Black History Month

Reading isn't only for entertainment! Delve into some great books this month to engage with Black History Month. Recommended below are a wide range of books, from classics, like the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, to modern day historical fiction like The Underground Railroad, that will not only enthrall, but also educate and empower.

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Behold the Dreamers (Oprah's Book Club) (Paperback)

By Imbolo Mbue
$17.00
ISBN: 9780525509714
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Published: Random House Trade - June 26th, 2017
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The Souls of Black Folk (Restless Classics) (Paperback)

By W. E. B. Du Bois, Vann Newkirk (Introduction by), Steve Prince (Illustrator)
$19.99
ISBN: 9781632060976
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Published: Restless Books - February 14th, 2017
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The Underground Railroad (Paperback)

By Colson Whitehead
$16.95
ISBN: 9780345804327
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Published: Anchor Books - January 30th, 2018
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Obama: An Intimate Portrait (Hardcover)

By Pete Souza, Barack Obama (Foreword by)
$50.00
ISBN: 9780316512589
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Published: Little Brown and Company - November 7th, 2017
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Courage Is Contagious: And Other Reasons to Be Grateful for Michelle Obama (Hardcover)

By Nick Haramis (Editor), Lena Dunham (Foreword by), Jenni Konner (Foreword by)
$20.00
ISBN: 9780399592614
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Published: Lenny - October 24th, 2017
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Michelle Obama: A Life (Paperback)

By Peter Slevin
$17.00
ISBN: 9780307949318
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Published: Vintage - January 26th, 2016
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The Hate U Give (Hardcover)

By Angie Thomas
$18.99
ISBN: 9780062498533
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Published: Balzer + Bray - February 28th, 2017
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The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race (Paperback)

By Jesmyn Ward
$16.00
ISBN: 9781501126352
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Published: Scribner Book Company - June 20th, 2017
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Between the World and Me (Hardcover)

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
$25.00
ISBN: 9780812993547
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Published: Spiegel & Grau - July 14th, 2015
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New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Nne) (Other)

By Kwame Dawes (Editor), Chris Abani (Editor)
$29.95
ISBN: 9781617755408
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Published: Akashic Books - April 4th, 2017
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The Sellout (Paperback)

By Paul Beatty
$16.00
ISBN: 9781250083258
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Published: Picador USA - March 1st, 2016
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Beloved (Vintage International) (Paperback)

By Toni Morrison
$16.00
ISBN: 9781400033416
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Published: Vintage - June 8th, 2004
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Kindred (Bluestreak) (Paperback)

By Octavia Butler
$16.00
ISBN: 9780807083697
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Published: Beacon Press - February 1st, 2004
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Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History (Hardcover)

By Walter Dean Myers, Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780060277093
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Published: HarperCollins - January 24th, 2017
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Loving vs. Virginia: A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case (Hardcover)

By Patricia Hruby Powell, Shadra Strickland (Illustrator)
$21.99
ISBN: 9781452125909
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Published: Chronicle Books - January 31st, 2017
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The Souls of Black Folk (Bantam Classics) (Mass Market Paperbound)

By W. E. B. Du Bois
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ISBN: 9780553213362
Availability: Backordered
Published: Bantam Classics - June 1st, 1989
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Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race (Paperback)

By Margot Lee Shetterly
$15.99
ISBN: 9780062363602
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - December 6th, 2016
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Mass Market Paperbound)

By Maya Angelou, Oprah Winfrey (Foreword by)
$7.99
ISBN: 9780345514400
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Published: Ballantine Books - April 21st, 2009
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Negroland: A Memoir (Paperback)

By Margo Jefferson
$16.00
ISBN: 9780307473431
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Published: Vintage - August 23rd, 2016
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The Fire Next Time (Vintage International) (Paperback)

By James Baldwin
$13.95
ISBN: 9780679744726
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Published: Vintage - December 1st, 1992
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Half of a Yellow Sun (Paperback)

By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
$16.95
ISBN: 9781400095209
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Published: Anchor Books - September 4th, 2007
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Devil in a Blue Dress: An Easy Rawlins Novel (Easy Rawlins Mysteries) (Paperback)

By Walter Mosley
$16.00
ISBN: 9780743451796
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Published: Washington Square Press - September 17th, 2002
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Kindred (Bluestreak) (Paperback)

By Octavia Butler
$16.00
ISBN: 9780807083697
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Published: Beacon Press - February 1st, 2004
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Citizen: An American Lyric (Paperback)

By Claudia Rankine
$20.00
ISBN: 9781555976903
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Published: Graywolf Press - October 7th, 2014
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Paperback)

By Rebecca Skloot
$16.00
ISBN: 9781400052189
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Published: Broadway Books - March 8th, 2011
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The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration (Paperback)

By Isabel Wilkerson
$17.00
ISBN: 9780679763888
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Published: Vintage - October 4th, 2011
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Roots: The Saga of an American Family (Paperback)

By Alex Haley
$18.99
ISBN: 9780306824852
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Published: Da Capo Press - May 3rd, 2016
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The Black Panthers: Portraits from an Unfinished Revolution (Paperback)

By Bryan Shih, Yohuru Williams, Peniel E. Joseph (Introduction by)
$24.99
ISBN: 9781568585550
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Published: Nation Books - September 13th, 2016
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Running with the Champ: My Forty-Year Friendship with Muhammad Ali (Hardcover)

By Tim Shanahan, Chuck Crisafulli (With)
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ISBN: 9781501102301
Availability: Hard to Find
Published: Simon & Schuster - May 10th, 2016
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March (Trilogy Slipcase Set) (Paperback)

By John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illustrator)
$49.99
ISBN: 9781603093958
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Published: Top Shelf Productions - September 6th, 2016
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The Beautiful Struggle: A Memoir (Paperback)

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
$16.00
ISBN: 9780385527460
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Published: Spiegel & Grau - January 6th, 2009
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Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Hardcover)

By Trevor Noah
$28.00
ISBN: 9780399588174
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Published: Spiegel & Grau - November 15th, 2016
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Muhammad Ali (Hardcover)

By Titeux Sybille, Amazing Ameziane (Illustrator)
$19.99
ISBN: 9781506703183
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Published: Dark Horse Books - November 15th, 2016
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Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, a Life in Balance (Hardcover)

By Simone Biles, Michelle Burford (With)
$24.99
ISBN: 9780310759669
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Published: Zondervan - November 15th, 2016
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A Brief History of Seven Killings (Paperback)

By Marlon James
$17.00
ISBN: 9781594633942
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Published: Riverhead Books - September 8th, 2015
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Young, Gifted and Black: Meet 52 Black Heroes from Past and Present (Hardcover)

By Jamia Wilson, Andrea Pippins (Illustrator)
$22.99
ISBN: 9781786031587
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Published: Wide Eyed Editions - February 1st, 2018
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Mae Among the Stars (Hardcover)

By Roda Ahmed, Stasia Burrington (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9780062651730
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Published: HarperCollins - January 9th, 2018
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