An Unkindness of Ghosts
A breathtaking science fiction debut from a worthy successor to Octavia Butler.
*While supplies last, books ordered through the website will include a bookplate SIGNED by Rivers Solomon!
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
Trinidad Noir
The Caribbean provides no shelter from the delicious terror of the Akashic Noir Series.
New Worlds, Old Ways: Speculative Tales from the Caribbean
Discover some of the best in speculative short fiction from the Caribbean’s up-and-coming voices.
Upcoming Events
Virgin Islands Noir — BVI Literary Arts Festival (Tortola, BVI)
11/4/26, 5:30pm
Presenting Virgin Islands Noir, featuring Tiphanie Yanique, Traci O’Dea, Rea Vanterpool, Johanna Gibson, Johnny Temple, and Richard Georges.
Kira Tucker — NYU Creative Writing Reading Series (New York, NY)
11/6/26, 5:00pm
Kira Tucker presents Wildest: Poems.
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.
- 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