Our top reads for Black History Month

Historical fiction, poignant memoirs, stories for all ages, and more [NEW RELEASES]( | [BESTSELLERS]( | [EBOOK DEALS]( | [AUTHORS]( [Simon & Schuster][Simon & Schuster]( [Browser]( [BLACK HISTORY MONTH] [BLACK HISTORY MONTH] HISTORY & NONFICTION [Master Slave Husband Wife]( [LEARN MORE]( [Master Slave Husband Wife]( By [Ilyon Woo]( * 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. [LEARN MORE]( [Amazon]( [BN]( [BAM]( [Bookshop]( [IndieBound]( [iBooks]( [Google Play]( [Kobo]( [Audible]( [Audiobooks.com]( [Black Ghost of Empire]( [LEARN MORE]( [Black Ghost of Empire]( By [Kris Manjapra]( * Now in Paperback If the 1619 Project illuminated the ways in which life in the United States has been shaped by the existence of slavery, this "historical, literary masterpiece" (Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy) focuses on emancipation and how its afterlife further codified the racial caste system—instead of obliterating it. [LEARN MORE]( [Amazon]( [BN]( [BAM]( [Bookshop]( [IndieBound]( [iBooks]( [Google Play]( [Kobo]( [Audible]( [Audiobooks.com]( [Saying It Loud]( [LEARN MORE]( [Saying It Loud]( By [Mark Whitaker]( * On Sale February 7 Journalist and author Mark Whitaker explores the momentous year that redefined the civil rights movement as a new sense of Black identity expressed in the slogan "Black Power" challenged the nonviolent philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr. and John Lewis. [LEARN MORE]( [Amazon]( [BN]( [BAM]( [Bookshop]( [IndieBound]( [iBooks]( [Google Play]( [Kobo]( [Audiobooks.com]( [The Last Slave Ship]( [LEARN MORE]( [The Last Slave Ship]( By [Ben Raines]( * An NPR Best Book of the Year The incredible true story of the last ship to carry enslaved people to America, the remarkable town its survivors founded after emancipation, and the complicated legacy their descendants carry with them to this day—by the journalist who discovered the ship's remains. [LEARN MORE]( [Amazon]( [BN]( [BAM]( [Bookshop]( [IndieBound]( [iBooks]( [Google Play]( [Kobo]( [Audible]( [Audiobooks.com]( [Wake]( [LEARN MORE]( [Wake]( By [Rebecca Hall]( * A Best Book of 2021 by NPR and The Washington Post Part graphic novel, part memoir, Wake is an imaginative tour de force that tells the "powerful" (The New York Times Book Review) story of women-led slave revolts and chronicles scholar Rebecca Hall's efforts to uncover the truth about these women warriors who, until now, have been left out of the historical record. [LEARN MORE]( [Amazon]( [BN]( [BAM]( [Bookshop]( [IndieBound]( [iBooks]( [Google Play]( [Kobo]( [Black Magic]( [LEARN MORE]( [Black Magic]( By [Chad Sanders]( * A "daring, urgent, and transformative" (Brené Brown, New York Times bestselling author of Dare to Lead) exploration of Black achievement in a white world based on honest, provocative, and moving interviews with Black leaders, scientists, artists, activists, and champions. [LEARN MORE]( [Amazon]( [BN]( [BAM]( [Bookshop]( [IndieBound]( [iBooks]( [Google Play]( [Kobo]( [Audible]( [Audiobooks.com]( [Seen and Unseen]( [LEARN MORE]( [Seen and Unseen]( By [Marc Lamont Hill]( and [Todd Brewster]( * Now in Paperback A riveting exploration of how visual media has shifted the narrative on race and reignited the push towards justice by the author of the "worthy and necessary" (The New York Times) Nobody Marc Lamont Hill and the bestselling author and acclaimed journalist Todd Brewster. [LEARN MORE]( [Amazon]( [BN]( [BAM]( [Bookshop]( [IndieBound]( [iBooks]( [Google Play]( [Kobo]( [Audible]( [Audiobooks.com]( [State of Emergency]( [LEARN MORE]( [State of Emergency]( By [Tamika D. Mallory]( * Social justice leader Tamika D. Mallory states her case for action in this searing indictment of America's historical, deadly, and continuing assault on Black and brown lives. [LEARN MORE]( [Amazon]( [BN]( [BAM]( [Bookshop]( [IndieBound]( [iBooks]( [Google Play]( [Kobo]( [Audible]( [Audiobooks.com]( [SEE ALL HISTORY & NONFICTION]( FICTION [The House of Eve]( [LEARN MORE]( [The House of Eve]( By [Sadeqa Johnson]( * On Sale February 7 From the award-winning author of Yellow Wife, a daring and redemptive novel set in 1950s Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., that explores what it means to be a woman and a mother, and how much one is willing to sacrifice to achieve her greatest goal. [LEARN MORE]( [Amazon]( [BN]( [BAM]( [Bookshop]( [IndieBound]( [iBooks]( [Google Play]( [Kobo]( [Audiobooks.com]( [Yonder]( [LEARN MORE]( [Yonder]( By [Jabari Asim]( * Now in Paperback The Water Dancer meets The Prophets in this spare, gripping, and beautifully rendered novel exploring love and friendship among a group of enslaved Black strivers in the mid-19th century. [LEARN MORE]( [Amazon]( [BN]( [BAM]( [Bookshop]( [IndieBound]( [iBooks]( [Google Play]( [Kobo]( [Audible]( [Audiobooks.com]( [Sing, Unburied, Sing]( [LEARN MORE]( [Sing, Unburied, Sing]( By [Jesmyn Ward]( * WINNER of the NATIONAL BOOK AWARD and A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A finalist for the Kirkus Prize, Andrew Carnegie Medal, Aspen Words Literary Prize, and a New York Times bestseller, this majestic, stirring, and widely praised novel from two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward, the story of a family on a journey through rural Mississippi, is a "tour de force" (Oprah Daily) and a timeless work of fiction that is destined to become a classic. [LEARN MORE]( [Amazon]( [BN]( [BAM]( [Bookshop]( [IndieBound]( [iBooks]( [Google Play]( [Kobo]( [Audible]( [Audiobooks.com]( [Stories from the Tenants Downstairs]( [LEARN MORE]( [Stories from the Tenants Downstairs]( By [Sidik Fofana]( * From a superb new literary talent, a rich, lyrical collection of stories about a tight-knit cast of characters grappling with their own personal challenges while the forces of gentrification threaten to upend life as they know it. [LEARN MORE]( [Amazon]( [BN]( [BAM]( [Bookshop]( [IndieBound]( [iBooks]( [Google Play]( [Kobo]( [Audible]( [Audiobooks.com]( [SEE ALL FICTION]( NAACP IMAGE AWARD FINALISTS [You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty]( [Black Joy]( [Eat Plants, B*tch]( BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR [Frederick Douglass]( [I Am a Girl from Africa]( [Some of My Best Friends]( [SEE ALL BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR]( KIDS & TEEN [You So Black]( [The Talk]( [Hope's Path to Glory]( [The In-Between]( [Daughters of Oduma]( [Ain't Burned All the Bright]( [SEE ALL KIDS & TEEN]( [See All Black History Month]( [See All Black History Month]( [You might like this]( [Powered by LiveIntent]( [Ad Choices]( Want more book recommendations? Visit our other sites: [Off the Shelf][Off the Shelf]( [Riveted][Riveted]( [Tips on Life & Love][Tips on Life & Love]( [History in 5][History in 5]( This was sent to you because you registered to receive emails from Simon & Schuster, Inc. 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