Getting It Right
Half-sisters Kara and Alex—one the biracial product of foster care, the other of dysfunctional privilege—struggle for redemption and forgiveness.
Tuff Gnarl Limited Edition Preorder
The Angel at the Gates
Grandma, What’s That? Countdown to Christmas: A Nine Mile Babies Adventure
The Royal We
Day One: 2024 Was 1984 FAFO
Quiet City Limited Edition Preorder
Featured: Black Interest
To Funk and Die in LA
Ex-bodyguard D Hunter is swept into the City of Angels on a dark mission to find his mysterious grandfather’s killer.
Kumi Na Moja: New-Generation African Poets, A Chapbook Box Set
This 11 piece, limited-edition box set—an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project—features the work of ten new African poets.
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Upcoming Events
Karen Lord — Black Rock Books (Bridgetown, Barbados)
10/31/26, 3:00pm
Karen Lord presents The Angel at the Gates.
Larry Crane — Rough Trade NYC (New York, NY)
11/3/26, 6:00pm
Larry Crane presents Making Music, in conversation with Tony Visconti.
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