In celebration of Black-owned bookstores, here is a short list of fiction and non-fiction titles on the subject:
Non-Fiction
Adams, Char. Black-Owned: The Revolutionary Life of the Black Bookstore. Tiny Reparations Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2025.
Mitchell, Katie, et al. Prose to the People: A Celebration of Black Bookstores. First edition, Clarkson Potter/Publishers, 2025.
Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux. The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore. Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie, Carolrhoda Books, 2015.
Fiction
Lindo-Rice, Michelle. The Bookshop Sisterhood. Mira, 2024.
Robinson, Shauna. The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks: A Novel. Sourcebooks Landmark, 2022.