Collection: Classics

James Baldwin’s groundbreaking novel about love and the fear of love is set among the bohemian bars and nightclubs of 1950s Paris. David is a...

In an "epic, game-changing, moving and brilliant" story of love and hate, two immortals chase each other across continents and centuries, binding their fates together—and...

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Alice Walker's iconic modern classic is now a Penguin Book.A powerful cultural touchstone of modern...

This volume brings together the complete fiction of the author of Passing and Quicksand, one of the most gifted writers of the Harlem Renaissance. Throughout her short but...

In this honest and stunning novel that inspired the award-winning major motion picture of the same name, James Baldwin has given America a moving story...

From “one of the greatest writers of our time” (Toni Morrison)—the author of Barracoon and Their Eyes Were Watching God—a collection of remarkable stories, including eight “lost” Harlem...

The searing, visionary memoir of founding Black Panther Huey P. Newton, in a dazzling graphic packageTracing the birth of a revolutionary, Huey P. Newton's famous...

Set in a town somewhere in the South, here is the story of a community of black people searching for the healing properties of salt...

An immensely persuasive work of literary criticism that opens a new chapter in the American dialogue on race—and promises to change the way we read American...

  ZAMI is a fast-moving chronicle. From the author’s vivid childhood memories in Harlem to her coming of age in the late 1950s, the nature...

This groundbreaking play starred Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeill, Ruby Dee and Diana Sands in the Broadway production which opened in 1959. Set on Chicago's South...

Delectable Creole recipes from the legendary restaurant menu and the personal files of its mastermind founder. Leah Chase spices her cookbook with stories that reflect...

The Beloved Classic Cookbook from the Acclaimed Author of The Taste of Country Cooking —  The classic cookbook from “the first lady of Southern cooking”...

  As Told to Alex Haley In the searing pages of this classic autobiography, originally published in 1964, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and...

“A deeply soulful novel that comprehends love and cruelty, and separates the big people from the small of heart, without ever losing sympathy for those...

Blood In My Eye was completed only days before its author was killed. George Jackson died on August 21, 1971 at the hands of San...

Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Her life story is told in the documentary film And Still I Rise, as seen on...

Few modern voices have had as profound an impact on the Black identity and critical race theory as Frantz Fanon, and Black Skin, White Masks represents some...

From the award-winning author of Parable of the Sower: After the near-extinction of the human race, one young man with extraordinary gifts will reveal whether the human...

“When truth teller and careful writer bell hooks offers a book, I like to be standing at the bookshop when it opens.” –Maya Angelou Renowned...

  Acclaimed visionary and intellectual bell hooks began her exploration of the meaning of love in American culture with the bestselling All About Love: New Visions. Here...

The visionary author’s masterpiece pulls us—along with her Black female hero—through time to face the horrors of slavery and explore the impacts of racism, sexism,...

Since its first publication, The Artist's Way phenomena has inspired the genius of Elizabeth Gilbert, Tim Ferriss, and millions of readers to embark on a creative...