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Black History Month: Essential Books You Should Read

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Honouring the rich diversity of literature from Black writers across the world with some amazing book recommendations.

Read these superb books to know about the history and present of race relations.

 

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

A breathtaking novel that chronicles the journey of generations of one American family, from the centuries of the colonial slave trade to our own tumultuous era. One decides to embark on a journey through her family's past, uncovering the shocking tales of generations of ancestors – Indigenous, Black, and white – in the deep South.

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The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du BoisThe Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
You Got Anything Stronger?
by Gabrielle Union

It shows how ever-changing life presents challenges, even as it gives one moment of pure joy. For the first time, the author truly opens up about her surrogacy journey and the birth of Kaavia James Union Wade. And take on racist institutions and practices in the entertainment industry, asking for equality and real accountability.

₹ 899
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You Got Anything Stronger?You Got Anything Stronger?
All About Love
by Bell Hooks

The word ‘love’ is most often defined as a noun, yet...we would all love better if we used it as a verb. An emotional connection and society’s failure to provide a model for learning to love. Razing the cultural paradigm that the ideal love is infused with sex and desire, it provides a new path to love that is sacred, redemptive and healing for the individuals and for a nation.

₹ 499
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Hidden Figures
by Margot Lee Shetterly

Set amid the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of NASA’s African-American female mathematicians who played a crucial role in America’s space program. ‘Hidden Figures' interweaves a rich history of mankind’s greatest adventure with the intimate stories of five courageous women whose work forever changed the world.

₹ 450
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Punching the Air
by Ibi Zoboi

Suddenly, at just sixteen years old, Amal is convicted of a crime he didn’t commit and sent to prison. Despair and rage almost sink him until he turns to the refuge of his words, his art. This never should have been his story. But can he change it?

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Girl on Fire
by Alicia Keys

Lolo Wright always thought she was just a regular fourteen-year-old dealing with regular family drama. But then Lolo’s world explodes when a cop pulls a gun in a dangerous case of mistaken identities. Lolo discovers powers she never knew she had. Using only her mind's telekinetic abilities, she literally throws the cop out of the way and her world changes completely.

₹ 999
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Class Act
by Jerry Craft

Drew is one of the few kids of colour in a prestigious private school. He works ten times as hard and still isn't afforded the same opportunities that his privileged classmates at the Riverdale Academy Day School take for granted. Will he finally be able to accept himself?

₹ 445
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The Toothpaste Millionaire
by Jean Merrill

Two classmates set out to create affordable toothpaste and become accidental millionaires! it introduces readers to the ins and outs of a budding business, from costs to profits, about perseverance, ingenuity, and sixth-grade underdogs.

₹ 450
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This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story
by Kacen Callender

Nate’s seen the demise of too many relationships to believe that happy endings exist in real life. After a painful mix-up when they were little, Nate finally has the chance to tell Ollie the truth about his feelings. But can Nate find the courage to pursue his own happily ever after?

₹ 599
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The Antiracist Kid
by Tiffany Jewell

What is racism? What is antiracism? Why are both important to learn about? In this book, systemic racism and the antiracist tools to fight it are easily accessible to young readers.

₹ 1132
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The Antiracist KidThe Antiracist Kid
Resist
by Alan Gratz

Samira is a young girl who is part of the underground French resistance during World War II. Samira cracks codes and trades secrets. She journeys through the Nazi-occupied French countryside, on a daring rescue mission to find her captured mother.

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Monster
by Walter Dean Myers

Steve Harmon is a teenager awaiting trial for murder and robbery. As Steve acclimates to juvenile detention and goes to trial, he envisions how his ordeal would play out on the big screen.

₹ 599
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Meet Cute
by Helena Hunting

Kailyn Flowers was always calm, rational, and controlled until she ended up sprawled all over Daxton Hughes, the former actor she totally crushed on as a teenager and became a mortifying fangirl instantly. Their meet-cute led to a friendship she never saw coming. Of course, she never saw his betrayal coming, either.

₹ 1327
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Ty's Travels: All Aboard!
by Kelly Starling Lyons

Ty wishes his family would play with him, but everyone is too busy before dinnertime. Luckily, Ty knows just what to do… Time for fun.

₹ 199
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Ty's Travels: All Aboard! Ty's Travels: All Aboard!
Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?
by Bill Martin Jr

Baby Bear's quest to find Mama helps identify each of the native North American animals that appear along the way. The central focus on the special bond between mama and baby makes a fitting finale to a beloved series.

₹ 399
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Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?
New Kid
by Jerry Craft

Jordan just happens to be one of the few kids of colour in his entire grade in a prestigious private school. As he makes the daily trip from his Washington Heights apartment to the upscale Riverdale Academy day school, Jordan soon finds himself torn between two worlds not really fitting into either one. Can Jordan learn to navigate his new school culture while keeping his neighbourhood friends and staying true to himself?

₹ 750
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Ty's Travels: Lab Magic
by Kelly Starling Lyons

Ty and Corey love to visit the museum. When they step through the doors, they become scientists. They study bugs and hunt for fossils. They catch the wind. When Ty can’t participate in a lab activity because of his age, he uses his big imagination at home.

₹ 375
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One Crazy Summer
by Rita Williams-Garcia

A story of three girls who go to meet their estranged mother in Oakland, CA and become involved with the civil rights movement of the late 1960s. It’s the Pender wicks meets the Black Panthers!

₹ 450
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Charming as a Verb
by Ben Philippe

Henri “Halti” Haltiwanger is a star debater and popular student at the prestigious FATE academy, the dutiful first-generation Haitian son, and the trusted dog walker for his wealthy New York City neighbours. But his easy smiles mask a burning ambition to attend his dream college, Columbia University where a friend blackmails him into changing her image at school. Henri agrees but turns into something more surprising than they ever bargained for.

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Charming as a VerbCharming as a Verb
Serena Says
by Tanita S. Davis

JC shines like a 4th of July sparkler. Serena St. John is proud to be known as her best friend. Everything changes when JC returns from the hospital with a new kidney—and a new best friend. Suddenly, things aren’t quite so sparkly in Serena’s world out of the spotlight of JC's friendship.

₹ 473
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Serena SaysSerena Says
The Compton Cowboys
by Walter Thompson-Hernandez

Compton Cowboys is a group of African-American men and women who defy stereotypes and continue the proud, centuries-old tradition of black cowboys in the heart of one of America’s most notorious cities.

₹ 450
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Brothers & Sisters
by loise Greenfield

A collection of 25 short poems about life with siblings—full, half, step, old and young, close in age and far apart—showcases the powerful and special bond between all brothers and sisters.

₹ 450
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If You Plant a Seed
by Kadir Nelson

If you plant a carrot seed . . . a carrot will grow.If you plant a cabbage seed . . . cabbage will grow.But what happens if you plant a seed of kindness . . . or selfishness?

₹ 1050
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If You Plant a SeedIf You Plant a Seed
Devil in the Grove
by Gilbert King

Thurgood Marshall was on the verge of bringing the landmark suit Brown v. Board of Education before the U.S. Supreme Court when he became embroiled in a case that threatened to change the course of the civil rights movement and cost him his life.

₹ 750
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Devil in the GroveDevil in the Grove
Who Are Your People?
by Bakari Sellers

When you meet someone for the first time, they might ask, "Who are your people?" and "Where are you from?"
Children are shaped by their ancestors, and this book celebrates the village it takes to raise a child.

₹ 1050
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Who Are Your People?Who Are Your People?
This Will Be My Undoing
by Morgan Jerkins

Jerkins interweaves the incisive commentary on pop culture, feminism, black history, misogyny, and racism that she’s known for with her own experiences to confront the very real challenges of being a black woman today.

₹ 699
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This Will Be My UndoingThis Will Be My Undoing
God Save the Queens
by Kathy Iandoli

God Save the Queens pays tribute to the women of hip-hop—from the early work of Roxanne Shante to hitmakers like Queen Latifah and Missy Elliot, to the superstars of today, and explores issues of gender, money, sexuality, violence, body image, feuds, objectification and more.

₹ 520
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God Save the QueensGod Save the Queens
I Have a Dream
by Martin Luther Dr. King Jr.

On August 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington, Martin Luther King gave one of the most powerful and memorable speeches in our nation's history. "I Have a Dream" speech brings his inspiring message of freedom, equality, and peace to the youngest among us—those who will one day carry his dream forward for everyone.”

₹ 1099
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I Have a DreamI Have a Dream
Dust Tracks on a Road
by Zora Neale Hurston

Dust Tracks on a Road is the bold, poignant, and funny autobiography of novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston, one of American literature’s most compelling and influential authors.

₹ 349
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Black Roses
by Samantha Christy

Black Roses is an intense journey through the memories and emotions of two beautifully developed characters (Piper & Mason) with the help of multiple beloved characters from the prior two books in the series. The tale of how Piper and Mason heal themselves while they heal each other.

₹ 1694
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I HAVE A DREAM - 40th ANNIVERSARY EDITION
by Jr. King, Martin Luther

This fortieth-anniversary edition honours Martin Luther King Jr.'s courageous dream and immeasurable contribution by presenting his most memorable words concisely and conveniently.

₹ 499
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The Matter of Black Lives
by David Remnick

This anthology from the pages of the New Yorker provides a bold and complex portrait of Black life in America, told through stories of private triumphs and national tragedies, political vision and artistic inspiration.

₹ 638
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The Three Mothers
by Anna Malaika Tubbs

It was a society that would deny their sons’ humanity from the beginning as it had denied theirs, but Berdis, Alberta and Louise- the mothers of Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and James Baldwin were extraordinary women who instilled resilience, resistance and greatness in their sons. They would become mothers not just to three world-famous men but to the civil rights movement itself.

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The Three MothersThe Three Mothers
Loud Black Girls
by Yomi Adegoke

Loud Black Girls features essays from the diverse voices of twenty established and emerging black British writers. From asking how we can secure the bag while staying true to our principles, or how we can teach our daughters to own their voices, to reclaiming our culinary heritage, the essays in Loud Black Girls offer funny touching and ultimately insightful perspectives on the question of ‘What’s Next?’

₹ 175
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Millennial Black
by Sophie Williams

For fans of Slay in Your Lane and Little Black Book, this no-nonsense exploration of colour and culture at work is essential reading for Black women in the workplace, their allies and industry change-makers

₹ 424
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If I Survive You
by Jonathan Escoffery

In the 1970s, Topper and Sanya flee to Miami as political violence consumes their native Kingston. Excluded from America as Black immigrants, the family pushes on first through Hurricane Andrew and later the 2008 recession, living in a life of turmoil. But even as things fall apart, the family remains motivated, often to its own detriment, by what their younger son, Trelawny, calls “the exquisite, racking compulsion to survive.”

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If I Survive YouIf I Survive You
Purple Hibiscus
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The limits of fifteen-year-old Kambili's world are defined by the high walls of her family estate and the dictates of her repressive and fanatically religious father. When Nigeria begins to fall apart during a military coup, Kambili's father, involved mysteriously in the political crisis, sends Kambili and her brother away to live with their aunt. In this house, full of energy and laughter, she discovers life and love – and a terrible, bruising secret deep within her family.

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Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick
by Zora Neale Hurston

In 1925, Zora Neale Hurston, the sole black student at the Barnard — was living in New York, “desperately striving for a toe-hold on the world.” During this period, she began writing short works that captured the zeitgeist of African American life and transformed her into one of the central figures of the Harlem Renaissance. Nearly a century later, this singular talent is recognized as one of the most influential and revered American artists of the modern period.

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Of This Our Country
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Through personal essays from 24 Nigerian writers, it details the realities and contradictions of patriotism examines the role of class and privilege in Nigerian society, juxtaposes inherited tradition with the diasporic experience and explores the power of storytelling and its intrinsic link to Nigeria’s history.

₹ 699
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Of This Our CountryOf This Our Country
Power Up
by Sam Nisson

Miles and Rhys know each other only as Gryphon and Backslash, and in the video game Mecha Melee they’re an unstoppable team. They’re the best friends they’ve got, online or in the real world, and they don’t even realize they go to the same middle school.
But real-life wrongdoing blasts their duo into a crater the size of Arcticon. With life online and of a complete mess and BattleCon—and the Every Game Ever tournament—just weeks away, can the boys play their way back to each other?

₹ 750
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My Name Is a Story
by Ashanti

From Grammy Award-winning singer Ashanti comes an empowering story about a girl who learns to love her unique name.

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My Name Is a StoryMy Name Is a Story

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