Collection: Staff Picks

“Okparanta is a truth-teller and soothsayer.” —Tayari Jones From the acclaimed author of Under the Udala Trees, a profoundly moving, unforgettable new epic following the aftermath...

Emmy-winning comedian Katt Williams delivers a raw, unfiltered memoir that takes readers on a wild ride from homelessness to Hollywood, revealing the resilience, faith, and...

In this picture book follow-up to A Map for Falasteen, young Falasteen journeys to Palestine for the first time, experiencing both the beauty and unexpected challenges...

When darkness comes calling for two young agents, they'll learn some secrets are better left buried--and some hearts are the hardest to protect... DCU alum...

A mighty family once fell in a maelstrom of bloodshed and forbidden love. And the curse is about to repeat itself... When fantasy author Celeste...

Beneath Atlanta lies a hidden world of magic and murder known as the Underground. And its secrets won't stay buried forever... Namir was supposed to...

This is the Underground. We go by a different set of rules here—ones steeped in magic, history, and well... blood. Maggie Grey always dismissed her...

A GMA BOOK CLUB PICK • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A traditional American woman, a “tradwife” influencer, suddenly awakens in the brutal reality of 1855—where she must...

Field Day is Le Puzz's collaboration with visual artist, photographer, illustrator and designer Joonbug. The figures, shapes and colors in his work converge and interlock...

A 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle featuring a collection of vintage protest pin-back buttons. Made in collaboration with Philadelphia Print Works.   Details SKU: LP10GD00 Made in...

From National Book Award-winning, New York Times-bestselling author and renowned poet Elizabeth Acevedo comes a white-knuckle journey to self-understanding and doing the right thing, no matter...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Comfort food for everyone.In Hello, Home Cooking, Chef Ham El-Waylly taps into everyone’s nostalgia—his versions of beloved dishes carry a can’t-quite-put-my-finger-on-it heart-warming quality....

Returning to print after nearly 50 years, Survivor completes Octavia E. Butler’s thrilling Patternist series, including a short story from the Patternist saga and new...

A Voodoo witch must navigate a magically and racially divided nineteenth-century New Orleans to save her mother—and the soul of the city itself—in this lush...

The very first story collection from the critically acclaimed, visionary author of the novels Lakewood, The Women Could Fly, and Meet Me at the Crossroads Over three genre-busting...

The legendary actor behind Roots, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Reading Rainbow shares never-before-told stories from a life that has shaped generations—told at last on his own terms.This...

After a chance courtside encounter, a fake relationship between a rising influencer and a WNBA star gets a little too real in this swoony sapphic...

The latest poetry collection by the award-winning author of Tonguebreaker, Care Work, and The Future Is Disabled Lambda Award-winning poet, memoirist, and disability justice movement worker Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha...

S. A. Cosby's All the Sinners Bleed meets Percival Everett's Erasure in this literary thriller following the grandson of a famous Black actress from the 1920s to the 1940s,...

A child discovers a secret ingredient for nurturing plants—and for helping ailing loved ones, too—in this tender story by a two-time New York Times best-selling author celebrating...

Janna Ireland, an award-winning photographer, presents a collection of stunning, intimate black-and-white photographs of the work of Paul Revere Williams, who was known as “Hollywood’s...

A heart-wrenching yet vividly hopeful novel about a Black girl's struggle to find the quiet beauty in life and friendship amid the chaos of grief...

Mara Brock Akil, the award-winning creator of Girlfriends, Being Mary Jane, Love Is,and Forever, pens an emotionally enthralling debut novel about enduring love, world-shattering secrets,...

At last, the National Book Award finalist and NYT bestselling author of Pachinko returns with a breathtaking contemporary epic: Min Jin Lee has written a masterpiece by turns sweeping...