General Alex Dumas is a man almost unknown today, but his son, the novelist Alexandre Dumas, used his larger-than-life feats as inspiration for The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers. But, hidden behind General Dumas's swashbuckling adventures was an even more incredible secret: he was the son of a Black slave—who rose higher in the white world than any man of his race would before our own time.

Hafizah Augustus Geter recounts her experiences as the queer Nigerian-born daughter of a Muslim Nigerian woman and a Black American man from a Southern Baptist family in Jim Crow Alabama. This title follows Hafizah on a journey that tells her at every turn she's not worthy yet she manages to sidestep shame, confront disability, embrace forgiveness, and emerge proudly and unabashedly as herself.

Hendrix Barry is a strong, intelligent, and fiercely independent Black business owner. She doesn’t need a man, especially the billionaire ex-boyfriend of her business partner, Maverick Bell. And she especially doesn’t need this complication when her mother has just been diagnosed with Alzheimer's. But the connection cannot be denied in this steamy, emotionally intense romance.

This intimate and vivid portrait of renowned artist Barbara Chase-Riboud’s life is told through the letters she wrote to her mother between 1957 and 1991. In candid detail, Chase-Riboud tells her mother about her life in Europe, her work as an artist, her romances, and her journeys around the world, from Western and Eastern Europe to the Middle East, Africa, the Soviet Union, China, and Mongolia.

500 years after aliens gifted them the planet Newearth, human greed has brought civilization to the brink of collapse from rushed and failed terraforming. Fen, whose rebel fathers are assassinated in prison, escapes the empire. With friends found along the way, she starts a quest to reignite the rebellion… and hopefully save the planet.

25-year-old Calla has recently become guardian to her 16-year-old brother, and life’s anxieties are manifesting in nightmares of both of her brothers dying. When one of her brothers is attacked by a racist cop, the siblings flee to a house in the woods. In this spooky setting, Calla’s nightmares invade reality in this haunting and darkly humorous horror tale.

The remarkable true story of Ellen and William Craft, who escaped slavery through daring, determination, and disguise, with Ellen passing as a wealthy, disabled White man and William posing as “his” slave.

Allen Iverson is a celebrated and controversial figure in American basketball. This is his story from his perspective—the highs, the lows, the glory, and the history. Understand why he feels like a misunderstood figure in American culture in this candid and revealing memoir.

You’ve heard of Malcolm X, but have you heard of his activist mentor, Audley Moore? After being inspired by hearing Marcus Garvey speak in 1922, Moore played an important part in pioneering the Black Nationalism movement. Farmer does a masterful job capturing a complex figure in this comprehensive and moving biography of a civil rights legend.

One of today’s biggest stars tells her own story in the hopes that people who feel different will realize they have a place in the world—and so much to give. Be inspired to keep discovering yourself with this encouraging and feel-good memoir.

A cinematic and evocative narrative about freedom, slavery, class, love, and relationships, this story follows three principle characters and how their lives intertwine in the late 1600s: enslaved Bless, enslaved David, and indentured Jack.

Growing up Black and gay in America, Billy Porter was seen as different. He was sent to therapy to "fix" his effeminacy. He was endlessly bullied at school, sexually abused by his stepfather, and criticized at his church. This is his story of a boy whose talent and courage opened doors for him, and whose determination led him to become a proud icon who refuses to back down or hide.