

Lily Hunter investigates animals’ strange behavior at the park in this Level 2 Ready-to-Read by Al Roker based on his animated TV show, Weather Hunters, on PBS KIDS!

Whatever the weather, we’re in it together!™ The Hunters are going on a picnic in the park where they find a puppy! But when the puppy and other animals in the park start acting strangely, the family wonders what could be going on. Lily is on the case. Could the weather be a reason for the animals’ odd behavior?

Hit the ground running with all five books in Jason Reynolds’s award-winning and New York Times bestselling Track series, now available together in one paperback boxed set.

Ghost. Patina. Sunny. Lu. A fast and fiery group of kids from wildly different backgrounds, chosen to compete on an elite track team. They all have a lot to lose, a lot to gain, and, most of all, a lot to prove, not only to each other, but to themselves. Under the caring yet firm-handed guidance of their coach, however, they may achieve more than they ever dreamed possible.

Here are all their stories, even Coach’s from when he was a boy coming into his own as a track superstar, in this explosive five-book series.

This paperback boxed set includes:
Ghost
Patina
Sunny
Lu
Coach

Featuring art by some of the most important and well-collected Black artists whose work is a part of the vast and storied collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.

The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) 2027 Wall Calendar features twelve works from the museum’s collection. NMAAHC is part of the Smithsonian Institution, and the museum holds over 40,000 objects in its collection related to subjects such as community, family, the visual and performing arts, religion, civil rights, slavery, and segregation.
 

* The perfect gift for history buffs and African American culture mavens alike!
* Printed on high-quality FSC-certified paper
* Includes all major and significant holidays and moon phases
* Carefully curated images throughout
* Give as a gift for any occasion
* Perfect to hang in the home or office
* Generous grids for adding appointments and reminders
* Opens to 12 inches x 24 inches

From the creator of Slumdog Millionaire—the highly-anticipated kaleidoscopic thrill ride through contemporary Delhi where a young woman has to survive her own kidnapping

Devi is a fighter. Growing up in the slums of Delhi, she has learnt that survival comes at a cost—and naturally, that means she’s made a few enemies along the way.

Now she’s being held captive, her life up for sale in an online auction, where the highest bidder will determine her fate.

With her existence hanging in the balance, Devi proceeds to give her captor ‘a confession to beat all confessions’ – as over the course of a single night, Devi unveils the secrets of her seven extraordinary lives.

Devi is the ultimate survivor – a girl from the gutters who dares to rewrite her own destiny. But, like Sheherazade in the Arabian Nights, will she survive the longest night of her life?

Link and Hud are back with more mischief and mayhem in the series “full of Black boy joy, brother love, and silliness” (Book Riot).

Deep sea treasure hunting. Supersonic water walking. Swimming with sharks.

Lincoln and Hudson Dupré are brothers with active imaginations. When one of their imaginary adventures leads to the outdoor pool at the recreation center being closed, they’re faced with a choice: join the Sharks swim team or miss out on swimming altogether. But Coach Strickler is old-school and runs his team by the rules. Will the boys outwit their coach, make practice fun―and make the team?

Black-and-white illustrations throughout

Mischievous brothers Link and Hud are back for a Halloween-themed entry in the hilarious series from real-life brothers Jarrett and Jerome Pumphrey.

It’s October. Halloween is almost here, and brothers Lincoln and Hudson Dupré are excited about their first time trick-or-treating without their parents. But odd and spooky things start happening on their cul-de-sac―things they get blamed for. Link and Hud must face down zombies, a suspected werewolf, and a (definitely) haunted house to find the real culprit and save Halloween.

The latest entry in the hybrid graphic novel series Book Riot says is “full of Black boy joy, brother love, and silliness” brings more chaos, more laughs, and more adventures as Link and Hud use their imagination to get in (and out) of all kinds of trouble. Drawn from the imaginations and experiences of brothers and cocreators Jarrett and Jerome Pumphrey, Link + Hud illuminates a world of adventure made possible with a partner in crime by your side.

illustrations throughout

An inspirational keepsake from the multiple award-winning writer and activist

Dynamic and legendary, poet and activist Sonia Sanchez is one of the most esteemed poets in contemporary American literature. Now for her fans and new readers alike comes this giftable quote book, containing some of her most powerful writing from her previously published volumes and in an attractive, paper-over-board package.

With nearly 40 verses and quotations, this collection explores themes of love, resistance, and social justice. Sample excerpts include:

On love: “your hands/humming hurricanes of beauty.”

On resistance: "I write to keep in contact with our ancestors and to spread truth to people.”

On social justice: "...if we the people work, organize, resist,
come together for peace, racial, social
and sexual justice
it'll get better
it'll get better.”

A prominent member of the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s and a pioneer in education, Sanchez’s career has spanned decades, spawned more than 20 books and countless other writings, with Sanchez herself receiving numerous accolades and awards. Carefully selected to inspire, and perfect for casual reading and contemplation, this is the ideal gift for fans and new readers alike.

A debut Gothic horror set in 1870s Brazil—a tale of creeping suspense in which a young pregnant woman finds herself unable to escape her lover’s isolated family home, and a family’s deal with the devil goes terribly wrong

1877, Pernambuco, Brazil: Raised in a deeply religious household, Madalena knows Dante’s Inferno by heart and fears her mother’s reaction as much as she fears God. When she falls pregnant with a child conceived in sin, her mother issues a threat: marry or surrender the baby. Madalena is confident that the father, the dashing Leandro Neves, will do right by her and propose. But just as she is about to tell him about the baby, a violent storm sends their carriage careening off the road.

Madalena awakens in Leandro’s sprawling, secluded home, under the care of the mysterious and larger-than-life Doctor Lobo. Leandro is there . . . but he is no longer the charming poet she knew. He’s silent. Obsessed. Always watching.

Strange perfume haunts a locked room. Pages vanish from books. Jewels lie untouched in a forgotten wardrobe. And mirrors begin disappearing after Madalena sees something—or someone—ghastly in the reflection.

Leandro is unraveling. Doctor Lobo may be hiding something even darker. Trapped in a decaying house of secrets, Madalena must uncover the truth before the men around her destroy her, and before the hell she fears becomes the one she’s living in.

Bestselling poet r.h. Sin takes readers on an all-new journey sure to flush your cheeks. A quiet exploration of desire, seduction, and vulnerability, Soft Hunger is the slow-burn first half of a sensual poetry duology.

Soft Hunger and Wild Surrender exist as two halves, an intimate duology tucked into the same sensual world. Soft Hunger is the slow burn; Wild Surrender is the fire it becomes.

Here in book one, Sin captures the quiet ache before fulfillment—the fantasy and anticipation, the restraint and imagination, the unspoken desire that lives between thought and touch. Each piece explores the moments before the act, when yearning itself becomes the art form.

Delicate yet charged, Soft Hunger awakens the senses and stirs the soul—begin the slow burn.

In the pages of Wild Surrender, bestselling poet r.h. Sin takes readers on an all-new journey that is sure to warm you up and flush your cheeks. Providing a glimpse into desire stripped bare, a quiet exploration of vulnerability and seduction, this collection wildly begs the question, Are we alone yet?

Soft Hunger and Wild Surrender exist as two halves; an intimate duology tucked sweetly into the same sensual world. Soft Hunger is the slow burn; Wild Surrender is the fire it becomes.

In Wild Surrender, Sin lives beyond the threshold of desire, thriving deep within the aftermath of hesitation where fantasy gives way to action. These poems explore the rawness of embodiment, where passion consumes and imagination manifests into movement, breath, and the ultimate release. It is a celebration of uninhibited intimacy and the surrender that transforms longing into experience.

Together, the two books form a continuum; a collection of short verses that interlace perfectly to awaken the senses and stir the soul without ever overstaying their welcome. Whether you read them alone, with a partner, or a part-time lover, Soft Hunger and Wild Surrender invite you to take off your coat, get comfortable, and stay a while.

From the bestselling author of Everything Inside comes a vivid, timely story, moving from Haiti to Brooklyn to Miami, of a woman whose sense of self and family are called into question when she gets caught in a random act of violence one sunny Florida day.

“Is home the place where we are born? Or is it the place where we die?” These questions haunt Magnolia, a successful Haitian American real estate agent in Miami, after she hears the terrifying sounds of gunfire while shopping for her daughter’s first-ever cell phone; she takes shelter in a restaurant called Oasis, cowering with fellow shoppers and diners, each praying to their respective gods.

Once she’s safely home, Magnolia hides the fact that she was at the mall shooting from everyone close to her. But given her life back, she begins to see it all clearly, and as if for the first time—what the extraordinary bond she has with her daughter, Zoë, really means to her, and what Zoë may feel in return; what the nearly broken relationship she has with her partner, Harrison, has cost her, despite his love for her and their daughter; why her mentally troubled mother—whose unraveling patterns Magnolia worries she’s spiraling toward herself—might be so ghost-haunted; what the source of her father’s pain, and his reason for seeking solace in the arms of a mistress, really is. As Magnolia struggles through the labyrinth of her past, she must also come to terms with the losses sustained that traumatic day, losses that we all bear witness to all too often in our troubling times.

Can love, can family, protect us from harm? Does optimism or fear win out in one’s heart, one’s soul? Which side will win out for Magnolia—and where does she really belong? Pulled between these questions, and her beloved, high-stakes choices and worlds—Miami or Haiti, single or married, mortal or ghost, before or after—Magnolia is one of the most compelling characters that Danticat has ever created—a narrator who is "yon pati koukouy, part firefly": shimmering, flitting between choices, drawn to the light yet emitting her own.

Taking its title from the Creole word for mourning, Dèy is a profoundly warm and moving novel about the importance of sharing grief and leave-taking, but also of the ties of family—takeout dinners around a table, fresh dirt on a plant’s roots in the garden, swimming together in the azure seas. As Magnolia questions whether all has not yet been lost, Dèy celebrates the complexity of life in a brave and striking novel that is one of Danticat’s most powerful and deeply affecting works yet, told with a signature “unfaltering voice and evocative beauty” (The Boston Globe).

In a brilliantly terrifying blend of supernatural horror and alternate history for fans of Ryan Coogler's Sinners and readers of Victor LaValle, Tananarive Due, and Stephen Graham Jones, a vengeful vampire tribe formed of formerly enslaved Africans wages war across the Southern colonies in the ultimate battle of blood and betrayal.

Kwadzo Okoro never believed the bloody legend of Ramanga was real. Now, he stands as the leader of a new Ramanga Tribe, one that sieged the Barrow plantation in a storm of righteous carnage, liberating its formerly enslaved Africans. Reclaimed as the Crimson Plantation, it is now also home to the wronged Natives who fearlessly aligned with the Ramangans.

But Kwadzo knows that freedom is not secure. Bartholomew and Constance Crabtree, the most influential slaveholders in the region since the demise of Big Jim Barrow, are galvanizing the Lakeside community to strike back—violently. The threat they pose, however, pales in comparison to the insidious menace of Penelope Knudsen. Her white-hot hatred, now fueled by Ramangan blood, and an ability to survive the sunlight—a power Kwadzo doesn’t have—threatens to upend Kwadzo’s advancement of Ramangan might throughout the colonies to free his people.

But the gravest threat comes from within: Rafazi. His blood fathered the rebellion, but he will not take orders from his own creation. And when Rafazi makes a deadly deal with the Crabtrees, Kwadzo is forced into a battle with his maker that he may not survive, while the everlasting freedom of every enslaved person in the colonies hangs in the balance.

In Carolina and beyond, a reckoning is coming that will change the colonies forever.

The first thrilling novel in a new adult romantasy duology following a young woman who finds herself the Chosen One to two conflicting prophecies—from the author of Lore of the Wilds.

Magic has always been something at the periphery of Audra’s life. As a human, she knows that magic exists, but it is something that is beyond the mist. Until one day the mist comes to shore, bringing with it the all too real Fae and upending Audra’s life entirely.

She is kidnapped from her home and taken to a school to be trained as a soldier by the Priestesses, Fae beings who are an ominous presence with a cult-like mentality. Audra must band together with a group of other prisoners to survive their new world filled with guilds, magic, and danger. The Priestesses are searching for the mythical Heir of Prophecy who will save them from an eternal winter. They know the Heir is among the student prisoners at the school and are getting more and more desperate to flush out him or her.

What Audra needs to know is what exactly it means to be the Heir... because she’s pretty sure it’s her. Her magic is wonky in exactly the way it was foretold. As she tries to hide her true nature, something strange keeps happening. A vision, a very hot and very underwordly vision comes to her. And what he has to say will put her life in even more danger and force her to make a decision that puts the fate of the entire world at risk.

A compassionate guide to navigating generational mother wounds and strained relationships with mothers, helping you grieve and move forward in healing through biblical wisdom and practical strategies—from the bestselling author of Church Girl.

Whether you seek to improve your relationship with your mother, recover from past hurts, or simply be a mother who doesn't deeply wound your own child, Honor Thy Mother is your companion on this courageous journey of healing your heart, finding true peace, and drawing closer to God.

Dr. Sarita T. Lyons serves as an honest and compassionate guide, showing you how to confront the difficulties between your idealized mother and reality, shedding light on various mother archetypes, helping you grieve the mother you wish you’d had, and more.

Full of biblical wisdom, hope, and practical advice, this book empowers you to recognize and address your unique maternal challenges. With actionable strategies, like owning your experience, engaging in therapy, practicing spiritual disciplines, building community support, committing to peace, and identifying a spiritual mother, along with discussion questions, journal prompts, and ways to move toward a realistic plan for restoration, you'll find the tools you need to start your journey and learn what it really means to honor your mother. Dr. Lyons offers a path to healing and peace and will ultimately help you bring you the freedom and blessings you long for.

Both an epic history and an intimate family story, a startling account of the lives of Black cops in one Midwestern city.

In the wake of the George Floyd protests, a Black police organization in Cleveland called the Black Shield was causing a stir. Officers broke ranks with their fellow cops, aligning themselves with local Black Lives Matter activists and supporting demands for radical reforms. In the midst of these fissures, Wilbert L. Cooper returned to his hometown to write a profile of the organization's president, who had become notorious years earlier for shooting a young unarmed Black man.

For Cooper, the news was deeply personal. Both of his parents are retired Black Cleveland cops, his sister was a Cleveland cop, and on his mother's side, there’s been a Cleveland cop in the family since 1950. Unearthing the dramatic histories of the Black Shield and his own family, Cooper tells the intertwined stories of the two: his relatives, who trace their roots back to the Great Migration and who chose policing because it was one of the few stepping stones to economic security and status in a segregated city; and an organization that, over decades of cultural and political upheaval, cycled endlessly between rebellion and acquiescence.

An intimate, bold work of literary nonfiction, The Black Shield is an urgent exploration of the complex duality of the Black cop. Cooper grapples with a knot of contradictions: Is the Black officer a sign of progressive change, or of the system’s masterful way of changing its appearance without changing its outcomes? How can he reconcile the fact that policing helped lift his family out of poverty, and the equally real panic that accompanies being pulled over? Fearless and singularly powerful, Cooper gives us an American story about race and power of a kind that has never been told before.