Black History Month: Celebrate with New Novels for Adults
2026 marks a century of national commemorations of Black history. For 100 years, the nation has recognized the achievements and contributions of Black Americans, and their place in American history during the month of February.
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A sweeping multi-generational epic following seven generations of Dupree women as they navigate love, loss, and the unyielding ties of family and masterfully weaves together themes of generational trauma, Black women's resilience, and unbreakable…
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"Award-winning and bestselling Perkins-Valdez returns with another novel inspired by true events, this time about a woman who discovers her family's legacy as part of the Kingdom of the Happy Land, a self-sustaining community of formerly enslaved…
A story of star-crossed lovers and their descendants. In 1865, Harrison is discharged from the Union Army as a free man and hopes to reunite with Tirzah, but tragedy and obstacles keep them apart. When Ardelia and Oliver meet in Harlem in 2019,…
A genre-defying metafictional novel by Okorafor. Disabled, disinclined to marry, and more interested in writing than a lucrative career in medicine or law, Zelu has always felt like the outcast of her large Nigerian family.
Then she pens a wildly…
Barnett was the first Black woman to helm a major mainstream magazine (Teen People) in the United States; her debut novel provides an insider's look behind the scenes of magazine publishing. In the novel, it's 1999, and Nikki Rose is the only Black…
"After coauthoring the bestsellers The Personal Librarian and The First Ladies with Marie Benedict, Murray offers her first solo historical, inspired by real-life Jessie Redmon Fauset, who played a crucial role in the Harlem Renaissance as literary…
Poet and novelist Barry (We Ride Upon Sticks, winner of the ALA Alex Award) writes a literary survival horror story. Striker, a Black film scout, is on a luxury cruise to the Antarctic to photograph potential locations for a new movie she's working…
"Tate's latest biographical novel brings to life the historical figure Hazel Scott--brilliant pianist, Hollywood actor, and fearless civil rights advocate--and is set against the glamour and grit of 1940s Harlem. At just 23, Hazel commands the stage…
A beautiful narrative about two Nigerian women who seek independence from their patriarchal culture, Portland author Bankole's novel was shortlisted for the 2026 Pacific Northwest Book Award. "In Ibadan, Nigeria, a mother receives a divination that…
"Growing up enslaved on an Alabama cotton plantation, Junie is often called carefree by her older sister Minnie, but it's not a compliment. Taught to read and treated as a confidante by the McQueens' only daughter, Violet, 16-year-old Junie is…
Through the history of the Freeman family and the provenance of a handmade pottery jar affectionately known as "Old Mo," Wilkerson (Black Cake) considers family secrets, race and respectability politics, the long-term nature of childhood trauma, and…
At the darkly glamorous height of the Roaring 20s, an independent Black intellectual and her bi-racial foster child are immersed in the vibrant world of the Harlem Renaissance - and a shocking murder on Striver's Row - in this thrilling Jazz Age…
In this supernatural thriller, twenty-five-year-old Calla Williams is struggling since becoming guardian to her brother Jamie. Calla is overwhelmed and tired of being the one who makes sacrifices to keep the family together. Jamie, full of…
Part social thriller, part modern love story, Who Knows You by Heart is a sly, witty, and endlessly discussable tale of Big Tech, new money, relationships, race, and discovering what's real in an age of artificial intelligence. "When Octavia…
