Book Club

June 19, 2025

9 new and upcoming books by Black authors we have on our summer reading lists!

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Weirdo Tony Weaver Jr. Black fatherhood, books about Black fatherhood, Books for young Black boys, Books for Black fathers, Father's day books theGrio.com
June 15, 2025

Tony Weaver Jr.’s memoir ‘Weirdo’ showcases the power of a Black father’s love

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Michelle Obama The Look, Michelle obama new book, Michelle Obama books, Michelle Obama style, Michelle obama fashion theGrio.com
June 5, 2025

Michelle Obama is reclaiming her narrative—and her style—in her new book, ‘The Look’

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May 21, 2025

Tina Knowles wants you to know: Rumi is living her best life on the ‘Cowboy Carter’ tour

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Tina Knowles, Jay Z, Beyoncé, Solange Knowles, social media, Matriarch, Black Hollywood, theGrio.com
May 20, 2025

What inspired Tina Knowles to write ‘Matriarch’? Beyoncé and Solange’s future grandbabies: ‘My kids never met my mom’

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Monique Rodriquez, Mielle Organics, The Glory in Your Story, Black authors, Black memoirs, theGrio.com
April 16, 2025

Monique Rodriguez—the founder of Mielle Organics—wants you to find the glory in your story

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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
April 10, 2025

From blockbuster to bestseller: Malcolm D Lee announces ‘The Best Man’ book trilogy

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thegrio, George Johnson, All Boys Aren't Blue, American Library Association
April 7, 2025

George M. Johnson’s ‘All Boys Aren’t Blue’ tops 2024 list of most ‘challenged’ US library books

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steph curry, steph curry book, steph curry shot ready, shot ready book, theGrio.com
March 29, 2025

Steph Curry scores a 3-book deal, starting with a “personal reflection” on his life and career

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Tina Knowles book, Tina knowles book tour, Tina knowles mother of the year billboard, who will be on Tina Knowles' tour? theGrio.com
March 21, 2025

Tina Knowles celebrates being a family matriarch in a star-studded book tour 

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Sylvie's Love and Loss, Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith, Black authors, Black books, new books, Caribbean culture, Caribbean heritage, global drug trade, theGrio.com
March 5, 2025

The real story behind Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith’s novel ‘Sylvie’s Love and Loss’

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Percival Everett, James, Black authors, Black writers, Black literature, theGrio.com
March 4, 2025

Percival Everett’s ‘James’ is a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner prize for fiction

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Amanda Gorman, Amanda gorman poem, Amanda Gorman books, Amanda Gorman The Hill We Clims, Was the hill we climb banned?, Amanda Gorman new book, Amanda Gorman Girls on the rise theGrio.com
February 11, 2025

Amanda Gorman is not backing down to book bans as she pens a new children’s book

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Jessie Fauset, W.E.B. Du Bois, the Harlem Renaissance, Black writers, Black artists, Black creatives, Victoria Christopher Murray, Black History Month, theGrio.com
February 4, 2025

If this love affair didn’t happen, the Harlem Renaissance may not have ever occurred

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Brandy memoir, Is Brandy writing a book?, Is Brandy coming out with a memoir?, Brandy memoir release date, Brandy memoir publish date? theGrio.com
January 8, 2025

Brandy to go ‘beyond the fame, the music and the spotlight’ in her upcoming memoir

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Tricia Hersey - We Will Rest - The Art of Escape
January 7, 2025

‘Nap Bishop’ Tricia Hersey wants us to end grind culture in 2025 with her revolutionary book ‘We Will Rest!’

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The Personal Librarian, Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray, Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray, Belle da Costa Greene, Black history, Black historical novels, The Personal Librarian authors, theGrio.com
December 11, 2024

Authors of ‘The Personal Librarian’ celebrate the Black historical novel’s 1 millionth sale and work on new novel

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Jay-Z, Book of Hov, Jay-Z Book of Hov, Jay-Z book, Jay-Z exhibit, Jay-Z Brooklyn Library, Book of Hov Brooklyn Library, theGrio.com
December 4, 2024

Jay-Z’s ‘The Book of Hov’ immersive New York exhibit lives up to its name and becomes a book

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jaleel white, jaleel white memoir, Growing Up Urkel, steve urkel, family matters, 90s television, Black TV stars, thegrio.com,
November 19, 2024

Jaleel White’s memoir ‘Growing Up Urkel’ is out now and I cannot wait to read his life story

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Tina Knowles, Tina Knowles memoir, Tina Knowles book, Tina Knowles Matriarch, Tina Knowles Matriarch book, Matriarch book, Matriarch memoir, Tina Knowles motherhood, theGrio.com
October 29, 2024

Tina Knowles to tell her story in ‘Matriarch,’ a memoir scheduled for next year

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