Caught Up
Author of the mega–best seller B-More Careful (350,000 sales) is back with an irresistible hard-boiled crime story.
The Vision Through My Lens: My Life in Basketball and Beyond
Making Music: Conversations with Record Producers
About Time (Paperback)
Day One: 2024 Was 1984 FAFO
Featured Titles
Featured: Black Interest
The Book of Harlan
This 10-year anniversary edition of Bernice L. McFadden’s NAACP Image Award–winning classic explores the Holocaust from the perspective of two African American musicians imprisoned at the Buchenwald concentration camp
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Toward a Living Archive of African Poetry
Celebrating ten years of New-Generation African Poets, Toward a Living Archive of African Poetry presents Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani’s unprecedented disquisition on the state of African poetry.
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Upcoming Events
VIRTUAL EVENT: Marianne Leone — MSPCA (Boston, MA)
9/24/26, 6:00pm
Marianne Leone presents Five Dog-Epiphany.
News & Features
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Exclusive Chuck D Preorder
Now available for preorder: the latest “naphic grovel” by rap legend Chuck D
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Exclusive David Duchovny Preorder Package
The new paperback edition of David Duchovny’s debut poetry collection, About Time, is now available for preorder.
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Ani DiFranco Preorder Package and Other Special Offers
Check out these exclusive limited edition packages by Ani DiFranco, Kenny Stills, Steve Schirripa, Jesse Malin, Rick Fröberg, and more.
- Listen to “Imaginary Composition” by Sonnenzimmer
- Listen to “Beginnings, Endings, and Other Musical Figures” by Joseph Fuller
- Listen to “Catastrophe Will Never Let You Down” by Adam Gwon, performed by Margo Seibert
- Listen to “Leave it Alone” by Jason Kaminski
Akashic Insider
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SCAM ALERT!!!
This year we’ve gotten hundreds (thousands?) of reports that scammers are impersonating (or inventing) Akashic Books staff . . .
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Exclusive Natasha Howard Preorder Package
Our exclusive preorder package for Natasha Howard’s new WNBA memoir is now available for preorder
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Exclusive Gina Gershon Preorder Package
Gina Gershon’s preorder package for her new memoir AlphaPussy is now available!
- Exclusive Robyn Hitchcock Preorder Package
- Now Available: Hey Yang, Where’s My Thousand Bucks?
- Akashic Remembers Elizabeth Nunez
- Quarantine Q&A: David Duchovny