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Kin: Oprah's Book Club by Jones, Tayari
Kin: Oprah's Book Club
A magnificent new novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of An American Marriage--Tayari Jones has written an unforgettable novel that sparkles with wit and intelligence and deep feeling about two lifelong friends whose worlds converge after many years apart in the face of a...
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Ironwood: A Catalina Novel by Connelly, Michael
Ironwood: A Catalina Novel
Sworn to protect a scenic island meant to be far from the evils of the mainland, Detective Sergeant Stilwell can feel danger closing in. Detective Sergeant Stilwell knows that his posting on Catalina Island is no paradise, but to most residents, it seems blissfully...
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Judge Stone by Patterson, James
Judge Stone
Academy Award winning actress Viola Davis and the world's #1 bestselling author James Patterson's Judge Stone "delivers first-class courtroom drama, small-town excitement, and strong characters all wrapped in a moral dilemma. Tense, readable, and relevant." (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) "Talk about a power combo!...
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Transcendence for Beginners: Life Writing and Philosophy by Carlisle, Clare
Transcendence for Beginners: Life Writing and Philosophy
A lyrical work of philosophy that draws from the work of Spinoza, George Eliot, biographers, memoirists, and more to examine how wisdom and goodness are transmitted by individual human lives. Transcendence for Beginners is an innovative book about philosophy and life writing, exploring how...
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Yesteryear: A GMA Book Club Pick by Burke, Caro Claire
Yesteryear: A GMA Book Club Pick
A traditional American woman, a beautiful wife and mother who sells her pioneer lifestyle of raw milk and farm-fresh eggs to her millions of social media followers, suddenly awakens cold, filthy, and terrified in the brutal reality of 1855--where she must unravel whether this...
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Yesteryear: A GMA Book Club Pick by Burke, Caro Claire
Yesteryear: A GMA Book Club Pick
A traditional American woman, a beautiful wife and mother who sells her pioneer lifestyle of raw milk and farm-fresh eggs to her millions of social media followers, suddenly awakens cold, filthy, and terrified in the brutal reality of 1805--where she must unravel whether this...
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  • Raymond Saunders: Post No Bills by Saunders, Raymond
    Raymond Saunders: Post No Bills
    Discover Raymond Saunders's dynamic paintings and his extraordinary legacy as an artist and thinker in this first ever monograph. Saunders's work brings together his extensive formal training with his own observations and lived experience. His assemblage-style paintings frequently begin with a monochromatic black ground...
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  • Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience. by Young, Kevin
    Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience.
    Explores the powerful ways in which visual art has long provided its own rich outlet for protest, commentary, escape, and perspective for African Americans. This important book showcases the potent role of visual art in African American history and culture. Featuring Black artists working...
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  • Reframing Blackness: What's Black about "History of Art"? by Akinkugbe, Alayo
    Reframing Blackness: What's Black about "History of Art"?
    'Thorough, accessible, essential' Katy Hessel, author of The Story of Art without Men 'A sparkling debut. Bold, eloquent, personal and clear-eyed, Alayo Akinkugbe is a major new voice in writing about art, museums and culture. This book will shift your frames of reference, expand...
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  • Regeneration: Black Cinema, 1898-1971 by Berger, Doris
    Regeneration: Black Cinema, 1898-1971
    The overlooked yet vibrant history of Black participation in American film, from the beginning of cinema through the civil rights movementPublished with Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. From the dawn of the medium onward, Black filmmakers have helped define American cinema. Black performers, producers...
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  • Ron Finley: The Gangsta Gardener: Breath(e), Toward Climate and Social Justice by Finley, Ron
    Ron Finley: The Gangsta Gardener: Breath(e), Toward Climate and Social Justice
    The first book on beloved Los Angeles community organizer and urban gardener Ron Finley, known as the "Gangsta Gardener"Published with Hammer Museum. Ron Finley is a visionary designer, horticulturalist and artist, who has changed the perception of concrete spaces using only a seed and...
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  • Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in California by Yau, Elaine
    Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in California
    A celebration of the joyful power of African American quilts, featuring images of over 100 quilts, new research and essaysPublished with Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA). The first publication dedicated to historical African American quilts in California, Routed West traces the...
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  • Set Me Free: The Good News of God's Relentless Pursuit (Poetry and Essays) by Moore, Lecrae
    Set Me Free: The Good News of God's Relentless Pursuit (Poetry and Essays)
    Do you feel like you live life looking in from the outside? From the way you speak, to the color of your skin, to the way you vote, or the way you pray, you don't fit the mold. And yet you find yourself still...
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  • Spike by Lee, Spike
    Spike
    A career-spanning monograph, SPIKE is a visual celebration of acclaimed filmmaker Spike Lee's life and work to date. Spike Lee is a world-renowned, Academy Award-winning filmmaker, a cultural icon, and one of the most prominent voices on race and racism for more than three...
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  • Superfine: Tailoring Black Style by Miller, Monica L.
    Superfine: Tailoring Black Style
    This exploration of Black dandy fashion and its representation in art and literature highlights the vibrant, complicated legacy of a recognizable yet constantly shifting style, from its origins in Enlightenment Europe to the contemporary art and fashion worlds Superfine: Tailoring Black Style traces the...
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  • Suzanne Jackson: What Is Love by Jones, Kellie
    Suzanne Jackson: What Is Love
    A richly illustrated account tracing the full arc of contemporary painter Suzanne Jackson's life and multifaceted artistic vision First and foremost a painter, Suzanne Jackson has worked for six decades in a dizzying array of genres, including drawing, printmaking, poetry, dance, and theater design....
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  • The 1619 Project: A Visual Experience by Hannah-Jones, Nikole
    The 1619 Project: A Visual Experience
    An illustrated edition of The 1619 Project, with newly commissioned artwork and archival images, The New York Times Magazine's award-winning reframing of the American founding and its contemporary echoes, placing slavery and resistance at the center of the American story. Here, in these pages,...
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  • The Black Joy Project by Cruz, Kleaver
    The Black Joy Project
    NAACP Image Award Finalist for Outstanding Debut AuthorFeaturing 117 full-color photos and eight breathtaking essays on a force that fuels Black life all around the globe, this is Humans of New York meets The Black Book"A patchwork quilt of visually stunning images, captured moments...
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  • The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism by Murrell, Denise
    The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism
    A groundbreaking volume resituating the Harlem Renaissance as integral to the development of twentieth-century modernism Beginning in the 1920s, Upper Manhattan became the center of an explosion of art, writing, and ideas that has since become legendary. But what we now know as the...
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  • The Lost World: The Art of Minnie Evans by Evans, Minnie
    The Lost World: The Art of Minnie Evans
    Visionary self-taught Southern folk artist Minnie Evans receives a long overdue encore of her mystical, divinely inspired drawingsPublished with High Museum of Art. American artist Minnie Evans (1892-1987) once said her drawings of harmoniously intertwined human, botanical and animal forms came from visions of...
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  • The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion by Sargent, Antwaun
    The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion
    In The New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion, curator and critic Antwaun Sargent addresses a radical transformation taking place in fashion and art today. The featuring of the Black figure and Black runway and cover models in the media and art has...
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  • The New Brownies' Book: A Love Letter to Black Families by Brown, Karida L.
    The New Brownies' Book: A Love Letter to Black Families
    NAACP Image Award and Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA) Literary Award Winner "[A] heartfelt tribute to young people of color and their 'reflection of resplendent beauty, ancient history ... and irreplaceable value.' It's a standout." ―Publishers Weekly, starred review Inspired by...
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  • The United Colors of Robert Earl Paige by Acuña, Mariela
    The United Colors of Robert Earl Paige
    The first book to focus on experimental artist and designer Robert Paige Robert Earl Paige is one of the most iconic artists and designers from Chicago's South Side. A multidisciplinary artist and arts educator, he works across textile design, painting, collage, and sculpture. During...
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  • This Morning, This Evening, So Soon: James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance by Baldwin, James
    This Morning, This Evening, So Soon: James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance
    Portrayals of James Baldwin and others in his circle highlight the iconic writer's activismPublished with National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. The American writer and activist James Baldwin (1924-87) considered himself a "witness" as he challenged perspectives on America and its history through his work....
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  • Transtraterrestrial: Dark Matter and Black Divinities by Whitson, Sage Ni'ja
    Transtraterrestrial: Dark Matter and Black Divinities
    A two part book reimagining dark matter and the darkTranstraterrestrial is an experimental book that documents Sage Ni'Ja Whitson's groundbreaking performance pieces, blending African Diasporic practices with innovative methodologies to explore themes of gender, sexuality, race, and spirit. Divided into two parts--The Unarrival Experiments...
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  • Ubuntu Musings: The Need for Black Critical Consciousness by Wilson, Derek J.
    Ubuntu Musings: The Need for Black Critical Consciousness
    This book is designed to capture and reflect the essence of African philosophy, wisdom, knowledge, and consciousness in treating others with humanity and as subjects of life and living.Author: Derek J. WilsonPublisher: Ubuntu PublishingPublished: 06/27/2023Pages: 290Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.86lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61dISBN:...
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Americana Novel Store & More

At our online bookstore, we take pride in offering an extensive collection of African Americana books and art books that highlight the diverse and rich history of African American culture. Whether you're a passionate reader or an art enthusiast, we have something for everyone.

Explore timeless works like The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson, a powerful narrative that chronicles the Great Migration of African Americans. If you're into visual arts, African American Art: A Visual and Cultural History by Lisa Farrington is a must-read, offering a deep dive into the evolution of African American art through the ages.

For those looking for fiction, our collection of Americana novels is sure to captivate. Dive into The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead, an award-winning novel that reimagines the historical escape route as a literal railway beneath the earth. These novels reflect the profound experiences of Americana and African American life, providing you with the best books to read that are both enlightening and entertaining.

Looking for popular titles? Check out our best selling books section where you'll find widely acclaimed works like The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, a poignant exploration of race and justice in contemporary America.

From critically acclaimed art books to impactful Americana novels, our online bookstore is committed to bringing you the best literature and art-focused titles. Whether you're building your personal library or searching for the perfect gift, we have the books you're looking for. Explore our wide range of African Americana books, best selling books, and more, and elevate your reading experience today!

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Q What kind of African American books can I find online?

A African American literature encompasses a vast range of genres! You'll find historical fiction, coming-of-age stories, poetry, biographies, and social commentary exploring themes of race, identity, and the Black experience in America. Many online bookstores offer works by classic and contemporary authors.

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A Yes! Online bookstores often carry books exploring various art movements, renowned artists, and mediums like painting, sculpture, and photography. Look for titles that delve into the rich history of African American art. I'm interested in Americana novels with African American themes. 

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A Many online bookstores offer curated selections of Americana novels exploring the African American experience within the broader American context. Look for titles that touch on themes of race, identity, and the changing landscape of America.

Q How can I find the best-selling African American books or art books online?

A Several online bookstores have dedicated "Best Sellers" sections or allow you to filter by "Popularity." Utilize these features to discover the most sought-after titles in African American literature and art history.

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