Books

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Black authors, AP News, theGrio.com
The prolific writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, originally from Kenya, died at 87 in Bedford, Georgia on Wednesday, May 28.
/ May 30, 2025
Monique Rodriquez, Mielle Organics, The Glory in Your Story, Black authors, Black memoirs, theGrio.com
Monique Rodriguez, the founder of Mielle Organics, opens up about her journey with the release of her first book.
/ April 16, 2025
The Best Man: Unfinished Business, The Best man book series, The Best Man Holiday book, Malcolm D Lee The Best Man book, Jayna Allen The Best Man book theGrio.com
The Best Man saga isn’t over. Malcolm D. Lee announces plans to continue the friend group’s story in “The Best…
/ April 10, 2025
steph curry, steph curry book, steph curry shot ready, shot ready book, theGrio.com
NBA superstar Steph Curry will tell his story in his new book, Shot Ready, which will be published on Sept.…
/ March 29, 2025
Tina Knowles book, Tina knowles book tour, Tina knowles mother of the year billboard, who will be on Tina Knowles' tour? theGrio.com
Tina Knowles is going on tour for her book Matriarch, and Michelle Obama, Keke Palmer, and others will appear on…
/ March 21, 2025
Sylvie's Love and Loss, Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith, Black authors, Black books, new books, Caribbean culture, Caribbean heritage, global drug trade, theGrio.com
Scholar Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith discusses why his first novel “Sylvie’s Love and Loss” is relevant now more than ever.
/ March 5, 2025
Percival Everett, James, Black authors, Black writers, Black literature, theGrio.com
Everett's version of Mark Twain's classic already won the National Book Award, the Kirkus Prize and the Carnegie Medal for fiction.
/ March 4, 2025
Jessie Fauset, W.E.B. Du Bois, the Harlem Renaissance, Black writers, Black artists, Black creatives, Victoria Christopher Murray, Black History Month, theGrio.com
Veteran author Victoria Christopher Murray returns with her first solo work of historical fiction, “Harlem Rhapsody.”
/ February 4, 2025
Frederick Joseph, Target, Black-owned brands, Black authors, Black-owned businesses, Target ending DEI, theGrio.com
Frederick Joseph speaks out after Target announced last week it was ending its DEI initiatives in their stores.
/ January 30, 2025
Brandy memoir, Is Brandy writing a book?, Is Brandy coming out with a memoir?, Brandy memoir release date, Brandy memoir publish date? theGrio.com
“I am so excited to finally share my full story in book form,” Brandy says of her memoir set to…
/ January 8, 2025
Stephen tWitch Boss, Allison Holker, Courtney Ann Platt, So You Think You Can Dance, Black professional dancers, Black mental health, Black health and wellness, theGrio.com
Allison Holker and Stephen “tWitch” Boss were married for nine years at the time of his death by suicide in…
/ January 8, 2025
Oprah's Book Club, Oprah A New Earth, Oprah Eckhart Tolle, theGrio.com
Winfrey, who launched Oprah's Book Club in 1996, also picked “A New Earth” in 2008.
/ January 8, 2025